RIO DE JANEIRO – As she prepares to fight for a title in what will also be her first UFC headliner, bantamweight contender Raquel Pennington is in a good spot. But it took a rough road – and somewhat of a last-minute scare to get there. Pennington (9-5 MMA, 6-2 UFC) was first in talks to meet champion Amanda Nunes (15-4 MMA, 8-1 UFC) last October. The bantamweight title bout, originally discussed for UFC 219, was already set to end a year-long layoff for the would-be title challenger, who’d been dealing with injuries. But then an accident led to a broken leg
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