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Social media reacts to Raquel Pennington’s vacant title win over Mayra Bueno Silva at UFC 297

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Raquel Pennington’s long journey to gold finally reached the pinnacle on Saturday when she defeated Mayra Bueno Silva in the UFC 297 co-headliner.

After failing in her first title bid in May 2018, Pennington (16-8 MMA, 13-5 UFC) built herself back to the top and capped a six-fight winning streak with a unanimous decision victory over Silva (10-3-1 MMA, 5-3-1 UFC) to claim the vacant women’s bantamweight title at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto.

Check below for the top X (formerly Twitter) reactions to Pennington’s triumph over Silva at UFC 297.

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Bloody Elbow

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Aaron Bronsteter

Sean O'Malley

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Oscar Willis

Ariel Helwani

Brian Campbell

Aaron Bronsteter

Marcel Dorff

Marion Reneau

Michael Chandler

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Chuck Mindenhall

Sean Sheehan

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Kevin Iole

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Luke Thomas

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Diana Belbita

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John Pollock

Miesha Tate

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