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

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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UFC

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Chael Sonnen

UFC

Bloody Elbow

Kevin Iole

Cageside Press

Damon Martin

Anton Tabuena

Mookie Alexander

Aaron Bronsteter

Sean O'Malley

Marion Reneau

Oscar Willis

Ariel Helwani

Brian Campbell

Aaron Bronsteter

Marcel Dorff

Marion Reneau

Michael Chandler

Fight Ghost

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Cageside Press

Ant Evans

Chuck Mindenhall

Sean Sheehan

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Kevin Iole

Fight Ghost

Caposa

Luke Thomas

Brian Ortega

Diana Belbita

Brian Campbell

John Pollock

Miesha Tate

Aarom Bronsteter

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