Mayra Bueno Silva is finally back from her four and a half-month suspension, and she will fight Raquel Pennington for the vacant UFC Women’s Bantamweight Championship this Saturday. This will be the first UFC title fight in 2024.
This will be the first UFC Women’s Bantamweight Championship fight since Amanda Nunes announced her retirement. The event will be played at the Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Canada, on January 20, 2024. This will be a five-round belt bout as the co-main event in UFC 297, while Sean Strickland will fight Dricus du Plessis for the UFC Middleweight Championship as the main event.
Here are the odds for the winner of the MMA fight between Pennington and Silva:
The best UFC bookmakers have Mayra Bueno Silva as a slight favorite in this bout. The Brazilian fighter has a 10-2-1 (1NC) record in the UFC. She won her last fight over Holly Holm, but it got overturned due to a doping problem, and Silva got a four-and-a-half-month suspension for it. Mayra is the talented fighter in this matchup, but she is less experienced.
Raquel Pennington is the more experienced fighter here, as she has fought 23 times compared to Mayra’s 14 bouts. The American fighter has a 15-8 record, and she is on a five-fight winning streak. Raquel has a reach and height advantage over Silva as well, so she is a good underdog to bet on.
