Former two-time undisputed strawweight champion, Carla Esparza has known as time on her profession in combined martial arts tonight off the again of her hard-fought pairing with fellow perennial contender, Tecia Pennington — bowing out on her protect of their preliminary card conflict in Salt Lake Metropolis at UFC 307.
Esparza, a victor of The Final Fighter 20 again in 2014 — the place she minted herself because the inaugural strawweight champion with a rear-naked choke submission win over Rose Namajunas.
And eight years later, Carla Esparza would work her approach again to the championship as soon as extra as a part of a surprising successful spree — once more defeating fellow former gold holder, Namajunas, this time in a break up resolution win.
And tonight, the long-time Workforce Oyama trainee bowed out on the preliminary card of UFC 307 — dropping a detailed and contentious unanimous resolution (29-28, 29-28, 30-27) loss towards perennial contender, Pennington in what she confirmed could be her ultimate enterprise to the Octagon.
Over the course of her gold laden skilled profession, Csparza would flip in notable profession victories over the likes of Nina Nunes, Felice Herrig, Rose Namajunas, Cynthia Calvillo, Virna Jandiroba, Alexa Grasso, Michelle Waterson-Gomez, Marina Rodriguez, and Yan Xiaonan to call just a few.
