LAS VEGAS – Elise Reed beat Jessica Penne with a unanimous choice Saturday on the preliminary card at UFC Combat Night time 245 on the UFC Apex in Las Vegas.
Have a look contained in the combat with Reed, who obtained again within the win column – and has alternated wins and losses for 9 fights.
Elise Reed def. Jessica Penne
Elise Reed
Consequence: Elise Reed def. Jessica Penne through unanimous choice (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Up to date information: Reed (8-4 MMA, 4-4 UFC), Penne (14-9 MMA, 3-6 UFC)
Key stats: Reed landed at a 75 p.c clip, far above the common, and outstruck Penne 229-98 general.
Reed on the combat’s key second
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – OCTOBER 19: (L-R) Elise Reed punches Jessica Penne in a strawweight combat in the course of the UFC Combat Night time occasion at UFC APEX on October 19, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photograph by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC)
“I’m feeling f*cking nice – nice, splendid, any phrase that’s constructive, you can say it and that’s how I really feel. (The sport plan was) kick her within the leg, keep standing, hit her arduous, don’t let her take me down – and it went precisely like that for quarter-hour. It was nice.”
Reed on getting married the week earlier than the combat
Elise Reed, spouse Dana Leary, UFC Combat Night time 245
“That it was the craziest factor I’ve ever completed, and there was a lot distinction with discovering a marriage costume, doing a costume becoming after which getting my lip break up throughout camp and going to pressing take care of stitches, to then attempting on footwear to then speaking about flowers and coloration themes and all the pieces else – after which speaking about preventing Jessica Penne. I imply, it was the biggest distinction I feel I’ve ever had in my complete life. … I appeared f*cking hearth from the marriage and I just about needed to flip it off the second we get on the airplane. The marriage was Saturday. We unpacked from the resort Sunday, recovered, packed on Monday, after which we have been out in Vegas Tuesday – so not a lot of a honeymoon. But it surely was nice. It was flawless, however I might by no means do it once more. I’m getting married as soon as and calling it a day.”
Reed on what she needs subsequent
Elise Reed def. Jessica Penne, UFC Combat Night time 245 (through UFC)
“Each time, I all the time say I’m going to take break day, after which the one time I took break day was as a result of I had surgical procedure and I needed to take break day. I like this. That is the best factor that I’ve ever been in a position to do, and I like the UFC, so in the event that they inform me, ‘Hey, combat once more in every week,’ I’ll say (to my spouse), ‘Hey, Dana, seems like we’re pushing off this honeymoon slightly bit longer.’ But it surely’ll be just a few months, most likely, each time they arrive again and so they say we’ve obtained a date. We’ll discuss with our coaches, however I’m feeling implausible from this combat. I’ll be capable to flip round and get proper to coaching camp as quickly as they need me to leap again.”
To listen to extra from Reed, take a look at the video of the complete post-fight interview above.
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