Ailin Perez (12-2) has thrown her title into the combo to battle Norma Dumont (12-2) after former UFC ladies’s bantamweight champion Raquel Pennington was pressured to withdraw from the upcoming Noche UFC 3 battle card in September.
Pennington made the announcement on Instagram, stating:
““This one’s exhausting to say…I’ve been with the UFC for 12 years, 26 fights, and I’ve by no means needed to pull out of a battle.I’ve been coping with a neck harm for some time now. My final battle camp, I had a process in September simply to get by way of it and step in that Octagon the start of October. This camp… it’s simply been one factor after one other.I’m a competitor by way of and thru, however I additionally should deal with my well being if I need to maintain doing this the best approach.So yeah… I’m gutted to say I’ve to withdraw from this battle. Apologies to the followers, @ufc and my opponent @norma_dumont_mma I’ll be again, and I nonetheless would like to share that Octagon with Norma when the time’s proper. I’m hoping she will get a substitute opponent and her alternative to compete isn’t stripped.Thanks to everybody who rides with me by way of the highs and the lows. It means greater than you recognize. ❤️Setbacks don’t break me — they construct me.”
Then Perez, who is thought for twerking her property each out and in of the octagon, took benefit of the scenario and requested Dumont if she was terrified of a booty battle?
“Raquel Pennington is injured and out of the Norma battle. Now Norma gained’t face me at UFC Rio. What’s the deal, Norma? You don’t need to go 5 rounds with me in Brazil? Terrified of a booty battle?”
Perez later mentioned “Norma Dumont blocked me and has not made a response but 🤣 Nobody who needs to battle you has a greater rating than me, what’s your excuse now? We have now the identical report and similar win streak. You might be SCARED.”
