A women’s bantamweight bout has been added to UFC 191 on September 5 in Las Vegas as former title challenger Liz Carmouche will meet Raquel Pennington on the preliminary card.
The fight booking was announced on Wednesday’s edition of UFC Tonight on FOX Sports 1.
UFC 191 will come from the MGM Grand Garden Arena on September 5 and will be headlined by a rematch as Demetrious Johnson defends the flyweight title against John Dodson.
Carmouche (10-5) snapped a two fight losing streak earlier this year when she scored a decision victory over Lauren Murphy. She is 2-3 in the UFC and her other win in the promotion came against Jessica Andrade. Pennington (5-5) has gone 2-2 in the UFC after being part of The Ultimate Fighter 18. She will enter this fight following a defeat, which came against Holly Holm in February.
The current UFC 191: Johnson vs. Dodson II fight card is below.
Demetrious Johnson (22-2-1) vs. John Dodson (17-6)
Andrei Arlovski (24-10, 1NC) vs. Frank Mir (18-9)
Anthony Johnson (19-5) vs. Jimi Manuwa (15-1)
Jan Blachowicz (18-4) vs. Corey Anderson (5-1)
Paige VanZant (5-1) vs. Alex Chambers (5-2)
Paul Felder (10-1) vs. Ross Pearson (17-9, 1NC)
Francisco Rivera (11-4, 1NC) vs. John Lineker (25-7)
Andre Fili (14-3) vs. Clay Collard (14-6, 1NC)
Joe Riggs (40-16, 1NC) vs. Ron Stallings (13-7, 1NC)
Joaquim Silva (7-0) vs. Nazareno Malegarie (23-3)
Liz Carmouche (10-5) vs. Raquel Pennington (5-5)