Liz Carmouche vs. Raquel Pennington added to UFC 191

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.UFC 191 Poster SOCIAL 2

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)