UFC 297 was a tough evening for Mayra Bueno Silva.
A brand new ladies’s Bantamweight champion was topped in Toronto, Ontario, Canada this previous weekend (Jan. 20, 2024). Sadly for Brazil’s Bueno Silva, it wasn’t her, as she misplaced a unanimous choice to perennial high contender, Raquel Pennington, within the night’s vacant title co-main occasion.
The loss was Bueno Silva’s first within the 135-pound division (10-3-1, 1 no contest), and after a victorious opening spherical, it was downhill from there. Bueno Silva misplaced the final 4 rounds on all three judges’ scorecards, however now reveals she was thrown off by a uncommon harm that occurred in spherical two.
“I had a minor ear harm, however other than that, I really feel nice and able to come again,” Bueno Silva instructed MMA Combating. “Raquel hit me laborious within the ear and partially tore my eardrum and I sort of misplaced stability. But it surely’s a part of the sport.”
Bueno Silva, 32, will return to the drafting board after the loss and has but to reassess the battle. Upon her eventual return to motion, she hopes for a bout with both one-time title challenger, Irene Aldana, or former champion, Miesha Tate. Two match ups that might, hopefully, obtain extra fanfare than the Pennington battle did.
Nonetheless, “Sheetara” doesn’t wish to take something away from the brand new champion.
“I couldn’t learn the battle and know what was taking place after the strike [that caused the injury],” Silva mentioned. “Kudos to her for touchdown an excellent strike that took me out of the battle.
“I’m nonetheless licking my wounds and had no time to investigate the battle and know what went improper but. We’re nonetheless sort of on a hangover,” she concluded.
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