UFC 205 results: Raquel Pennington dominates Miesha Tate, who announces retirement

NEW YORK – Raquel Pennington dominated her former “Ultimate Fighter” coach, Miesha Tate, to open the UFC 205 pay-per-view on Saturday. Then Tate pulled a stunner.

Tate (18-7 MMA, 5-4 UFC), the former women’s bantamweight champion, announced her retirement after dropping a unanimous decision to Pennington (9-5 MMA, 6-2 UFC).

The women’s bantamweight bout opened up the main card of today’s UFC 205 event at Madison Square Garden in New York. It aired on pay-per-view following prelims on FS1 and UFC Fight Pass.

Up-to-the-minute UFC 205 results include:

• Raquel Pennington def. Miesha Tate via unanimous decision (29-28, 30-27, 30-27)
• Frankie Edgar def. Jeremy Stephens via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
• Khabib Nurmagomedov def. Michael Johnson via submission (kimura) – Round 3, 2:31
• Tim Boetsch def. Rafael Natal via TKO (punches) – Round 1, 3:22
• Vicente Luque def. Belal Muhammad via knockout (punches) – Round 1, 1:19
• Jim Miller def. Thiago Alves via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 30-27)
• Liz Carmouche def. Katlyn Chookagian via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)

For complete coverage UFC 205, check out the UFC Events section of the site.

(MMAjunkie’s John Morgan, Matt Erickson and Mike Bohn contributed to this report on site in New York.)