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BBC Sport at Madison Square Garden

Miesha Tate receives a standing ovation from the crowd as she announces her retirement from the UFC.

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A sense of shock as Miesha Tate announces she's retiring from the UFC after her loss to her former teammate. That was hugely unexpected, and she admits that the fight made her mind up for her. 

A unanimous decision from the judges as Raquel Pennington defeats her former coach to open UFC 205.  A fourth win on the spin for the Colorado-based fighter against the number one contender in the women's bandamweight devision.

The hooter sounds to mark the end of the fight, and Raquel Pennington will be delighted with that performance.  She emerges from the fight virtually unmarked, and the reaction of both women indicates they know this was a big win for Pennington.

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Pennington's been able to deal with Tate's grappling for most of this fight.  She has managed to keep the pressure on with more strikes from distance and inside the clinch, before scoring a nice takedown on Tate in the last 30 seconds.

Pennington gets the mount, but Tate walks up the side of the cage to escape it.  Pennington tries to lock in a choke but Tate is able to escape, and looks to get a heel hook on her opponent.  

Tate goes straight to a standing guard and eventually gets Pennington down on the deck as she looks to apply an arm triangle.  Pennington's doing a good job of stopping Tate from locking it in, but Tate knows she needs something to win the fight.

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BBC Sport at Madison Square Garden

As the second round comes to a close, both fighters reach out a hand to acknowledge their sportsmanship but as the fight begins to heat up, they slap their hands together before walking to their corners.

Final flurry of punches from both women to end the round.  Miesha Tate looks tired as she sits with her corner - the punches in the clinch clearly taking their toll on the former champion as Pennington works her.

Tate keeping the clinch tied in tight, landing knees from the muay thai clutch, while Pennington is landing a couple of solid uppercuts. Pennington has the power advantage from her blows, but she's not getting the chance to land them from the distance she needs.

Pennington's jab is landing again and again, as Tate looks to narrow the distance with a clinch. When she has the gap to land punches, Pennington is able to score some damage, but Tate's grappling is controlling much of the action.

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The first round draws to a close with Tate looking to get Pennington's back, and her former Ultimate Fighter team member doing a good job of holding her at bay.  Pennington's striking early on was impressive but Tate's grappling game controlled the second half of the round.

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Miesha Tate may not have the most intimidating nickname - after all she is known inside the octagon as ‘Cupcake’ - but the former bantamweight champion has proven time and time again that her venomous skills in MMA are unprecedented which has gained her the majority of the support in this fight.

An incredible moment as Tate walks up the side of the cage in an attempt to get clear of Pennington's choke hold, before trying and eventually getting the takedown.

Big Dan Miragliotta is the referee as this first fight of the main UFC 205 card gets underway.  Tentative exchanges early as Pennington lands a couple of early jabs while Tate uses her kicks to keep her at bay.

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It’s been a rollercoaster 12 months for the bantamweight women’s division.  

Here we are, almost a year to the day since Ronda Rousey stepped into the cage at UFC 193 the undefeated champion. Since then, we’ve had three new title-holders.

Among them was Miesha Tate.

After submitting Rousey’s giantslayer Holly Holm in March to win the title, Tate was then tapped out by Amanda Nunes at UFC 200.  

One of the best grapplers in women’s MMA, she’s looking for a win here to get back in title contention – not least because Rousey returns to action to face Nunes in December.

Meanwhile Raquel Pennington, her opponent tonight, was one of Tate’s team members on the Ultimate Fighter reality TV show a couple of years ago, losing an emotional fight in the semi-finals to Jessica Rakoczy.

Pennington has had mixed fortunes since then, but three wins on the spin have put her into the top ten rankings - and beating her former coach would put her into the title mix.

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BBC Sport at Madison Square Garden

"The biggest, baddest card ever."

That's what Dana White labelled UFC 205 and the time has finally come as we head into a historic event in New York's Madison Square Garden with Miesha Tate kicking of the main card of tonight's bouts against Raquel Pennington.