Ultimate Fighting Championship contenders
Tecia
Torres and Raquel
Pennington wanted to make this year’s Thanksgiving one to
remember.
On Thursday, the two simultaneously announced on their Instagram pages that
Torres (13-6) was pregnant, and that the baby is due June 2023.
According to a statement made to
MMA Junkie shortly after the announcement, Torres plans to
continue fighting, with her return slated sometime in 2024.
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“We have a little extra to be thankful for this year,” Torres
wrote. “Happy Thanksgiving from our growing family to yours. Baby
Pennington coming June 2023. We are beyond excited and feel
incredibly blessed. Mommies love you so much sweet baby and we
can’t wait for this life with you.”
Pennington stated, “We have an extra turkey in the oven this year.
Happy Thanksgiving from our family to yours. Baby Pennington June
2023.”
Although they joked about it all the way back in 2016 in a series
of since-deleted social media posts, the two formally wed in July.
They plan on staging a large wedding ceremony next year, and asked
for fans to help make it a reality by subscribing to their OnlyFans
page. As a result, Torres changed her name to Tecia Pennington, and
it remains to be seen if she will still compete under the name of
Torres in the Octagon when she fights again.
“Meet my beautiful wife,” Torres said in July,
posting pictures of their day in El Paso, Texas, which included
Pennington shaving the words “I Do” and rings into the back of her
head. “Just call me Mrs. Pennington. We made it official today. I
married my greatest love. I can’t wait for these next chapters of
life together baby. Te Amo Mucho Mucho.”
The 33-year-old Torres last set foot in the cage in April, where
she dropped a
contentious split decision to Mackenzie
Dern. The defeat put an end to a three-fight win streak from
2020 to 2021, where she beat Angela
Hill, Sam Hughes
and Brianna
Fortino in the span of under 14 months. Of note, her victory
over Sam
Hughes, where she forced Hughes’ corner to call the fight at
the end of the opening frame, marked Torres’ first career
knockout.