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Connecting Raquel Pennington and O. J. Simpson



Raquel Pennington American mixed martial artist
After being away from fighting for about a year and a half, Pennington faced Amanda Nunes on May 12, 2018 at UFC 224 in a UFC Women's Bantamweight Championship bout.

Amanda Nunes Brazilian mixed martial artist (born 1988)
On December 30, 2016, Nunes made her first title defense against returning MMA superstar Ronda Rousey in the main event at UFC 207.
** Holds wins over six former or current UFC championsMiesha Tate, Ronda Rousey, Valentina Shevchenko (twice), Holly Holm, Germaine de Randamie (twice) and Cris Cyborg
** Holds wins over three former Strikeforce champions - Miesha Tate, Ronda Rousey and Cris Cyborg
** Holds wins over two Olympic medalists - Sara McMann and Ronda Rousey

Ronda Rousey American professional wrestler and former mixed martial artist
Her long standing nickname, "Rowdy", was inherited from professional wrestler Roddy Piper.
Rousey originally opposed using the nickname her friends gave her, "Rowdy", feeling it would be disrespectful to professional wrestler"Rowdy" Roddy Piper.
The jacket which Rousey wore during this appearance belonged to "Rowdy" Roddy Piper, given to her by his son.

Roddy Piper Canadian professional wrestler and actor (1954–2015)
Piper pursued in his white Ford Bronco, the aerial footage shown was actually that of the O. J. Simpson "low-speed" chase from two years prior.


Raquel Pennington American mixed martial artist
Pennington faced former UFC Bantamweight Champion and former TUF Coach Miesha Tate at UFC 205 on November 12, 2016.

Miesha Tate
She won first place, defeating Todrick Hall in the final two.

Todrick Hall American entertainer (born 1985)
In October 2015, he was picked as Elvis Duran's Artist of the Month and was featured on NBC's '' Today'' show hosted by Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb and broadcast nationally where he performed live his single "Wind It Up".

Kathie Lee Gifford American actress, talk show host, and singer
After their divorce in 1982, she married sportscaster and former NFL player Frank Gifford in 1986. He died in 2015.
On October 18, 1986, Kathie Lee married a second time, this time to Frank Gifford, an American football player and television sports commentator.

Frank Gifford
However, Gifford did play-by-play for the next several years (Gifford was joined by Lynn Swann and O. J. Simpson on color commentary in 1986 and by Dan Dierdorf for the rest of his run on ''Monday Night Football'') whenever Michaels was covering post-season baseball games for the network.
{{Succession box | before=Joe Namath and O. J. Simpson| title=''Monday Night Football'' color commentator | years=1986 (sole commentator), 19871997 (with Dan Dierdorf) | after=Dan Dierdorf and Boomer Esiason}}


Raquel Pennington American mixed martial artist
Raquel Pennington faced Jessamyn Duke in the elimination round.
**''The Ultimate Fighter 18'' Fight of the Season {{small|vs. Jessamyn Duke}}

Jessamyn Duke American professional wrestler and former mixed martial artist
On the August 31 episode of Raw, Duke made her debut on Raw Underground, an underground fight club hosted by Shane McMahon, where she easily defeated local competitor Avery Taylor.

Shane McMahon American professional wrestler, producer, and businessman
The team, each respectively representing The Alliance and the WWF, of McMahon, Stone Cold Steve Austin, Kurt Angle, Rob Van Dam, and Booker T lost to the team of The Rock, Chris Jericho, The Undertaker, Kane, and Big Show.{{Unreliable source?|reason=Potentially unreliable source per WP: PW/RS.|date=August 2020}} The following night on ''Raw'', Vince publicly fired both Shane and Stephanie, which Shane took in stride, admitting that he lost to the better man, while Stephanie pleaded with her father before being forcefully removed from the arena.{{citation needed|date=August 2020}} Aside from a brief appearance on the July 15, 2002 episode of ''Raw'', McMahon would not be seen on television for almost two years.

Booker T (wrestler)
After being defeated with a surprise small package, Stevie Ray turned on both Booker and Midnight to form Harlem Heat, Inc. with Big T, Kash, and J. Biggs.

Clarence Mason Attorney and professional wrestling manager
Stevens entered the WWF in 1995 as Clarence Mason (whose stage name was a play on Clarence Darrow and Perry Mason), a lawyer primarily introduced to play off the publicity lawyers had gotten during the ongoing O. J. Simpsontrial.


Raquel Pennington American mixed martial artist
nationality = American
'''Raquel Len Pennington''' (born September 5, 1988) is an Americanmixed martial artist who competes in Ultimate Fighting Championshipwomen's featherweight division.

Americans
Many fled ethnic or ethnoreligious persecution during the Spanish Inquisition; a few were taken to the Americas as slaves.

Spanish Inquisition
* The 1947 epic '' Captain from Castile'' by Darryl F. Zanuck, starring Tyrone Power, uses the Inquisition as the major plot point of the film.

Tyrone Power
He turned it down (Richard Burton was cast instead) and on 1 November 1952, he left on a ten-week national tour with '' John Brown's Body'', a three-person dramatic reading of Stephen Vincent Benét's narrative poem, adapted and directed by Charles Laughton, featuring Power, Judith Anderson and Raymond Massey.

Richard Burton
Co-star O. J. Simpson said "There would be times when he couldn’t move".





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