Raquel Pennington’s Wife Tecia Pennington – Do They Have Kids Together? Everything About the UFC Star’s Partner

Raquel Pennington is about to venture into her first title defense against former champion Julianna Pena. And by her side, in her corner, will be none other than her partner, Tecia Pennington, formerly known as Tecia Torres. The reigning women’s bantamweight champion and her strawweight star partner have been together for years. The pair are truly an MMA power couple in their own right. But who is Tecia Pennington and where does she hail from?

Tecia Pennington started getting into the world of martial arts at the surprisingly young age of three. Since then, she’s made a name for herself by mastering several forms of martial arts such as Muay Thai, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Karate, and more. Here’s more about her.

Where does Tecia Pennington come from? Ethnicity, background, and more

While Raquel Pennington hails from Colorado, Tecia Pennington was born in Fall River, Massachusetts. However, she and her family would later go on to move to Coral Springs, Florida. This was at the age of five when the 35-year-old moved cities with a brother, a sister, and her single mother. At the age of 20, Torres graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice as well as Sociology. She would then go to the same university to achieve her master’s in Criminology in 2017, about seven years after her initial graduation.

In terms of her ethnicity, she is Puerto Rican, Portuguese, and Irish in descent, with her family’s roots in Maunabo, Puerto Rico. Now, as she resides in Fall River and fights out of Colorado, Tecia Pennington is an American citizen. But the question fans might have now is how she met Raquel Pennington. Well, let’s find that out.

Tecia Pennington and Raquel Pennington’s relationship

Raquel and Tecia Pennington tied the knot in 2017 and have been together ever since. According to one of the latter’s posts on Instagram, the reigning bantamweight champion met her significant other when Torres was just 23 years old and started dating when she turned 32. So, we can safely assume that it has been quite some time since these two UFC stars have known each other.

After dating for a year, Raquel Pennington and her wife, Tecia, decided to buy a house together, what do you guess is the location? Well, it is the champion’s home state of Colorado. Their engagement and wedding pictures are all for them to see on their social media handles. Meanwhile, they aren’t the only ones in their family because they have children as well.

All we know about Raquel and Tecia Pennington’s kids

In June last year, Raquel Tecia Pennington welcomed their first child. They announced the birth of their daughter Baby Alayah Rose Pennington via a video montage posted on Instagram. Alayah was born on June 1, 2023, and the montage even contained images from the delivery room.

Tecia Pennington was all in for Raquel Pennington to win the bantamweight title last time out against Mayra Bueno Silva. She got what she wished for on Christmas last year while revealing the plans for her partner’s title-win celebration along with their daughter.

“We meet when I was 23 – You said I got smart when I was 26 & we started dating – At 32 we got married – At 33 I had our daughter – Now at 34 we continue to make amazing memories, our 8th Christmas, a world title coming, and best of all we get to share this holiday season with Alayah our mini,” Tecia captioned as she made the right prediction. But what about her MMA career? Here’s how it has panned so far.

Tecia Pennington’s MMA record

Once Tecia Pennington started her mixed martial arts career, she would go on to win each of her seven fights, eventually being crowned 115 lbs championship titles at MMA Solutions, the US Freedom Fighter Championship, and the American Battle Championships. In December of 2013, she joined the UFC when the strawweight division was created.

Her journey in mixed martial arts started early and after training in taekwondo for 12 years, she finally received her black belt. Apart from that, her amateur Muay Thai record stands at 16-4. Now, she’ll be taking on former champion Carla Esparza on the same card as her partner, Raquel Pennington.

Meanwhile, Raquel Pennington will seek to set the record straight this weekend by registering her first title defense success at UFC 307. However, Julianna Pena would look to reclaim her title as well. It’s her first fight in over two years and a title victory would be nothing less than sweet. What are your predictions for the fight?