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Raquel Pennington
Record
13-6
Rating
1723 ± 161
Since last event
▼ 1
Next fight
nothing booked
Age
38
38
Current streak
1 losses
1 losses
Wins by
0 KO · 3 sub · 10 dec
0 KO · 3 sub · 10 dec
Key facts
- Record
- 13-6
- Division
- Women's Bantamweight
- Our rank
- #11
- Rating
- 1723 ± 161
- Style label
- balanced
- Country
- unknown
- Height
- 67"
- Reach
- 67"
- Stance
- Orthodox
- Date of birth
- 1988-09-05
Rating history
Style profile
Percentile within the division · the dashed ring is average · outward is always better
Tap a metric to hide or show it — three is the minimum.
The numbers behind it
Rates are per 15 minutes of fight time, adjusted for the quality of
what the opponent usually allows. Defence and accuracy figures are percentages. A wider ±
means fewer rounds of evidence, and on the chart it is the whisker along that axis.
| Metric | Raquel Pennington | Division |
|---|---|---|
| Strikes landed /15 min | 56.8 ± 9.9 78th percentile | 52.2 |
| Strike avoidance absorbed /15 min | 58.2 ± 7.1 42nd percentile | 61.5 |
| Takedown attempts /15 min | 3.22 ± 1.14 30th percentile | 3.74 |
| Takedown defence % | 57 ± 4 27th percentile | 58 |
| Control time s /15 min | 210 ± 40 26th percentile | 228 |
| Striking defence % | 52 ± 1 34th percentile | 52 |
| Knockdowns /15 min | 0.72 ± 0.04 30th percentile | 0.74 |
| Submission attempts /15 min | 0.39 ± 0.06 66th percentile | 0.37 |
| Metric | Raquel Pennington | Division |
|---|---|---|
| Strikes landed /15 min | 65.4 ± 0.5 86th percentile | 65.2 |
| Strike avoidance absorbed /15 min | 42.3 ± 9.3 99th percentile | 40.2 |
| Takedown attempts /15 min | 2.51 ± 1.16 12th percentile | 2.77 |
| Takedown defence % | 69 ± 23 91st percentile | 74 |
| Control time s /15 min | 185 ± 118 85th percentile | 212 |
| Striking defence % | 57 ± 12 98th percentile | 60 |
| Knockdowns /15 min | 1.06 ± 0.06 60th percentile | 1.04 |
| Submission attempts /15 min | 0.54 ± 0.08 98th percentile | 0.55 |
| Metric | Raquel Pennington | Division |
|---|---|---|
| Strikes landed /15 min | 63.7 ± 7.6 91st percentile | 63.0 |
| Strike avoidance absorbed /15 min | 47.9 ± 1.1 99th percentile | 47.9 |
| Takedown attempts /15 min | 2.77 ± 2.40 7th percentile | 2.99 |
| Takedown defence % | 57 ± 8 60th percentile | — |
| Control time s /15 min | 199 ± 116 80th percentile | 209 |
| Striking defence % | 53 ± 8 96th percentile | 54 |
| Knockdowns /15 min | 0.32 ± 0.25 77th percentile | 0.30 |
| Submission attempts /15 min | 0.59 ± 0.67 94th percentile | 0.53 |
Style-based strength score
Average predicted win probability against the current top 15 of this division: 33.8%. This never changes the ranking — it shows where the styles help or hurt.
Best matchups
- Nora Cornolle — 50%
- Macy Chiasson — 43%
- Julianna Peña — 43%
Worst matchups
- Jacqueline Cavalcanti — 25%
- Ailin Perez — 22%
- Luana Santos — 12%
UFC fight history
| L | Julianna Peña
UFC 307: Pereira vs. Rountree Jr. · 2024-10-05 |
Decision - Split R5 |
| W | Mayra Bueno Silva
UFC 297: Strickland vs. Du Plessis · 2024-01-20 |
Decision - Unanimous R5 |
| W | Ketlen Vieira
UFC Fight Night: Strickland vs. Imavov · 2023-01-14 |
Decision - Split R3 |
| W | Aspen Ladd
UFC 273: Volkanovski vs. The Korean Zombie · 2022-04-09 |
Decision - Unanimous R3 |
| W | Macy Chiasson
UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Daukaus · 2021-12-18 |
Submission R2 |
| W | Pannie Kianzad
UFC Fight Night: Smith vs. Spann · 2021-09-18 |
Decision - Unanimous R3 |
| W | Marion Reneau
UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Volkov · 2020-06-20 |
Decision - Unanimous R3 |
| L | Holly Holm
UFC 246: McGregor vs. Cowboy · 2020-01-18 |
Decision - Unanimous R3 |
| W | Irene Aldana
UFC Fight Night: Dos Anjos vs. Edwards · 2019-07-20 |
Decision - Split R3 |
| L | Germaine de Randamie
UFC Fight Night: Korean Zombie vs. Rodriguez · 2018-11-10 |
Decision - Unanimous R3 |
| L | Amanda Nunes
UFC 224: Nunes vs. Pennington · 2018-05-12 |
KO/TKO R5 |
| W | Miesha Tate
UFC 205: Alvarez vs McGregor · 2016-11-12 |
Decision - Unanimous R3 |
| W | Elizabeth Phillips
UFC 202: Diaz vs. McGregor 2 · 2016-08-20 |
Decision - Unanimous R3 |
| W | Bethe Correia
UFC on FOX: Teixeira vs Evans · 2016-04-16 Decision check: dispute 0.53, decision credit 0.60 (official result unchanged) |
Decision - Split R3 |
| W | Jéssica Andrade
UFC 191: Johnson vs Dodson 2 · 2015-09-05 |
Submission R2 |
| L | Holly Holm
UFC 184: Rousey vs Zingano · 2015-02-28 |
Decision - Split R3 |
| W | Ashlee Evans-Smith
UFC 181: Hendricks vs Lawler II · 2014-12-06 |
Submission R1 |
| L | Jéssica Andrade
UFC 171: Hendricks vs Lawler · 2014-03-15 Decision check: dispute 0.55, decision credit 0.41 (official result unchanged) |
Decision - Split R3 |
| W | Roxanne Modafferi | Decision - Unanimous R3 |