Nunes vs Pennington

Who won Nunes vs Pennington?

Amanda Nunes beat Raquel Pennington by knockout in the 5th round during the main event of UFC 224, on Saturday 12th May 2018 at Jeunesse Arena in Rio de Janeiro.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Women’s Bantamweight division, which meant the weight limit was 135 pounds (9.6 stone or 61.2 KG).

Nunes vs Pennington stats

Amanda Nunes stepped into the octagon with a record of 15 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Raquel Pennington made her way to the cage with a record of 9 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 1 of those win coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

Raquel Pennington marked her 19th fight for them, having made her own debut for the promotion in 2013.

Amanda Nunes' UFC record stood at 16-2-0, while Raquel Pennington's came in at 13-6-0.

The stats suggested Nunes had a massive power advantage over Pennington, boasting a 67% knock out percentage over Pennington's 11%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Pennington had an advantage over Nunes, with a 33% submission rate over Nunes' 20%.

Amanda Nunes was the older woman by 1 year, at 37 years old.

Nunes had a height advantage of 1 inch over Pennington. That also extended to a 2-inch reach advantage.

Nunes was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 5 more fights, and made her debut in 2008, 3 years and 11 months earlier than Pennington, whose first professional fight was in 2012. She had fought 11 less professional rounds, 62 to Pennington's 73.

Nunes vs Pennington form

Nunes had beaten 4 of her last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges 3 times.

In her last fight leading up to this contest, she had lost to Julianna Pena at UFC 269 on 11th December 2021 by submission in the 2nd round in their championship fight at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, she had won against Megan Anderson at UFC 259 on 6th March 2021 by submission in the 1st round in their UFC Women’s Featherweight championship fight at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, she had beaten Felicia Spencer at UFC 250 on 6th June 2020 by unanimous decision in their UFC Women’s Featherweight championship fight at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, she had defeated Germaine de Randamie at UFC 245 on 14th December 2019 by unanimous decision in their championship fight at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

She was victorious against Holly Holm at UFC 239 on 6th July 2019 by knockout in the 1st round in their championship fight at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Raquel Pennington had beaten 5 of her last 5 opponents.

In her last fight before this contest, she had won against Ketlen Vieira at UFC Fight Night: Gastelum vs. Imavov on 14th January 2023 by split decision in their 3 round contest in the United States.

Previous to that, she had beaten Aspen Ladd at UFC 273 on 9th April 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville.

Going into that contest, she had defeated Macy Chiasson at UFC Fight Night on 18th December 2021 by submission in the 2nd round.

Before that, she was victorious against Pannie Kianzad at UFC Vegas 37 on 18th September 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

She had won against Marion Reneau at UFC Vegas 3 on 20th June 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Raquel Pennington had been fighting more than Amanda Nunes.

Going to this contest, Amanda Nunes had last fought 3 years, 5 months and 25 days ago, while Raquel Pennington's last outing had been 2 years, 4 months and 22 days ago.

Nunes' last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 10 months and 30 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 8 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

Pennington's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 11 months and 16 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 11 months and 28 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

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