Holm vs Pennington

Who won Holm vs Pennington?

Holly Holm beat Raquel Pennington by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the co-main event of UFC 246, on Saturday 18th January 2020 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Holly Holm.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Women’s Bantamweight division, which meant the weight limit was 135 pounds (9.6 stone or 61.2 KG).

Holm vs Pennington stats

Holly Holm stepped into the octagon with a record of 12 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Raquel Pennington made her way to the cage with a record of 10 wins, 7 losses and 0 draws, 1 of those win coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

This was Holly Holm's 16th fight in the UFC, having made her debut for the promotion in 2015. Raquel Pennington marked her 19th fight for them, having made her own debut for the promotion in 2013.

Holly Holm's UFC record stood at 8-7-0, while Raquel Pennington's came in at 13-6-0.

The stats suggested Holm had a massive power advantage over Pennington, boasting a 67% knock out percentage over Pennington's 10%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Pennington had a large advantage over Holm, boasting a 30% submission rate over Holm's 0%.

Holly Holm was the older woman by 7 years, at 43 years old.

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

Holm was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had the same amount of fights, and made her debut in 2011, 11 months earlier than Pennington, whose first professional fight was in 2012. She had fought 1 more professional rounds, 74 to Pennington's 73.

Holm vs Pennington form

Raquel Pennington had beaten 3 of her last 5 opponents.

In her last fight leading up to this contest, she had won against Macy Chiasson at UFC Fight Night on 18th December 2021 by submission in the 2nd round.

Previous to that, she had beaten 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.

Going into that contest, she had defeated Marion Reneau at UFC Vegas 3 on 20th June 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, she had lost to Holly Holm at UFC 246 on 18th January 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

She had been beaten by Germaine de Randamie at UFC Fight Night 139 on 10th November 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Pepsi Center, Denver.

Activity check

Pennington's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 4 months and 20 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 11 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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