Kowalkiewicz vs Penne

Who won Kowalkiewicz vs Penne?

Jessica Penne beat Karolina Kowalkiewicz by submission in the 1st round during the prelims of UFC 265, on Saturday 7th August 2021 at Toyota Center in Houston.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Women’s Strawweight division, which meant the weight limit was 115 pounds (8.2 stone or 52.2 KG).

Kowalkiewicz vs Penne stats

Karolina Kowalkiewicz stepped into the octagon with a record of 12 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 1 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 2 by submission.

Jessica Penne made her way to the cage with a record of 12 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by knock out and 7 by submission.

This was Karolina Kowalkiewicz's 18th fight in the UFC, having made her debut for the promotion in 2015. Jessica Penne marked her 9th fight for them, having made her own debut for the promotion in 2014.

Karolina Kowalkiewicz's UFC record stood at 9-9-0, while Jessica Penne's came in at 3-6-0.

The stats suggested Penne had a slight advantage in power over Kowalkiewicz, with a 17% knock out percentage over Kowalkiewicz's 8%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Penne had a massive advantage over Kowalkiewicz, boasting a 58% submission rate over Kowalkiewicz's 17%.

Karolina Kowalkiewicz was the younger woman by 2 years, at 39 years old.

Penne had a height advantage of 2 inches over Kowalkiewicz. That also extended to a 3-inch reach advantage.

Kowalkiewicz was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 1 more fights, and made her debut in 2012, 5 years and 6 months later than Penne, whose first professional fight was in 2006. She had fought 13 more professional rounds, 63 to Penne's 50.

Kowalkiewicz vs Penne form

Karolina Kowalkiewicz had beaten 1 of her last 5 opponents.

In her last fight before this contest, she had lost to Yan Xiaonan at UFC on ESPN+ 26 on 22nd February 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Spark Arena, Auckland, New Zealand.

Previous to that, she had been beaten by Michelle Waterson-Gomez at UFC on ESPN 2 on 30th March 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, United States.

Going into that contest, she had been defeated by Jessica Andrade at UFC 228 on 8th September 2018 by knockout in the 1st round at American Airlines Center, Dallas.

Before that, she had won against Jodie Esquibel at UFC Fight Night 118 on 21st October 2017 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Ergo Arena, Gdansk, Poland.

She had lost to Claudia Gadelha at UFC 212 on 3rd June 2017 by submission in the 1st round at HSBC Arena, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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Kowalkiewicz's last 5 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 6 months and 27 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 1 year, 6 months and 7 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

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