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

Amanda Nunes had beaten 4 of her last 5 opponents.

In her last fight leading up to this contest, she had won against Irene Aldana at UFC 289 on 10th June 2023 by unanimous decision in their championship fight at Rogers Arena, Vancouver, Canada.

Previous to that, she had beaten Julianna Pena at UFC 277 on 30th July 2022 by unanimous decision in their championship fight at Madison Square Garden, New York City, United States.

Going into that 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.

Before that, she had defeated 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.

She was victorious against 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.

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Nunes' last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years and 14 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 1 year and 3 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 18 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.6 rounds on average.

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