Pennington vs Chiasson

Who won Pennington vs Chiasson?

Raquel Pennington beat Macy Chiasson by submission in the 2nd round during the prelims of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 18th December 2021.

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).

Pennington vs Chiasson stats

Raquel Pennington stepped into the octagon with a record of 12 wins, 8 losses and 0 draws, 1 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Macy Chiasson made her way to the cage with a record of 7 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by knock out and 2 by submission.

This was Raquel Pennington's 19th fight in the UFC, having made her debut for the promotion in 2013. Macy Chiasson marked her 11th fight for them, having made her own debut for the promotion in 2018.

Raquel Pennington's UFC record stood at 13-6-0, while Macy Chiasson's came in at 8-3-0.

The stats suggested Chiasson had a large advantage in power over Pennington, boasting a 29% knock out percentage over Pennington's 8%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Chiasson had a slight advantage over Pennington, with a 29% submission rate over Pennington's 25%.

Raquel Pennington was the older woman by 3 years, at 36 years old.

Chiasson had a height advantage of 4 inches over Pennington. That also extended to a 5-inch reach advantage.

Pennington was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 12 more fights, and made her debut in 2012, 5 years and 7 months earlier than Chiasson, whose first professional fight was in 2017. She had fought 42 more professional rounds, 73 to Chiasson's 31.

Pennington vs Chiasson form

Raquel Pennington had beaten 2 of her last 5 opponents.

In her last fight before this contest, she had won 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.

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

Going into that contest, 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.

Before that, 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.

She had been defeated by Amanda Nunes at UFC 224 on 12th May 2018 by knockout in the 5th round in their championship fight at Jeunesse Arena, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Activity check

Pennington's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 10 months and 17 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 1 year, 4 months and 17 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 17 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.4 rounds on average.

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