Oct 05 2024
Saturday

Vivint Arena, Salt Lake City, United States

Co-Main Event
5 rounds contest @ Women’s Bantamweight
16-8-0
SD 5

Score cards

  • 47-48
  • 48-47
  • 47-48
SD 5
11-5-0

Belts on The Line

UFC Women’s Bantamweight Championship

The tape

36
Age
35
5' 7" / 170 cm
Height
5' 6" / 168 cm
67.3" / 171 cm
Reach
68.9" / 175 cm

Tape record

UDSDUDSUBUD
Form
UDSUBSUBSUBUD
16
Wins
11
1
By KO
3
6
KO%
27
4
By SUB
5
25
SUB%
45
8
Loses
5
1
Stopped
1
1
Tapped
2
0
Draws
0
2012
Debut
2009
24
Bouts
16
68
Rounds
37
5 hours, 30 minutes
Fight Time
2 hours, 45 minutes

Tape rankings @ Women’s Bantamweight

-
UFC
1
-
Bellator
-
1
Tapology
3

Raquel Pennington vs Julianna Pena report

Who won Pennington vs Pena?

Julianna Pena beat Raquel Pennington by split decision in their 5 round contest during the co-main event of UFC 307, on Saturday 5th October 2024 at Vivint Arena in Salt Lake City.

The scorecards were announced as 48-47, 48-47, 48-47 in favor of the winner Julianna Pena.

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).

This contest was for the UFC Women’s Bantamweight championship.

Pennington vs Pena stats

Raquel Pennington stepped into the octagon with a record of 16 wins, 8 losses and 0 draws, 1 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 4 by submission.

Julianna Pena made her way to the cage with a record of 11 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by knock out and 5 by submission.

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

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

The stats suggested Pena had a large advantage in power over Pennington, boasting a 27% knock out percentage over Pennington's 6%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Pena had an advantage over Pennington, with a 45% submission rate over Pennington's 25%.

Raquel Pennington was the older woman by 1 year, at 36 years old.

Pennington had a height advantage of 1 inch over Pena. Despite this, Pena had a 2-inch reach advantage.

Pennington was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 8 more fights, and made her debut in 2012, 2 years and 9 months later than Pena, whose first professional fight was in 2009. She had fought 31 more professional rounds, 73 to Pena's 42.

Pennington vs Pena form

Raquel Pennington had beaten 5 of her last 5 opponents.

In her last fight before this contest, she had won against Mayra Bueno Silva at UFC 297 on 20th January 2024 by unanimous decision in their UFC Women’s Bantamweight championship fight at Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, Canada.

Previous to that, she had beaten 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.

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

Before that, she was victorious against Macy Chiasson at UFC Fight Night on 18th December 2021 by submission in the 2nd round.

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.

Julianna Pena had beaten 2 of her last 5 opponents.

In her last fight leading up to this contest, she had lost to Amanda Nunes at UFC 277 on 30th July 2022 by unanimous decision in their championship fight at Madison Square Garden, New York City, United States.

Previous to that, she had beaten Amanda Nunes at UFC 269 on 11th December 2021 by submission in the 2nd round in their championship fight at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, she had been beaten by Germaine de Randamie at UFC Fight Island 4 on 3rd October 2020 by submission in the 3rd round at UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Before that, she had been defeated by Valentina Shevchenko at UFC on FOX 23 on 28th January 2017 by submission in the 2nd round at Pepsi Center, Denver, United States.

She had defeated Cat Zingano at UFC 200 on 9th July 2016 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Activity check

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

Going to this contest, Raquel Pennington had last fought 1 year and 23 days ago, while Julianna Pena's last outing had been 2 years, 6 months and 13 days ago.

Pennington's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 4 months and 25 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 8 months and 5 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 16 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.2 rounds on average.

Pena's last 5 fights had come over a period of 8 years, 7 months and 3 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 1 year, 8 months and 20 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

What time did Pennington vs Pena start?

The fighters were expected to walk out at around 3:40 AM UTC , which was 11:40 PM EST or 8:40 PM PST on the West Coast of America, or 4:40 AM BST in the UK.

What were the odds on Pennington vs Pena?

Raquel Pennington was a 29/50 (-170) favourite going into the contest, while Julianna Pena made her way into the ring at 7/5 (+140) with oddsmakers.

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