Who won Pennington vs Silva?
Raquel Pennington beat Mayra Bueno Silva by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest during the co-main event of UFC 297, on Saturday 20th January 2024 at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto.
The scorecards were announced as 49-46, 49-46, 49-45 in favor of the winner Raquel Pennington.
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 Silva stats
Raquel Pennington stepped into the octagon with a record of 15 wins, 8 losses and 0 draws, 1 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 4 by submission.
Mayra Bueno Silva made her way to the cage with a record of 11 wins, 2 losses and 1 draw, 1 of those win coming by knock out and 8 by submission.
This was Raquel Pennington's 19th fight in the UFC, having made her debut for the promotion in 2013. Mayra Bueno Silva marked her 12th fight for them, having made her own debut for the promotion in 2018.
Raquel Pennington's UFC record stood at 13-6-0, while Mayra Bueno Silva's came in at 5-5-1.
The stats suggested Silva had a slight advantage in power over Pennington, with a 9% knock out percentage over Pennington's 7%.
If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Silva had a massive advantage over Pennington, boasting a 73% submission rate over Pennington's 27%.
Raquel Pennington was the older woman by 3 years, at 36 years old.
Pennington had a height advantage of 1 inch over Silva. Despite this, both fighters had a equal reach.
Pennington was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 9 more fights, and made her debut in 2012, 3 years earlier than Silva, whose first professional fight was in 2015. She had fought 35 more professional rounds, 73 to Silva's 38.
Pennington vs Silva form
Raquel Pennington had beaten 4 of her last 5 opponents.
In her last fight before this contest, she had lost to Julianna Pena at UFC 307 on 5th October 2024 by split decision in their UFC Women’s Bantamweight championship fight at Vivint Arena, Salt Lake City, United States.
Previous to that, 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.
Going into that contest, 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.
Before that, 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.
She was victorious against Macy Chiasson at UFC Fight Night on 18th December 2021 by submission in the 2nd round.
Mayra Bueno Silva had beaten 4 of her last 5 opponents.
In her last fight leading up to this contest, she had won against Holly Holm at UFC Fight Night – Holm vs. Bueno Silva on 15th July 2023 by submission in the 2nd round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.
Previous to that, she had beaten Lina Lansberg at UFC Fight Night: Andrade vs. Blanchfield on 18th February 2023 by submission in the 2nd round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.
Going into that contest, she had defeated Stephanie Egger at UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Hill on 6th August 2022 by submission in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.
Before that, she was victorious against Yanan Wu at UFC Fight Night: Luque vs. Muhammad 2 on 16th April 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.
She had been beaten by Manon Fiorot at UFC Vegas 40 on 16th October 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.
Activity check
In terms of activity leading into the fight, Raquel Pennington had been fighting more than Mayra Bueno Silva.
Going to this contest, Raquel Pennington had last fought 4 months and 7 days ago, while Mayra Bueno Silva's last outing had been 1 year, 6 months and 28 days ago.
Pennington's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 1 month and 25 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 7 months and 18 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 18 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.6 rounds on average.
Silva's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 3 months and 27 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 8 months. In those fights, she fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.
What were the odds on Pennington vs Silva?
Raquel Pennington was a 7/5 (+140) underdog going into the contest, while Mayra Bueno Silva made her way into the ring at 29/50 (-170) with oddsmakers.
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