Pennington vs Tate

Who won Pennington vs Tate?

Raquel Pennington beat Miesha Tate by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC 205, on Saturday 12th November 2016 at Madison Square Garden in New York.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Raquel Pennington.

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 Tate stats

Raquel Pennington stepped into the octagon with a record of 8 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 1 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Miesha Tate made her way to the cage with a record of 18 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by knock out and 7 by submission.

This was Raquel Pennington's 19th fight in the UFC, having made her debut for the promotion in 2013. Miesha Tate marked his 14th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2013.

Raquel Pennington's UFC record stood at 13-6-0, while Miesha Tate's came in at 7-7-0.

The stats suggested Tate had a slight advantage in power over Pennington, with a 17% knock out percentage over Pennington's 13%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Tate had a slight advantage over Pennington, with a 39% submission rate over Pennington's 38%.

Raquel Pennington was the younger woman by 2 years, at 36 years old.

Pennington had a height advantage of 1 inch over Tate. Despite this, both fighters had a equal reach.

Pennington was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 11 fewer fights, and made her debut in 2012, 4 years and 3 months later than Tate, whose first professional fight was in 2007. She had fought 6 less professional rounds, 73 to Tate's 79.

Pennington vs Tate form

Tate had beaten 2 of her last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Yana Santos at UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Figueiredo on 3rd May 2025 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Wells Fargo Arena, Des Moines, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Julia Avila at UFC Fight Night: Dariush vs. Tsarukyan on 2nd December 2023 by submission in the 3rd round at Moody Center, Austin.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Lauren Murphy at UFC Fight Night: Ortega vs. Rodriguez on 16th July 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UBS Arena, Long Island, New York.

Before that, he had been defeated by Ketlen Vieira at UFC Vegas 43 on 20th November 2021 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He had beaten Marion Reneau at UFC Vegas 31 on 17th July 2021 by knockout in the 3rd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

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Tate's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 9 months and 28 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 9 months and 6 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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