Who won Torres vs Hill?
Tecia Pennington beat Angela Hill by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC 265, on Saturday 7th August 2021 at Toyota Center in Houston.
The scorecards were announced as 30-27, 30-27, 29-28 in favor of the winner Tecia Pennington.
The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Women’s Strawweight division, which meant the weight limit was 115 pounds (8.2 stone or 52.2 KG).
Torres vs Hill stats
Tecia Pennington stepped into the octagon with a record of 12 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 1 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.
Angela Hill made her way to the cage with a record of 13 wins, 9 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by knock out.
This was Tecia Pennington's 17th fight in the UFC, having made her debut for the promotion in 2014. Angela Hill marked her 27th fight for them, having made her own debut for the promotion in 2014.
Tecia Pennington's UFC record stood at 10-7-0, while Angela Hill's came in at 13-14-0.
The stats suggested Hill had a large advantage in power over Pennington, boasting a 38% knock out percentage over Pennington's 8%.
If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Pennington had a slight advantage over Hill, with a 8% submission rate over Hill's 0%.
Tecia Pennington was the younger woman by 5 years, at 35 years old.
Hill had a height advantage of 2 inches over Pennington. That also extended to a 4-inch reach advantage.
Pennington was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 5 fewer fights, and made her debut in 2012, 1 year and 6 months earlier than Hill, whose first professional fight was in 2014. She had fought 34 less professional rounds, 60 to Hill's 94.
Torres vs Hill form
Angela Hill had stopped 1 of her last 5 opponents.
In her last fight leading up to this contest, she had lost to Michelle Waterson-Gomez at UFC Vegas 10 on 12th September 2020 by split decision in their 5 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.
Previous to that, she had been beaten by Claudia Gadelha at UFC Fight Night Jacksonville on 16th May 2020 by split decision in their 3 round contest at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville.
Going into that contest, she had won against Hannah Cifers at UFC on ESPN+ 24 on 25th January 2020 by knockout in the 2nd round at PNC Arena, Raleigh.
Before that, she had been defeated by Cortney Casey at UFC Fight Night 135 on 25th August 2018 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Pinnacle Bank Arena, Lincoln.
She had lost to Jessica Andrade at UFC Fight Night 104 on 4th February 2017 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Toyota Center, Houston.
Activity check
Pennington's last 4 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 3 months and 17 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 1 year, 9 months and 28 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.
Hill's last 5 fights had come over a period of 8 years, 1 month and 15 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 1 year, 7 months and 16 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 16 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.2 rounds on average.
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