Mar 02 2019
Saturday

T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States

Main Card
3 rounds contest @ Women’s Strawweight
18-1-0
UD 3
UD 3
10-3-0

The tape

35
Age
35
5' 4" / 163 cm
Height
5' 1" / 155 cm
63" / 160 cm
Reach
61" / 155 cm

Tape record

SUBUDSUBKOKO
Form
UDUDUDSUBUD
18
Wins
10
9
By KO
0
50
KO%
0
7
By SUB
1
39
SUB%
10
1
Loses
3
0
Stopped
0
0
Tapped
0
0
Draws
0
2013
Debut
2012
19
Bouts
13
30
Rounds
38
1 hours, 53 minutes
Fight Time
3 hours, 5 minutes

Tape rankings @ Women’s Strawweight

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UFC
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Bellator
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Tapology
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Weili Zhang vs Tecia Pennington report

Who won Zhang vs Torres?

Weili Zhang beat Tecia Pennington by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC 235, on Saturday 2nd March 2019 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Weili Zhang.

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).

Zhang vs Torres stats

Weili Zhang stepped into the octagon with a record of 18 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 7 by submission.

Tecia Pennington made her way to the cage with a record of 10 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws and 1 by submission.

Tecia Pennington marked her 17th fight for them, having made her own debut for the promotion in 2014.

Weili Zhang's UFC record stood at 8-2-0, while Tecia Pennington's came in at 10-7-0.

The stats suggested Zhang had a massive power advantage over Pennington, boasting a 50% knock out percentage over Pennington's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Zhang had a large advantage over Pennington, boasting a 39% submission rate over Pennington's 10%.

Weili Zhang was the same age as Tecia Pennington, at 35 years old.

Zhang had a height advantage of 3 inches over Pennington. That also extended to a 2-inch reach advantage.

Zhang was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 6 more fights, and made her debut in 2013, 1 year and 1 month later than Pennington, whose first professional fight was in 2012. She had fought 6 less professional rounds, 54 to Pennington's 60.

Zhang vs Torres form

Zhang had beaten 3 of her last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges twice.

In her last fight before this contest, she had won against Amanda Lemos at UFC 292 on 19th August 2023 by unanimous decision in their UFC Women’s Strawweight championship fight at TD Garden, Boston, United States.

Previous to that, she had beaten Carla Esparza at UFC 281 on 12th November 2022 by submission in the 2nd round in their UFC Women’s Strawweight championship fight at Madison Square Garden, New York City.

Going into that contest, she had defeated Joanna Jedrzejczyk at UFC 275 on 11th June 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore.

Before that, she had lost to Rose Namajunas at UFC 268 on 6th November 2021 by split decision in their UFC Women’s Strawweight championship fight at Madison Square Garden, New York City, United States.

She had been beaten by Rose Namajunas at UFC 261 on 24th April 2021 by knockout in the 1st round in their UFC Women’s Strawweight championship fight at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville.

Activity check

Zhang's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 6 months and 8 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 8 months and 14 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

Pennington's last 3 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 10 months and 30 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 2 years, 3 months and 21 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

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