Raquel Pennington

Women's BantamweightClinch Fighter
13 - 6

19 UFC Fights | 68% Win Rate | 3 Finishes (23%)

Height
5' 7"
Reach
67"
Weight
135 lbs.
Age
38
Orthodox

Raquel Pennington UFC Record & Pro MMA Record

Raquel Pennington is 13-6 in the UFC across 19 fights, with 3 wins by submission and 10 by decision. The full pro MMA record is 16-9, 3-3 of it outside the UFC. Pennington competes at women's bantamweight as an orthodox clinch fighter, standing 5'7" with a 67" reach at 38 years old. The last bout was a loss to Julianna Pena by decision in Oct 2024.

Best attribute: striking accuracy (share of significant strikes that land) — 64th percentile among 58 women's bantamweight fighters (49%).

Raquel Pennington's UFC win rate is 68% (13 of 19 fights), and 23% of those wins came by finish. Pennington averages 0.8 takedowns per fight at 28% accuracy and stops 63% of opponents' takedown attempts.

Pro MMA Record
16-9
UFC Record
13-6
Height
5'7"
Reach
67"
Age
38
Stance
Orthodox
Last Fight
L vs Julianna Pena · Decision · Oct 2024

Pro record from Sherdog (snapshot 2026-07-03) plus every UFC bout since; UFC record from UFCStats.

Raquel Pennington's Last 5 Fights

Pennington is 4-1 in the last five UFC fights.

  1. Loss vs Julianna Pena · Decision · R5 5:00 · UFC 307: Pereira vs. Rountree Jr. · Oct 2024
  2. Win vs Mayra Bueno Silva · Decision · R5 5:00 · UFC 297: Strickland vs. Du Plessis · Jan 2024
  3. Win vs Ketlen Vieira · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Strickland vs. Imavov · Jan 2023
  4. Win vs Aspen Ladd · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC 273: Volkanovski vs. The Korean Zombie · Apr 2022
  5. Win vs Macy Chiasson · Submission · R2 3:07 · UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Daukaus · Dec 2021

Striking

Fighter Profile

Offensive Output

Sig. Strikes / Min
4.1
Accuracy
49%
Knockdowns / Fight
0.05

Defensive

Absorbed / Min
3.3
0.9x avg
Strike Differential
+0.8
Opp. Accuracy Against
39%
hard to hit

Strike Targets

Position Breakdown

Grappling

Takedowns & Control

Takedowns / Fight
0.8
Takedown Accuracy
28%
Takedown Defense
63%
Control Time / Fight
3:30
Sub Attempts / Fight
0.6

Win Methods

Finish Probability by Round

R1
0% KO
5% Sub
R2
0% KO
11% Sub
R3+
0% KO
0% Sub

Round-by-Round Output

Sig. Strikes Landed per Round — Raquel Pennington vs Average

Raquel Pennington lands 16.0 strikes in R1 but 21.5 in R3+ — output increases in later rounds.

Raquel Pennington's UFC Fight History

19 UFC fights on record (13-6), most recent first.

ResultOpponentMethodRd · TimeEventDate
L★Julianna PenaDecisionR5 · 5:00UFC 307: Pereira vs. Rountree Jr.2024-10-05
W★Mayra Bueno SilvaDecisionR5 · 5:00UFC 297: Strickland vs. Du Plessis2024-01-20
WKetlen VieiraDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Strickland vs. Imavov2023-01-14
WAspen LaddDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 273: Volkanovski vs. The Korean Zombie2022-04-09
WMacy ChiassonSubmissionR2 · 3:07UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Daukaus2021-12-18
WPannie KianzadDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Smith vs. Spann2021-09-18
WMarion ReneauDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Volkov2020-06-20
LHolly HolmDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 246: McGregor vs. Cowboy2020-01-18
WIrene AldanaDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Dos Anjos vs. Edwards2019-07-20
LGermaine de RandamieDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Korean Zombie vs. Rodriguez2018-11-10
L★Amanda NunesKO/TKOR5 · 2:36UFC 224: Nunes vs. Pennington2018-05-12
WMiesha TateDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 205: Alvarez vs McGregor2016-11-12
WElizabeth PhillipsDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 202: Diaz vs. McGregor 22016-08-20
WBethe CorreiaDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC on FOX: Teixeira vs Evans2016-04-16
WJessica AndradeSubmissionR2 · 4:58UFC 191: Johnson vs Dodson 22015-09-05
LHolly HolmDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 184: Rousey vs Zingano2015-02-28
WAshlee Evans-SmithSubmissionR1 · 4:59UFC 181: Hendricks vs Lawler II2014-12-06
LJessica AndradeDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 171: Hendricks vs Lawler2014-03-15
WRoxanne ModafferiDecisionR3 · 5:00The Ultimate Fighter: Team Rousey vs. Team Tate Finale2013-11-30

How Pennington Ranks at Women's Bantamweight

Percentile among the 58 women's bantamweight fighters in our database (higher is better; absorbed strikes are inverted).

Striking volume4.1 sig. strikes/min
62nd percentile
Striking accuracy49%
64th percentile
Strikes absorbed3.3/min
62nd percentile
Takedowns0.8/fight
50th percentile
Takedown defense63%
53rd percentile
Knockdown power0.05/fight
57th percentile

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