Raquel Pennington
19 UFC Fights | 68% Win Rate | 3 Finishes (23%)
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.
- Loss vs Julianna Pena · Decision · R5 5:00 · UFC 307: Pereira vs. Rountree Jr. · Oct 2024
- Win vs Mayra Bueno Silva · Decision · R5 5:00 · UFC 297: Strickland vs. Du Plessis · Jan 2024
- Win vs Ketlen Vieira · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Strickland vs. Imavov · Jan 2023
- Win vs Aspen Ladd · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC 273: Volkanovski vs. The Korean Zombie · Apr 2022
- Win vs Macy Chiasson · Submission · R2 3:07 · UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Daukaus · Dec 2021
Striking
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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.
| Result | Opponent | Method | Rd · Time | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L★ | Julianna Pena | Decision | R5 · 5:00 | UFC 307: Pereira vs. Rountree Jr. | 2024-10-05 |
| W★ | Mayra Bueno Silva | Decision | R5 · 5:00 | UFC 297: Strickland vs. Du Plessis | 2024-01-20 |
| W | Ketlen Vieira | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Strickland vs. Imavov | 2023-01-14 |
| W | Aspen Ladd | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 273: Volkanovski vs. The Korean Zombie | 2022-04-09 |
| W | Macy Chiasson | Submission | R2 · 3:07 | UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Daukaus | 2021-12-18 |
| W | Pannie Kianzad | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Smith vs. Spann | 2021-09-18 |
| W | Marion Reneau | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Volkov | 2020-06-20 |
| L | Holly Holm | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 246: McGregor vs. Cowboy | 2020-01-18 |
| W | Irene Aldana | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Dos Anjos vs. Edwards | 2019-07-20 |
| L | Germaine de Randamie | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Korean Zombie vs. Rodriguez | 2018-11-10 |
| L★ | Amanda Nunes | KO/TKO | R5 · 2:36 | UFC 224: Nunes vs. Pennington | 2018-05-12 |
| W | Miesha Tate | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 205: Alvarez vs McGregor | 2016-11-12 |
| W | Elizabeth Phillips | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 202: Diaz vs. McGregor 2 | 2016-08-20 |
| W | Bethe Correia | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC on FOX: Teixeira vs Evans | 2016-04-16 |
| W | Jessica Andrade | Submission | R2 · 4:58 | UFC 191: Johnson vs Dodson 2 | 2015-09-05 |
| L | Holly Holm | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 184: Rousey vs Zingano | 2015-02-28 |
| W | Ashlee Evans-Smith | Submission | R1 · 4:59 | UFC 181: Hendricks vs Lawler II | 2014-12-06 |
| L | Jessica Andrade | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 171: Hendricks vs Lawler | 2014-03-15 |
| W | Roxanne Modafferi | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | The Ultimate Fighter: Team Rousey vs. Team Tate Finale | 2013-11-30 |
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).
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