Tecia Pennington
19 UFC Fights | 58% Win Rate | 2 Finishes (18%)
Tecia Pennington UFC Record & Pro MMA Record
Tecia Pennington is 11-8 in the UFC across 19 fights, with 1 win by knockout, 1 by submission and 9 by decision. The full pro MMA record is 15-8, 4-0 of it outside the UFC. Pennington competes at women's strawweight as an orthodox outfighter, standing 5'1" with a 60" reach at 37 years old. The last bout was a loss to Denise Gomes by decision in Nov 2025.
Best attribute: striking volume (significant strikes landed per minute) — 78th percentile among 90 women's strawweight fighters (4.7 sig. strikes/min).
Tecia Pennington's UFC win rate is 58% (11 of 19 fights), and 18% of those wins came by finish. Pennington averages 0.5 takedowns per fight at 15% accuracy and stops 63% of opponents' takedown attempts.
- Pro MMA Record
- 15-8
- UFC Record
- 11-8
- Height
- 5'1"
- Reach
- 60"
- Age
- 37
- Stance
- Orthodox
- Last Fight
- L vs Denise Gomes · Decision · Nov 2025
Pro record from Sherdog (snapshot 2026-07-03) plus every UFC bout since; UFC record from UFCStats.
Tecia Pennington's Last 5 Fights
Pennington is 2-3 in the last five UFC fights.
- Loss vs Denise Gomes · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Bonfim vs. Brown · Nov 2025
- Win vs Luana Pinheiro · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Burns vs. Morales · May 2025
- Win vs Carla Esparza · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC 307: Pereira vs. Rountree Jr. · Oct 2024
- Loss vs Tabatha Ricci · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Nascimento · May 2024
- Loss vs Mackenzie Dern · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC 273: Volkanovski vs. The Korean Zombie · Apr 2022
Striking
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Round-by-Round Output
Sig. Strikes Landed per Round — Tecia Pennington vs Average
Tecia Pennington lands 24.7 strikes in R1 but 25.9 in R3+ — output increases in later rounds.
Tecia Pennington's UFC Fight History
19 UFC fights on record (11-8), most recent first.
| Result | Opponent | Method | Rd · Time | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Denise Gomes | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Bonfim vs. Brown | 2025-11-08 |
| W | Luana Pinheiro | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Burns vs. Morales | 2025-05-17 |
| W | Carla Esparza | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 307: Pereira vs. Rountree Jr. | 2024-10-05 |
| L | Tabatha Ricci | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Nascimento | 2024-05-11 |
| L | Mackenzie Dern | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 273: Volkanovski vs. The Korean Zombie | 2022-04-09 |
| W | Angela Hill | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 265: Lewis vs. Gane | 2021-08-07 |
| W | Sam Hughes | KO/TKO | R1 · 5:00 | UFC 256: Figueiredo vs. Moreno | 2020-12-12 |
| W | Brianna Fortino | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Volkov | 2020-06-20 |
| L | Marina Rodriguez | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Shevchenko vs. Carmouche 2 | 2019-08-10 |
| L | Zhang Weili | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 235: Jones vs. Smith | 2019-03-02 |
| L | Joanna Jedrzejczyk | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Alvarez vs. Poirier 2 | 2018-07-28 |
| L | Jessica Andrade | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Emmett vs. Stephens | 2018-02-24 |
| W | Michelle Waterson-Gomez | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 218: Holloway vs. Aldo 2 | 2017-12-02 |
| W | Juliana Lima | Submission | R2 · 0:53 | The Ultimate Fighter: Redemption Finale | 2017-07-07 |
| W | Bec Rawlings | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Bermudez vs. The Korean Zombie | 2017-02-04 |
| L | Rose Namajunas | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC on FOX: Teixeira vs Evans | 2016-04-16 |
| W | Jocelyn Jones-Lybarger | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 194: Aldo vs McGregor | 2015-12-12 |
| W | Angela Hill | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 188: Velasquez vs Werdum | 2015-06-13 |
| W | Angela Magana | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | The Ultimate Fighter: A Champion Will Be Crowned Finale | 2014-12-12 |
How Pennington Ranks at Women's Strawweight
Percentile among the 90 women's strawweight fighters in our database (higher is better; absorbed strikes are inverted).
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