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Raquel Pennington

“Rocky”

Women's Bantamweight#5 Women's Bantamweight

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16WINS

10LOSSES

0DRAWS

1KO/TKO

4SUB

11DEC

Pro MMA recordSource: UFC.com athlete profile (official)Checked 2026-10-22

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Tale of the tape

Age: 38 · born Sep 5, 1988 UFC.com
Height: 5′7″ 170 cm UFC.com
Reach: 67.5″ 171 cm UFC.com
Leg reach: 37″ 94 cm UFC.com
Stance: Orthodox UFCStats
Weight class: Women's Bantamweight UFC.com
UFC ranking: #5 Women's Bantamweight UFC.com
Fighting style: Freestyle UFC.com
Team / gym: Colorado Springs BJJ UFC.com
Born: Colorado Springs, United States UFC.com
UFC debut: Dec. 1, 2013 UFC.com

UFC.com: UFC.com athlete profile (official) · checked 2026-10-22 · UFCStats: UFCStats.com fighter page (data via the public ufcstats.com mirror, snapshot 2026-10-18)

UFC career stats

49%Striking accuracy1193 of 2426 landed

19%Takedown accuracy11⚑ of 58 landed

4.1Sig. strikes landedper min

3.32Sig. strikes absorbedper min

61%Striking defense

0.83Takedownsper 15 min

63%Takedown defense

0.62Submission attemptsper 15 min

0.05Knockdownsper 15 min

15:18Average fight time

Sig. strikes by position

Standing734 62%

Clinch358 30%

Ground101 8%

Sig. strikes by target

Head690 58%

Body371 31%

Leg132 11%

⚑ = UFC.com and UFCStats disagree on this number. We show the official UFC.com figure and have flagged it for review.

Source: UFC.com athlete profile (official) (UFC stats are for UFC bouts only) · checked 2026-10-22

UFC fight history 19 bouts

Res	Opponent	Method	Rd	Time	Event	Date
L	Julianna Pena	Decision - Split	5	5:00	UFC 307: Pereira vs. Rountree Jr.	Oct 5, 2024	↗
W	Mayra Bueno Silva	Decision - Unanimous	5	5:00	UFC 297: Strickland vs. Du Plessis	Jan 20, 2024	↗
W	Ketlen Vieira	Decision - Split	3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Strickland vs. Imavov	Jan 14, 2023	↗
W	Aspen Ladd	Decision - Unanimous	3	5:00	UFC 273: Volkanovski vs. The Korean Zombie	Apr 9, 2022	↗
W	Macy Chiasson	Submission	2	3:07	UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Daukaus	Dec 18, 2021	↗
W	Pannie Kianzad	Decision - Unanimous	3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Smith vs. Spann	Sep 18, 2021	↗
W	Marion Reneau	Decision - Unanimous	3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Volkov	Jun 20, 2020	↗
L	Holly Holm	Decision - Unanimous	3	5:00	UFC 246: McGregor vs. Cowboy	Jan 18, 2020	↗
W	Irene Aldana	Decision - Split	3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Dos Anjos vs. Edwards	Jul 20, 2019	↗
L	Germaine de Randamie	Decision - Unanimous	3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Korean Zombie vs. Rodriguez	Nov 10, 2018	↗
L	Amanda Nunes	KO/TKO	5	2:36	UFC 224: Nunes vs. Pennington	May 12, 2018	↗
W	Miesha Tate	Decision - Unanimous	3	5:00	UFC 205: Alvarez vs McGregor	Nov 12, 2016	↗
W	Elizabeth Phillips	Decision - Unanimous	3	5:00	UFC 202: Diaz vs. McGregor 2	Aug 20, 2016	↗
W	Bethe Correia	Decision - Split	3	5:00	UFC on FOX: Teixeira vs Evans	Apr 16, 2016	↗
W	Jessica Andrade	Submission	2	4:58	UFC 191: Johnson vs Dodson 2	Sep 5, 2015	↗
L	Holly Holm	Decision - Split	3	5:00	UFC 184: Rousey vs Zingano	Feb 28, 2015	↗
W	Ashlee Evans-Smith	Submission	1	4:59	UFC 181: Hendricks vs Lawler II	Dec 6, 2014	↗
L	Jessica Andrade	Decision - Split	3	5:00	UFC 171: Hendricks vs Lawler	Mar 15, 2014	↗
W	Roxanne Modafferi	Decision - Unanimous	3	5:00	The Ultimate Fighter: Team Rousey vs. Team Tate Finale	Nov 30, 2013	↗

UFC bouts only. Source: UFCStats.com bout pages (via the public mirror, snapshot 2026-10-18) · checked 2026-10-22. Bouts outside the UFC aren’t listed because we only republish history we can trace to an official source.