Pennington vs Pena

Who won Pennington vs Pena?

Julianna Pena beat Raquel Pennington by split decision in their 5 round contest during the co-main event of UFC 307, on Saturday 5th October 2024 at Vivint Arena in Salt Lake City.

The scorecards were announced as 48-47, 48-47, 48-47 in favor of the winner Julianna Pena.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Women’s Bantamweight division, which meant the weight limit was 135 pounds (9.6 stone or 61.2 KG).

This contest was for the UFC Women’s Bantamweight championship.

Pennington vs Pena stats

Raquel Pennington stepped into the octagon with a record of 16 wins, 8 losses and 0 draws, 1 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 4 by submission.

Julianna Pena made her way to the cage with a record of 11 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by knock out and 5 by submission.

This was Raquel Pennington's 19th fight in the UFC, having made her debut for the promotion in 2013. Julianna Pena marked her 11th fight for them, having made her own debut for the promotion in 2013.

Raquel Pennington's UFC record stood at 13-6-0, while Julianna Pena's came in at 8-3-0.

The stats suggested Pena had a large advantage in power over Pennington, boasting a 27% knock out percentage over Pennington's 6%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Pena had an advantage over Pennington, with a 45% submission rate over Pennington's 25%.

Raquel Pennington was the older woman by 1 year, at 36 years old.

Pennington had a height advantage of 1 inch over Pena. Despite this, Pena had a 2-inch reach advantage.

Pennington was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 8 more fights, and made her debut in 2012, 2 years and 9 months later than Pena, whose first professional fight was in 2009. She had fought 31 more professional rounds, 73 to Pena's 42.

Pennington vs Pena form

Julianna Pena had beaten 2 of her last 5 opponents.

In her last fight leading up to this contest, she had lost to Amanda Nunes at UFC 277 on 30th July 2022 by unanimous decision in their championship fight at Madison Square Garden, New York City, United States.

Previous to that, she had won against Amanda Nunes at UFC 269 on 11th December 2021 by submission in the 2nd round in their championship fight at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, she had been beaten by Germaine de Randamie at UFC Fight Island 4 on 3rd October 2020 by submission in the 3rd round at UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Before that, she had been defeated by Valentina Shevchenko at UFC on FOX 23 on 28th January 2017 by submission in the 2nd round at Pepsi Center, Denver, United States.

She had beaten Cat Zingano at UFC 200 on 9th July 2016 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Activity check

Pennington's last 2 fights had come over a period of 8 years, 6 months and 26 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 4 years, 3 months and 13 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 8 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 4 rounds on average.

Pena's last 5 fights had come over a period of 8 years, 10 months and 29 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 1 year, 9 months and 13 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

What time did Pennington vs Pena start?

The fighters were expected to walk out at around 3:40 AM UTC , which was 11:40 PM EST or 8:40 PM PST on the West Coast of America, or 4:40 AM BST in the UK.

What were the odds on Pennington vs Pena?

Raquel Pennington was a 29/50 (-170) favourite going into the contest, while Julianna Pena made her way into the ring at 7/5 (+140) with oddsmakers.