Pennington vs Tate

Who won Pennington vs Tate?

Raquel Pennington beat Miesha Tate by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC 205, on Saturday 12th November 2016 at Madison Square Garden in New York.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Raquel Pennington.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Women’s Bantamweight division, which meant the weight limit was 135 pounds (9.6 stone or 61.2 KG).

Pennington vs Tate stats

Raquel Pennington stepped into the octagon with a record of 8 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 1 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Miesha Tate made her way to the cage with a record of 18 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by knock out and 7 by submission.

This was Raquel Pennington's 19th fight in the UFC, having made her debut for the promotion in 2013. Miesha Tate marked his 14th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2013.

Raquel Pennington's UFC record stood at 13-6-0, while Miesha Tate's came in at 7-7-0.

The stats suggested Tate had a slight advantage in power over Pennington, with a 17% knock out percentage over Pennington's 13%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Tate had a slight advantage over Pennington, with a 39% submission rate over Pennington's 38%.

Raquel Pennington was the younger woman by 2 years, at 36 years old.

Pennington had a height advantage of 1 inch over Tate. Despite this, both fighters had a equal reach.

Pennington was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 11 fewer fights, and made her debut in 2012, 4 years and 3 months later than Tate, whose first professional fight was in 2007. She had fought 6 less professional rounds, 73 to Tate's 79.

Pennington vs Tate form

Raquel Pennington had beaten 2 of her last 5 opponents.

In her last fight leading up to this contest, she had won against Marion Reneau at UFC Vegas 3 on 20th June 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, she had lost to Holly Holm at UFC 246 on 18th January 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, she had been beaten by Germaine de Randamie at UFC Fight Night 139 on 10th November 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Pepsi Center, Denver.

Before that, she had been defeated by Amanda Nunes at UFC 224 on 12th May 2018 by knockout in the 5th round in their championship fight at Jeunesse Arena, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

She had beaten Miesha Tate at UFC 205 on 12th November 2016 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Madison Square Garden, New York, United States.

Activity check

Pennington's last 5 fights had come over a period of 8 years, 6 months and 27 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 1 year, 8 months and 18 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 17 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.4 rounds on average.

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