Holm vs Pennington

Who won Holm vs Pennington?

Holly Holm beat Raquel Pennington by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the co-main event of UFC 246, on Saturday 18th January 2020 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Holly Holm.

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).

Holm vs Pennington stats

Holly Holm stepped into the octagon with a record of 12 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Raquel Pennington made her way to the cage with a record of 10 wins, 7 losses and 0 draws, 1 of those win coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

This was Holly Holm's 16th fight in the UFC, having made her debut for the promotion in 2015.

Holly Holm's UFC record stood at 8-7-0, while Raquel Pennington's came in at 13-5-0.

The stats suggested Holm had a massive power advantage over Pennington, boasting a 67% knock out percentage over Pennington's 10%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Pennington had a large advantage over Holm, boasting a 30% submission rate over Holm's 0%.

Holly Holm was the older woman by 7 years, at 42 years old.

Holm had a height advantage of 1 inch over Pennington. That also extended to a 2-inch reach advantage.

Holm was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had the same amount of fights, and made her debut in 2011, 11 months earlier than Pennington, whose first professional fight was in 2012. She had fought 6 more professional rounds, 74 to Pennington's 68.

Holm vs Pennington form

Holm had beaten 2 of her last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges once.

In her last fight before this contest, she had lost to Amanda Nunes at UFC 239 on 6th July 2019 by knockout in the 1st round in their championship fight at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, she had won against Megan Anderson at UFC 225 on 9th June 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at United Center, Chicago.

Going into that contest, she had been beaten by Cris Cyborg at UFC 219 on 30th December 2017 by unanimous decision in their UFC Women’s Featherweight championship fight at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Before that, she had beaten Bethe Correia at UFC Fight Night 111 on 17th June 2017 by knockout in the 3rd round at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Kallang, Singapore.

She had been defeated by Germaine de Randamie at UFC 208 on 11th February 2017 by unanimous decision in their UFC Women’s Featherweight championship fight at Barclays Center, Brooklyn, United States.

Activity check

Holm's last 5 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 2 months and 14 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 1 year, 5 months and 10 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 17 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.4 rounds on average.

Pennington's last 3 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 5 months and 13 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 2 years, 5 months and 25 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.7 rounds on average.

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