Nunes vs Pennington

Who won Nunes vs Pennington?

Amanda Nunes beat Raquel Pennington by during the main event of UFC 224, on Saturday 12th May 2018 at Jeunesse Arena in Rio de Janeiro.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Amanda Nunes.

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).

Nunes vs Pennington stats

Amanda Nunes stepped into the octagon with a record of 15 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Raquel Pennington made her way to the cage with a record of 9 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 1 of those win coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

Amanda Nunes' UFC record stood at 16-2-0, while Raquel Pennington's came in at 13-5-0.

The stats suggested Nunes had a massive power advantage over Pennington, boasting a 67% knock out percentage over Pennington's 11%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Pennington had an advantage over Nunes, with a 33% submission rate over Nunes' 20%.

Amanda Nunes was the same age as Raquel Pennington, at 35 years old.

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

Nunes was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 5 more fights, and made her debut in 2008, 3 years and 11 months earlier than Pennington, whose first professional fight was in 2012. She had fought 6 less professional rounds, 62 to Pennington's 68.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Raquel Pennington had been fighting more than Amanda Nunes.

Going to this contest, Amanda Nunes had last fought 6 years, 7 months and 9 days ago, while Raquel Pennington's last outing had been 5 years, 11 months and 6 days ago.

Nunes' last 2 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 9 months and 9 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 3 years, 10 months and 20 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

Pennington's last 2 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 5 months and 6 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 3 years, 8 months and 18 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 8 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 4 rounds on average.

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