Pennington vs Silva

Who won Pennington vs Silva?

Raquel Pennington beat Mayra Bueno Silva by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest during the co-main event of UFC 297, on Saturday 20th January 2024 at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto.

The scorecards were announced as 49-46, 49-46, 49-45 in favor of the winner Raquel Pennington.

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 Silva stats

Raquel Pennington stepped into the octagon with a record of 15 wins, 8 losses and 0 draws, 1 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 4 by submission.

Mayra Bueno Silva made her way to the cage with a record of 11 wins, 2 losses and 1 draw, 1 of those win coming by knock out and 8 by submission.

Mayra Bueno Silva marked her 11th fight for them, having made her own debut for the promotion in 2018.

Raquel Pennington's UFC record stood at 13-5-0, while Mayra Bueno Silva's came in at 5-4-1.

The stats suggested Silva had a slight advantage in power over Pennington, with a 9% knock out percentage over Pennington's 7%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Silva had a massive advantage over Pennington, boasting a 73% submission rate over Pennington's 27%.

Raquel Pennington was the older woman by 3 years, at 36 years old.

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

Pennington was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 9 more fights, and made her debut in 2012, 3 years earlier than Silva, whose first professional fight was in 2015. She had fought 33 more professional rounds, 68 to Silva's 35.

Pennington vs Silva form

Mayra Bueno Silva had beaten 4 of her last 5 opponents.

In her last fight leading up to this contest, she had won against Holly Holm at UFC Fight Night – Holm vs. Bueno Silva on 15th July 2023 by submission in the 2nd round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, she had beaten Lina Lansberg at UFC Fight Night: Andrade vs. Blanchfield on 18th February 2023 by submission in the 2nd round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, she had defeated Stephanie Egger at UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Hill on 6th August 2022 by submission in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, she was victorious against Yanan Wu at UFC Fight Night: Luque vs. Muhammad 2 on 16th April 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

She had lost to Manon Fiorot at UFC Vegas 40 on 16th October 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Activity check

Silva's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 10 months and 26 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 7 months. In those fights, she fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Pennington vs Silva?

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