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.

Raquel Pennington's UFC record stood at 13-5-0, while Miesha Tate's came in at 7-6-0.

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 35 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 8 less professional rounds, 68 to Tate's 76.

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