Fighter profile

Tecia Pennington

“Tiny Tornado”

Women's Strawweight · UFC record 11-8 · 19 detailed UFC fights · Last fight Sat 8 Nov 2025

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Fighter ratings

Ratings V2Rated

Striking (offense)87

Power67

Striking defense84

Takedown defense72

WrestlingProvisional measure62

Ratings V2 descriptive 0–100 scores (19 detailed fights; as of Sat 8 Nov 2025). Not win probabilities or rankings. Missing values stay unavailable.

Chin and Cardio · Frozen through October 17, 2026

R1 research scale

ChinEvidence: ESTABLISHED90.7

CardioEvidence: ESTABLISHED70.0

Source: R1 public_candidate_display · status: Research candidate · as of Sat 17 Oct 2026. Separate frozen research scale; fights after October 17, 2026 are not reflected.

About these ratings

Ratings are domain-specific descriptive scales. Equal point differences across different domains do not imply equal absolute skill differences.

Striking (offense) · Ratings V2: Ratings V2 striking-offense score built from recorded significant strikes landed per round, significant-strike accuracy and significant-strike differential.
Power · Ratings V2: Recorded knockdown and KO/TKO-win threat under the Ratings V2 contract (knockdowns per round, KO/TKO win rate); not literal measured punching force.
Striking defense · Ratings V2: Recorded strike avoidance (striking defense) and bounded absorption (strikes absorbed per round) under the Ratings V2 contract.
Takedown defense · Ratings V2: Recorded defense against incoming takedown attempts (takedown defense rate) under the Ratings V2 contract.
Wrestling · Ratings V2: Ratings V2 wrestling-offense score: recorded takedowns landed per round and takedown accuracy. Not ground control or complete grappling.
Chin · R1 research scale: Exposure-adjusted recorded knockdown resistance. This is not a direct biological measurement of chin, recovery, or injury resistance.
Cardio · R1 research scale: Recorded later-round striking activity and effectiveness retention. This is not a direct physiological fitness measurement.

Ratings V2 scores follow each fighter's latest recorded state; R1 research-scale scores are frozen through 17 Oct 2026. Recovery is separate metadata, not a rating. No combined rating exists.

Profile

Height: 155 cm (5'1")
Reach: 152 cm (5'0")
Stance: Orthodox
Age: 37

Last 3: L W W (most recent last)

Career statistics

Descriptive

19 detailed UFC fights · 54 rounds of recorded statistics. Exact totals from recorded UFC fights through Sat 8 Nov 2025; not opponent-adjusted and not model inputs.

Strikes landed23.3significant, per round

Strikes absorbed17.1per round

Striking differential+6.1per round

Takedown attempts1.24per round

Takedown defense62.9%of attempts stopped

Finish rate18.2%of UFC wins

Striking

Significant strikes landed per round: 23.3
Significant strikes absorbed per round: 17.1
Differential per round (landed − absorbed): +6.1
Striking accuracy: 48.0%
Striking defense (opponent strikes avoided): 61.9%
Knockdowns per round: 0.02
Target: head / body / leg: 54.5% / 21.0% / 24.5%
Position: distance / clinch / ground: 85.0% / 11.8% / 3.2%

Per-round figures divide recorded totals by rounds with statistics. Shares are of significant strikes landed.

Wrestling and grappling

Takedown attempts per round: 1.24
Takedowns landed per round: 0.19
Takedown accuracy: 14.9%
Takedown defense: 62.9%
Control time per round: 0:47
Submission attempts per round: 0.02
Reversals per round: 0.00

Attempts and landed takedowns are counted separately; accuracy is landed ÷ attempted.

Outcomes and durability

UFC record (W-L-D, NC): 11-8-0
Finish rate (wins by KO/TKO or submission): 18.2%
Wins by KO/TKO · submission · decision: 1 · 1 · 9
Losses by KO/TKO · submission · decision: 0 · 0 · 8
Knockdowns scored / suffered: 1 / 0
Average fight time: 14:26 (over 16 bouts)

Results as recorded by UFCStats. Fight time is elapsed time (completed rounds plus ending time) and includes draws and no-contests. These are outcomes, not biological measurements.

UFC fight history

Tecia Pennington — most recent UFC fights
Date	Opponent	Result	Method	End	Event
Sat 8 Nov 2025	Denise Gomes	L	U-DEC	R3 5:00	UFC Fight Night: Bonfim vs. Brown
Sat 17 May 2025	Luana Pinheiro	W	U-DEC	R3 5:00	UFC Fight Night: Burns vs. Morales
Sat 5 Oct 2024	Carla Esparza	W	U-DEC	R3 5:00	UFC 307: Pereira vs. Rountree Jr.
Sat 11 May 2024	Tabatha Ricci	L	S-DEC	R3 5:00	UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Nascimento
Sat 9 Apr 2022	Mackenzie Dern	L	S-DEC	R3 5:00	UFC 273: Volkanovski vs. The Korean Zombie

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Tecia Pennington — earlier UFC fights
Date	Opponent	Result	Method	End	Event
Sat 7 Aug 2021	Angela Hill	W	U-DEC	R3 5:00	UFC 265: Lewis vs. Gane
Sat 12 Dec 2020	Sam Hughes	W	KO/TKO	R1 5:00	UFC 256: Figueiredo vs. Moreno
Sat 20 Jun 2020	Brianna Fortino	W	U-DEC	R3 5:00	UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Volkov
Sat 10 Aug 2019	Marina Rodriguez	L	U-DEC	R3 5:00	UFC Fight Night: Shevchenko vs. Carmouche 2
Sat 2 Mar 2019	Zhang Weili	L	U-DEC	R3 5:00	UFC 235: Jones vs. Smith
Sat 28 Jul 2018	Joanna Jedrzejczyk	L	U-DEC	R3 5:00	UFC Fight Night: Alvarez vs. Poirier 2
Sat 24 Feb 2018	Jessica Andrade	L	U-DEC	R3 5:00	UFC Fight Night: Emmett vs. Stephens
Sat 2 Dec 2017	Michelle Waterson-Gomez	W	U-DEC	R3 5:00	UFC 218: Holloway vs. Aldo 2
Fri 7 Jul 2017	Juliana Lima	W	SUB Rear Naked Choke	R2 0:53	The Ultimate Fighter: Redemption Finale
Sat 4 Feb 2017	Bec Rawlings	W	U-DEC	R3 5:00	UFC Fight Night: Bermudez vs. The Korean Zombie
Sat 16 Apr 2016	Rose Namajunas	L	U-DEC	R3 5:00	UFC on FOX: Teixeira vs Evans
Sat 12 Dec 2015	Jocelyn Jones-Lybarger	W	U-DEC	R3 5:00	UFC 194: Aldo vs McGregor
Sat 13 Jun 2015	Angela Hill	W	U-DEC	R3 5:00	UFC 188: Velasquez vs Werdum
Fri 12 Dec 2014	Angela Magana	W	U-DEC	R3 5:00	The Ultimate Fighter: A Champion Will Be Crowned Finale

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