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Women's Bantamweight
3 Rounds
Raquel Pennington won · U-DEC R3
Elo1495
Miesha Tate
Elo1504

Miesha TatevsRaquel PenningtonUFC Prediction Result

UFC 205: Alvarez vs McGregor · Saturday, November 12, 2016New York City, New York, USA

Official fight result

Raquel Pennington won

U-DEC · Round 3 · 5:00

Style matchupMiesha Tate: Submission grapplervsRaquel Pennington: Well-rounded

Well-rounded fighters can dictate where this happens. The grappler needs scrambles to find their entries.

Model Prediction: Raquel Pennington wins(55.9%)

Actual result: Raquel Pennington wins · Model version: ufc_v6_2_pure_lightgbm_20260715_055615

Correct

Hypothetical $100 stake on the replay pick

Raquel Pennington at +120 American odds

+$120 profit

$220 total returned

Scouting Report

Auto-generated signals worth knowing before you read the deep stats below.

  • Raquel Pennington has 10pp better strike defense — meaningful gap.

Tale of the Tape

Miesha Tate
Red Corner
VS
Raquel Pennington
Blue Corner
-140
(58%)
Vegas Odds
+120
(45%)
1495
Elo
1504
39
Age
37
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
5'6"
Height
5'7"
165.1 cm
Reach
170.18 cm

Recent Form

Last 5 fights for each fighter — most recent on the right. Hover any result for the matchup.

Miesha Tate
oldest →
W
KOvs Marion Reneau · Jul 21
L
vs Ketlen Vieira · Nov 21
L
vs Lauren Murphy · Jul 22
W
SUBvs Julia Avila · Dec 23
L
vs Yana Santos · May 25
latest
Raquel Pennington
oldest →
W
SUBvs Macy Chiasson · Dec 21
W
vs Aspen Ladd · Apr 22
W
vs Ketlen Vieira · Jan 23
W
vs Mayra Bueno Silva · Jan 24
L
vs Julianna Pena · Oct 24
latest

Output & Defense Comparison

Rate-normalized career statistics. Bold side has the edge per metric.

Miesha TateMetricRaquel Pennington
2.62
Strikes / min
4.10
3.05
Strikes absorbed / min
3.32
51%
Strike defense
61%
1.97
TDs / 15 min
0.83
56%
Takedown defense
62%
1.20
Sub atts / 15 min
0.60
Net striking (SLpM − SApM)
-0.43Δ 1.21 — meaningful gap+0.78

Statistical Profile

Career averages · bigger area = stronger across dimensions

Elo1536 vs 1547Strikes31.6 vs 50.9Takedowns1.1 vs 1.3Sub Atts1.38 vs 0.86Form0.2 vs 0.8
Miesha TateRaquel Pennington

Recent Elo Trajectory

Last 10 fights for each fighter, aligned right (most recent on the right).

14801490150015101520← oldermost recent →
Miesha Tate(10 fights)Raquel Pennington(10 fights)

Model Feature Differentials

Red − Blue for each engineered feature. Bar leans toward the stronger fighter.Hover a label to see what it measures.

ELO Rating
Red -9.3|Blue +9.3
Recent Form
Red -0.6|Blue +0.6
Striker Score
Red -1.7|Blue +1.7
Grappler Score
Red +0.0|Blue -0.0
EVEN
Layoff
Red +42.0|Blue -42.0
Red Corner advantageBlue Corner advantage

Strike Breakdown

Where the strikes landed. Head accuracy is the single strongest predictor of fight outcomes.

Miesha TateTargetRaquel Pennington

By target zone

8
24% acc · 38%
Head
31
48% acc · 72%
11
39% acc · 52%
Body
8
100% acc · 19%
2
67% acc · 10%
Leg
4
100% acc · 9%

By position

11
23% acc · 52%
Distance
19
41% acc · 44%
10
56% acc · 48%
Clinch
13
87% acc · 30%
0
Ground
11
69% acc · 26%

Round-by-Round Scoring (Model)

Statistical round-winner heuristic based on strikes, takedowns, control time, and knockdowns. Not the official judges' scorecard.

1
Miesha Tate rounds
0
even
2
Raquel Pennington rounds
Round 1Miesha Tate edged it
Sig. strikes7
Takedowns1
Control2:35
8Sig. strikes
0Takedowns
0:20Control
Round 2Raquel Pennington edged it
Sig. strikes13
Takedowns0
Control1:36
24Sig. strikes
0Takedowns
1:57Control
Round 3Raquel Pennington edged it
Sig. strikes1
Takedowns0
Control0:15
11Sig. strikes
1Takedowns
4:30Control
Statistical round count agrees with the official result.

Fight Stats

Totals

0
KD
0
21 / 65
Sig Strikes
43 / 77
29.7%
Sig Str %
53%
48 / 93
Total Strikes
111 / 156
1 / 5
TDs
1 / 1
11%
TD %
100%
0
Sub Att
3
0
Rev
0
4:26
Ctrl Time
6:47

Round-by-Round

RoundFighterSig StrTotal StrTDSub
1Raquel Pennington8 / 2114 / 270 / 02
1Miesha Tate7 / 2912 / 341 / 30
2Raquel Pennington24 / 3755 / 740 / 00
2Miesha Tate13 / 3226 / 460 / 10
3Raquel Pennington11 / 1942 / 551 / 11
3Miesha Tate1 / 410 / 130 / 10

Miesha Tate

StanceOrthodox
Height66.0"
Reach65.0"
Fights14

Raquel Pennington

StanceOrthodox
Height67.0"
Reach67.0"
Fights19