Tecia Pennington
"Tiny Tornado"
| Age | 36 |
| Nationality | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Weight class | Women's Strawweight |
| Height | 155 cm |
| Reach | 152 cm |
| Stance | Orthodox |
MMA Record
22
fights
15
✅ wins
7
❌ losses
0
⬜ draws
0
⬜ no contests
Bonuses
1
bonus
0
Fights of the night
1
Performance of the night
0
KO of the night
0
Submission of the night
Metrics
December 12, 2014
UFC debuts
November 08, 2025
UFC last fight
4h25:53
time in the cage
13:60
avg time by combat
57.9%
win rate
18.2%
finish rate
UFC Career Recap
⌚ Current Elo
1538
as of November 08, 2025
🥇 Peak Elo
1567
on December 02, 2017
📈 Elo Evolution Over Fights
⭐ Global Score
70
📊 Global scores
📈 Top 5 Strengths
| Top | Ability | Score | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Leg strikes landed | 93 | 5.79 / round |
| 2. | Distance strikes landed | 88 | 20.10 / round |
| 3. | Significant strikes differential | 85 | +6.24 / round |
| 4. | Significant strikes landed | 85 | 23.64 / round |
| 5. | Total strikes defense | 83 | 54% |
📉 Top 5 Weaknesses
| Flop | Ability | Score | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Ground strikes landed | 23 | 0.75 / round |
| 2. | Takedowns landed | 26 | 0.19 / round |
| 3. | Submissions attempted | 29 | 0.02 / round |
| 4. | Significant strikes per knockdown | 38 | 1257 |
| 5. | Knockdowns | 39 | 0.02 / round |
71
Boxing Score
86
Kickboxing Score
📊 Striking Scores
🆚 Striking Differential
+6.24
/ round
💫 Strike differential
20.1 / round
🥊 Distance strikes landed
12.5 / round
💢 Distance strikes taken
46.0%
🎯 Distance strikes accuracy
68.1%
🐢 Distance strikes defense
🔋 Striking Intensity Upon Rounds
📏 Strike Distance Repartition
🚹 Strike Target Repartition
31
Wrestling Score
50
Jiu Jitsu Score
📊 Grappling Scores
🤼♀️ Wrestling
1.3 / round
🤾♂️ Takedowns attempted
0.2 / round
💥 Takedowns landed
14.9%
🎯 Takedown accuracy
62.9%
🐢 Takedown defense
🔒 Control
47s / round
⏱ Control Time
59s / round
🔐 Control time by opponent
🔨 Ground & Pound
0.8 / round
⛏ Ground strikes
72.7%
🎯 Ground strikes accuracy
🥋 Jiu Jitsu
1
✅ Submission wins
0.0 / round
🐍 Submissions attempted
100.0%
🎯 Submission accuracy
Tecia Pennington's UFC Fight History
November 08, 2025 - UFC Fight Night: Bonfim vs. Brown
Women's Strawweight bout
Loss by unanimous decision at round 3 (5:00).
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May 17, 2025 - UFC Fight Night: Burns vs. Morales
Women's Strawweight bout
Win by unanimous decision at round 3 (5:00).
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October 05, 2024 - UFC 307: Pereira vs. Rountree Jr.
Women's Strawweight bout
Win by unanimous decision at round 3 (5:00).
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May 11, 2024 - UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Nascimento
Women's Strawweight bout
Loss by split decision at round 3 (5:00).
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April 09, 2022 - UFC 273: Volkanovski vs. The Korean Zombie
Women's Strawweight bout
Loss by split decision at round 3 (5:00).
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August 07, 2021 - UFC 265: Lewis vs. Gane
Women's Strawweight bout
Win by unanimous decision at round 3 (5:00).
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December 12, 2020 - UFC 256: Figueiredo vs. Moreno
Women's Strawweight bout
Win by ko tko at round 1 (5:00).
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June 20, 2020 - UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Volkov
Women's Strawweight bout
Win by unanimous decision at round 3 (5:00).
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August 10, 2019 - UFC Fight Night: Shevchenko vs. Carmouche 2
Women's Strawweight bout
Loss by unanimous decision at round 3 (5:00).
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March 02, 2019 - UFC 235: Jones vs. Smith
Women's Strawweight bout
Loss by unanimous decision at round 3 (5:00).
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July 28, 2018 - UFC Fight Night: Alvarez vs. Poirier 2
Women's Strawweight bout
Loss by unanimous decision at round 3 (5:00).
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February 24, 2018 - UFC Fight Night: Emmett vs. Stephens
Women's Strawweight bout
Loss by unanimous decision at round 3 (5:00).
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December 02, 2017 - UFC 218: Holloway vs. Aldo 2
Women's Strawweight bout
Win by unanimous decision at round 3 (5:00).
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July 07, 2017 - The Ultimate Fighter: Redemption Finale
Women's Strawweight bout
Win by submission (Rear Naked Choke) at round 2 (53s).
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February 04, 2017 - UFC Fight Night: Bermudez vs. The Korean Zombie
Women's Strawweight bout
Win by unanimous decision at round 3 (5:00).
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April 16, 2016 - UFC on FOX: Teixeira vs Evans
Women's Strawweight bout
Loss by unanimous decision at round 3 (5:00).
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December 12, 2015 - UFC 194: Aldo vs McGregor
Women's Strawweight bout
Win by unanimous decision at round 3 (5:00).
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June 13, 2015 - UFC 188: Velasquez vs Werdum
Women's Strawweight bout
Win by unanimous decision at round 3 (5:00).
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December 12, 2014 - The Ultimate Fighter: A Champion Will Be Crowned Finale
Women's Strawweight bout
Win by unanimous decision at round 3 (5:00).
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Fighter's fights