UFC UFC 246: McGregor vs. Cowboy Final

Raquel Pennington vs Holly Holm

Raquel Pennington
United States

Raquel Pennington

“Rocky”

16-10

VS
Holly Holm
United States

Holly Holm

“The Preacher's Daughter”

15-7

Winner

Winner

Holly Holm

Decision - Unanimous · Round 3 — 5:00

19 January 2020 · T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, USA

Key takeaways

  • Holly Holm beat Raquel Pennington by unanimous decision after three rounds.
  • Holly Holm landed 81 of 129 total strikes and 0 of 3 takedowns, with 7:15 of control time.
  • The judges scored it 28-29, 27-30, 27-30.
  • They have met once before: Holly Holm won by split decision at UFC 184: Rousey vs Zingano.
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Tale of the tape

Raquel PenningtonHolly Holm
16-10Record15-7
31Age on fight night38
5′7″ (170 cm)Height5′8″ (173 cm)
67.5″ (171 cm)Reach69″ (175 cm)
135 lb (61.2 kg)Weight135 lb (61.2 kg)
OrthodoxStanceSouthpaw
Altitude MMATeamJackson-Wink MMA
Colorado Springs, Colorado, United StatesFromAlbuquerque, New Mexico, United States

Fight statistics

55of 95 · 58%Total strikes landed81of 129 · 63%
20of 54Head strikes52of 88
32of 35Body strikes10of 20
3of 6Leg strikes19of 21
1of 2Takedowns0of 3
1:01Control time7:15

Counts are total strikes thrown and landed — the source does not separate significant strikes.

Round by round

Raquel PenningtonRoundHolly Holm
7/16strikes1/1TD0KD0:17controlR126/39strikes0/0TD0KD2:48control
28/36strikes0/0TD0KD0:19controlR232/44strikes0/1TD0KD3:07control
20/43strikes0/1TD0KD0:25controlR323/46strikes0/2TD0KD1:20control

Judges’ scorecards

Mike Bell

9R11010R299R310

28total29

Eric Colon

9R1109R2109R310

27total30

Ron McCarthy

9R1109R2109R310

27total30

They have met before

1 March 2015Holly Holm won by split decisionUFC 184: Rousey vs Zingano

Form going into the fight

Raquel Pennington

  1. WIrene Aldanasplit decision2019
  2. LGermaine de Randamieunanimous decision2018
  3. LAmanda Nunes2018
  4. WMiesha Tateunanimous decision2016
  5. WElizabeth Phillipsunanimous decision2016

Holly Holm

  1. LAmanda NunesKO/TKO R1 4:102019
  2. WMegan Anderson2018
  3. LCristiane Justinounanimous decision2017
  4. WBethe CorreiaKO/TKO R3 1:092017
  5. LGermaine de Randamieunanimous decision2017

Also on this card

Donald Cerrone vs Conor McGregorKO/TKO R1 0:40Aleksei Oleinik vs Maurice Greenesubmission R2 4:38Brian Kelleher vs Ode OsbourneAnthony Pettis vs Diego Ferreirasubmission R2 1:46Roxanne Modafferi vs Maycee Barberunanimous decision

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