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Bethe Correia vs.
Raquel Pennington

Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.

5-6-1 Bethe Correia · UFC
13-6-0 Raquel Pennington · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.

5-6-1
UFC record
13-6-0
Women's Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Bantamweight
43
AgeΔ 6 yrs
37
5'5"
HeightΔ 2"
5'7"
64"
ReachΔ 3"
67"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
58.1
Layoff (months)Δ 36.1 mo
22
LLWLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LWWWW
The read

What the numbers say.

Scouting notes, auto-generated — only stats deviating more than 25% from the division median make this list. No narratives, just deviations.

Raquel Pennington is a submission threat — 0.62 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.34 Women's Bantamweight norm.
Bethe Correia rarely shoots — 0.39 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.91 Women's Bantamweight norm.
Bethe Correia absorbs 4.93 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.51 Women's Bantamweight norm — hittable.
Level of competition

Who did they actually beat?

Full-career records re-graded by the tier of opposition — the same grading the Contender Series pick model uses. Records built on tier-4 competition are worth less than records built on killers.

Bethe Correia

Full career not yet synced for Bethe Correia — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 2-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.6 wins over .500

Raquel Pennington

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 136
Tier 3 — regional circuit 33

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.99 · 13 tier-1/2 wins · 5 finish wins over 25 documented bouts

In the UFC: 10-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.9 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

6644.37/min · norm 3.56
Sig. strikes landed
11934.10/min · norm 3.56
7504.93/min · norm 3.51
Sig. strikes absorbed
9663.32/min · norm 3.51
43.8%norm 46.65%
Striking accuracy
49.2%norm 46.65%
56.0%norm 52.45%
Striking defense
61.1%norm 52.45%
00.00/15 · norm 0.08
Knockdowns
10.05/15 · norm 0.08

Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)

Bethe Correia

Distance 91.2% (norm 80.3%) · Clinch 8.4% (norm 9.7%) · Ground 0.5% (norm 7.5%)

Raquel Pennington

Distance 76.8% (norm 80.3%) · Clinch 18.1% (norm 9.7%) · Ground 5.2% (norm 7.5%)

What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)

Bethe Correia

Head 73.2% (norm 75.2%) · Body 16.4% (norm 14.3%) · Legs 10.4% (norm 8.8%)

Raquel Pennington

Head 75.5% (norm 75.2%) · Body 18.4% (norm 14.3%) · Legs 6.1% (norm 8.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.

Zone Correia L/AAccWomen's Bantamweight med Pennington L/AAccWomen's Bantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 573 / 1381 41.5% 38.3% 734 / 1863 39.4% 38.3%
In the clinch 87 / 127 68.5% 73.3% 358 / 438 81.7% 73.3%
On the ground 4 / 7 too few to rate 70.8% 101 / 125 80.8% 70.8%
BY TARGET
To the head 381 / 1109 34.4% 37.7% 690 / 1831 37.7% 37.7%
To the body 163 / 248 65.7% 70.0% 371 / 447 83.0% 70.0%
To the legs 120 / 158 75.9% 80.9% 132 / 148 89.2% 80.9%

Zones with fewer than 25 attempts are marked "too few to rate". Each fighter is measured against the median of leaderboard-eligible fighters in his own division (Women's Bantamweight: 40 fighters · Women's Bantamweight: 40 fighters).

What lands on them Opponents' accuracy against each man

Green ≤ division median — harder to hit than the typical man in his division.

Zone vs Correia L/AOpp accWomen's Bantamweight med vs Pennington L/AOpp accWomen's Bantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 583 / 1487 39.2% 41.3% 666 / 2067 32.2% 41.3%
In the clinch 119 / 162 73.5% 74.7% 282 / 392 71.9% 74.7%
On the ground 48 / 57 84.2% 74.2% 18 / 23 too few to rate 74.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 505 / 1400 36.1% 38.1% 555 / 1857 29.9% 38.1%
To the body 153 / 201 76.1% 73.2% 271 / 433 62.6% 73.2%
To the legs 92 / 105 87.6% 80.9% 140 / 192 72.9% 80.9%
Grappling

The ground war.

Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.

418.2% acc · 0.39/15 · norm 0.91
Takedowns landed
1627.6% acc · 0.83/15 · norm 0.91
1885.7% def · norm 62.5%
Takedowns stopped
4062.5% def · norm 62.5%
19:3812.9% of cage time · norm 26.55%
Control time
66:2122.8% of cage time · norm 26.55%
12:521:16 per 15 · norm 3:19
Time under control
73:463:48 per 15 · norm 3:19
00.00/15 · norm 0.34
Submission attempts
120.62/15 · norm 0.34

Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Pennington has more cage time on record.

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