Julianna Pena 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.
The men, measured.
Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.
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.
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.
Julianna Pena
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 8 | 4 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 4 | 2 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 1.0 · 8 tier-1/2 wins · 8 finish wins over 18 documented bouts
In the UFC: 6-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.6 wins over .500
Raquel Pennington
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 13 | 6 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 3 | 3 |
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
The stand-up battle.
Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Julianna Pena
Distance 74.2% (norm 80.3%) · Clinch 7.6% (norm 9.7%) · Ground 18.2% (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)
Julianna Pena
Head 87.7% (norm 75.2%) · Body 10.6% (norm 14.3%) · Legs 1.7% (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 | Pena L/A | Acc | Women's Bantamweight med | Pennington L/A | Acc | Women's Bantamweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 305 / 823 | 37.1% | 38.3% | 734 / 1863 | 39.4% | 38.3% |
| In the clinch | 65 / 84 | 77.4% | 73.3% | 358 / 438 | 81.7% | 73.3% |
| On the ground | 123 / 202 | 60.9% | 70.8% | 101 / 125 | 80.8% | 70.8% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 387 / 973 | 39.8% | 37.7% | 690 / 1831 | 37.7% | 37.7% |
| To the body | 92 / 117 | 78.6% | 70.0% | 371 / 447 | 83.0% | 70.0% |
| To the legs | 14 / 19 | too few to rate | 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 Pena L/A | Opp acc | Women's Bantamweight med | vs Pennington L/A | Opp acc | Women's Bantamweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 297 / 799 | 37.2% | 41.3% | 666 / 2067 | 32.2% | 41.3% |
| In the clinch | 46 / 66 | 69.7% | 74.7% | 282 / 392 | 71.9% | 74.7% |
| On the ground | 64 / 85 | 75.3% | 74.2% | 18 / 23 | too few to rate | 74.2% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 262 / 773 | 33.9% | 38.1% | 555 / 1857 | 29.9% | 38.1% |
| To the body | 93 / 113 | 82.3% | 73.2% | 271 / 433 | 62.6% | 73.2% |
| To the legs | 52 / 64 | 81.2% | 80.9% | 140 / 192 | 72.9% | 80.9% |
The ground war.
Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Pennington has more cage time on record.