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Tecia Pennington vs.
Bec Rawlings

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

11-8-0 Tecia Pennington · UFC
2-5-0 Bec Rawlings · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

11-8-0
UFC record
2-5-0
Women's Strawweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Strawweight
37
AgeΔ 0.5 yrs
37.5
5'1"
HeightΔ 5"
5'6"
60"
ReachΔ 4"
64"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
8.9
Layoff (months)Δ 91.1 mo
100
LWWLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLLW
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.

Tecia Pennington rarely shoots — 0.56 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.10 Women's Strawweight norm.
Bec Rawlings absorbs 5.66 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.94 Women's Strawweight norm — hittable.
Bec Rawlings rarely shoots — 0.71 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.10 Women's Strawweight norm.
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.

Tecia Pennington

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 118
Tier 3 — regional circuit 40

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.03 · 11 tier-1/2 wins · 2 finish wins over 23 documented bouts

In the UFC: 5-8 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.6 wins over .500

Bec Rawlings

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

In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.3 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

12574.73/min · norm 3.77
Sig. strikes landed
3784.48/min · norm 3.77
9253.48/min · norm 3.94
Sig. strikes absorbed
4785.66/min · norm 3.94
48.0%norm 44.5%
Striking accuracy
42.8%norm 44.5%
61.9%norm 54.4%
Striking defense
57.3%norm 54.4%
10.06/15 · norm 0.00
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.00

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

Tecia Pennington

Distance 88.8% (norm 86.9%) · Clinch 9.1% (norm 7.7%) · Ground 2.1% (norm 5.0%)

Bec Rawlings

Distance 86.3% (norm 86.9%) · Clinch 10.9% (norm 7.7%) · Ground 2.8% (norm 5.0%)

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

Tecia Pennington

Head 71.3% (norm 76.4%) · Body 14.2% (norm 14.9%) · Legs 14.5% (norm 9.1%)

Bec Rawlings

Head 81.5% (norm 76.4%) · Body 12.5% (norm 14.9%) · Legs 6.0% (norm 9.1%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Pennington L/AAccWomen's Strawweight med Rawlings L/AAccWomen's Strawweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 1069 / 2326 46.0% 38.3% 293 / 762 38.5% 38.3%
In the clinch 148 / 238 62.2% 72.6% 65 / 96 67.7% 72.6%
On the ground 40 / 55 72.7% 75.0% 20 / 25 80.0% 75.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 685 / 1868 36.7% 35.4% 263 / 720 36.5% 35.4%
To the body 264 / 371 71.2% 69.3% 67 / 110 60.9% 69.3%
To the legs 308 / 380 81.1% 77.9% 48 / 53 90.6% 77.9%

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 Strawweight: 63 fighters · Women's Strawweight: 63 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 Pennington L/AOpp accWomen's Strawweight med vs Rawlings L/AOpp accWomen's Strawweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 664 / 2081 31.9% 39.7% 393 / 997 39.4% 39.7%
In the clinch 185 / 252 73.4% 71.5% 57 / 86 66.3% 71.5%
On the ground 76 / 94 80.9% 74.4% 28 / 37 75.7% 74.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 471 / 1764 26.7% 36.0% 301 / 866 34.8% 36.0%
To the body 288 / 433 66.5% 68.4% 97 / 152 63.8% 68.4%
To the legs 166 / 230 72.2% 79.1% 80 / 102 78.4% 79.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

1014.9% acc · 0.56/15 · norm 1.10
Takedowns landed
440.0% acc · 0.71/15 · norm 1.10
6162.9% def · norm 64.1%
Takedowns stopped
1368.4% def · norm 64.1%
41:5315.8% of cage time · norm 19.4%
Control time
12:3714.9% of cage time · norm 19.4%
52:042:56 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
20:043:33 per 15 · norm 3:00
10.06/15 · norm 0.29
Submission attempts
20.36/15 · norm 0.29

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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