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Tecia Pennington vs.
Juliana Lima

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
3-4-0 Juliana Lima · 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
3-4-0
Women's Strawweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Strawweight
37
AgeΔ 7.4 yrs
44.4
5'1"
HeightΔ 4"
5'5"
60"
ReachΔ 5"
65"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
8.9
Layoff (months)Δ 93.4 mo
102.3
LWWLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLW
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.

Juliana Lima owns the mat — in control 38% of cage time, vs a 19% Women's Strawweight norm.
Juliana Lima hunts takedowns — 1.72 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.10 Women's Strawweight norm.
Tecia Pennington rarely shoots — 0.56 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

Juliana Lima

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

In the UFC: 0-1 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
1861.94/min · norm 3.77
9253.48/min · norm 3.94
Sig. strikes absorbed
2022.11/min · norm 3.94
48.0%norm 44.5%
Striking accuracy
44.1%norm 44.5%
61.9%norm 54.4%
Striking defense
56.0%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%)

Juliana Lima

Distance 66.1% (norm 86.9%) · Clinch 19.0% (norm 7.7%) · Ground 14.9% (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%)

Juliana Lima

Head 65.4% (norm 76.4%) · Body 15.9% (norm 14.9%) · Legs 18.7% (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 Lima L/AAccWomen's Strawweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 1069 / 2326 46.0% 38.3% 82 / 279 29.4% 38.3%
In the clinch 148 / 238 62.2% 72.6% 65 / 80 81.2% 72.6%
On the ground 40 / 55 72.7% 75.0% 39 / 63 61.9% 75.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 685 / 1868 36.7% 35.4% 84 / 276 30.4% 35.4%
To the body 264 / 371 71.2% 69.3% 49 / 67 73.1% 69.3%
To the legs 308 / 380 81.1% 77.9% 53 / 79 67.1% 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 Lima L/AOpp accWomen's Strawweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 664 / 2081 31.9% 39.7% 84 / 304 27.6% 39.7%
In the clinch 185 / 252 73.4% 71.5% 77 / 101 76.2% 71.5%
On the ground 76 / 94 80.9% 74.4% 41 / 54 75.9% 74.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 471 / 1764 26.7% 36.0% 85 / 304 28.0% 36.0%
To the body 288 / 433 66.5% 68.4% 82 / 110 74.5% 68.4%
To the legs 166 / 230 72.2% 79.1% 35 / 45 77.8% 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
1131.4% acc · 1.72/15 · norm 1.10
6162.9% def · norm 64.1%
Takedowns stopped
1770.8% def · norm 64.1%
41:5315.8% of cage time · norm 19.4%
Control time
36:0037.5% of cage time · norm 19.4%
52:042:56 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
26:074:05 per 15 · norm 3:00
10.06/15 · norm 0.29
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · 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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