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UFC 256: Figueiredo vs. Moreno
Tecia Pennington
Tecia Pennington
11-5 · USA
VS
Sam Hughes
Sam Hughes
5-1 · USA
December 12, 2020 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Strawweight · 3 rounds
115.5lb
Weigh-in
115.5lb
Tecia Pennington def. Sam Hughes by KO/TKO (Eye Injury), R1 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Pennington52/1031/100:15
Hughes20/530/100:51
Total
Pennington52/1031/100:15
Hughes20/530/100:51

Pre-fight

The model's read going in

The walk-forward model's call at the time of the bout — persisted out-of-sample, with no hindsight about the result.

Prediction
PenningtonWin probabilityHughes
55.9%44.1%
KO / TKO
22%
Submission
17%
Decision
62%
Expected fight time: 11.4 min
Retrospective pick: the walk-forward model's call at the time of the fight — persisted out-of-sample, with no hindsight about the result.
What drives the pick

Each bar is a feature's push on the model from the center axis. Red pushes toward Pennington, blue toward Hughes. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Pennington56%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO8%15%
Submission7%12%
Decision41%73%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes43 (1859)act 52
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.5)act 1
Hughes44%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO13%30%
Submission10%23%
Decision21%47%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes42 (1757)act 20
Takedowns0.9 (0.03.1)act 0
Combined totals~86 sig strikes~1.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R120%
R212%
R36%
Distance62%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.1%
Pennington
49.9%-102
Hughes
+10248.9%
Most takedownstie 31.8%
Pennington
27.7%+146
Hughes
-14640.5%
Significant strikes — over/under
Pennington
Expected: 43.3
43.5
Over 43.5
39.5%
+153
Under 43.5
60.5%
-153
055109
Hughes
Expected: 42.4
42.5
Over 42.5
39.6%
+153
Under 42.5
60.4%
-153
053106
Takedowns — over/under
Pennington
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
43.8%
+128
Under 0.5
56.2%
-128
035
Hughes
Expected: 0.9
1
Over 1
33.7%
+134
Exactly 1
21.2%
push
Under 1
45.1%
-134
035

Odds are model-implied (no real prop market is priced for these). The “most” prices are draw-no-bet — a tie (for takedowns, usually 0–0) is a push, so each side is priced off its chance of winning given a result, while the % shown is the raw chance of landing strictly more. Drag a line in half-point steps: a half line (e.g. 2.5) is a clean over/under, while a whole number adds a third outcome — landing exactly on it, a push — so over, exact and under sum to 100%. On a whole number the over/under odds are draw-no-bet (priced off the decisive mass, since the push refunds), so the two sides stay mirror images rather than implying an arbitrage.

Expected fight time 11.4 min. Predicted-output ranges are percentiles of the model’s simulated fights: sig strikes the middle 50% (25th–75th); takedowns the wider 10th–90th, since they’re 0 in most fights so a narrow band would collapse to 0. Win-by-method = win probability × that fighter’s own method split: the model forecasts how the fight ends, and that forecast is divided between the corners by each fighter’s finishing record — UFC wins in full, earlier-career wins at half weight, as of fight night — reconciled so the fighters’ totals still equal their win probabilities and the methods still total the fight-level forecast above. “Equity” is each of those over that fighter’s win % — how they win given that they win — so a column adds to 100%, and it differs by corner. A fighter with no classifiable wins at any level leans on the fight-level split. “How it ends” is the model’s round-of-finish split. “Mkt” is the de-vigged market prop (consensus across books), shown for context, not as a betting signal; rounds & totals slots fill as that data lands. Percentages are apportioned by largest remainder, so each set adds to its total exactly and an individual figure can sit a point off its own rounding.

Model vs market
Final
ModelMarketGapLine
To win
Pennington55.9%82.1%−26.2-570
Hughes44.1%17.9%+26.2+440

Market % is the de-vigged (no-vig) consensus across the books that price both fighters; the line is the average across books with the min–max range in parentheses. Gap is the model minus the market in points (+ = the model rates that outcome above the market). Thin or one-sided markets are flagged or left blank rather than shown as a fabricated %. Shown for context, not as a bet — the closing line is the sharpest public price and the model trails it on average. For 5-round bouts the model splits its round-3+ finish mass into rounds 3–5 by the historical within-bucket rate, so the over-3.5 / 4.5 lines carry a model estimate.

Trait web
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
PenningtonHughes
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1543
Pound-for-pound
1513
1542
Divisional
1513
1501
Striking offense
1500
1525
Striking defense
1500
1485
Grappling offense
1500
1499
Grappling defense
1500
Physical
31 yrs
Age
28 yrs
5'1"
Height
5'5"
60"
Reach
64"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.12
Strikes landed / min
48%
Strike accuracy
3.35
Strikes absorbed / min
62%
Strike defense
Grappling (UFC career)
0.61
Takedowns / 15 min
13%
Takedown accuracy
55%
Takedown defense
0.1
Sub attempts / 15 min
Form & résumé
58%
UFC win rate
+1
Win/loss streak
20%
Last-5 win rate
14%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
175
Days since last fight
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Tecia Pennington
  • WBrianna Van BurenU-DEC R3
    Close +1756mo before
  • LMarina RodriguezU-DEC R3
    Close -1651y 4mo before
  • LZhang WeiliU-DEC R3
    Close +1001y 9mo before
  • LJoanna JedrzejczykU-DEC R3
    Close +2302y 5mo before
  • LJessica AndradeU-DEC R3
    Close +2502y 10mo before
Sam Hughes
No prior UFC fights.
Pennington — win / loss by method
Record: 11-5-0

Bar length is fight count (largest bar = full width); shading splits finishes by round and decisions by unanimous vs split — tap a bar for the round-by-round count.

KO/TKO
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
9% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
10 wins, 5 losses
W
91% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
7win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (14%)Submission(0%) 0
6 (86%)Decision(100%) 5
Non-UFC
4win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
4 (100%)Decision() 0
Hughes — win / loss by method
Record: 5-1-0

Bar length is fight count (largest bar = full width); shading splits finishes by round and decisions by unanimous vs split — tap a bar for the round-by-round count.

KO/TKO
1 win, 0 losses
W
20% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 1 loss
W
60% of wins
L
100% of losses
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
20% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
5win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (20%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (60%)Submission(100%) 1
1 (20%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Pennington
Hughes
12
UFC fights
0
170.9 min · 14.2 avg
Octagon time
13y 10m
Career length
UFC schedule strength

Opponents' records on fight night — toggle their full cross-promotional record vs UFC bouts only.

Pennington
Hughes
122W–33L · 78.7%
Overall
58W–22L · 72.5%
Wins
64W–11L · 85.3%
Losses
Non-UFC schedule strength
Pennington
Hughes
13W–4L · 76.5%
Overall
11W–3L · 78.6%
13W–4L · 76.5%
Wins
7W–2L · 77.8%
0W–0L
Losses
4W–1L · 80.0%
Distance striking
Pennington
Hughes
6.23
Landed / min
44.0%
Accuracy
70.8%
Defense
0.09
Knockdowns / 15 min
52.4%
Time at distance
Grappling & control
Pennington
Hughes
0.61
Takedowns / 15 min
13.5%
Takedown accuracy
55.3%
Takedown defense
0.09
Sub attempts / 15 min
53.4%
Control share
Strike target map
Pennington
  • Head59%(418)div 61%
  • Body21%(149)div 22%
  • Legs19%(137)div 17%
Hughes
  • Head0%(0)div 61%
  • Body0%(0)div 22%
  • Legs0%(0)div 17%
  • No strike data on record.

Where each fighter lands significant strikes (career). “div” = the weight-class average.

Tecia Pennington
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

Per-fight: SS & TD shown landed/attempted; Close = consensus closing line.

Sam Hughes

No UFC fights on record.

Per-fight: SS & TD shown landed/attempted; Close = consensus closing line.