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Tecia Pennington
Tecia Pennington
10-5 · USA
VS
June 20, 2020 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Strawweight · 3 rounds
116.0lb
Weigh-in
115.0lb
Tecia Pennington def. Brianna Van Buren by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Pennington12/290/101:01
Van Buren9/112/502:28
R2
Pennington28/650/000:32
Van Buren11/270/100:34
R3
Pennington34/660/200:36
Van Buren14/300/101:32
Total
Pennington74/1600/302:09
Van Buren34/682/704:34

Scorecards

Pennington vs Van Buren

RdMichael BellRick WinterSal D'AmatoCommunity
R110-910-910-99.6-9.4
R210-910-910-910-9
R310-910-910-910-9
Total30-2730-2730-2729.6-27.4

Media (16 cards) · avg 29.827.2 · 16 Pennington · 0 Van Buren

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Pennington-Van Buren.

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 probabilityVan Buren
43.3%56.7%
KO / TKO
25%
Submission
26%
Decision
49%
Expected fight time: 9.7 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Pennington43%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO8%18%
Submission9%22%
Decision26%60%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes39 (2150)act 74
Takedowns0.2 (0.01.1)act 0
Van Buren57%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO18%31%
Submission16%29%
Decision23%40%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes39 (2150)act 34
Takedowns0.9 (0.02.8)act 2
Combined totals~77 sig strikes~1.2 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R136%
R29%
R36%
Distance49%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.4%
Pennington
49.4%-100
Van Buren
+10049.2%
Most takedownstie 31.9%
Pennington
12.8%+434
Van Buren
-43455.4%
Significant strikes — over/under
Pennington
Expected: 38.6
38.5
Over 38.5
42.7%
+134
Under 38.5
57.3%
-134
04997
Van Buren
Expected: 38.5
38.5
Over 38.5
42.5%
+135
Under 38.5
57.5%
-135
04997
Takedowns — over/under
Pennington
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
25.7%
Exactly 0
74.3%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Van Buren
Expected: 0.9
1
Over 1
36.7%
-105
Exactly 1
28.4%
push
Under 1
34.9%
+105
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 9.7 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
Pennington43.3%34.4%+8.9+175
Van Buren56.7%65.6%−8.9-225

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
70.3Striking78.1
Van Buren +7.8
25.6Grappling49.3
Van Buren +23.6
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
PenningtonVan Buren
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1526
Pound-for-pound
1540
1525
Divisional
1540
1499
Striking offense
1500
1521
Striking defense
1506
1486
Grappling offense
1502
1500
Grappling defense
1502
Physical
30 yrs
Age
26 yrs
5'1"
Height
5'0"
60"
Reach
62"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
4.04
Strikes landed / min
4.80
48%
Strike accuracy
39%
3.46
Strikes absorbed / min
1.53
63%
Strike defense
65%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.67
Takedowns / 15 min
3.00
14%
Takedown accuracy
75%
53%
Takedown defense
33%
0.1
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
55%
UFC win rate
100%
-4
Win/loss streak
+1
20%
Last-5 win rate
100%
17%
Finish rate
0%
Recent opp. quality
315
Days since last fight
343
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Tecia Pennington
  • LMarina RodriguezU-DEC R3
    Close -16510mo before
  • LZhang WeiliU-DEC R3
    Close +1001y 4mo before
  • LJoanna JedrzejczykU-DEC R3
    Close +2301y 11mo before
  • LJessica AndradeU-DEC R3
    Close +2502y 4mo before
  • WMichelle Waterson-GomezU-DEC R3
    Close -2252y 7mo before
Brianna Van Buren
  • WLivinha SouzaU-DEC R3
    Close -10511mo before
Pennington — win / loss by method
Record: 10-5-0

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
10% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
9 wins, 5 losses
W
90% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
6win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (17%)Submission(0%) 0
5 (83%)Decision(100%) 5
Non-UFC
4win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
4 (100%)Decision() 0
Van Buren — win / loss by method
Record: 9-2-0

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
2 wins, 0 losses
W
22% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 0 losses
W
33% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 2 losses
W
44% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (100%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
8win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (25%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (38%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (38%)Decision(100%) 2

Profiles

Experience
Pennington
Van Buren
11
UFC fights
1
155.9 min · 14.2 avg
Octagon time
15.0 min · 15.0 avg
13y 10m
Career length
13y 9m
UFC schedule strength

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

Pennington
Van Buren
113W–31L · 78.5%
Overall
13W–1L · 92.9%
49W–20L · 71.0%
Wins
13W–1L · 92.9%
64W–11L · 85.3%
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Pennington
Van Buren
13W–4L · 76.5%
Overall
48W–32L · 60.0%
13W–4L · 76.5%
Wins
41W–30L · 57.7%
0W–0L
Losses
7W–2L · 77.8%
Distance striking
Pennington
Van Buren
6.08
Landed / min
6.21
44.5%
Accuracy
33.8%
71.1%
Defense
73.2%
0.10
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
53.1%
Time at distance
54.7%
Grappling & control
Pennington
Van Buren
0.67
Takedowns / 15 min
3.00
14.3%
Takedown accuracy
75.0%
52.5%
Takedown defense
33.3%
0.10
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
55.7%
Control share
86.7%
Strike target map
Pennington
  • Head60%(376)div 61%
  • Body20%(128)div 22%
  • Legs20%(126)div 17%
Van Buren
  • Head67%(48)div 61%
  • Body21%(15)div 22%
  • Legs13%(9)div 17%

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.

Brianna Van Buren
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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