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UFC 246: McGregor vs. Cowboy
Holly Holm
Holly Holm
12-5 · USA
VS
January 18, 2020 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Bantamweight · 3 rounds
Holly Holm def. Raquel Pennington by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Holm6/120/002:48
Pennington5/141/100:17
R2
Holm9/170/103:07
Pennington19/270/000:19
R3
Holm15/330/201:21
Pennington14/370/100:26
Total
Holm30/620/307:16
Pennington38/781/201:02

Scorecards

Holm vs Pennington

RdEric ColónMichael BellRon McCarthyCommunity
R110-910-910-910-9
R210-99-1010-99.7-9.4
R310-910-910-99.7-9.3
Total30-2729-2830-2729.4-27.7

Media (14 cards) · avg 29.827.2 · 14 Holm · 0 Pennington

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

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
HolmWin probabilityPennington
42.1%57.9%
KO / TKO
20%
Submission
3%
Decision
77%
Expected fight time: 13.3 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Holm42%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO14%33%
Submission0%0%
Decision28%67%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes44 (2558)act 30
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.7)act 0
Pennington58%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO6%11%
Submission3%5%
Decision49%84%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes51 (2967)act 38
Takedowns0.5 (0.01.8)act 1
Combined totals~96 sig strikes~0.8 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R17%
R29%
R37%
Distance77%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.1%
Holm
42.7%+132
Pennington
-13256.2%
Most takedownstie 48.7%
Holm
25.2%+104
Pennington
-10426.1%
Significant strikes — over/under
Holm
Expected: 44.3
44.5
Over 44.5
42.2%
+137
Under 44.5
57.8%
-137
056111
Pennington
Expected: 51.2
51
Over 51
42.1%
+134
Exactly 51
1.3%
push
Under 51
56.5%
-134
065129
Takedowns — over/under
Holm
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
32.6%
+207
Under 0.5
67.4%
-207
035
Pennington
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
32.9%
+204
Under 0.5
67.1%
-204
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 13.3 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
Holm42.1%53.2%−11.1-125
Pennington57.9%46.8%+11.1+105

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
60.6Striking67.9
Pennington +7.3
40.2Grappling46.6
Pennington +6.3
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
HolmPennington
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1533
Pound-for-pound
1550
1545
Divisional
1549
1494
Striking offense
1482
1522
Striking defense
1508
1472
Grappling offense
1503
1548
Grappling defense
1507
Physical
38 yrs
Age
31 yrs
5'8"
Height
5'7"
69"
Reach
67"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.82
Strikes landed / min
3.39
35%
Strike accuracy
46%
2.83
Strikes absorbed / min
3.33
58%
Strike defense
64%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.55
Takedowns / 15 min
1.14
32%
Takedown accuracy
27%
79%
Takedown defense
65%
0.1
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.9
Form & résumé
50%
UFC win rate
64%
-1
Win/loss streak
+1
40%
Last-5 win rate
60%
40%
Finish rate
29%
Recent opp. quality
196
Days since last fight
182
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Holly Holm
  • LAmanda NunesKO/TKO R1
    Close +3006mo before
  • WMegan AndersonU-DEC R3
    Close -1451y 7mo before
  • LCristiane JustinoU-DEC R5
    Close +2652y 1mo before
  • WBethe CorreiaKO/TKO R3
    Close -5702y 7mo before
  • LGermaine de RandamieU-DEC R5
    Close +1002y 11mo before
Raquel Pennington
  • WIrene AldanaS-DEC R3
    Close +1156mo before
  • LGermaine de RandamieU-DEC R3
    missedClose +1801y 2mo before
  • LAmanda NunesKO/TKO R5
    Close +5001y 8mo before
  • WMiesha TateU-DEC R3
    Close +1203y 2mo before
  • WElizabeth PhillipsU-DEC R3
    Close -3203y 5mo before
Holm — win / loss by method
Record: 12-5-0

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
8 wins, 1 loss
W
67% of wins
L
20% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
20% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 3 losses
W
33% of wins
L
60% of losses
UFC
5win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (40%)KO/TKO(20%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(20%) 1
3 (60%)Decision(60%) 3
Non-UFC
7win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (86%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (14%)Decision() 0
Pennington — win / loss by method
Record: 10-7-0

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, 1 loss
W
10% of wins
L
14% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 1 loss
W
30% of wins
L
14% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 5 losses
W
60% of wins
L
71% of losses
UFC
7win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(25%) 1
2 (29%)Submission(0%) 0
5 (71%)Decision(75%) 3
Non-UFC
3win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (33%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (33%)Submission(33%) 1
1 (33%)Decision(67%) 2

Profiles

Experience
Holm
Pennington
10
UFC fights
11
164.8 min · 16.5 avg
Octagon time
157.6 min · 14.3 avg
15y 5m
Career length
14y 5m
UFC schedule strength

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

Holm
Pennington
110W–24L · 82.1%
Overall
112W–38L · 74.7%
40W–9L · 81.6%
Wins
73W–28L · 72.3%
70W–15L · 82.4%
Losses
39W–10L · 79.6%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Holm
Pennington
30W–22L · 57.7%
Overall
17W–11L · 60.7%
30W–22L · 57.7%
Wins
7W–9L · 43.8%
0W–0L
Losses
10W–2L · 83.3%
Distance striking
Holm
Pennington
3.19
Landed / min
4.37
31.3%
Accuracy
36.3%
62.1%
Defense
70.1%
0.18
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
73.6%
Time at distance
46.8%
Grappling & control
Holm
Pennington
0.55
Takedowns / 15 min
1.14
31.6%
Takedown accuracy
26.7%
79.2%
Takedown defense
64.9%
0.09
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.86
72.8%
Control share
52.7%
Strike target map
Holm
  • Head47%(219)div 64%
  • Body28%(128)div 19%
  • Legs25%(117)div 17%
Pennington
  • Head63%(337)div 64%
  • Body23%(121)div 19%
  • Legs14%(76)div 17%

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

Holly Holm
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Raquel Pennington
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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