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Zhang Weili
Zhang Weili
18-1 · CHN
VS
Tecia Pennington
Tecia Pennington
10-3 · USA
March 2, 2019 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Strawweight · 3 rounds
116.0lb
Weigh-in
115.0lb
Zhang Weili def. Tecia Pennington by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Weili16/520/401:16
Pennington5/170/100:07
R2
Weili24/461/300:36
Pennington14/300/000:59
R3
Weili23/441/102:50
Pennington11/150/000:03
Total
Weili63/1422/804:42
Pennington30/620/101:09

Scorecards

Weili vs Pennington

RdDerek ClearyGlenn TrowbridgeMichael BellCommunity
R110-910-910-910-9.1
R210-910-99-109.8-9.2
R310-910-910-910-9
Total30-2730-2729-2829.8-27.3

Media (15 cards) · avg 29.627.4 · 15 Weili · 0 Pennington

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Weili-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
WeiliWin probabilityPennington
79.4%20.6%
KO / TKO
29%
Submission
8%
Decision
64%
Expected fight time: 11.9 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Weili79%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO27%34%
Submission7%9%
Decision45%57%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes58 (3376)act 63
Takedowns1.2 (0.03.3)act 2
Pennington21%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO2%9%
Submission1%3%
Decision18%88%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes46 (2660)act 30
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.7)act 0
Combined totals~105 sig strikes~1.4 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R114%
R215%
R37%
Distance64%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.0%
Weili
60.0%-154
Pennington
+15439.0%
Most takedownstie 28.4%
Weili
64.3%-874
Pennington
+8747.4%
Significant strikes — over/under
Weili
Expected: 58.3
58.5
Over 58.5
42.3%
+136
Under 58.5
57.7%
-136
073146
Pennington
Expected: 46.4
46.5
Over 46.5
42.4%
+136
Under 46.5
57.6%
-136
059117
Takedowns — over/under
Weili
Expected: 1.2
1
Over 1
44.2%
-150
Exactly 1
26.2%
push
Under 1
29.5%
+150
035
Pennington
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
17.4%
Exactly 0
82.6%
push
Under 0
0.0%
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 11.9 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
Weili79.4%53.1%+26.3-130
Pennington20.6%46.9%−26.3+100

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
85.6Striking74.5
Weili +11.1
71.3Grappling25.3
Weili +46.0
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
WeiliPennington
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1575
Pound-for-pound
1557
1575
Divisional
1556
1500
Striking offense
1507
1529
Striking defense
1520
1489
Grappling offense
1492
1505
Grappling defense
1504
Physical
29 yrs
Age
29 yrs
5'4"
Height
5'1"
63"
Reach
60"
Switch
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
6.53
Strikes landed / min
4.44
48%
Strike accuracy
49%
2.30
Strikes absorbed / min
3.11
68%
Strike defense
66%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.61
Takedowns / 15 min
0.83
40%
Takedown accuracy
17%
100%
Takedown defense
43%
1.6
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.1
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
67%
+2
Win/loss streak
-2
100%
Last-5 win rate
60%
50%
Finish rate
17%
Recent opp. quality
98
Days since last fight
217
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Zhang Weili
  • WJessica AguilarSUB R1
    Close -5503mo before
  • WDanielle TaylorU-DEC R3
    Close -3207mo before
Tecia Pennington
  • LJoanna JedrzejczykU-DEC R3
    Close +2307mo before
  • LJessica AndradeU-DEC R3
    Close +2501y before
  • WMichelle Waterson-GomezU-DEC R3
    Close -2251y 3mo before
  • WJuliana LimaSUB R2
    Close -4751y 8mo before
  • WBec RawlingsU-DEC R3
    opp missedClose -4002y 1mo before
Weili — win / loss by method
Record: 18-1-0

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
9 wins, 0 losses
W
50% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
7 wins, 0 losses
W
39% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 1 loss
W
11% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
2win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (50%)Submission() 0
1 (50%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
16win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
9 (56%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
6 (38%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (6%)Decision(100%) 1
Pennington — win / loss by method
Record: 10-3-0

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, 3 losses
W
90% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
6win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (17%)Submission(0%) 0
5 (83%)Decision(100%) 3
Non-UFC
4win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
4 (100%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Weili
Pennington
2
UFC fights
9
18.7 min · 9.3 avg
Octagon time
125.9 min · 14.0 avg
12y 9m
Career length
13y 10m
UFC schedule strength

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

Weili
Pennington
29W–9L · 76.3%
Overall
84W–30L · 73.7%
29W–9L · 76.3%
Wins
49W–20L · 71.0%
0W–0L
Losses
35W–10L · 77.8%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Weili
Pennington
92W–52L · 63.9%
Overall
13W–4L · 76.5%
92W–52L · 63.9%
Wins
13W–4L · 76.5%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Weili
Pennington
5.32
Landed / min
6.86
38.1%
Accuracy
45.4%
74.6%
Defense
72.9%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.12
74.4%
Time at distance
52.0%
Grappling & control
Weili
Pennington
1.61
Takedowns / 15 min
0.83
40.0%
Takedown accuracy
17.1%
100.0%
Takedown defense
42.9%
1.61
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.12
80.9%
Control share
60.9%
Strike target map
Weili
  • Head55%(67)div 62%
  • Body18%(22)div 21%
  • Legs27%(33)div 16%
Pennington
  • Head62%(345)div 62%
  • Body19%(106)div 21%
  • Legs19%(108)div 16%

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

Zhang Weili
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Tecia Pennington
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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