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UFC 224: Nunes vs. Pennington
Amanda Nunes
Amanda Nunes
15-4 · BRA
VS
May 12, 2018 · Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Bantamweight · 5 rounds · Main event
135.0lb
Weigh-in
135.0lb
Amanda Nunes def. Raquel Pennington by KO/TKO (Punches), R5 2:36
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Nunes33/740/000:03
Pennington19/400/100:00
R2
Nunes27/590/000:00
Pennington18/481/301:17
R3
Nunes18/401/201:45
Pennington12/360/200:24
R4
Nunes27/481/101:20
Pennington8/320/200:32
R5 · 2:36
Nunes19/331/101:21
Pennington7/130/000:00
Total
Nunes124/2543/404:29
Pennington64/1691/802:13

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
NunesWin probabilityPennington
67.3%32.7%
KO / TKO
49%
Submission
8%
Decision
43%
Expected fight time: 15.9 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Nunes67%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO39%59%
Submission5%7%
Decision23%34%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes87 (50114)act 124
Takedowns1.3 (0.03.5)act 3
Pennington33%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO10%29%
Submission3%9%
Decision20%62%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes52 (2968)act 64
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.9)act 1
Combined totals~139 sig strikes~1.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R113%
R230%
R37%
R44%
R53%
Distance43%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.7%
Nunes
72.5%-270
Pennington
+27026.8%
Most takedownstie 31.1%
Nunes
59.4%-625
Pennington
+6259.5%
Significant strikes — over/under
Nunes
Expected: 87.4
87.5
Over 87.5
42.4%
+136
Under 87.5
57.6%
-136
0110219
Pennington
Expected: 52.0
52
Over 52
41.9%
+136
Exactly 52
1.3%
push
Under 52
56.8%
-136
066131
Takedowns — over/under
Nunes
Expected: 1.3
1.5
Over 1.5
43.4%
+131
Under 1.5
56.6%
-131
035
Pennington
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
19.6%
Exactly 0
80.4%
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 15.9 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
Nunes67.3%84.0%−16.7-700
Pennington32.7%16.0%+16.7+500

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
76.2Striking74.0
Nunes +2.2
56.7Grappling62.3
Pennington +5.6
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
NunesPennington
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1617
Pound-for-pound
1564
1617
Divisional
1564
1516
Striking offense
1489
1526
Striking defense
1512
1524
Grappling offense
1511
1529
Grappling defense
1503
Physical
29 yrs
Age
29 yrs
5'8"
Height
5'7"
69"
Reach
67"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.22
Strikes landed / min
3.80
53%
Strike accuracy
52%
2.37
Strikes absorbed / min
2.92
60%
Strike defense
67%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.81
Takedowns / 15 min
1.43
36%
Takedown accuracy
43%
71%
Takedown defense
70%
0.9
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.3
Form & résumé
89%
UFC win rate
75%
+6
Win/loss streak
+4
100%
Last-5 win rate
80%
75%
Finish rate
33%
Recent opp. quality
245
Days since last fight
546
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Amanda Nunes
  • WValentina ShevchenkoS-DEC R5
    Close +1258mo before
  • WRonda RouseyKO/TKO R1
    Close +1651y 4mo before
  • WMiesha TateSUB R1
    Close -3251y 10mo before
  • WValentina ShevchenkoU-DEC R3
    Close -1052y 2mo before
  • WSara McMannSUB R1
    Close +2202y 9mo before
Raquel Pennington
  • WMiesha TateU-DEC R3
    Close +1201y 6mo before
  • WElizabeth PhillipsU-DEC R3
    Close -3201y 9mo before
  • WBethe CorreiaS-DEC R3
    Close -2202y 1mo before
  • WJessica AndradeSUB R2
    Close +1502y 8mo before
  • LHolly HolmS-DEC R3
    Close +4253y 2mo before
Nunes — win / loss by method
Record: 15-4-0

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
10 wins, 2 losses
W
67% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 1 loss
W
20% of wins
L
25% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 1 loss
W
13% of wins
L
25% of losses
UFC
8win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (50%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
2 (25%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (25%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
7win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (86%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
1 (14%)Submission(33%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(33%) 1
Pennington — win / loss by method
Record: 9-5-0

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
1 win, 0 losses
W
11% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 1 loss
W
33% of wins
L
20% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 4 losses
W
56% of wins
L
80% of losses
UFC
6win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (33%)Submission(0%) 0
4 (67%)Decision(100%) 2
Non-UFC
3win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (33%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (33%)Submission(33%) 1
1 (33%)Decision(67%) 2

Profiles

Experience
Nunes
Pennington
9
UFC fights
8
66.3 min · 7.4 avg
Octagon time
105.0 min · 13.1 avg
18y 5m
Career length
14y 5m
UFC schedule strength

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

Nunes
Pennington
99W–27L · 78.6%
Overall
80W–27L · 74.8%
91W–27L · 77.1%
Wins
63W–24L · 72.4%
8W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
17W–3L · 85.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Nunes
Pennington
37W–15L · 71.2%
Overall
17W–11L · 60.7%
20W–7L · 74.1%
Wins
7W–9L · 43.8%
17W–8L · 68.0%
Losses
10W–2L · 83.3%
Distance striking
Nunes
Pennington
4.77
Landed / min
4.91
52.1%
Accuracy
40.4%
67.7%
Defense
73.3%
0.45
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
59.4%
Time at distance
41.2%
Grappling & control
Nunes
Pennington
1.81
Takedowns / 15 min
1.43
36.4%
Takedown accuracy
43.5%
71.4%
Takedown defense
69.7%
0.90
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.29
64.8%
Control share
45.8%
Strike target map
Nunes
  • Head60%(169)div 64%
  • Body11%(31)div 19%
  • Legs29%(80)div 17%
Pennington
  • Head64%(255)div 64%
  • Body23%(91)div 19%
  • Legs13%(53)div 17%

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

Amanda Nunes
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.