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December 2, 2017 · Detroit, Michigan, USA
Strawweight · 3 rounds
116.0lb
Weigh-in
115.0lb
Tecia Pennington def. Michelle Waterson-Gomez by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Pennington40/730/101:44
Waterson-Gomez23/591/100:33
R2
Pennington13/270/000:00
Waterson-Gomez13/301/203:53
R3
Pennington42/731/102:11
Waterson-Gomez20/490/000:04
Total
Pennington95/1731/203:55
Waterson-Gomez56/1382/304:30

Scorecards

Pennington vs Waterson-Gomez

RdBryan MinerEric ColónRoy SilbertCommunity
R110-910-910-910-9
R210-99-109-109.1-9.9
R310-910-910-99.9-9
Total30-2729-2829-2829-27.9

Media (21 cards) · avg 2927.9 · 21 Pennington · 0 Waterson-Gomez

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

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 probabilityWaterson-Gomez
71.5%28.5%
KO / TKO
32%
Submission
9%
Decision
59%
Expected fight time: 11.7 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 Waterson-Gomez. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Pennington72%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO19%27%
Submission4%5%
Decision49%68%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes63 (3682)act 95
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.5)act 1
Waterson-Gomez28%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO12%44%
Submission5%19%
Decision11%37%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes42 (2455)act 56
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.0)act 2
Combined totals~105 sig strikes~0.9 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R115%
R217%
R39%
Distance59%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.0%
Pennington
67.2%-211
Waterson-Gomez
+21131.8%
Most takedownstie 44.7%
Pennington
20.2%+174
Waterson-Gomez
-17435.1%
Significant strikes — over/under
Pennington
Expected: 63.0
63
Over 63
42.0%
+136
Exactly 63
1.1%
push
Under 63
57.0%
-136
079158
Waterson-Gomez
Expected: 42.5
42.5
Over 42.5
42.5%
+135
Under 42.5
57.5%
-135
054107
Takedowns — over/under
Pennington
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
28.9%
+246
Under 0.5
71.1%
-246
035
Waterson-Gomez
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
43.2%
+132
Under 0.5
56.8%
-132
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 11.7 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
Pennington71.5%65.6%+5.9-225
Waterson-Gomez28.5%34.4%−5.9+175

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
78.2Striking69.7
Pennington +8.5
32.0Grappling75.0
Waterson-Gomez +43.0
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
PenningtonWaterson-Gomez
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1574
Pound-for-pound
1536
1574
Divisional
1536
1503
Striking offense
1508
1520
Striking defense
1525
1496
Grappling offense
1509
1514
Grappling defense
1498
Physical
28 yrs
Age
31 yrs
5'1"
Height
5'3"
60"
Reach
62"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.48
Strikes landed / min
3.41
49%
Strike accuracy
74%
2.25
Strikes absorbed / min
2.52
72%
Strike defense
44%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.74
Takedowns / 15 min
3.16
15%
Takedown accuracy
100%
69%
Takedown defense
33%
0.2
Sub attempts / 15 min
3.8
Form & résumé
83%
UFC win rate
67%
+2
Win/loss streak
-1
80%
Last-5 win rate
67%
20%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
148
Days since last fight
231
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Tecia Pennington
  • WJuliana LimaSUB R2
    Close -4755mo before
  • WBec RawlingsU-DEC R3
    opp missedClose -40010mo before
  • LRose NamajunasU-DEC R3
    Close +1451y 8mo before
  • WJocelyn Jones-LybargerU-DEC R3
    Close -3002y before
  • WAngela HillU-DEC R3
    Close -2452y 6mo before
Michelle Waterson-Gomez
  • LRose NamajunasSUB R2
    Close -1308mo before
  • WPaige VanZantSUB R1
    Close -11011mo before
  • WAngela MaganaSUB R3
    Close -10002y 5mo before
Pennington — win / loss by method
Record: 9-1-0

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
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
11% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
8 wins, 1 loss
W
89% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
5win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (20%)Submission(0%) 0
4 (80%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
4win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
4 (100%)Decision() 0
Waterson-Gomez — win / loss by method
Record: 14-5-0

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
3 wins, 1 loss
W
21% of wins
L
20% of losses
Submission
9 wins, 3 losses
W
64% of wins
L
60% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 1 loss
W
14% of wins
L
20% of losses
UFC
2win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (100%)Submission(100%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
12win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (25%)KO/TKO(25%) 1
7 (58%)Submission(50%) 2
2 (17%)Decision(25%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Pennington
Waterson-Gomez
6
UFC fights
3
80.9 min · 13.5 avg
Octagon time
23.8 min · 7.9 avg
13y 10m
Career length
19y 5m
UFC schedule strength

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

Pennington
Waterson-Gomez
39W–17L · 69.6%
Overall
23W–12L · 65.7%
35W–15L · 70.0%
Wins
18W–9L · 66.7%
4W–2L · 66.7%
Losses
5W–3L · 62.5%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Pennington
Waterson-Gomez
13W–4L · 76.5%
Overall
69W–43L · 61.6%
13W–4L · 76.5%
Wins
59W–41L · 59.0%
0W–0L
Losses
10W–2L · 83.3%
Distance striking
Pennington
Waterson-Gomez
6.49
Landed / min
9.03
46.2%
Accuracy
69.2%
75.3%
Defense
68.3%
0.19
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
57.9%
Time at distance
25.1%
Grappling & control
Pennington
Waterson-Gomez
0.74
Takedowns / 15 min
3.16
14.8%
Takedown accuracy
100.0%
69.2%
Takedown defense
33.3%
0.19
Sub attempts / 15 min
3.79
77.5%
Control share
26.8%
Strike target map
Pennington
  • Head57%(208)div 62%
  • Body21%(77)div 22%
  • Legs21%(77)div 16%
Waterson-Gomez
  • Head44%(36)div 62%
  • Body27%(22)div 22%
  • Legs28%(23)div 16%

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.

Michelle Waterson-Gomez
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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