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Tecia Pennington

Women's Strawweight · REAL v1.0 (registered) #15; v1.1 (shadow) #19

Descriptive profile. The resume rank is what has been earned; these statistics are context, not a prediction. A test on Oct 20, 2026 found that career statistics add nothing reliable to age, layoff and experience as predictors of the next result (experiments/REGISTER.md, EXP-2026-10-20-14).

Weight band 13-15: the 10th to 90th percentile of her position across weight vectors drawn near the 70/30 weights. Rating 1,616, deviation 122: measured from 19 UFC bouts; a one-bout newcomer sits near 290.

Age 37 (born 1989-08-16) · Height 5 ft 1 in (155 cm) · Reach 60 in (152 cm) · Stance Orthodox · 358 days since last bout (2025-11-08) · Last five 2-3 · Streak L1

Why she is ranked here

Rating 1,616 is the division's 11th highest of 49 board fighters; the ledger stands at -0.4 (+1.2 from quality wins, +0.3 from close losses to top-5 fighters, less 1.0 for blowout losses, less 1.0 for other losses outside the top 5; losses count for three years); 5 quality wins in 15 years, 1 over top-10 opponents; form penalty 0.15 for a 2-3 last five. Score +0.11 = +0.23 (rating term, 70% weight) +0.03 (ledger term, 30% weight) -0.15 (form penalty); score order put her at #15.

TermValueDetail
Score+0.1170% rating term + 30% ledger term - form penalty
Rating term+0.23resume rating 1,616, scaled against the division's interdecile range
Ledger term+0.03quality ledger -0.4: +1.2 QW +0.3 proof -1.0 blowout -1.0 weak
Form penalty0.15last five 2-3
Quality wins, 15 years51 over top-10 opponents, 4 over top-15
Placementscore order #15v1.0 (registered)
Shadow board v1.1#19score -0.03; score order #19

Rules, weights and worked examples: methodology.

Last ten bouts

DateEventOpponentOpp. official rankResultMethodRoundModel p
2025-11-08UFC Fight Night: Bonfim vs. BrownDenise Gomes#15Lunanimous decision3 (5:00)46%
2025-05-17UFC Fight Night: Burns vs. MoralesLuana Pinheiro#15Wunanimous decision3 (5:00)71%
2024-10-05UFC 307: Pereira vs. Rountree Jr.Carla EsparzaunrankedWunanimous decision3 (5:00)50%
2024-05-11UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. NascimentoTabatha Ricci#11Lsplit decision3 (5:00)48%
2022-04-09UFC 273: Volkanovski vs. The Korean ZombieMackenzie Dern#5Lsplit decision3 (5:00)60%
2021-08-07UFC 265: Lewis vs. GaneAngela Hill#12Wunanimous decision3 (5:00)59%
2020-12-12UFC 256: Figueiredo vs. MorenoSam HughesunrankedWKO/TKO1 (5:00)63%
2020-06-20UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. VolkovBrianna FortinounrankedWunanimous decision3 (5:00)44%
2019-08-10UFC Fight Night: Shevchenko vs. Carmouche 2Marina RodriguezunrankedLunanimous decision3 (5:00)56%
2019-03-02UFC 235: Jones vs. SmithZhang Weili#15Lunanimous decision3 (5:00)52%

Opp. official rank = the UFC media-panel rank of the opponent on the date (C champion, #1 to #15, unranked; n/a before Feb 2013 or where no official board existed). Model p = the predictive model's pre-fight win chance for her (frozen performance-adjusted Elo; bouts before 2020 were in its tuning sample). Linked opponents have a profile.

Career statistics

Through 2026-10-31, UFC bouts only. Percentile = share of the 49 board fighters at Women's Strawweight at or below this value; high is a position in the division, not a verdict.

Output
Significant strikes landed per minute4.73(69th percentile at Women's Strawweight)
Significant strike accuracy48%(57th percentile at Women's Strawweight)
Knockdowns scored per 15 minutes0.06(51st percentile at Women's Strawweight)
Share of wins by finish18%(30th percentile at Women's Strawweight)
Defence and damage
Significant strikes absorbed per minute3.48(39th percentile at Women's Strawweight)
Significant strike defence62%(90th percentile at Women's Strawweight)
Knockdowns suffered per 15 minutes0.00(47th percentile at Women's Strawweight)
Significant strikes absorbed, career925(92nd percentile at Women's Strawweight)
KO/TKO losses0(57th percentile at Women's Strawweight)
Submission losses0(63rd percentile at Women's Strawweight)
KO/TKO losses per bout over 10 years, each weighted down by the finisher's danger0.000(57th percentile at Women's Strawweight)
Grappling
Takedowns landed per 15 minutes0.56(33rd percentile at Women's Strawweight)
Takedown defence63%(40th percentile at Women's Strawweight)
Share of cage time in control16%(47th percentile at Women's Strawweight)
Share of significant strikes landed in the clinch or on the ground15%(35th percentile at Women's Strawweight)
Stylemixed (3.8 takedown attempts per 15 min; 16% control)
Career stage
Age37.2(83rd percentile at Women's Strawweight)
Age at UFC debut25.3(29th percentile at Women's Strawweight)
Years since UFC debut11.9(98th percentile at Women's Strawweight)
UFC bouts19(94th percentile at Women's Strawweight)
Cage time, minutes266(96th percentile at Women's Strawweight)
Bouts per year, last three years1.3(49th percentile at Women's Strawweight)
Days since last bout358(82nd percentile at Women's Strawweight)

Board position since Oct 2023

C510152020252026Oct 2023Oct 20262024-05-17: #6, Women's Strawweight2024-05-31: #7, Women's Strawweight2024-06-07: #7, Women's Strawweight2024-06-14: #7, Women's Strawweight2024-06-21: #7, Women's Strawweight2024-06-28: #7, Women's Strawweight2024-07-12: #7, Women's Strawweight2024-07-19: #7, Women's Strawweight2024-07-26: #4, Women's Strawweight2024-08-02: #7, Women's Strawweight2024-08-09: #5, Women's Strawweight2024-08-16: #5, Women's Strawweight2024-08-23: #5, Women's Strawweight2024-09-06: #5, Women's Strawweight2024-09-13: #5, Women's Strawweight2024-09-27: #5, Women's Strawweight2024-10-04: #5, Women's Strawweight2024-10-11: #5, Women's Strawweight2024-10-18: #4, Women's Strawweight2024-10-25: #4, Women's Strawweight2024-11-01: #4, Women's Strawweight2024-11-08: #4, Women's Strawweight2024-11-15: #4, Women's Strawweight2024-11-22: #4, Women's Strawweight2024-12-06: #6, Women's Strawweight2024-12-13: #6, Women's Strawweight2025-01-10: #6, Women's Strawweight2025-01-17: #8, Women's Strawweight2025-01-31: #7, Women's Strawweight2025-02-07: #7, Women's Strawweight2025-02-14: #7, Women's Strawweight2025-02-21: #6, Women's Strawweight2025-02-28: #6, Women's Strawweight2025-03-07: #6, Women's Strawweight2025-03-14: #7, Women's Strawweight2025-03-21: #7, Women's Strawweight2025-03-28: #7, Women's Strawweight2025-04-04: #7, Women's Strawweight2025-04-11: #7, Women's Strawweight2025-04-25: #7, Women's Strawweight2025-05-02: #7, Women's Strawweight2025-05-09: #9, Women's Strawweight2025-05-16: #7, Women's Strawweight2025-05-30: #7, Women's Strawweight2025-06-06: #7, Women's Strawweight2025-06-13: #7, Women's Strawweight2025-06-20: #7, Women's Strawweight2025-06-27: #7, Women's Strawweight2025-07-11: #7, Women's Strawweight2025-07-18: #7, Women's Strawweight2025-07-25: #7, Women's Strawweight2025-08-01: #7, Women's Strawweight2025-08-08: #7, Women's Strawweight2025-08-15: #8, Women's Strawweight2025-08-22: #9, Women's Strawweight2025-09-05: #8, Women's Strawweight2025-09-12: #8, Women's Strawweight2025-09-26: #7, Women's Strawweight2025-10-03: #8, Women's Strawweight2025-10-10: #8, Women's Strawweight2025-10-17: #8, Women's Strawweight2025-10-24: #6, Women's Strawweight2025-10-31: #7, Women's Strawweight2025-11-07: #7, Women's Strawweight2025-11-14: #14, Women's Strawweight2025-11-21: #15, Women's Strawweight2025-12-05: #15, Women's Strawweight2025-12-12: #15, Women's Strawweight2026-01-23: #15, Women's Strawweight2026-01-30: #15, Women's Strawweight2026-02-06: #15, Women's Strawweight2026-02-20: #15, Women's Strawweight2026-02-27: #15, Women's Strawweight2026-03-06: #15, Women's Strawweight2026-03-13: #15, Women's Strawweight2026-03-20: #15, Women's Strawweight2026-03-27: #15, Women's Strawweight2026-04-03: #14, Women's Strawweight2026-04-10: #15, Women's Strawweight2026-04-17: #15, Women's Strawweight2026-04-24: #15, Women's Strawweight2026-05-01: #16, Women's Strawweight2026-05-08: #16, Women's Strawweight2026-05-15: #16, Women's Strawweight2026-05-29: #15, Women's Strawweight2026-06-05: #15, Women's Strawweight2026-06-13: #15, Women's Strawweight2026-06-19: #15, Women's Strawweight2026-06-26: #15, Women's Strawweight2026-07-10: #15, Women's Strawweight2026-07-17: #15, Women's Strawweight2026-07-24: #14, Women's Strawweight2026-07-31: #14, Women's Strawweight2026-08-07: #15, Women's Strawweight2026-08-14: #14, Women's Strawweight2026-08-21: #14, Women's Strawweight2026-08-28: #15, Women's Strawweight2026-09-04: #14, Women's Strawweight2026-09-11: #14, Women's Strawweight2026-09-18: #14, Women's Strawweight2026-09-25: #14, Women's Strawweight2026-09-26: #14, Women's Strawweight2026-10-03: #14, Women's Strawweight2026-10-10: #14, Women's Strawweight2026-10-17: #14, Women's Strawweight2026-10-24: #14, Women's Strawweight2026-10-31: #15, Women's Strawweight#15

Position on the registered v1.0 board at each weekly snapshot (C = title holder or reserved, drawn at the top; lower is better). Absent from 25 of 132 snapshots (gaps in the line).

Predictive rating by bout

1,5001,5501,6001,6501,70020172019202120232025Dec 2014Oct 20262014-12-12: 1,580 (W vs Angela Magana)2015-06-13: 1,615 (W vs Angela Hill)2015-12-12: 1,654 (W vs Jocelyn Jones-Lybarger)2016-04-16: 1,649 (L vs Rose Namajunas)2017-02-04: 1,673 (W vs Bec Rawlings)2017-07-07: 1,684 (W vs Juliana Lima)2017-12-02: 1,698 (W vs Michelle Waterson-Gomez)2018-02-24: 1,658 (L vs Jessica Andrade)2018-07-28: 1,644 (L vs Joanna Jedrzejczyk)2019-03-02: 1,601 (L vs Zhang Weili)2019-08-10: 1,549 (L vs Marina Rodriguez)2020-06-20: 1,593 (W vs Brianna Fortino)2020-12-12: 1,637 (W vs Sam Hughes)2021-08-07: 1,669 (W vs Angela Hill)2022-04-09: 1,659 (L vs Mackenzie Dern)2024-05-11: 1,618 (L vs Tabatha Ricci)2024-10-05: 1,650 (W vs Carla Esparza)2025-05-17: 1,641 (W vs Luana Pinheiro)2025-11-08: 1,637 (L vs Denise Gomes)1,637

Rating after each UFC bout from the frozen predictive model (performance-adjusted Elo, data/processed/elo_history.csv; a debut starts at 1,500). The resume rating's history is not stored, so this is the predictive line, which is a different number from the resume rating in the header.

Trajectory

Recent performances run about 73 points behind the rating: fighters this age typically run 59 points behind their rating, and her own recent results put her a further 14 points behind.

ComponentPointsMeaning
Age component-59what fighters aged 37.2 typically run relative to their rating (population curve, all UFC bouts since 2011)
Own recent results-14her recency-weighted mean and trend over 19 bouts, shrunk toward zero; trend -3 points a year
Combined-73the rating's likely distance from her current performance level, in rating points
Readingbehind ratingahead of, in line with (within 30 points), or behind the rating

Performance relative to the rating, by age

-1.0-0.5+0.0+0.5+1.024262830323436382014-12-12 (age 25.3): W vs Angela Magana, residual +0.422015-06-13 (age 25.8): W vs Angela Hill, residual +0.222015-12-12 (age 26.3): W vs Jocelyn Jones-Lybarger, residual +0.302016-04-16 (age 26.7): L vs Rose Namajunas, residual +0.012017-02-04 (age 27.5): W vs Bec Rawlings, residual +0.262017-07-07 (age 27.9): W vs Juliana Lima, residual +0.352017-12-02 (age 28.3): W vs Michelle Waterson-Gomez, residual +0.072018-02-24 (age 28.5): L vs Jessica Andrade, residual -0.282018-07-28 (age 28.9): L vs Joanna Jedrzejczyk, residual -0.292019-03-02 (age 29.5): L vs Zhang Weili, residual -0.462019-08-10 (age 30.0): L vs Marina Rodriguez, residual -0.562020-06-20 (age 30.8): W vs Brianna Fortino, residual +0.302020-12-12 (age 31.3): W vs Sam Hughes, residual +0.342021-08-07 (age 32.0): W vs Angela Hill, residual +0.252022-04-09 (age 32.6): L vs Mackenzie Dern, residual -0.032024-05-11 (age 34.7): L vs Tabatha Ricci, residual -0.052024-10-05 (age 35.1): W vs Carla Esparza, residual +0.192025-05-17 (age 35.8): W vs Luana Pinheiro, residual -0.152025-11-08 (age 36.2): L vs Denise Gomes, residual -0.36-0.11

Each dot is one decided UFC bout at her age then: the performance score minus the rating's expectation, on the score's own scale from -1 to +1 (filled = win, hollow = loss; above zero is better than the rating implied; a finish as a slight favourite is about +0.45). The dashed line is the population curve for all fighters; the solid line is this fighter's own fitted level and trend as of the data date, weighted toward recent bouts. One unit sustained over many bouts corresponds to about 695 rating points; a single bout's residual is noisy.

Held-out evidence (walk-forward 2016 to 2026, EXP-2026-10-21-01): the age curve held in every test year; the individual component is a weak signal (correlation 0.06 with the next bout's residual; among fighters aged 33 or over, the lowest predicted quartile won 38% of next bouts against 53% expected, the highest 48% against 52%) and adds nothing to bout prediction beyond the shadow model. No board uses any of it: the rankings answer who has earned the place, not who wins next (EXP-2026-10-20-09). Method: src/mmalab/decline.py; settings: config/decline.yaml (expectation from the resume rating; one unit of residual is about 695 rating points).

Context flags

Descriptive only. Each line is a population fact about fighters like her, not a forecast for her; the register entries hold the measurements.

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