Juliana Lima vs. Tecia Pennington

UFC 3-4-0 vs. 11-8-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
3-4-0
UFC record
11-8-0
Women's Strawweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Strawweight
44
AgeΔ 8 yrs
36
5'5"
HeightΔ 4"
5'1"
65"
ReachΔ 5"
60"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
102.3
Layoff (months)Δ 93.3 mo
9
LLWLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWWLL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Juliana Lima owns the mat — in control 38% of cage time, vs a 19% Women's Strawweight norm.
Juliana Lima hunts takedowns — 1.72 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.10 Women's Strawweight norm.
Tecia Pennington rarely shoots — 0.56 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.10 Women's Strawweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Juliana Lima

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 34
Tier 3 — regional circuit 63

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.39 · 3 tier-1/2 wins · 2 finish wins over 16 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.3 wins over .500

Tecia Pennington

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 118
Tier 3 — regional circuit 40

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.03 · 11 tier-1/2 wins · 2 finish wins over 23 documented bouts

In the UFC: 5-8 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.6 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1861.94/min · norm 3.77
Sig. strikes landed
12574.73/min · norm 3.77
2022.11/min · norm 3.94
Sig. strikes absorbed
9253.48/min · norm 3.94
44.1%norm 44.5%
Striking accuracy
48.0%norm 44.5%
56.0%norm 54.4%
Striking defense
61.9%norm 54.4%
00.00/15 · norm 0.00
Knockdowns
10.06/15 · norm 0.00

Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)

Juliana Lima

Distance 66.1% (norm 86.9%) · Clinch 19.0% (norm 7.7%) · Ground 14.9% (norm 5.0%)

Tecia Pennington

Distance 88.8% (norm 86.9%) · Clinch 9.1% (norm 7.7%) · Ground 2.1% (norm 5.0%)

What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)

Juliana Lima

Head 65.4% (norm 76.4%) · Body 15.9% (norm 14.9%) · Legs 18.7% (norm 9.1%)

Tecia Pennington

Head 71.3% (norm 76.4%) · Body 14.2% (norm 14.9%) · Legs 14.5% (norm 9.1%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.

Zone Lima L/AAccWomen's Strawweight med Pennington L/AAccWomen's Strawweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 82 / 279 29.4% 38.3% 1069 / 2326 46.0% 38.3%
In the clinch 65 / 80 81.2% 72.6% 148 / 238 62.2% 72.6%
On the ground 39 / 63 61.9% 75.0% 40 / 55 72.7% 75.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 84 / 276 30.4% 35.4% 685 / 1868 36.7% 35.4%
To the body 49 / 67 73.1% 69.3% 264 / 371 71.2% 69.3%
To the legs 53 / 79 67.1% 77.9% 308 / 380 81.1% 77.9%

Zones with fewer than 25 attempts are marked "too few to rate". Each fighter is measured against the median of leaderboard-eligible fighters in his own division (Women's Strawweight: 63 fighters · Women's Strawweight: 63 fighters).

What lands on them Opponents' accuracy against each man

Green ≤ division median — harder to hit than the typical man in his division.

Zone vs Lima L/AOpp accWomen's Strawweight med vs Pennington L/AOpp accWomen's Strawweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 84 / 304 27.6% 39.7% 664 / 2081 31.9% 39.7%
In the clinch 77 / 101 76.2% 71.5% 185 / 252 73.4% 71.5%
On the ground 41 / 54 75.9% 74.4% 76 / 94 80.9% 74.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 85 / 304 28.0% 36.0% 471 / 1764 26.7% 36.0%
To the body 82 / 110 74.5% 68.4% 288 / 433 66.5% 68.4%
To the legs 35 / 45 77.8% 79.1% 166 / 230 72.2% 79.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1131.4% acc · 1.72/15 · norm 1.10
Takedowns landed
1014.9% acc · 0.56/15 · norm 1.10
1770.8% def · norm 64.1%
Takedowns stopped
6162.9% def · norm 64.1%
36:0037.5% of cage time · norm 19.4%
Control time
41:5315.8% of cage time · norm 19.4%
26:074:05 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
52:042:56 per 15 · norm 3:00
00.00/15 · norm 0.29
Submission attempts
10.06/15 · norm 0.29

Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Pennington has more cage time on record.