Raquel Pennington vs. Ashlee Evans-Smith
Tale of the tape
The read
Level of competition
Raquel Pennington
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 13 | 6 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 3 | 3 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 0.99 · 13 tier-1/2 wins · 5 finish wins over 25 documented bouts
In the UFC: 10-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.9 wins over .500
Ashlee Evans-Smith
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 3 | 6 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 3 | 0 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 0.46 · 3 tier-1/2 wins · 3 finish wins over 12 documented bouts
In the UFC: 1-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.1 wins over .500
Striking
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Raquel Pennington
Distance 76.8% (norm 80.3%) · Clinch 18.1% (norm 9.7%) · Ground 5.2% (norm 7.5%)
Ashlee Evans-Smith
Distance 85.8% (norm 80.3%) · Clinch 10.2% (norm 9.7%) · Ground 4.0% (norm 7.5%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Raquel Pennington
Head 75.5% (norm 75.2%) · Body 18.4% (norm 14.3%) · Legs 6.1% (norm 8.8%)
Ashlee Evans-Smith
Head 75.9% (norm 75.2%) · Body 16.3% (norm 14.3%) · Legs 7.9% (norm 8.8%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Pennington L/A | Acc | Women's Bantamweight med | Evans-Smith L/A | Acc | Women's Bantamweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 734 / 1863 | 39.4% | 38.3% | 309 / 1123 | 27.5% | 38.3% |
| In the clinch | 358 / 438 | 81.7% | 73.3% | 98 / 134 | 73.1% | 73.3% |
| On the ground | 101 / 125 | 80.8% | 70.8% | 39 / 52 | 75.0% | 70.8% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 690 / 1831 | 37.7% | 37.7% | 229 / 993 | 23.1% | 37.7% |
| To the body | 371 / 447 | 83.0% | 70.0% | 135 / 213 | 63.4% | 70.0% |
| To the legs | 132 / 148 | 89.2% | 80.9% | 82 / 103 | 79.6% | 80.9% |
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 Bantamweight: 40 fighters · Women's Bantamweight: 40 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 Pennington L/A | Opp acc | Women's Bantamweight med | vs Evans-Smith L/A | Opp acc | Women's Bantamweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 666 / 2067 | 32.2% | 41.3% | 376 / 904 | 41.6% | 41.3% |
| In the clinch | 282 / 392 | 71.9% | 74.7% | 78 / 120 | 65.0% | 74.7% |
| On the ground | 18 / 23 | too few to rate | 74.2% | 54 / 77 | 70.1% | 74.2% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 555 / 1857 | 29.9% | 38.1% | 319 / 871 | 36.6% | 38.1% |
| To the body | 271 / 433 | 62.6% | 73.2% | 95 / 125 | 76.0% | 73.2% |
| To the legs | 140 / 192 | 72.9% | 80.9% | 94 / 105 | 89.5% | 80.9% |
Grappling
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Pennington has more cage time on record.