Tecia Pennington vs Zhang Weili

Tecia Pennington is 15-8-0; Zhang Weili is 26-4-0. Zhang Weili has a 3" · 8 cm reach advantage over Tecia Pennington. Zhang Weili is 3" · 8 cm taller than Tecia Pennington. They have met once: Tecia Pennington 0, Zhang Weili 1.

Tecia Pennington

“Tiny Tornado” · 15-8-0

Met once

Zhang Weili

“Magnum” · 26-4-0

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Style & credentials

Tecia Pennington

TaekwondoKarateMuay Thai

—Black belt · TaekwondoJhoon-Rhee Taekwondo
2014Quarterfinalist · The Ultimate FighterStrawweight
—Champion · Amateur World Kickboxing
—Champion · MMA Solutions GlobalStrawweight

Camp · Pound 4 Pound (Justin Houghton's gym) · Littleton / Denver, Colorado, US

Zhang Weili

No background on record

Camp · Beijing Black Tiger

Sig. strikes by zone

Where each fighter lands, as a share of significant strikes

54%

Head

59%

21%

Body

17%

25%

Leg

24%

Time in position

Share of fight time at distance, in the clinch and on the ground

Tecia Penningtonlast 4 fights

77%13%10%

Zhang Weililast 5 fights

44%11%45%

DistanceClinchGround

How good, really

Each stat against every UFC fighter, in plain words

Tecia Pennington Zhang Weili

Strikes landed / min

4.734.66

PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite

Tecia Pennington · Good · better than 84% of UFC fightersZhang Weili · Good · better than 83% of UFC fighters

Strikes taken / minfewer is better

3.482.63

PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite

Tecia Pennington · Average · better than 48% of UFC fightersZhang Weili · Good · better than 76% of UFC fighters

Takedowns landed / 15 min

0.561.96

PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite

Tecia Pennington · Below avg · better than 24% of UFC fightersZhang Weili · Good · better than 70% of UFC fighters

Takedown accuracy

15%45%

PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite

Tecia Pennington · Poor · better than 9% of UFC fightersZhang Weili · Good · better than 66% of UFC fighters

Takedown defence

63%64%

PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite

Tecia Pennington · Average · better than 46% of UFC fightersZhang Weili · Average · better than 49% of UFC fighters

Submission attempts / 15 min

0.100.50

PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite

Tecia Pennington · Below avg · better than 26% of UFC fightersZhang Weili · Average · better than 56% of UFC fighters

Ranked against 1490 UFC fighters with five or more UFC fights.

Striking & grappling

Same scale left and right on every row

4.73

Strikes landed / min

4.66

3.48

Strikes taken / minfewer is better

2.63

0.56 / 3.7

Takedowns landed / 15 min

1.96 / 4.4

15%

Takedown accuracy

45%

63%

Takedown defence

64%

2:12

Control time / fight

4:26

0.10

Submission attempts / 15 min

0.50

Bars in a row share one scale. The stronger side is solid; the pale tail behind takedowns is attempts.

Where the strikes land

Range × target

Tecia Pennington17 UFC fights · 1146 landed

Head

Body

Leg

Distance

42%486/1492

17%196/276

25%290/358

Clinch

9%100/178

3%33/41

0%2/2

Ground

3%37/50

0%2/3

0%0/0

Zhang Weili13 UFC fights · 929 landed

Head

Body

Leg

Distance

24%227/800

12%107/183

23%218/322

Clinch

5%49/67

3%32/32

0%1/1

Ground

29%272/332

2%20/22

0%3/4

Share of significant strikes landed by range and target · landed / attempted in each cell.

When it ends

Every early finish of their careers, placed at the minute it ended

Tecia Pennington2 of 23 ended early · 9%21 went the distance

R1R2R3R4R5

Zhang Weili20 of 30 ended early · 67%10 went the distance

R1R2R3R4R5

1 early stoppage has no logged time

finished the opponent got finished· placed at the minute the fight ended

Recent form · last 5

Tecia Pennington2-3

L
Denise Gomes
UFC Fight Night: Bonfim vs Brown· Nov 8, 2025
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Women's Strawweight
W
Luana Pinheiro
UFC Fight Night: Burns vs Morales· May 17, 2025
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Women's Strawweight
W
Carla Esparza
UFC 307: Pereira vs Rountree Jr.· Oct 5, 2024
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Women's Strawweight
L
Tabatha Ricci
UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs Nascimento· May 11, 2024
Split Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Women's Strawweight
L
Mackenzie Dern
UFC 273: Volkanovski vs The Korean Zombie· Apr 9, 2022
Split Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Women's Strawweight

Full record · 23 fights

W
Angela Hill
UFC 265: Lewis vs Gane· Aug 7, 2021
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Women's Strawweight
W
Sam Hughes
UFC 256: Figueiredo vs Moreno· Dec 12, 2020
TKO · R1 · 5:00 · Women's Strawweight
W
Brianna Fortino
UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs Volkov· Jun 20, 2020
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Women's Strawweight
L
Marina Rodriguez
UFC Fight Night: Shevchenko vs Carmouche· Aug 10, 2019
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Women's Strawweight
L
Zhang Weili
UFC 235: Jones vs Smith· Mar 2, 2019
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Women's Strawweight
L
Joanna Jedrzejczyk
UFC Fight Night: Alvarez vs Poirier 2· Jul 28, 2018
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Women's Strawweight
L
Jessica Andrade
UFC Fight Night: Emmett vs Stephens· Feb 24, 2018
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Women's Strawweight
W
Michelle Waterson-Gomez
UFC 218: Holloway vs Aldo 2· Dec 2, 2017
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Women's Strawweight
W
Juliana Lima
UFC Fight Night: Johnson vs Gaethje· Jul 7, 2017
Submission · R2 · 0:53 · Women's Strawweight
W
Bec Rawlings
UFC Fight Night: Bermudez vs Korean Zombie· Feb 4, 2017
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Women's Strawweight
L
Rose Namajunas
UFC Fight Night: Teixeira vs Evans· Apr 16, 2016
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Women's Strawweight
W
Jocelyn Jones-Lybarger
UFC 194: Aldo vs McGregor· Dec 12, 2015
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Women's Strawweight
W
Angela Hill
UFC 188: Velasquez vs Werdum· Jun 13, 2015
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Women's Strawweight
W
Angela Magana
The Ultimate Fighter Finale: A Champion Will Be Crowned· Dec 12, 2014
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Women's Strawweight
W
Felice Herrig
Invicta FC 7· Dec 7, 2013
Unanimous Decision · Strawweight
W
Rose Namajunas
Invicta FC 6· Jul 13, 2013
Unanimous Decision · Strawweight
W
Paige VanZant
Invicta FC 4· Jan 5, 2013
Unanimous Decision · Strawweight
W
Kaiyana Rain
Invicta FC 3· Oct 6, 2012
Unanimous Decision · Strawweight

Zhang Weili4-1

L
Valentina Shevchenko
VeChain UFC 322: Della Maddalena vs Makhachev· Nov 15, 2025
Unanimous Decision · R5 · 5:00 · Women's Flyweight
W
Tatiana Suarez
UFC 312: Du Plessis vs Strickland 2· Feb 9, 2025
Unanimous Decision · R5 · 5:00 · Women's Strawweight
W
Yan Xiaonan
UFC 300: Pereira vs Hill· Apr 13, 2024
Unanimous Decision · R5 · 5:00 · Women's Strawweight
W
Amanda Lemos
UFC 292: Sterling vs O'Malley· Aug 19, 2023
Unanimous Decision · R5 · 5:00 · Women's Strawweight
W
Carla Esparza
UFC 281: Adesanya vs Pereira· Nov 12, 2022
Submission · R2 · 1:05 · Women's Strawweight

Full record · 30 fights

W
Joanna Jedrzejczyk
UFC 275: Teixeira vs Prochazka· Jun 12, 2022
TKO · R2 · 2:28 · Women's Strawweight
L
Rose Namajunas
UFC 268: Usman vs Covington 2· Nov 6, 2021
Split Decision · R5 · 5:00 · Women's Strawweight
L
Rose Namajunas
UFC 261: Usman vs Masvidal 2· Apr 24, 2021
TKO · R1 · 1:18 · Women's Strawweight
W
Joanna Jedrzejczyk
UFC 248: Adesanya vs Romero· Mar 7, 2020
Split Decision · R5 · 5:00 · Women's Strawweight
W
Jessica Andrade
UFC Fight Night: Andrade vs Zhang· Aug 31, 2019
TKO · R1 · 0:42 · Women's Strawweight
W
Tecia Pennington
UFC 235: Jones vs Smith· Mar 2, 2019
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Women's Strawweight
W
Jessica Aguilar
UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs Ngannou 2· Nov 24, 2018
Submission · R1 · 3:41 · Women's Strawweight
W
Danielle Taylor
UFC 227: Dillashaw vs Garbrandt 2· Aug 4, 2018
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Women's Strawweight
W
Bianca Sattelmayer
Kunlun Fight MMA 15· Oct 3, 2017
Submission · R1 · 3:29 · Catchweight
W
Marilia Santos
Kunlun Fight MMA 14· Aug 28, 2017
TKO · R2 · 3:20 · Strawweight
W
Ye Dam Seo
TFC 15· Jul 22, 2017
TKO · R2 · 1:35 · Strawweight
W
Aline Sattelmayer
Kunlun Fight MMA 12· Jun 1, 2017
Unanimous Decision · Strawweight
W
Simone da Silva
Kunlun Fight MMA 11· May 4, 2017
TKO · R1 · 2:29 · Flyweight
W
Nayara Hemily
Kunlun Fight MMA 9· Feb 25, 2017
Submission · R1 · 0:41 · Strawweight
W
Veronica Grenno
Kunlun Fight MMA 8· Jan 2, 2017
TKO · R1 · 1:50 · Strawweight
W
Karla Benitez
Kunlun Fight MMA 7· Dec 15, 2016
TKO · R1 · 2:15 · Strawweight
W
Maira Mazar
Kunlun Fight 53· Sep 24, 2016
Submission · R1 · 4:11 · Strawweight
W
Emi Fujino
Kunlun Fight 49· Aug 6, 2016
TKO · R2 · 2:51 · Strawweight
W
Liliya Kazak
Kunlun Fight 47· Jul 10, 2016
TKO · R2 · 4:13 · Strawweight
W
Alice Ardelean
Top FC 11: Top FC vs Kunlun Fight· May 22, 2016
Submission · R2 · 4:41 · Flyweight
W
Svetlana Gotsyk
Kunlun Fight 38· Feb 21, 2016
TKO · R2 · 2:29 · Strawweight
W
Samantha Jean-Francois
Kunlun Fight 35· Dec 19, 2015
TKO · R1 · 3:37 · Strawweight
W
Feier Huang
CKF 10/27· Oct 28, 2014
Submission · Catchweight
W
Shuxia Wu
CKF 10/14· Oct 14, 2014
Submission · R1 · 1:56 · Catchweight
L
Meng Bo
China MMA League· Nov 9, 2013
Unanimous Decision

Head-to-Head History

UFC 235: Jones vs Smith
Sat, Mar 2, 2019
Zhang Weili
Unanimous Decision · ROUND 3 · 5:00

Common Opponents

How each fared against the same opponents.

Tecia PenningtonZhang Weili

Frequently asked questions

Have Tecia Pennington and Zhang Weili ever fought?

Yes, once. Most recently at UFC 235: Jones vs Smith (Sat, Mar 2, 2019), where Zhang Weili won by Unanimous Decision.

What are the records of Tecia Pennington and Zhang Weili?

Tecia Pennington is 15-8-0 and Zhang Weili is 26-4-0.

Who has the longer reach, Tecia Pennington or Zhang Weili?

Zhang Weili has the longer reach: 63" · 160 cm against 60" · 152 cm for Tecia Pennington, a 3" · 8 cm advantage.

Who is taller, Tecia Pennington or Zhang Weili?

Zhang Weili is taller at 5'4" · 163 cm; Tecia Pennington stands 5'1" · 155 cm.

Who is older, Tecia Pennington or Zhang Weili?

They are the same age: 37.

Who has more finishes, Tecia Pennington or Zhang Weili?

Tecia Pennington has 2 wins inside the distance (1 by KO/TKO, 1 by submission); Zhang Weili has 19 wins (11 by KO/TKO, 8 by submission).

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