Tecia Pennington
“The Tiny Tornado”
Tecia Pennington is ranked 15th of 156 women's strawweights by the First Light Rating.
- FLRFirst Light Ratingmeasure of true skill
- 1,78415th of 156 · Women's Strawweight
- FLIFirst Light Indexfame compared to skill
- +0.44Fame ahead of skill
- Career phase
- DecliningCareer-best FLR 1,825, 7 Aug 2021
- Record
- 15–8Pro
Fame against skill.
Every fighter with an FLI, by skill and fame. Hover a dot for the fighter; click to open their page. The dashed curve is the fame their skill predicts: above it, a fighter is more famous than their skill; below it, better than their fame.
Skill and attention.
Attention is drawn at the skill level its fame matches: above the skill line, more famous than skilled. Shaded: where the most similar careers went next.
Recent fights.
| Date | Fight | FLR |
|---|---|---|
| 8 Nov 2025 | Lost to Denise GomesUFC Fight Night 264 - Bonfim vs. Brown · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | −26 |
| 17 May 2025 | Won vs Luana PinheiroUFC Fight Night 256 - Burns vs. Morales · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +7 |
| 5 Oct 2024 | Won vs Carla EsparzaUFC 307 - Pereira vs. Rountree · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +34 |
| 11 May 2024 | Lost to Tabatha RicciUFC on ESPN 56 - Lewis vs. Nascimento · Decision (Split), R3 | −33 |
| 9 Apr 2022 | Lost to Mackenzie DernUFC 273 - Volkanovski vs. Korean Zombie · Decision (Split), R3 | −12 |
| 7 Aug 2021 | Won vs Angela HillUFC 265 - Lewis vs. Gane · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +23 |
| 12 Dec 2020 | Won vs Sam HughesUFC 256 - Figueiredo vs. Moreno · TKO (Corner Stoppage), R1 | +21 |
| 20 Jun 2020 | Won vs Brianna FortinoUFC on ESPN 11 - Blaydes vs. Volkov · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +37 |
| 10 Aug 2019 | Lost to Marina RodriguezUFC Fight Night 156 - Shevchenko vs. Carmouche 2 · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | −24 |
| 2 Mar 2019 | Lost to Weili ZhangUFC 235 - Jones vs. Smith · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | −16 |
| 28 Jul 2018 | Lost to Joanna JedrzejczykUFC on Fox 30 - Alvarez vs. Poirier 2 · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | −25 |
| 24 Feb 2018 | Lost to Jessica AndradeUFC on Fox 28 - Emmett vs. Stephens · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | −16 |
FLR is the First Light Rating points the fight earned or cost them.
How it is measured.
Data Credit: First Light Observatory.
How these numbers are made.
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