Peña vs Zingano

Who won Peña vs Zingano?

Julianna Pena beat Cat Zingano by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the prelims of UFC 200, on Saturday 9th July 2016 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Julianna Pena.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Women’s Bantamweight division, which meant the weight limit was 135 pounds (9.6 stone or 61.2 KG).

Peña vs Zingano stats

Julianna Pena stepped into the octagon with a record of 7 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Cat Zingano made her way to the cage with a record of 9 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

This was Julianna Pena's 11th fight in the UFC, having made her debut for the promotion in 2013.

Julianna Pena's UFC record stood at 8-3-0, while Cat Zingano's came in at 3-4-0.

The stats suggested Zingano had an advantage in power over Pena, with a 56% knock out percentage over Pena's 43%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Pena had a slight advantage over Zingano, with a 43% submission rate over Zingano's 33%.

Julianna Pena was the younger woman by 7 years, at 35 years old.

Zingano had a 1-inch reach advantage.

Pena was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 1 fewer fights, and made her debut in 2009, 10 months later than Zingano, whose first professional fight was in 2008. She had fought the same amount of professional rounds, 42 to Zingano's 42.

Peña vs Zingano form

Julianna Pena had beaten 2 of her last 5 opponents.

In her last fight before this contest, she had won against Raquel Pennington at UFC 307 on 5th October 2024 by split decision in their UFC Women’s Bantamweight championship fight at Vivint Arena, Salt Lake City, United States.

Previous to that, she had lost to Amanda Nunes at UFC 277 on 30th July 2022 by unanimous decision in their championship fight at Madison Square Garden, New York City.

Going into that contest, she had beaten Amanda Nunes at UFC 269 on 11th December 2021 by submission in the 2nd round in their championship fight at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, she had been beaten by Germaine de Randamie at UFC Fight Island 4 on 3rd October 2020 by submission in the 3rd round at UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

She had been defeated by Valentina Shevchenko at UFC on FOX 23 on 28th January 2017 by submission in the 2nd round at Pepsi Center, Denver, United States.

Cat Zingano had beaten 4 of her last 5 opponents.

In her last fight leading up to this contest, she had lost to Cris Cyborg at Bellator 300 on 7th October 2023 by knockout in the 1st round in their Bellator Women’s Featherweight championship fight at Pechanga Arena, San Diego, United States.

Previous to that, she had defeated Leah McCourt at Bellator 293 on 31st March 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Pechanga Resort Casino, Temecula.

Going into that contest, she was victorious against Pam Sorenson at Bellator 282 on 24th June 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Before that, she had won against Gabrielle Holloway at Bellator 245 on 11th September 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

She had beaten Marion Reneau at UFC Fight Night 133 on 14th July 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at CenturyLink Arena, Boise.

Activity check

In of activity leading into the fight, Cat Zingano had been fighting more than Julianna Pena.

Going to this contest, Julianna Pena had last fought 8 months and 3 days ago, while Cat Zingano's last outing had been 1 year, 8 months and 1 day ago.

Pena's last 5 fights had come over a period of 8 years, 4 months and 11 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 1 year, 8 months and 2 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 17 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.4 rounds on average.

Zingano's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 10 months and 25 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 1 year, 4 months and 19 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

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