Mayra Bueno Silva is favored against Raquel Pennington at UFC 297: Strickland vs. Du Plessis on Saturday, January 20 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. This event is one of five fights on the main pay-per-view card. Pennington is 15-8 in her career, while Silva is 10-2-1 in her career. There are a total of 12 fights, with five on Pay-Per-View, four on ESPNews/ESPN+, and three on ESPN+/UFC Fight Pass at UFC 297: Strickland vs. Du Plessis. Let’s look at the bout between Pennington and Silva and UFC predictions.
UFC 297: Strickland vs. Du Plessis takes place at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on Saturday, January 20 with 12 fights with five Pay-Per-View, four on ESPNews/ESPN+, and three on ESPN+/UFC Fight Pass.
UFC 297: Strickland vs. Du Plessis Betting
Raquel Pennington (15-8, 12-5 UFC)
Pennington came into the UFC with a record of 3-3 and she has 12 wins and five losses in the UFC. In her last six fights, she has five wins and one loss. She defeated Marion Reneau by unanimous decision, Pannie Kianzad by unanimous decision, Macy Chiasson by guillotine choke submission, Aspen Ladd by unanimous decision, and Ketlen Vieira by split decision; while losing to Holly Holm by unanimous decision. Pennington has been a pro since 2012 and she has one wins by TKO/KO and four by submission. She has two first round finishes.
Mayra Bueno Silva (10-2-1, 5-2-1 UFC)
Silva came into the UFC with a record of 5-0 and she has five wins, two losses, and one draw in the UFC. She defeated Gillian Robertson by armbar submission, Mara Romero Borella by armbar submission, Wu Yanan by unanimous decision, Stephanie Egger by armbar submission, and Lina Länsberg by armbar submission, while losing to Maryna Moroz by unanimous decision and Manon Fiorot by unanimous decision, and fighting to a draw against Montana De La Rosa. Silva has been a pro since 2015 and she has one win by TKO/KO and seven by submission. She has seven first round finishes.
Silva said this to sportskeeda.com about her upcoming fight against Pennington, “I will knock her out. I have trained hard and I don't have any knockout wins in the UFC, only submissions. But I believe now is my time, I'm ready to knock her out. She is very tough, I respect everything she did but now it's my moment.”
Silva also said this to mmajunkie.usatoday.com about her upcoming fight against Pennington, “On paper, it’s not a good fight because nobody wants to watch this fight – I know. This fight on paper is no good. But I promise I will give a big show for everybody.
Everybody (will go) home and think about, ‘Hey, this girl Mayra Bueno Silva is the chosen one.’ Raquel is tougher than Julianna. Julianna is easy money. … I think she’s tough. She has good boxing, but doesn’t have good jiu-jitsu or a good takedown. I think I’m better than her in everything, but she’s tough. It’s hard to hurt her. I will knock her out – I believe this. I believe – 100 percent.”
Striking Stats
Strikes landed per minute: Pennington 4.02 / Silva 4.16
Striking Accuracy: Pennington 50% / Silva 54%
Strikes absorbed per minute: Pennington 3.34 / Silva 4.71
Defense: Pennington 62% / Silva 57%
Grappling Stats
Takedown average: Pennington 0.93/ Silva 0.35
Takedown Accuracy: Pennington 27% / Silva 50%
Takedowns defended: Pennington 63% / Silva 68%
Submission average: Pennington 0.6/ Silva 1.6
UFC Picks
When you look at this fight, I think Silva has all of the edges. I respect Pennington and what she has done, but Silva is just a little bit better. Look at the stats above and you’ll notice that Silva is just a little bit better than Pennington in almost every category. Silva is favored in this fight at -165 and I think that is a fair price. This could be a fight that goes the distance, but what Silva said about getting the knockout at least make me pause a little bit on playing the rounds total. I think the best play in this fight is to simply take Silva to win.
| DATE | FIGHTERS | MONEY LINE |
| 01/20 | Dricus Du Plessis | +110 |
| Sean Strickland | -140 |
| 01/20 | Raquel Pennington | +131 |
| Mayra Bueno Silva | -165 |
| 01/20 | Neil Magny | +292 |
| Mike Malott | -400 |
| 01/20 | Arnold Allen | +161 |
| Movsar Evloev | -205 |
| 01/20 | Garrett Armfield | +158 |
| Brad Katona | -200 |
| 01/20 | Marc-Andre Barriault | +176 |
| Chris Curtis | -225 |
| 01/20 | Sean Woodson | +150 |
| Charles Jourdain | -190 |
| 01/20 | Ramon Taveras | +139 |
| Serhiy Sidey | -175 |
| 01/20 | Polyana Viana | +201 |
| Gillian Robertson | -260 |
| 01/20 | Priscila Cachoeira | +280 |
| Jasmine Jasudavicius | -380 |
| 01/20 | Sam Patterson | +124 |
| Yohan Lainesse | -155 |
| 01/20 | Jimmy Flick | +165 |
| Malcolm Gordon | -210 |
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