Daniel Rodriguez Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
◆	Uros MedicUpcoming Welterweight	—	—	—	—	UFC Fight Night: Medić vs Rodriguez	Aug 1, 2026
W	#14Kevin Holland Welterweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 318: Holloway vs. Poirier 3	Jul 19, 2025
W	#14Santiago Ponzinibbio Welterweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R3	1:12	UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Figueiredo	May 3, 2025
W	Alex Morono Welterweight	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Royval vs. Taira	Oct 12, 2024
L	#11Kelvin Gastelum Middleweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. Aliskerov	Jun 22, 2024
L	Ian Machado Garry Welterweight	KO/TKO	Kick to Head At Distance	R1	2:57	UFC Fight Night: Rozenstruik vs. Almeida	May 13, 2023
L	#13Neil Magny Welterweight	Submission	D'Arce Choke On Ground	R3	3:33	UFC Fight Night: Rodriguez vs. Lemos	Nov 5, 2022
W	Li Jingliang Catch Weight	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	UFC 279: Diaz vs. Ferguson	Sep 10, 2022
W	Kevin Lee Welterweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs. Chikadze	Aug 28, 2021
W	Preston Parsons Welterweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head On Ground	R1	3:47	UFC Fight Night: Makhachev vs. Moises	Jul 17, 2021
W	#15Mike Perry Welterweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Vettori vs. Holland	Apr 10, 2021
L	Nicolas Dalby Welterweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 255: Figueiredo vs. Perez	Nov 21, 2020
W	Dwight Grant Welterweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head In Clinch	R1	2:24	UFC Fight Night: Munhoz vs. Edgar	Aug 22, 2020
W	Gabe Green Welterweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Woodley vs. Burns	May 30, 2020
W	Tim Means Welterweight	Submission	Guillotine Choke Standing	R2	3:37	UFC Fight Night: Anderson vs. Blachowicz	Feb 15, 2020

Outside the UFC

10-1across 11 bouts · 8 promotions · wins by 6 KO · 3 sub · 1 decCombate Americas · Smash Global 9 · Dana White's Contender Series · Combate 31 · CXF 11 +3

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Quinton McCottrell15-34	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	1:48	Smash Global 9	Dec 19, 2019
W	Rico Farrington8-3	Decision	30–27, 29–28, 29–28	R3	5:00	Dana White's Contender Series	Jul 30, 2019
W	Ivan Castillo25-18	KO/TKO	Knee	R2	2:31	Combate 31	Feb 22, 2019
W	Ozzie Alvarez10-10	KO/TKO	Punches	R3	2:41	Combate Americas	Sep 28, 2018
W	Alex Velasco8-6	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R3	2:41	Combate Americas	May 18, 2018
W	Justin Baesman23-29-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	1:17	CXF 11	Feb 17, 2018
L	Victor Reyna11-6	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	Combate Americas 19	Dec 1, 2017
W	Joel Champion6-2	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	1:55	Combate Americas	Apr 20, 2017
W	Christian Gonzalez2-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	3:55	Bellator	Jan 21, 2017
W	Hector Saldana3-4	Submission	Arm-Triangle Choke	R1	3:45	Combate Americas	Aug 11, 2016
W	Christopher Gates2-3	Submission	Armbar	R1	4:54	KOTC	Jun 14, 2015

Non-UFC bouts (regional/other promotions) and Dana White’s Contender Series — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.

Amateur

4-0across 4 amateur bouts · 2 promotionsSSP · Spar Star Promotions

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Shohei Yamamoto7-5	Decision	Unanimous	R3	2:00	SSP	Jan 17, 2015
W	Hakop Ter-Petrosyan2-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	2:06	SSP	Nov 29, 2014
W	David Stupplebeen2-3	KO/TKO	Punch	R1	1:29	Spar Star Promotions	Jan 25, 2014
W	Armen Tovmasian3-2	KO/TKO	Punch	R1	1:20	SSP	Oct 5, 2013

Amateur (pre-professional) bouts — shown for context only and excluded from the professional record and every UFC-scoped metric.

Method of victory & defeat

KO / TKO

9 wins, 1 loss

W9

L1

Submission

4 wins, 1 loss

W4

L1

Decision

7 wins, 3 losses

W7

L3

Finishes

UFC KOs

3

Above avg · 13%Welterweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.50

Above avg · 0.24Welterweight

UFC submissions

1

Below avg · 7%Welterweight

Submission attempts / fight

0.07

Below avg · 0.39Welterweight

KO history

Knockout power and chin durability (UFC; clean KOs only).

Daniel Rodriguez

PowerChin

Knockout rate

20%

3 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

7

0.93 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

1

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

3

0.59 per 100 head

Chin gauges use a league scale: green = clean record, red = bottom ~10% of UFC fighters (4+ KO losses · 6+ knockdowns absorbed).

Decision behavior

Judging

8 scorecards on file

Daniel Rodriguez

Scorecard luck

Cards have leaned their way

Won 2 of 2 coin-flip decisions — the kind of close calls that have tended to fall their way. Judges have given them 3 of 7 rounds they disagreed on (43%).

Coin-flip decisions

Split + majority

2–0

Won – Lost

Swing rounds

Judges disagreed

3–4

Won – Lost

43% went their way

Unanimous6 decisions · 75%

4W2L

Split2 decisions · 25%

2W

Majority

None

10-8 rounds

1 round total

1

Won

0

Lost

Most frequent judges

All judges →

Scorecard data ingested from MMA Decisions

Career striking

OverallB63rd

49%1,170 / 2,379

Striking accuracy

57%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min+1.80 differential

Landed7.20

Absorbed5.40

61%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

+6%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head64%95th749
Body20%92nd233
Leg16%86th188

Color = division rank · green elite → red low · % = share of strikes

Sig. strikes by position

95%Standing

Standing95%1,110
Clinch2%23
Ground3%37

Striking zones

Per-15-minute breakdown — where this fighter lands, and where they get hit.

UFC only

Daniel Rodriguez

Landed per 15

Head

A+

97th

69.1

97th

Body

A+

95th

21.5

95th

Leg

A+

90th

17.4

90th

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Absorbed per 15

Head

F

18th

47.1

18th

Body

F

13th

17.3

13th

Leg

F

8th

15.3

8th

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Career totals — landed / attempted

Landed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	69.1	749	1,855	40%
Body	21.5	233	319	73%
Leg	17.4	188	205	92%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	47.1	510	1,529	33%
Body	17.3	187	292	64%
Leg	15.3	166	206	81%

UFCStats career rates, per 15 minutes. Percentiles vs the division; absorbed is inverted so higher is better.

Grappling

Per-15-minute breakdown of takedowns, submissions, and ground control.

UFC only

Daniel Rodriguez

29%

Takedown accuracy

64%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min-1.0 min net

On top0.7

On bottom1.8

Offense

Takedowns

D

25th

0.2

25th

TD accuracy

29%

Sub attempts

C

43rd

0.1

43rd

Control

F

23rd

0.7 min

23rd

Defense

TD defense

C

53rd

64%

53rd

Controlled

1.8 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	2 / 7
Submission attempts	1
Control time	8:03

Defense

TDs defended	32 / 50
Control absorbed	19:19

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (163min total). Value colors reflect the per-15 rate’s percentile against the current weight class baseline; raw totals without a division reference stay neutral.

Pace & fade

Round-by-round work rate, and whether they fade.

UFC only

Daniel Rodriguez

14 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 163 min

154%

R3 pace · 10 bouts

Rodriguez builds (+20% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Rodriguez lifts to 154% of round-1 output by round 3 (10 bouts).

Rodriguez ▲ BUILDSOutput / min

Rounds backed by fewer than 2 bouts are drawn smaller and dimmed with an n= count — a deep round seen in one or two fights is a thin sample, not a settled rate. Per-round bout counts are in the breakdown below.

Full per-round breakdown

What drives the pace · per round

The composite output line above blends these three inputs — splitting them out shows whether the work rate is built on striking volume, takedown pressure, or top control, and which input fades.

Sig. strikes landed

Rodriguezlanded / min

Takedown attempts

Rodriguezattempts / min

Control time

Rodriguez% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	6.0	5.9	5.6	0.02	1%	14
R2	8.1	7.8	4.8	0.02	6%	11
R3	9.1	8.4	5.6	0.11	9%	10

Output / minis the headline work rate — significant strikes landed, plus 3 per takedown attempt, plus one per 15 seconds of control — so a takedown-and-grind round isn’t scored as idle the way bare striking volume would. The remaining columns are its components. Per-round rates use UFCStats per-round data (available for ~95% of bouts since 2008). Each round’s rates are averaged only over bouts that reached that round, so the bout count shrinks as rounds deepen. The final round of a finished fight is pro-rated by its actual length.

Schedule Score

Opponent quality, ranked across the UFC. Recent fights weighted heavier.

UFC only

Daniel Rodriguez

14 resolved UFC bouts · 5 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

55/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

A

81st

53%

81st

Win quality

A+

88th

57%

88th

Opponent quality distribution

Every UFC bout, grouped by who the opponent was at the time.

3

2

1

2

Top-5Ranked #1–#5 at the time
Top-15Ranked #6–#15 at the time
Cross-div rankedRanked #1–#15 in another division at the time
Contender-level8+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.55 win rate
Established5+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.500
Building3+ UFC fights, ≥.40 win rate
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Top-5	3	0-3	0%
Top-15	3	3-0	100%
Cross-div ranked	2	2-0	100%
Contender-level	2	1-1	50%
Established	1	1-0	100%
Building	1	1-0	100%
Unproven	2	2-0	100%

Highest-quality opponents

Toughest opponents on the scheduleScore, scored at the time of the fight.

All bouts — opponent quality bout-by-bout

Res	Opponent	Tier	Score	Date
W	Kevin Holland#14	Top-15	64	Jul 19, 2025
W	Santiago Ponzinibbio#14	Top-15	69	May 3, 2025
W	Alex Morono	Contender-level	50	Oct 12, 2024
L	Kelvin Gastelum#11	Top-5	78	Jun 22, 2024
L	Ian Machado Garry	Top-5	65	May 13, 2023
L	Neil Magny#13	Top-5	73	Nov 5, 2022
W	Li Jingliang	Cross-div ranked	45	Sep 10, 2022
W	Kevin Lee	Cross-div ranked	45	Aug 28, 2021
W	Preston Parsons	Unproven	8	Jul 17, 2021
W	Mike Perry#15	Top-15	60	Apr 10, 2021
L	Nicolas Dalby	Contender-level	36	Nov 21, 2020
W	Dwight Grant	Unproven	12	Aug 22, 2020
W	Gabe Green	Building	15	May 30, 2020
W	Tim Means	Established	35	Feb 15, 2020

Per-bout quality scoring: champion = 100; same-division ranks 1–5 = 90 → 78 linear; ranks 6–15 = 75 → 60 linear; cross-division champion = 78; cross-division ranked = 45; title-fight challenger (no rank signal) = 50, bumped to 65 when opp had an elite career UFC record at the time. Unranked opponents are scored on UFC record-at-time (long-tenured vet 60, contender-level 45, established 30, building 18, unproven 8). P4P top-10 at time adds +5; top-3 adds +8 (capped at 100). The Schedule Score combines schedule strength (65%) and quality wins (35%), then is held toward a rookie baseline for fighters with limited UFC experience so a thin résumé reads honestly low.

Career cohorts

14 resolved UFC bouts

Performance broken down by situation — camp length, response to the previous result, title-fight presence, and rematches. Computed across every completed UFC bout.

Camp length

Days between fights

Short turnaround

< 100 days

4-2

6 bouts

Typical camp

100–180 days

3-0

3 bouts

Long layoff

> 180 days

2-2

4 bouts

UFC debut

first UFC bout

1-0

1 bout

Post-result bounce

Performance based on the previous UFC result

After a loss

next bout after a defeat

2-2

4 bouts

After a win

next bout after a win

7-2

9 bouts

First UFC bout

no precedent

1-0

1 bout

Title fights

Performance with a belt on the line

All title fights

as challenger or champion

—

As champion

defending the belt

—

As challenger

fighting for the belt

—

Rematches

Performance when meeting an opponent again

All rematches

any second meeting

—

Revenge bouts

lost the first meeting

—

Encore bouts

won the first meeting

—

Activity & layoff

Last fight, activity, and divisional context.

Time since last UFC bout

11 months

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Daniel Rodriguez

Within a year

11 monthssince last bout

vs Kevin Holland · Jul 19, 2025

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs favorite 6-1As underdog 4-3

76.0

DK avg

86.5

Median

105.8

Ceiling

38.8

Floor

64%

Boom

7%

Bust

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