Daniel Rodriguez

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Daniel Rodriguez

Nickname“D-Rod”

Record

20-5

Streak

L1

Age

39

Date of birth

Dec 31, 1986

Fighting out of: Los Angeles
Born: United States
Camp: 10th Planet Jiu-Jitsu
Weight class: Welterweight
Height: 6'1" · 185 cm
Reach: 74" · 188 cm
Stance: Southpaw
Last fight: Aug 1, 2026

UFC fight history

ResultOpponentMethodDetailEvent

Uros Medic

Welterweight · KO/TKO · Punches to Head At Distance · R1 · 0:30

UFC Fight Night: Medić vs Rodriguez · Aug 1, 2026

Punches to Head At Distance

UFC Fight Night: Medić vs Rodriguez

Kevin Holland

#14Kevin Holland

Welterweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC 318: Holloway vs. Poirier 3 · Jul 19, 2025

UFC 318: Holloway vs. Poirier 3

Santiago Ponzinibbio

#14Santiago Ponzinibbio

Welterweight · KO/TKO · Punch to Head At Distance · R3 · 1:12

UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Figueiredo · May 3, 2025

Punch to Head At Distance

UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Figueiredo

Alex Morono

Welterweight · Decision · Split · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Royval vs. Taira · Oct 12, 2024

UFC Fight Night: Royval vs. Taira

Kelvin Gastelum

#11Kelvin Gastelum

Middleweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. Aliskerov · Jun 22, 2024

UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. Aliskerov

Ian Machado Garry

Ian Machado Garry

Welterweight · KO/TKO · Kick to Head At Distance · R1 · 2:57

UFC Fight Night: Rozenstruik vs. Almeida · May 13, 2023

Kick to Head At Distance

UFC Fight Night: Rozenstruik vs. Almeida

Neil Magny

Welterweight · Submission · D'Arce Choke On Ground · R3 · 3:33

UFC Fight Night: Rodriguez vs. Lemos · Nov 5, 2022

D'Arce Choke On Ground

UFC Fight Night: Rodriguez vs. Lemos

Li Jingliang

Catch Weight · Decision · Split · R3 · 5:00

UFC 279: Diaz vs. Ferguson · Sep 10, 2022

UFC 279: Diaz vs. Ferguson

Kevin Lee

Welterweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs. Chikadze · Aug 28, 2021

UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs. Chikadze

Preston Parsons

Preston Parsons

Welterweight · KO/TKO · Punches to Head On Ground · R1 · 3:47

UFC Fight Night: Makhachev vs. Moises · Jul 17, 2021

Punches to Head On Ground

UFC Fight Night: Makhachev vs. Moises

Mike Perry

Welterweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Vettori vs. Holland · Apr 10, 2021

UFC Fight Night: Vettori vs. Holland

Nicolas Dalby

Welterweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC 255: Figueiredo vs. Perez · Nov 21, 2020

UFC 255: Figueiredo vs. Perez

Dwight Grant

Welterweight · KO/TKO · Punches to Head In Clinch · R1 · 2:24

UFC Fight Night: Munhoz vs. Edgar · Aug 22, 2020

Punches to Head In Clinch

UFC Fight Night: Munhoz vs. Edgar

Gabe Green

Welterweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Woodley vs. Burns · May 30, 2020

UFC Fight Night: Woodley vs. Burns

Tim Means

Welterweight · Submission · Guillotine Choke Standing · R2 · 3:37

UFC Fight Night: Anderson vs. Blachowicz · Feb 15, 2020

Guillotine Choke Standing

UFC Fight Night: Anderson vs. Blachowicz

Dana White's Contender Series

1-0across 1 bout · wins by 1 dec

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Rico Farrington8-3	Decision	30–27, 29–28, 29–28	R3	5:00	Dana White's Contender Series	Jul 30, 2019

Dana White’s Contender Series — a UFC-adjacent proving ground, shown as its own tier. Excluded from Schedule Score and UFC-scoped metrics.

Outside the UFC

9-1across 10 bouts · 7 promotions · wins by 6 KO · 3 subCombate Americas · Smash Global 9 · Combate 31 · CXF 11 · Combate Americas 19 +2

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	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 Baesman23-30-1	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) — 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.

Career striking

OverallB62nd

49%1,171 / 2,382

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%86th189

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

Sig. strikes by position

95%Standing

Standing95%1,111
Clinch2%23
Ground3%37

Striking zones

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

UFC only

Daniel Rodriguez

Daniel Rodriguez

Landed per 15

Head

A+

97th

68.9

97th

Body

A+

95th

21.4

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

47.8

18th

Body

F

14th

17.3

14th

Leg

F

8th

15.4

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	68.9	749	1,857	40%
Body	21.4	233	319	73%
Leg	17.4	189	206	92%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	47.8	519	1,540	34%
Body	17.3	188	294	64%
Leg	15.4	167	207	81%

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

Pace & fade

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

UFC only

Daniel Rodriguez

Daniel Rodriguez

15 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).

Daniel Rodriguez

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

Daniel Rodriguez

Rodriguezlanded / min

Takedown attempts

Daniel Rodriguez

Rodriguezattempts / min

Control time

Daniel Rodriguez

Rodriguez% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	6.0	5.9	5.7	0.02	1%	15
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

Daniel Rodriguez

15 resolved UFC bouts · 6 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

54/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

A

83rd

55%

83rd

Win quality

A

83rd

52%

83rd

Opponent quality distribution

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

3

4

2

2

2

Top-5Ranked #1–#5 at the time
Ranked 6–15Ranked #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%
Ranked 6–15	4	3-1	75%
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
L	Uros Medic#14	Ranked 6–15	64	Aug 1, 2026
W	Kevin Holland#14	Ranked 6–15	64	Jul 19, 2025
W	Santiago Ponzinibbio#14	Ranked 6–15	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	Ranked 6–15	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.

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