Yair Rodriguez Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
W	Patricio Pitbull Featherweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 314: Volkanovski vs. Lopes	Apr 12, 2025
L	#4Brian Ortega Featherweight	Submission	Arm Triangle From Side Control	R3	0:58	UFC Fight Night: Moreno vs. Royval 2	Feb 24, 2024
L	CAlexander VolkanovskiTitle Featherweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head On Ground	R3	4:19	UFC 290: Volkanovski vs. Rodriguez	Jul 8, 2023
W	#5Josh EmmettTitle Featherweight	Submission	Triangle Choke From Bottom Guard	R2	4:19	UFC 284: Makhachev vs. Volkanovski	Feb 11, 2023
W	#2Brian Ortega Featherweight	KO/TKO	to Shoulder injury	R1	4:11	UFC Fight Night: Ortega vs. Rodriguez	Jul 16, 2022
L	#1Max Holloway Featherweight	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Rodriguez	Nov 13, 2021
W	#8Jeremy Stephens Featherweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Reyes vs. Weidman	Oct 18, 2019
NC	#8Jeremy Stephens Featherweight	No Contest	—	R1	0:15	UFC Fight Night: Rodriguez vs. Stephens	Sep 21, 2019
W	#10Chan Sung Jung Featherweight	KO/TKO	Elbow to Head At Distance	R5	4:59	UFC Fight Night: Korean Zombie vs. Rodriguez	Nov 10, 2018
L	#2Frankie Edgar Featherweight	KO/TKO	Eye Injury	R2	5:00	UFC 211: Miocic vs. Dos Santos	May 13, 2017
W	BJ Penn Featherweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head At Distance	R2	0:24	UFC Fight Night: Rodriguez vs. Penn	Jan 15, 2017
W	Alex Caceres Featherweight	Decision	Split	R5	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Rodriguez vs. Caceres	Aug 6, 2016
W	Andre Fili Featherweight	KO/TKO	Kick to Head At Distance Switch Kick	R2	2:15	UFC 197: Jones vs. Saint Preux	Apr 23, 2016
W	Dan Hooker Featherweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 192: Cormier vs. Gustafsson	Oct 3, 2015
W	Charles Rosa Featherweight	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	UFC 188: Velasquez vs. Werdum	Jun 13, 2015
W	Leonardo MoralesTitle Featherweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 180: Werdum vs. Hunt	Nov 15, 2014

Outside the UFC

9-1across 10 bouts · 10 promotions · wins by 4 KO · 4 sub · 1 decNP · FMP 14 · FMP 13 · FMP 11 · TSC 1 +5

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Angelo Duarte7-11	Submission	Armbar	R1	2:12	NP	Apr 4, 2014
W	Edgar Juarez1-2	KO/TKO	Flying Knee	R1	0:13	FMP 14	Feb 16, 2013
L	Luis Roberto Herrera2-3	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	1:21	FMP 13	Dec 20, 2012
W	Ricardo Alcala2-1	KO/TKO	Knee	R1	0:20	FMP 11	May 25, 2012
W	Carlos Ricardo0-2	Submission	Triangle Choke	R3	0:50	TSC 1	Mar 10, 2012
W	Luis Roberto Herrera2-3	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R2	2:20	FMP 10	Mar 3, 2012
W	Edgar Balderrama0-1	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	2:13	FMP 9	Dec 22, 2011
W	Jonatan Guzman0-1	Decision	Unanimous	R5	3:00	FMP 8	Sep 17, 2011
W	Willy Martinez13-7	KO/TKO	Punches	R3	2:33	FMP 7	Jul 30, 2011
W	Luis Daniel Gonzalez0-1	KO/TKO	Flying Switch Kick and Punches	R1	1:37	FMP 5	Jan 29, 2011

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.

Method of victory & defeat

KO / TKO

8 wins, 3 losses

W8

L3

Submission

5 wins, 1 loss

W5

L1

Decision

7 wins, 1 loss

W7

L1

Finishes

UFC KOs

4

Above avg · 11%Featherweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.33

Above avg · 0.23Featherweight

UFC submissions

1

Below avg · 7%Featherweight

Submission attempts / fight

0.60

Above avg · 0.40Featherweight

KO history

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

Yair Rodriguez

PowerChin

Knockout rate

27%

4 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

5

0.92 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

1

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

0

0.00 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

4 scorecards on file

Yair 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 5 rounds they disagreed on (60%).

Coin-flip decisions

Split + majority

2–0

Won – Lost

Swing rounds

Judges disagreed

3–2

Won – Lost

60% went their way

Unanimous2 decisions · 50%

1W1L

Split2 decisions · 50%

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

OverallC57th

46%982 / 2,094

Striking accuracy

52%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min+0.87 differential

Landed4.65

Absorbed3.78

56%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

-2%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head55%69th544
Body20%68th193
Leg25%91st245

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

Sig. strikes by position

78%Standing

Standing78%767
Clinch7%64
Ground15%151

Striking zones

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

UFC only

Yair Rodriguez

Landed per 15

Head

A

71st

38.6

71st

Body

A

71st

13.7

71st

Leg

A+

92nd

17.4

92nd

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

D

30th

40.6

30th

Body

B

60th

9.6

60th

Leg

B

59th

6.6

59th

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	38.6	544	1,533	35%
Body	13.7	193	278	69%
Leg	17.4	245	283	87%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	40.6	572	1,375	42%
Body	9.6	136	181	75%
Leg	6.6	93	140	66%

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

Yair Rodriguez

29%

Takedown accuracy

59%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min-3.0 min net

On top1.3

On bottom4.3

Offense

Takedowns

D

40th

0.7

40th

TD accuracy

D

36th

29%

36th

Sub attempts

B

66th

0.6

66th

Control

D

30th

1.3 min

30th

Defense

TD defense

C

52nd

59%

52nd

Controlled

4.3 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	10 / 34
Submission attempts	9
Control time	17:53

Defense

TDs defended	41 / 69
Control absorbed	60:00

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (211min 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

Yair Rodriguez

15 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 211 min

88%

R3 pace · 10 bouts

Rodriguez builds (+4% per round through round 5). Within fights that reached round 3, Rodriguez keeps 88% 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	5.4	4.4	2.9	0.20	11%	15
R2	5.8	4.8	3.6	0.18	10%	14
R3	4.8	4.3	4.0	0.11	5%	10
R4	4.5	4.5	5.5	0.00	0%	3
R5	7.3	6.5	6.7	0.20	4%	3

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

Yair Rodriguez

16 resolved UFC bouts · 9 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

75/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

A+

95th

74%

95th

Win quality

A+

91st

61%

91st

Opponent quality distribution

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

2

7

3

ChampionHeld the title in this weight class at the time
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
Title-fight challengerBout was for a title (no other rank signal)
Building3+ UFC fights, ≥.40 win rate
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Champion	2	0-2	0%
Top-5	7	4-2, 1 NC	67%
Top-15	3	3-0	100%
Cross-div ranked	1	1-0	100%
Title-fight challenger	1	1-0	100%
Building	1	1-0	100%
Unproven	1	1-0	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	Patricio Pitbull	Top-15	46	Apr 12, 2025
L	Brian Ortega#4	Top-5	87	Feb 24, 2024
L	Alexander VolkanovskiCHAMP	Champion	100	Jul 8, 2023
W	Josh Emmett#5	Top-5	80	Feb 11, 2023
W	Brian Ortega#2	Top-5	89	Jul 16, 2022
L	Max Holloway#1	Champion	97	Nov 13, 2021
W	Jeremy Stephens#8	Top-5	78	Oct 18, 2019
NC	Jeremy Stephens#8	Top-5	78	Sep 21, 2019
W	Chan Sung Jung#10	Top-5	79	Nov 10, 2018
L	Frankie Edgar#2	Top-5	92	May 13, 2017
W	BJ Penn	Building	28	Jan 15, 2017
W	Alex Caceres	Top-15	56	Aug 6, 2016
W	Andre Fili	Top-15	45	Apr 23, 2016
W	Dan Hooker	Cross-div ranked	36	Oct 3, 2015
W	Charles Rosa	Unproven	8	Jun 13, 2015
W	Leonardo Morales	Title-fight challenger	50	Nov 15, 2014

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

15 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

—

Typical camp

100–180 days

3-2

5 bouts

Long layoff

> 180 days

7-2

9 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

3-1

4 bouts

After a win

next bout after a win

7-3

10 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

2-1

3 bouts

As champion

defending the belt

1-1

2 bouts

As challenger

fighting for the belt

1-0

1 bout

Rematches

Performance when meeting an opponent again

All rematches

any second meeting

0-1

1 bout

Revenge bouts

lost the first meeting

—

Encore bouts

won the first meeting

0-1

1 bout

Activity & layoff

Last fight, activity, and divisional context.

Time since last UFC bout

1y 2mo

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Yair Rodriguez

Layoff

1y 2mosince last bout

vs Patricio Pitbull · Apr 12, 2025

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs favorite 9-1As underdog 2-3

74.5

DK avg

81.5

Median

102.8

Ceiling

36.6

Floor

60%

Boom

13%

Bust

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