Featherweight Bout

Yair Rodriguez

“El Pantera”

Record: 11-4-0 (1 NC)
Stance: Orthodox
Height: 5' 11"
Reach: 71"
Weight: 145 lbs.
Born: Oct 06, 1992

UFCStats profile

Career snapshot

Fights: 16
Minutes: 211.7
Knockdowns: 5
Sig. accuracy: 46.9%
Sig. landed / 15: —
Absorbed / 15: —
TD accuracy: 29.4%
TD defense: —
Sub attempts: 9
Control / 15: 1:16

Striking

Offense

Landed / attempted984/2096

Accuracy46.9%

Landed per 15—

Target

Head55.3%
Body19.6%
Leg25.1%

Position

Distance78.2%
Clinch6.5%
Ground15.3%

Defense

Absorbed / faced—

Strike defense—

Absorbed per 15—

Target absorbed

Head71.4%
Body17.0%
Leg11.6%

Position absorbed

Distance66.4%
Clinch8.6%
Ground25.0%

Grappling

For

Takedowns10/34

TD accuracy29.4%

TD per 150.7

Sub attempts9

Subs per 150.6

Reversals3

Control17:53

Control per 151:16

Against

Takedowns absorbed28/—

TD defense—

Sub attempts faced3

Control conceded60:00

Control against / 15—

By round

Averages by round
Round	Fights	Sig.	Acc.	Sig/15	Abs/15	TD	TD acc	Ctrl/15
R1	—	—	—	—	—	0.2/0.9	20.2%	—
R2	—	—	—	—	—	0.4/0.8	45.6%	—
R3	—	—	—	—	—	0.1/0.5	20.0%	—
R4	—	—	—	—	—	0/0	—	—
R5	—	—	—	—	—	0.3/1	33.0%	—

Recent fights

Win vs Patricio Freire
Decision - Unanimous · Round 3 · 5:00
UFC 314: Volkanovski vs. LopesApr 12, 2025
KD 1 · Sig 70/122 · TD 1/1 · Ctrl 1:43
Loss vs Brian Ortega
Submission · Round 3 · 0:58
UFC Fight Night: Moreno vs. Royval 2Feb 24, 2024
KD 1 · Sig 55/115 · TD 0/1 · Ctrl 1:32
Loss vs Alexander Volkanovski
KO/TKO · Round 3 · 4:19
UFC 290: Volkanovski vs. RodriguezJul 8, 2023
KD 0 · Sig 40/80 · TD 0/0 · Ctrl 0:00
Win vs Josh Emmett
Submission · Round 2 · 4:19
UFC 284: Makhachev vs. VolkanovskiFeb 11, 2023
KD 0 · Sig 62/107 · TD 0/0 · Ctrl 0:00
Win vs Brian Ortega
KO/TKO · Round 1 · 4:11
UFC Fight Night: Ortega vs. RodriguezJul 16, 2022
KD 0 · Sig 23/46 · TD 0/0 · Ctrl 0:00
Loss vs Max Holloway
Decision - Unanimous · Round 5 · 5:00
UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. RodriguezNov 13, 2021
KD 0 · Sig 159/352 · TD 1/5 · Ctrl 1:20
Win vs Jeremy Stephens
Decision - Unanimous · Round 3 · 5:00
UFC Fight Night: Reyes vs. WeidmanOct 18, 2019
KD 0 · Sig 96/170 · TD 0/3 · Ctrl 3:10
NC vs Jeremy Stephens
Could Not Continue · Round 1 · 0:15
UFC Fight Night: Rodriguez vs. StephensSep 21, 2019
KD 0 · Sig 2/2 · TD 0/0 · Ctrl 0:00
Win vs Chan Sung Jung
KO/TKO · Round 5 · 4:59
UFC Fight Night: Korean Zombie vs. RodriguezNov 10, 2018
KD 1 · Sig 119/271 · TD 0/4 · Ctrl 0:19
Loss vs Frankie Edgar
TKO - Doctor's Stoppage · Round 2 · 5:00
UFC 211: Miocic vs. Dos SantosMay 13, 2017
KD 0 · Sig 16/42 · TD 0/0 · Ctrl 0:00

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