Yair Rodriguez

Statistic	Yair Rodriguez
Striking
Sig. Strike Accuracy	46.9%
Sig. Strikes Landed/min	4.6
Sig. Strikes Absorbed/min	3.8
Strike Differential	0.9/min
Grappling
Takedown Accuracy	29.4%
Takedown Defense	59.1%
Takedowns Landed/15min	0.7
Submission Attempts/15min	0.6
Control Time/15min	1:16
Finishing Ability
KO/TKO % of Wins	36.4%
Submission % of Wins	9.1%
Decision % of Wins	54.5%
Avg Fight Time	13:13
Secondary Stats
Knockdowns/15min	0.4
Reversals/15min	0.2

Statistic	Last 5 Fights
Sig. Strike Accuracy	53.2%
Sig. Strikes Landed/min	4.6
Sig. Strikes Absorbed/min	2.9
Takedown Accuracy	50.0%
Takedown Defense	58.1%
Control Time/Fight	0:39

WIN

vs. Patricio Freire

Decision (Unanimous) • Rd 3, 5:00 • UFC 314: Volkanovski vs. Lopes • Apr 2025

Yair Rodriguez70/12257%TD 1/1Ctrl 1:43KD 1

Patricio Freire17/5034%TD 1/4Ctrl 1:03

▼ Rounds

Rnd	Fighter	Sig Str	Acc	TD	Ctrl	KD
R1	Yair Rodriguez	11/21	52%	0/0	0:00	—
	Patricio Freire	4/10	40%	0/1	0:35	—

R2	Yair Rodriguez	21/45	47%	1/1	0:02	—
	Patricio Freire	8/26	31%	1/3	0:28	—

R3	Yair Rodriguez	38/56	68%	0/0	1:41	1
	Patricio Freire	5/14	36%	0/0	0:00	—

LOSS

vs. Brian Ortega

Submission (Arm Triangle) • Rd 3, 0:58 • UFC Fight Night: Moreno vs. Royval 2 • Feb 2024

Yair Rodriguez55/11548%TD 0/1Ctrl 1:32KD 1

Brian Ortega28/7338%TD 3/6Ctrl 5:21

▼ Rounds

Rnd	Fighter	Sig Str	Acc	TD	Ctrl	KD
R1	Yair Rodriguez	45/91	49%	0/1	1:32	1
	Brian Ortega	6/28	21%	1/2	0:42	—

R2	Yair Rodriguez	9/17	53%	0/0	0:00	—
	Brian Ortega	22/44	50%	1/3	3:55	—

R3	Yair Rodriguez	1/7	14%	0/0	0:00	—
	Brian Ortega	0/1	0%	1/1	0:44	—

LOSS

vs. Alexander Volkanovski

KO/TKO (Punches) • Rd 3, 4:19 • UFC 290 • Jul 2023

Yair Rodriguez40/8050%TD 0/0Ctrl 0:00

Alexander Volkanovski66/9768%TD 7/12Ctrl 7:13

▼ Rounds

Rnd	Fighter	Sig Str	Acc	TD	Ctrl	KD
R1	Yair Rodriguez	5/9	56%	0/0	0:00	—
	Alexander Volkanovski	11/15	73%	3/4	3:22	—

R2	Yair Rodriguez	12/19	63%	0/0	0:00	—
	Alexander Volkanovski	18/25	72%	3/6	3:33	—

R3	Yair Rodriguez	23/52	44%	0/0	0:00	—
	Alexander Volkanovski	37/57	65%	1/2	0:18	—

WIN

vs. Josh Emmett

Submission (Triangle Choke) • Rd 2, 4:19 • UFC 284: Makhachev vs. Volkanovski • Feb 2023

Yair Rodriguez62/10758%TD 0/0Ctrl 0:00

Josh Emmett22/5242%TD 1/4Ctrl 3:01

▼ Rounds

Rnd	Fighter	Sig Str	Acc	TD	Ctrl	KD
R1	Yair Rodriguez	26/53	49%	0/0	0:00	—
	Josh Emmett	12/26	46%	0/0	1:27	—

R2	Yair Rodriguez	36/54	67%	0/0	0:00	—
	Josh Emmett	10/26	38%	1/4	1:34	—

WIN

vs. Brian Ortega

KO/TKO • Rd 1, 4:11 • UFC Fight Night: Ortega vs. Rodriguez • Jul 2022

Yair Rodriguez23/4650%TD 0/0Ctrl 0:00

Brian Ortega22/3563%TD 1/5Ctrl 2:24

▼ Rounds

Rnd	Fighter	Sig Str	Acc	TD	Ctrl	KD
R1	Yair Rodriguez	23/46	50%	0/0	0:00	—
	Brian Ortega	22/35	63%	1/5	2:24	—

LOSS

vs. Max Holloway

Decision (Unanimous) • Rd 5, 5:00 • UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Rodriguez • Nov 2021

Yair Rodriguez159/35245%TD 1/5Ctrl 1:20

Max Holloway230/40457%TD 3/5Ctrl 6:49

▼ Rounds

Rnd	Fighter	Sig Str	Acc	TD	Ctrl	KD
R1	Yair Rodriguez	37/79	47%	0/3	0:43	—
	Max Holloway	38/57	67%	1/2	0:14	—

R2	Yair Rodriguez	42/84	50%	0/0	0:00	—
	Max Holloway	58/110	53%	0/0	0:25	—

R3	Yair Rodriguez	20/47	43%	1/1	0:07	—
	Max Holloway	38/66	58%	1/2	3:04	—

R4	Yair Rodriguez	24/64	38%	0/0	0:00	—
	Max Holloway	43/77	56%	1/1	2:06	—

R5	Yair Rodriguez	36/78	46%	0/1	0:30	—
	Max Holloway	53/94	56%	0/0	1:00	—

WIN

vs. Jeremy Stephens

Decision (Unanimous) • Rd 3, 5:00 • UFC Fight Night: Reyes vs. Weidman • Oct 2019

Yair Rodriguez96/17056%TD 0/3Ctrl 3:10

Jeremy Stephens50/9553%TD 3/4Ctrl 5:35

▼ Rounds

Rnd	Fighter	Sig Str	Acc	TD	Ctrl	KD
R1	Yair Rodriguez	39/70	56%	0/3	0:50	—
	Jeremy Stephens	11/24	46%	0/0	0:29	—

R2	Yair Rodriguez	41/73	56%	0/0	2:20	—
	Jeremy Stephens	11/22	50%	1/1	1:33	—

R3	Yair Rodriguez	16/27	59%	0/0	0:00	—
	Jeremy Stephens	28/49	57%	2/3	3:33	—

NC

vs. Jeremy Stephens

CNC • Rd 1, 0:15 • UFC Fight Night: Rodriguez vs. Stephens • Sep 2019

Yair Rodriguez2/2100%TD 0/0Ctrl 0:00

Jeremy Stephens0/10%TD 0/0Ctrl 0:00

▼ Rounds

Rnd	Fighter	Sig Str	Acc	TD	Ctrl	KD
R1	Yair Rodriguez	2/2	100%	0/0	0:00	—
	Jeremy Stephens	0/1	0%	0/0	0:00	—

WIN

vs. Chan Sung Jung

KO/TKO (Elbow) • Rd 5, 4:59 • UFC Fight Night: Korean Zombie vs. Rodriguez • Nov 2018

Yair Rodriguez119/27144%TD 0/4Ctrl 0:19KD 1

Chan Sung Jung126/30841%TD 0/5Ctrl 0:58

▼ Rounds

Rnd	Fighter	Sig Str	Acc	TD	Ctrl	KD
R1	Yair Rodriguez	23/41	56%	0/1	0:00	—
	Chan Sung Jung	30/67	45%	0/1	0:01	—

R2	Yair Rodriguez	23/45	51%	0/2	0:18	—
	Chan Sung Jung	22/52	42%	0/4	0:47	—

R3	Yair Rodriguez	22/59	37%	0/0	0:00	—
	Chan Sung Jung	24/67	36%	0/0	0:02	—

R4	Yair Rodriguez	19/53	36%	0/0	0:00	—
	Chan Sung Jung	25/58	43%	0/0	0:08	—

R5	Yair Rodriguez	32/73	44%	0/1	0:01	1
	Chan Sung Jung	25/64	39%	0/0	0:00	—

LOSS

vs. Frankie Edgar

KO/TKO • Rd 2, 5:00 • UFC 211: Miocic vs. Dos Santos • May 2017

Yair Rodriguez16/4238%TD 0/0Ctrl 0:00

▼ Rounds

Rnd	Fighter	Sig Str	Acc	TD	Ctrl	KD
R1	Yair Rodriguez	10/26	38%	0/0	0:00	—
	Frankie Edgar	40/57	70%	1/2	4:03	—

R2	Yair Rodriguez	6/16	38%	0/0	0:00	—
	Frankie Edgar	32/46	70%	0/1	4:22	—

WIN

vs. BJ Penn

KO/TKO (Punches) • Rd 2, 0:24 • UFC Fight Night: Rodriguez vs. Penn • Jan 2017

Yair Rodriguez55/11150%TD 0/0Ctrl 0:19KD 1

BJ Penn4/2218%TD 0/0Ctrl 0:22

▼ Rounds

Rnd	Fighter	Sig Str	Acc	TD	Ctrl	KD
R1	Yair Rodriguez	37/73	51%	0/0	0:00	—
	BJ Penn	4/22	18%	0/0	0:22	—

R2	Yair Rodriguez	18/38	47%	0/0	0:19	1
	BJ Penn	0/0	—	0/0	0:00	—

WIN

vs. Alex Caceres

Decision (Split) • Rd 5, 5:00 • UFC Fight Night: Rodriguez vs. Caceres • Aug 2016

Yair Rodriguez120/33836%TD 1/2Ctrl 0:32

Alex Caceres62/19632%TD 1/1Ctrl 1:38

▼ Rounds

Rnd	Fighter	Sig Str	Acc	TD	Ctrl	KD
R1	Yair Rodriguez	16/58	28%	0/1	0:16	—
	Alex Caceres	8/26	31%	0/0	0:04	—

R2	Yair Rodriguez	23/62	37%	0/0	0:07	—
	Alex Caceres	6/29	21%	0/0	0:00	—

R3	Yair Rodriguez	27/72	38%	0/0	0:00	—
	Alex Caceres	12/34	35%	0/0	0:57	—

R4	Yair Rodriguez	25/61	41%	0/0	0:00	—
	Alex Caceres	14/53	26%	0/0	0:00	—

R5	Yair Rodriguez	29/85	34%	1/1	0:09	—
	Alex Caceres	22/54	41%	1/1	0:37	—

WIN

vs. Andre Fili

KO/TKO (Kick) • Rd 2, 2:15 • UFC 197: Jones vs Saint Preux • Apr 2016

Yair Rodriguez25/5347%TD 2/2Ctrl 3:55KD 1

Andre Fili11/3135%TD 1/2Ctrl 0:08

▼ Rounds

Rnd	Fighter	Sig Str	Acc	TD	Ctrl	KD
R1	Yair Rodriguez	17/34	50%	1/1	3:02	—
	Andre Fili	8/21	38%	0/1	0:02	—

R2	Yair Rodriguez	8/19	42%	1/1	0:53	1
	Andre Fili	3/10	30%	1/1	0:06	—

WIN

vs. Dan Hooker

Decision (Unanimous) • Rd 3, 5:00 • UFC 192: Cormier vs Gustafsson • Oct 2015

Yair Rodriguez52/10450%TD 2/9Ctrl 0:31

Dan Hooker19/7924%TD 1/3Ctrl 6:01

▼ Rounds

Rnd	Fighter	Sig Str	Acc	TD	Ctrl	KD
R1	Yair Rodriguez	13/23	57%	1/4	0:19	—
	Dan Hooker	2/14	14%	0/1	1:37	—

R2	Yair Rodriguez	22/48	46%	1/2	0:12	—
	Dan Hooker	11/40	28%	0/1	0:58	—

R3	Yair Rodriguez	17/33	52%	0/3	0:00	—
	Dan Hooker	6/25	24%	1/1	3:26	—

WIN

vs. Charles Rosa

Decision (Split) • Rd 3, 5:00 • UFC 188: Velasquez vs Werdum • Jun 2015

Yair Rodriguez56/10056%TD 1/1Ctrl 0:36

Charles Rosa39/7949%TD 5/14Ctrl 8:45

▼ Rounds

Rnd	Fighter	Sig Str	Acc	TD	Ctrl	KD
R1	Yair Rodriguez	10/19	53%	0/0	0:02	—
	Charles Rosa	9/16	56%	2/3	4:11	—

R2	Yair Rodriguez	35/62	56%	1/1	0:28	—
	Charles Rosa	15/36	42%	1/9	0:30	—

R3	Yair Rodriguez	11/19	58%	0/0	0:06	—
	Charles Rosa	15/27	56%	2/2	4:04	—

WIN

vs. Leonardo Morales

Decision (Unanimous) • Rd 3, 5:00 • UFC 180: Werdum vs Hunt • Nov 2014

Yair Rodriguez34/8341%TD 2/6Ctrl 3:56

Leonardo Morales33/7246%TD 0/1Ctrl 2:17

▼ Rounds

Fighter Profile

Career Statistics

Last 5 Fights (Averages)

Fight History

Rnd	Fighter	Sig Str	Acc	TD	Ctrl	KD
R1	Yair Rodriguez	12/26	46%	1/1	1:44	—
	Leonardo Morales	10/24	42%	0/0	0:42	—

R2	Yair Rodriguez	3/9	33%	1/4	1:47	—
	Leonardo Morales	5/8	62%	0/0	1:35	—

R3	Yair Rodriguez	19/48	40%	0/1	0:25	—
	Leonardo Morales	18/40	45%	0/1	0:00	—