“El Pantera” 2014-2025 · 46 rounds on file

Yair Rodriguez

11-4-1 W-L-D in this database

Strike accuracy 984/2,096

Takedown accuracy 10/34

Sig. strikes / round 21.4

Control / round 0:23

Inside the distance 45% 5 of 11 wins

Height: 5′11″180.3 cm
Reach: 71″180.3 cm
Leg reach: --
Stance: Orthodox
Age: 3406 OCT 1992
Listed weight: 145 lb65.8 kg

Well-Rounded Automatically assigned from data across 16 fights - 2.2 takedown attempts and 8% control time per 15 minutes.

Who they have fought

Every completed bout, grouped by the opponent's style.

Hybrid 7 6-0-1 vs 1560 avg

Well-Rounded 7 6-0-1

Grappling 5 2-3-0 vs 1613 avg

Positional Controller 3 1-2-0

Submission Grappler 2 1-1-0

Striking 3 2-1-0 vs 1572 avg

Distance Striker 3 2-1-0

-- Not classified 1 1-0-0 --

Opponent styles are assigned from their own fight data, not from a training background. They describe how those opponents have fought. Bars scale against 7 bouts, the largest group.

The career, in order

One bar per bout, oldest on the left. Height is the significant strikes landed in that fight.

15 NOV 2014 - beat Leonardo Morales · Decision (Unanimous) 13 JUN 2015 - beat Charles Rosa · Decision (Split) 03 OCT 2015 - beat Dan Hooker · Decision (Unanimous) 23 APR 2016 - beat Andre Fili · Technical Knockout 06 AUG 2016 - beat Alex Caceres · Decision (Split) 15 JAN 2017 - beat BJ Penn · Technical Knockout 13 MAY 2017 - lost to Frankie Edgar · Technical Knockout 10 NOV 2018 - beat Chan Sung Jung · Technical Knockout 21 SEP 2019 - drew with Jeremy Stephens · No Contest 18 OCT 2019 - beat Jeremy Stephens · Decision (Unanimous) 13 NOV 2021 - lost to Max Holloway · Decision (Unanimous) 16 JUL 2022 - beat Brian Ortega · Technical Knockout 11 FEB 2023 - beat Josh Emmett · Submission 08 JUL 2023 - lost to Alexander Volkanovski · Technical Knockout 24 FEB 2024 - lost to Brian Ortega · Submission 12 APR 2025 - beat Patricio Pitbull · Decision (Unanimous)

Won Lost Draw / no contest

What they do with a round

Summed over 46 rounds across 16 of 16 bouts - the ones the corpus has per-round observations for.

Per round

Sig. strikes landed 21.4

Sig. strikes absorbed 17.4

Takedowns landed 0.2

Knockdowns 0.1

Sub. attempts 0.2

Control time 0:23 of each 5:00 round

Accuracy

Sig. strikes 47% 984/2,096

Takedowns 29% 10/34

Opponents’ accuracy 47% 801/1,697

Where the strikes land

Head 55% 544

Body 20% 193

Leg 25% 247

And from where

At distance 78% 769

In the clinch 7% 64

On the ground 15% 151

How the bouts ended

KO / TKO 4 won Technical Knockout · 4-2

Submission 1 won Submission · 1-1

Decision 6 won Decision (Unanimous) · 4-1 Decision (Split) · 2-0

Other 0 won No Contest · 0-0

Every bout

Most recent first. Struck and absorbed are significant strikes.

Date	Opponent	Result	Method	End	Struck	Absorbed	Event
12 APR 2025	Patricio Pitbull	Won	Decision (Unanimous)	R3 5:00	70	17	UFC 314: Volkanovski vs. Lopes
24 FEB 2024	Brian Ortega	Lost	Submission	R3 0:58	55	28	UFC Fight Night: Moreno vs. Royval 2
08 JUL 2023	Alexander Volkanovski	Lost	Technical Knockout	R3 4:19	40	66	UFC 290: Volkanovski vs. Rodriguez
11 FEB 2023	Josh Emmett	Won	Submission	R2 4:19	62	22	UFC 284: Makhachev vs. Volkanovski
16 JUL 2022	Brian Ortega	Won	Technical Knockout	R1 4:11	23	22	UFC Fight Night: Ortega vs. Rodriguez
13 NOV 2021	Max Holloway	Lost	Decision (Unanimous)	R5 5:00	159	230	UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Rodriguez
18 OCT 2019	Jeremy Stephens	Won	Decision (Unanimous)	R3 5:00	96	50	UFC Fight Night: Reyes vs. Weidman
21 SEP 2019	Jeremy Stephens	No decision	No Contest	R1 0:15	2	0	UFC Fight Night: Rodriguez vs. Stephens
10 NOV 2018	Chan Sung Jung	Won	Technical Knockout	R5 4:59	119	126	UFC Fight Night: Korean Zombie vs. Rodriguez
13 MAY 2017	Frankie Edgar	Lost	Technical Knockout	R2 5:00	16	72	UFC 211: Miocic vs. Dos Santos
15 JAN 2017	BJ Penn	Won	Technical Knockout	R2 0:24	55	4	UFC Fight Night: Rodriguez vs. Penn
06 AUG 2016	Alex Caceres	Won	Decision (Split)	R5 5:00	120	62	UFC Fight Night: Rodriguez vs. Caceres
23 APR 2016	Andre Fili	Won	Technical Knockout	R2 2:15	25	11	UFC 197: Jones vs Saint Preux
03 OCT 2015	Dan Hooker	Won	Decision (Unanimous)	R3 5:00	52	19	UFC 192: Cormier vs Gustafsson
13 JUN 2015	Charles Rosa	Won	Decision (Split)	R3 5:00	56	39	UFC 188: Velasquez vs Werdum
15 NOV 2014	Leonardo Morales	Won	Decision (Unanimous)	R3 5:00	34	33	UFC 180: Werdum vs Hunt

Photographs on this page

Yair Rodriguez - File:Carrera con Yair "Pantera" Rodríguez -i---i- (30657689682).jpg: PLEASE COMPLETE AUTHOR INFORMATION derivative work: Alexander Gustafsson, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons. Cropped.