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The Clinch

UFC Fight Night: Moreno vs. Erceg

29 MAR 2025 / Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico

Bout 8 of 12 / Featherweight / 3 rounds scheduled

Melquizael Costa vs Christian Rodriguez

No photograph on file Melquizael Costa “The Dalmatian”

3-2-0 entering this bout

Age 28 · 5′10″177.8 cm

Won

No photograph on file Christian Rodriguez “Ceerod”

6-2-0 entering this bout

Age 27 · 5′7″170.2 cm

Lost

Significant strikes landed / thrown
22/32
R1
11/14
26/40
R2
19/27
17/33
R3
34/57

Decision (Unanimous) Round 3 · 5:00

The cards

Judge Melquizael Costa Christian Rodriguez
Miguel Jimenez 29 28
Chris Lee 29 28
Dave Tirelli 29 28

Totals for the bout. No source on file publishes a round-by-round card.

Opening line
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Closing line
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Implied favourite
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Status
No odds have been ingested. Nothing here is estimated.
Melquizael Costa Enters 1-1-0 against HYBRID
Christian Rodriguez Enters 1-0-0 against HYBRID

Records count only bouts before this one. Opponent styles are career-aggregate and may draw on later fights.

Colour marks which fighter is which. Corner assignment is not in the corpus.

Round by round

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Melquizael Costa    Christian Rodriguez

Bout totals

65
Sig. strikes
64
159
Total strikes
77
39
To the head
36
19
To the body
23
7
To the legs
5
19
At distance
29
17
In the clinch
26
29
On the ground
9
1
Takedowns
6
0
Knockdowns
0
1
Sub. attempts
1
4:53
Control time
6:48

The full sheet

Every measure the corpus holds for this bout, per round, per corner.

Per-round statistics for both corners
Round Corner Sig. Total Head Body Leg Dist. Clinch Ground TD KD Ctrl
R1 Melquizael Costa 22/32 63/73 5/11 15/19 2/2 4/9 8/12 10/11 0/1 0 2:12
Christian Rodriguez 11/14 12/15 3/5 8/9 0/0 2/3 9/11 0/0 1/5 0 2:07
R2 Melquizael Costa 26/40 71/93 21/32 2/4 3/4 3/11 7/8 16/21 1/1 0 2:24
Christian Rodriguez 19/27 24/33 8/16 9/9 2/2 10/18 9/9 0/0 1/4 0 1:42
R3 Melquizael Costa 17/33 25/42 13/29 2/2 2/2 12/27 2/3 3/3 0/0 0 0:17
Christian Rodriguez 34/57 41/65 25/48 6/6 3/3 17/32 8/11 9/14 4/6 0 2:59

Who said so

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Field Value Source Rank Status
Is title fight No UFCStats relational (Kaggle) 12 Canonical
Is title fight No UFCStats via Kaggle 15 Agrees
Referee Fernando Salas Navarro UFCStats relational (Kaggle) 12 Canonical
Referee Fernando Salas Navarro UFCStats via Kaggle 15 Agrees
Result detail Miguel Jimenez 28 - 29. Chris Lee 28 - 29. Dave Tirelli 28 - 29. UFCStats relational (Kaggle) 12 Canonical
Result detail Miguel Jimenez 28 - 29. Chris Lee 28 - 29. Dave Tirelli 28 - 29. UFCStats via Kaggle 15 Agrees
Result end round 3 UFCStats relational (Kaggle) 12 Canonical
Result end round 3 UFCStats via Kaggle 15 Agrees
Result end time seconds 5:00 UFCStats relational (Kaggle) 12 Canonical
Result end time seconds 5:00 UFCStats via Kaggle 15 Agrees
Result method Decision - Unanimous UFCStats relational (Kaggle) 12 Canonical
Result method Decision - Unanimous UFCStats via Kaggle 15 Agrees
Scheduled rounds 3 UFCStats relational (Kaggle) 12 Canonical
Scheduled rounds 3 UFCStats via Kaggle 15 Agrees
Weight class Featherweight UFCStats relational (Kaggle) 12 Canonical
Weight class Featherweight UFCStats via Kaggle 15 Agrees