Pearce vs Rodriguez

Who won Pearce vs Rodriguez?

Jonathan Pearce beat Christian Rodriguez by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the prelims of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 19th February 2022 at UFC APEX in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Jonathan Pearce.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 145 pounds (10.4 stone or 65.8 KG).

Pearce vs Rodriguez stats

Jonathan Pearce stepped into the octagon with a record of 11 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 2 by submission.

Christian Rodriguez made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 0 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws.

Jonathan Pearce's UFC record stood at 5-2-0, while Christian Rodriguez's came in at 4-1-0.

The stats suggested Pearce had a massive power advantage over Rodriguez, boasting a 73% knock out percentage over Rodriguez's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Pearce had an advantage over Rodriguez, with a 18% submission rate over Rodriguez's 0%.

Jonathan Pearce was the older man by 5 years, at 31 years old.

Pearce had a height advantage of 5 inches over Rodriguez. Despite this, both fighters had equal reach.

Pearce was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 15 more fights, and made his debut in 2014, 9 years and 5 months later than Rodriguez, whose first professional fight was in . He had fought 16 more professional rounds, 41 to Rodriguez's 25.

Pearce vs Rodriguez form

Pearce had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges 3 times.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Joanderson Brito at UFC Fight Night – Allen vs Craig on 18th November 2023 by submission in the 2nd round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Darren Elkins at UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs. Holland on 3rd December 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Amway Center, Orlando.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Makwan Amirkhani at UFC Fight Night London on 23rd July 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at The O2, London, United Kingdom.

Before that, he had defeated Christian Rodriguez at UFC Fight Night on 19th February 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

He was victorious against Omar Morales at UFC 266 on 25th September 2021 by submission in the 2nd round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Activity check

Pearce's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 7 months and 3 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 8 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

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