Diamond vs Rodrigues

Who won Diamond vs Rodrigues?

Tyler Diamond beat Otto Rodrigues by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the prelims of PFL 3, on Friday 19th April 2024 at Wintrust Arena in Chicago.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Tyler Diamond.

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).

Diamond vs Rodrigues stats

Tyler Diamond stepped into the octagon with a record of 12 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 2 by submission.

Otto Rodrigues made his way to the cage with a record of 14 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws and 7 by submission.

Otto Rodrigues will be making their debut in the PFL.

Tyler Diamond's PFL record stood at 1-2-0.

The stats suggested Diamond had a massive power advantage over Rodrigues, boasting a 42% knock out percentage over Rodrigues' 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Rodrigues had a massive advantage over Diamond, boasting a 50% submission rate over Diamond's 17%.

Tyler Diamond was the older man by 33 years, at 33 years old.

Diamond had a height advantage of 1 inch over Rodrigues.

Diamond's experience as a professional fighter was relatively equal to Rodrigues', having had the same amount of fights, and made his debut in 2015, 9 years and 1 month later than Rodrigues, whose first professional fight was in . He had fought 3 more professional rounds, 34 to Rodrigues' 31.

Activity check

Diamond's last 4 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 11 months and 26 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 3 months. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

Rodrigues' last 2 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 9 months and 19 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 4 months and 27 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 5 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.5 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Diamond vs Rodrigues?

Tyler Diamond was a 6/5 (+120) underdog going into the contest, while Otto Rodrigues made his way into the ring at 8/13 (-160) with oddsmakers.