Lee vs Rodriguez

Who won Lee vs Rodriguez?

Daniel Rodriguez beat Kevin Lee by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC Vegas 35, on Saturday 28th August 2021 at UFC APEX in Enterprise.

The scorecards were announced as 29-28, 29-28, 29-28 in favor of the winner Daniel Rodriguez.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 170 pounds (12.1 stone or 77.1 KG).

Lee vs Rodriguez stats

Kevin Lee stepped into the octagon with a record of 18 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 8 by submission.

Daniel Rodriguez made his way to the cage with a record of 15 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by knock out and 4 by submission.

Kevin Lee's UFC record stood at 11-8-0, while Daniel Rodriguez's came in at 7-3-0.

The stats suggested Rodriguez had a massive power advantage over Lee, boasting a 53% knock out percentage over Lee's 17%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Lee had an advantage over Rodriguez, with a 44% submission rate over Rodriguez's 27%.

Kevin Lee was the younger man by 6 years, at 31 years old.

Rodriguez had a height advantage of 4 inches over Lee. Despite this, he had 2-inch reach advantage.

Lee was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 7 more fights, and made his debut in 2012, 3 years and 2 months earlier than Rodriguez, whose first professional fight was in 2015. He had fought 21 more professional rounds, 67 to Rodriguez's 46.

Lee vs Rodriguez form

Kevin Lee had stopped 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Charles Oliveira at UFC on ESPN+ 28 on 14th March 2020 by submission in the 3rd round at Ginásio Nilson Nelson, Brasilia, Brazil.

Previous to that, he had won against Gregor Gillespie at UFC 244 on 2nd November 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Madison Square Garden, New York City, United States.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Rafael dos Anjos at UFC on ESPN+ 10 on 18th May 2019 by submission in the 4th round at Blue Cross Arena, Rochester.

Before that, he had been defeated by Al Iaquinta at UFC on FOX 31 on 15th December 2018 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at Wisconsin Entertainment and Sports Center, Milwaukee.

He had beaten Edson Barboza at UFC Fight Night 128 on 21st April 2018 by knockout in the 5th round at Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City.

Rodriguez had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Ian Machado Garry at UFC Fight Night – Rozenstruik vs. Almeida on 13th May 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at Spectrum Center, Charlotte, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Neil Magny at UFC Fight Night: Mitchell vs. Evloev on 5th November 2022 by submission in the 3rd round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Jingliang Li at UFC 279 on 10th September 2022 by split decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Before that, he was victorious against Kevin Lee at UFC Vegas 35 on 28th August 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Enterprise.

He had won against Preston Parsons at UFC Vegas 31 on 17th July 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Daniel Rodriguez had been fighting more than Kevin Lee.

Going to this contest, Kevin Lee had last fought 4 years, 1 month and 12 days ago, while Daniel Rodriguez's last outing had been 11 months and 13 days ago.

Lee's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years and 5 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 15 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 18 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.6 rounds on average.

Rodriguez's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 9 months and 9 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 21 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

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