Li vs Rodriguez

Who won Li vs Rodriguez?

Daniel Rodriguez beat Jingliang Li by split decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC 279, on Saturday 10th September 2022 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

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 Li vs Rodriguez division, which meant the weight limit was pounds (0 stone or 0 KG).

Li vs Rodriguez stats

Jingliang Li stepped into the octagon with a record of 19 wins, 7 losses and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 4 by submission.

Daniel Rodriguez made his way to the cage with a record of 16 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by knock out and 4 by submission.

Daniel Rodriguez marked his 11th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2020.

Jingliang Li's UFC record stood at 11-6-0, while Daniel Rodriguez's came in at 7-4-0.

The stats suggested Li had a slight advantage in power over Rodriguez, with a 53% knock out percentage over Rodriguez's 50%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Rodriguez had a slight advantage over Li, with a 25% submission rate over Li's 21%.

Jingliang Li was the younger man by 1 year, at 36 years old.

Rodriguez had a height advantage of 1 inch over Li. That also extended to a 2-inch reach advantage.

Li was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 8 more fights, and made his debut in 2007, 7 years and 8 months earlier than Rodriguez, whose first professional fight was in 2015. He had fought 12 more professional rounds, 61 to Rodriguez's 49.

Li vs Rodriguez form

Rodriguez had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going the distance twice.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Neil Magny at UFC Fight Night: Mitchell vs. Evloev on 5th November 2022 by submission in the 3rd round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

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

Going into that contest, he had beaten Kevin Lee at UFC Vegas 35 on 28th August 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Enterprise.

Before that, he had defeated Preston Parsons at UFC Vegas 31 on 17th July 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He was victorious against Dwight Grant at UFC Vegas 7 on 22nd August 2020 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Activity check

Rodriguez's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 11 months and 2 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 9 months and 13 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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