Marques vs Rodriguez

Who won Marques vs Rodriguez?

Danilo Marques beat Mike Rodriguez by submission in the 2nd round during the main card of UFC Vegas 18, on Saturday 6th February 2021 at UFC APEX in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Danilo Marques.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Light Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 205 pounds (14.6 stone or 93 KG).

Marques vs Rodriguez stats

Danilo Marques stepped into the octagon with a record of 10 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 4 by submission.

Mike Rodriguez made his way to the cage with a record of 11 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by knock out and 2 by submission.

Danilo Marques' UFC record stood at 2-2-0, while Mike Rodriguez's came in at 2-5-0.

The stats suggested Rodriguez had a massive power advantage over Marques, boasting a 82% knock out percentage over Marques' 40%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Marques had a large advantage over Rodriguez, boasting a 40% submission rate over Rodriguez's 18%.

Danilo Marques was the older man by 3 years, at 38 years old.

Marques had a height advantage of 2 inches over Rodriguez. Despite this, Rodriguez had 5-inch reach advantage.

Marques' experience as a professional fighter was relatively equal to Rodriguez's, having had 4 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2014, 7 days earlier than Rodriguez, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He had fought 3 more professional rounds, 35 to Rodriguez's 32.

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Rodriguez's last 4 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 3 months and 28 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 30 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 7 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.8 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Marques vs Rodriguez?

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