Marquez vs Rodrigues

Who won Marquez vs Rodrigues?

Gregory Rodrigues beat Julian Marquez by knockout in the 1st round during the main card of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 18th June 2022 at Moody Center in Austin.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Middleweight division, which meant the weight limit was 185 pounds (13.2 stone or 83.9 KG).

Marquez vs Rodrigues stats

Julian Marquez stepped into the octagon with a record of 8 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 2 by submission.

Gregory Rodrigues made his way to the cage with a record of 11 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by knock out and 4 by submission.

Julian Marquez's UFC record stood at 3-3-0, while Gregory Rodrigues' came in at 6-2-0.

The stats suggested Marquez had a large advantage in power over Rodrigues, boasting a 75% knock out percentage over Rodrigues' 45%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Rodrigues had an advantage over Marquez, with a 36% submission rate over Marquez's 25%.

Julian Marquez was the older man by 1 year, at 33 years old.

Rodrigues had 4-inch reach advantage.

Marquez was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 4 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2014, 3 months earlier than Rodrigues, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He had fought 11 less professional rounds, 24 to Rodrigues' 35.

Marquez vs Rodrigues form

Rodrigues had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 3 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Armen Petrosyan at UFC Fight Night on 26th February 2022 by split decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Jun Yong Park at UFC Vegas 41 on 23rd October 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Du ko Todorovi at UFC Vegas 28 on 5th June 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest.

Before that, he had defeated Josh Fremd at LFA 108 on 21st May 2021 by knockout in the 1st round in their LFA Middleweight championship fight at Sanford Pentagon, Sioux Falls.

He was victorious against Al Matavao at LFA 102 on 19th March 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round at Grand Casino Hotel & Resort, Shawnee.

Activity check

Marquez's last 2 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 9 months and 20 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 10 months and 25 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

Rodrigues' last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 1 month and 7 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 14 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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