Njokuani vs Rodrigues

Who won Njokuani vs Rodrigues?

Gregory Rodrigues beat Chidi Njokuani by knockout in the 2nd round during the co-main event of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 17th September 2022 at UFC APEX in Las Vegas.

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).

Njokuani vs Rodrigues stats

Chidi Njokuani stepped into the octagon with a record of 22 wins, 7 losses and 0 draws, 14 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Gregory Rodrigues made his way to the cage with a record of 12 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by knock out and 4 by submission.

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

The stats suggested Njokuani had an advantage in power over Rodrigues, with a 64% knock out percentage over Rodrigues' 50%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Rodrigues had a large advantage over Njokuani, boasting a 33% submission rate over Njokuani's 5%.

Chidi Njokuani was the older man by 3 years, at 35 years old.

Njokuani had a height advantage of 1 inch over Rodrigues. That also extended to a 4-inch reach advantage.

Njokuani was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 13 more fights, and made his debut in 2007, 6 years and 10 months earlier than Rodrigues, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He had fought 34 more professional rounds, 69 to Rodrigues' 35.

Njokuani 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 won against Julian Marquez at UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs. Emmett on 18th June 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at Moody Center, Austin, United States.

Previous to that, 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.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Jun Yong Park at UFC Vegas 41 on 23rd October 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

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

He was victorious against 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.

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Rodrigues' last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 11 months and 6 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 2 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

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