Ortega vs Rodriguez

Who won Ortega vs Rodriguez?

Yair Rodriguez beat Brian Ortega by knockout in the 1st round during the main event of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 16th July 2022 at UBS Arena in Long Island, New York.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 145 pounds (10.4 stone or 65.8 KG).

Ortega vs Rodriguez stats

Brian Ortega stepped into the octagon with a record of 15 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 7 by submission.

Yair Rodriguez made his way to the cage with a record of 13 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

Brian Ortega's UFC record stood at 8-3-0, while Yair Rodriguez's came in at 10-4-0.

The stats suggested Rodriguez had an advantage in power over Ortega, with a 31% knock out percentage over Ortega's 20%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Ortega had a large advantage over Rodriguez, boasting a 47% submission rate over Rodriguez's 23%.

Brian Ortega was the older man by 2 years, at 33 years old.

Rodriguez had a height advantage of 3 inches over Ortega. That also extended to a 2-inch reach advantage.

Ortega was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 1 more fights, and made his debut in 2010, 1 year and 5 months earlier than Rodriguez, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 6 less professional rounds, 56 to Rodriguez's 62.

Ortega vs Rodriguez form

Brian Ortega had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Yair Rodriguez at UFC Fight Night: Moreno vs. Royval 2 on 24th February 2024 by submission in the 3rd round at Arena CDMX, Mexico City, Mexico.

Previous to that, he had lost to Yair Rodriguez at UFC Fight Night: Ortega vs. Rodriguez on 16th July 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at UBS Arena, Long Island, New York, United States.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Alexander Volkanovski at UFC 266 on 25th September 2021 by unanimous decision in their UFC Featherweight championship fight at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had beaten Chan Sung Jung at UFC Fight Island 6 on 17th October 2020 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

He had been defeated by Max Holloway at UFC 231 on 8th December 2018 by knockout in the 4th round in their UFC Featherweight championship fight at Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, Canada.

Rodriguez had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Brian Ortega at UFC Fight Night: Moreno vs. Royval 2 on 24th February 2024 by submission in the 3rd round at Arena CDMX, Mexico City, Mexico.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Alexander Volkanovski at UFC 290 on 8th July 2023 by knockout in the 3rd round in their UFC Featherweight championship fight at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Josh Emmett at UFC 284 on 11th February 2023 by submission in the 2nd round in their UFC Interim Featherweight championship fight at RAC Arena, Perth, Western Australia.

Before that, he was victorious against Brian Ortega at UFC Fight Night: Ortega vs. Rodriguez on 16th July 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at UBS Arena, Long Island, New York, United States.

He had been defeated by Max Holloway at UFC Vegas 42 on 13th November 2021 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Yair Rodriguez had been fighting more than Brian Ortega.

Going to this contest, Brian Ortega had last fought 2 months and 14 days ago, while Yair Rodriguez's last outing had been 2 months and 14 days ago.

Ortega's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years and 5 months, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 30 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, 5 months and 25 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

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