Rodriguez vs Saaiman

Who won Rodriguez vs Saaiman?

Christian Rodriguez beat Cameron Saaiman by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC Fight Night – Yusuff vs Barboza, on Saturday 14th October 2023 at UFC Apex in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced as 30-27, 30-27, 29-28 in favor of the winner Christian Rodriguez.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Bantamweight division, which meant the weight limit was 135 pounds (9.6 stone or 61.2 KG).

Rodriguez vs Saaiman stats

Christian Rodriguez stepped into the octagon with a record of 9 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 4 by submission.

Cameron Saaiman made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 9 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

Christian Rodriguez's UFC record stood at 4-1-0, while Cameron Saaiman's came in at 3-2-0.

The stats suggested Saaiman had a massive power advantage over Rodriguez, boasting a 67% knock out percentage over Rodriguez's 33%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Rodriguez had a massive advantage over Saaiman, boasting a 44% submission rate over Saaiman's 11%.

Christian Rodriguez was the older man by 3 years, at 26 years old.

Saaiman had a height advantage of 1 inch over Rodriguez. Despite this, he had 5-inch reach advantage.

Rodriguez was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 1 more fights, and made his debut in , 4 years and 4 months earlier than Saaiman, whose first professional fight was in 2019. He had fought 1 less professional rounds, 25 to Saaiman's 26.

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Saaiman's last 3 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 4 months and 15 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 5 months and 16 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 7 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.3 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Rodriguez vs Saaiman?

Christian Rodriguez was a 18/25 (-140) favourite going into the contest, while Cameron Saaiman made his way into the ring at 23/20 (+110) with oddsmakers.