Rosas Jr. vs Rodriguez

Who won Rosas Jr. vs Rodriguez?

Christian Rodriguez beat Raul Rosas Jr. by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC 287, on Saturday 8th April 2023 at Miami-Dade Arena in Miami.

The scorecards were announced as 29-28, 29-28, 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).

Rosas Jr. vs Rodriguez stats

Raul Rosas Jr. stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 6 wins, zero losses and 0 draws, 1 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 4 by submission.

Christian Rodriguez made his way to the cage with a record of 8 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by knock out and 4 by submission.

Raul Rosas Jr.'s UFC record stood at 2-1-0, while Christian Rodriguez's came in at 4-1-0.

The stats suggested Rodriguez had a large advantage in power over Rosas Jr., boasting a 38% knock out percentage over Rosas Jr.'s 17%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Rosas Jr. had an advantage over Rodriguez, with a 67% submission rate over Rodriguez's 50%.

Raul Rosas Jr. was the younger man by 7 years, at 19 years old.

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

Rosas Jr. was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 3 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2021, 2 years and 5 months later than Rodriguez, whose first professional fight was in . He had fought 11 less professional rounds, 14 to Rodriguez's 25.

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Rodriguez's last 2 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 2 months and 7 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 2 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 4 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Rosas Jr. vs Rodriguez?

Raul Rosas Jr. was a 2/5 (-250) favourite going into the contest, while Christian Rodriguez made his way into the ring at 2/1 (+200) with oddsmakers.