Rodriguez vs Pitbull

Who won Rodriguez vs Pitbull?

Yair Rodriguez beat Patricio Pitbull by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC 314, on Saturday 12th April 2025 at Kaseya Center in Miami.

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

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 145 pounds (10.4 stone or 65.8 KG).

Rodriguez vs Pitbull stats

Yair Rodriguez stepped into the octagon with a record of 19 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 5 by submission.

Patricio Pitbull made his way to the cage with a record of 35 wins, 7 losses and 0 draws, 11 of those wins coming by knock out and 12 by submission.

This was Yair Rodriguez's 16th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2014. Patricio Pitbull marked his 1st fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2025.

Yair Rodriguez's UFC record stood at 11-4-0, while Patricio Pitbull's came in at 0-1-0.

The stats suggested Rodriguez had an advantage in power over Pitbull, with a 42% knock out percentage over Pitbull's 31%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Pitbull had a slight advantage over Rodriguez, with a 34% submission rate over Rodriguez's 26%.

Yair Rodriguez was the younger man by 5 years, at 32 years old.

Rodriguez had a height advantage of 5 inches over Pitbull. That also extended to a 6-inch reach advantage.

Rodriguez was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 18 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2011, 7 years and 7 months later than Pitbull, whose first professional fight was in 2004. He had fought 49 less professional rounds, 65 to Pitbull's 114.

Rodriguez vs Pitbull form

Rodriguez had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Patricio Pitbull at UFC 314 on 12th April 2025 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Kaseya Center, Miami, United States.

Previous to that, 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.

Going into that contest, 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.

Before that, he had beaten 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.

He had defeated 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.

Pitbull had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance twice.

In his last fight before this contest, he was victorious against Jeremy Kennedy at Bellator Champions Series: Belfast on 22nd March 2024 by knockout in the 3rd round in their Bellator Featherweight championship fight at SSE Arena, Belfast, United Kingdom.

Previous to that, he had been defeated by Chihiro Suzuki at Super RIZIN 2 on 30th July 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Sergio Pettis at Bellator 297 on 16th June 2023 by unanimous decision in their Bellator Bantamweight championship fight at Wintrust Arena, Chicago, United States.

Before that, he had won against Kleber Koike Erbst at Bellator MMA vs. RIZIN on 31st December 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan.

He had beaten Adam Borics at Bellator 286 on 1st October 2022 by unanimous decision in their Bellator Featherweight championship fight at Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center, Long Beach, United States.

Activity check

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

Going to this contest, Yair Rodriguez had last fought 24 days ago, while Patricio Pitbull's last outing had been 1 year, 1 month and 14 days ago.

Rodriguez's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 9 months and 20 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 24 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

Pitbull's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 7 months and 5 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 8 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 17 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.4 rounds on average.

What time did Rodriguez vs Pitbull start?

The fighters were expected to walk out at around 2:40 AM UTC , which was 10:40 PM EST or 7:40 PM PST on the West Coast of America, or 3:40 AM BST in the UK.

What were the odds on Rodriguez vs Pitbull?

Yair Rodriguez was a 1/2 (-200) favourite going into the contest, while Patricio Pitbull made his way into the ring at 17/10 (+170) with oddsmakers.