Rongzhu vs Hubbard

When is Rongzhu vs Hubbard?

Rongzhu is set to square off against Austin Hubbard during the main card of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 23rd August 2025 at Mercedes-Benz Arena in Shanghai.

The fight is scheduled for 3 rounds in the Lightweight division, which means the weight limit will be 155 pounds (11.1 stone or 70.3 KG).

Rongzhu vs Hubbard stats

Rongzhu steps into the octagon with a record of 26 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 15 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 6 by submission.

Austin Hubbard will make his way to the cage with a record of 16 wins, 9 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by knock out and 2 by submission.

This will be Rongzhu's 8th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2021. Austin Hubbard will mark his 11th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2019.

Rongzhu's UFC record currently stands at 5-3-0, while Austin Hubbard's comes in at 4-7-0.

The stats suggest Rongzhu has a large advantage in power over Hubbard, boasting a 58% knock out percentage over Hubbard's 31%.

If the fight goes to the ground, their records suggest Rongzhu will have a slight advantage over Hubbard, with a 23% submission rate over Hubbard's 13%.

Rongzhu is the younger man by 8 years, at 25 years old.

Hubbard has a height advantage of 1 inch over Rongzhu. Despite this, he has a 1-inch reach advantage.

Rongzhu's experience as a professional fighter is relatively equal to Hubbard's, having had 7 more fights, and made his debut in 2016, 7 months later than Hubbard, whose first professional fight was in 2015. He has fought 10 less professional rounds, 64 to Hubbard's 74.

Rongzhu vs Hubbard form

Rongzhu has beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight, he won against Kody Steele at UFC 312 on 8th February 2025 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney, Australia.

Previous to that, he had lost to Chris Padilla at UFC Fight Night: Burns vs. Brady on 7th September 2024 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Ignacio Bahamondes at UFC Fight Night on 26th February 2022 by submission in the 3rd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had beaten Brandon Jenkins at UFC Vegas 37 on 18th September 2021 by knockout in the 3rd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He had been defeated by Rodrigo Vargas at UFC 261 on 24th April 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville.

Austin Hubbard has beaten 1 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight, he lost to Marquel Mederos at UFC Fight Night: Moreno vs. Erceg on 29th March 2025 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Arena CDMX, Mexico City, Mexico.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Alexander Hernandez at UFC 307 on 5th October 2024 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Vivint Arena, Salt Lake City, United States.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Mike Figlak at UFC Fight Night: Nicolau vs. Perez on 27th April 2024 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had been defeated by Kurt Holobaugh at UFC 292 on 19th August 2023 by submission in the 2nd round at TD Garden, Boston.

He had lost to Vinc Pichel at UFC Vegas 34 on 21st August 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Enterprise.

Activity check

In terms of recent activity, Austin Hubbard has been fighting more than Rongzhu.

Rongzhu last fought 5 months and 4 days ago, while Austin Hubbard's last outing was 3 months and 13 days ago.

Rongzhu's last 5 fights have come over a period of 4 years, 2 months and 18 days, meaning he has been fighting on average every 10 months and 4 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they have lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

Hubbard's last 5 fights have come over a period of 3 years, 10 months and 21 days, meaning he has been fighting on average every 9 months and 11 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they have lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

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