Kelleher vs Rodriguez

Who won Kelleher vs Rodriguez?

Brian Kelleher beat Ray Rodriguez by submission in the 1st round during the main card of UFC Vegas 9, on Saturday 5th September 2020 at UFC APEX in Las Vegas.

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).

Kelleher vs Rodriguez stats

Brian Kelleher stepped into the octagon with a record of 21 wins, 11 losses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 9 by submission.

Ray Rodriguez made his way to the cage with a record of 16 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by knock out and 8 by submission.

This was Brian Kelleher's 17th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2017.

Brian Kelleher's UFC record stood at 8-9-0, while Ray Rodriguez's came in at 0-2-0.

The stats suggested Kelleher had an advantage in power over Rodriguez, with a 38% knock out percentage over Rodriguez's 19%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Rodriguez had a slight advantage over Kelleher, with a 50% submission rate over Kelleher's 43%.

Brian Kelleher was the older man by 1 year, at 38 years old.

Rodriguez had a height advantage of 1 inch over Kelleher. That also extended to a 7-inch reach advantage.

Kelleher was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 10 more fights, and made his debut in 2011, 1 year and 3 months earlier than Rodriguez, whose first professional fight was in 2012. He had fought 22 more professional rounds, 77 to Rodriguez's 55.

Kelleher vs Rodriguez form

Brian Kelleher had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Domingo Pilarte at UFC Vegas 34 on 21st August 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Enterprise, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Ricky Simon at UFC 258 on 13th February 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Ray Rodriguez at UFC Vegas 9 on 5th September 2020 by submission in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had defeated Ode Osbourne at UFC 246 on 18th January 2020 by submission in the 1st round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

He had been beaten by John Lineker at UFC 224 on 12th May 2018 by knockout in the 3rd round at Jeunesse Arena, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Activity check

Kelleher's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 10 months and 16 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 4 months and 17 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

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