Diamond vs Rodrigues

Who won Diamond vs Rodrigues?

Tyler Diamond beat Otto Rodrigues by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the prelims of PFL 3, on Friday 19th April 2024 at Wintrust Arena in Chicago.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Tyler Diamond.

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).

Diamond vs Rodrigues stats

Tyler Diamond stepped into the octagon with a record of 12 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 2 by submission.

Otto Rodrigues made his way to the cage with a record of 14 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws and 7 by submission.

This was Tyler Diamond's 6th fight in the PFL, having made his debut for the promotion in 2021. Otto Rodrigues will be making their debut in the PFL.

Tyler Diamond's PFL record stood at 3-3-0.

The stats suggested Diamond had a massive power advantage over Rodrigues, boasting a 42% knock out percentage over Rodrigues' 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Rodrigues had a massive advantage over Diamond, boasting a 50% submission rate over Diamond's 17%.

Tyler Diamond was the older man by 34 years, at 34 years old.

Diamond had a height advantage of 1 inch over Rodrigues.

Diamond's experience as a professional fighter was relatively equal to Rodrigues', having had the same amount of fights, and made his debut in 2015, 10 years and 3 months later than Rodrigues, whose first professional fight was in . He had fought 12 more professional rounds, 43 to Rodrigues' 31.

Diamond vs Rodrigues form

Tyler Diamond had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Otto Rodrigues at PFL 3: 2024 Regular Season on 19th April 2024 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Wintrust Arena, Chicago, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Movlid Khaybulaev at PFL 4 on 8th June 2023 by submission in the 2nd round at Overtime Elite Arena, Atlanta.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Brendan Loughnane at PFL 2021 #4 on 10th June 2021 by majority decision in their 3 round contest at Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City.

Before that, he had beaten Sung Bin Jo at PFL 2021 #1 on 23rd April 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City.

He had defeated Jon Neal at LFA 66 on 10th May 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Maverik Center, West Valley City.

Activity check

Diamond's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 1 month and 17 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 24 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

Rodrigues' last 2 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 11 months and 10 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 11 months and 21 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 5 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.5 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Diamond vs Rodrigues?

Tyler Diamond was a 6/5 (+120) underdog going into the contest, while Otto Rodrigues made his way into the ring at 8/13 (-160) with oddsmakers.