Bashi vs Rodriguez

Who won Bashi vs Rodriguez?

Christian Rodriguez beat Austin Bashi by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 11th January 2025 at UFC Apex in Las Vegas.

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 Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 145 pounds (10.4 stone or 65.8 KG).

Bashi vs Rodriguez stats

Austin Bashi stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 13 wins, zero losses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 5 by submission.

Christian Rodriguez made his way to the cage with a record of 11 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by knock out and 4 by submission.

This was Austin Bashi's 1st fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2025. Christian Rodriguez marked his 7th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2022.

Austin Bashi's UFC record stood at 0-1-0, while Christian Rodriguez's came in at 5-2-0.

The stats suggested Rodriguez had a slight advantage in power over Bashi, with a 27% knock out percentage over Bashi's 23%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Bashi had a slight advantage over Rodriguez, with a 38% submission rate over Rodriguez's 36%.

Austin Bashi was the younger man by 4 years, at 23 years old.

Rodriguez had a height advantage of 4 inches over Bashi.

Bashi's experience as a professional fighter was relatively equal to Rodriguez's, having had the same amount of fights, and made his debut in 2020, 4 years and 4 months later than Rodriguez, whose first professional fight was in . He had fought 5 more professional rounds, 34 to Rodriguez's 29.

Bashi vs Rodriguez form

Christian Rodriguez had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Julian Erosa at UFC Fight Night: Namajunas vs. Cortez on 13th July 2024 by submission in the 1st round at Ball Arena, Denver, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Isaac Dulgarian at UFC Fight Night: Tuivasa vs. Tybura on 16th March 2024 by split decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Cameron Saaiman at UFC Fight Night – Yusuff vs Barboza on 14th October 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had defeated Raul Rosas Jr. at UFC 287 on 8th April 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Miami-Dade Arena, Miami.

He was victorious against Joshua Weems at UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs. Allen on 29th October 2022 by submission in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Activity check

Rodriguez's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 4 months and 27 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 5 months and 25 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

What time did Bashi vs Rodriguez start?

The fighters were expected to walk out at around 12:40 AM UTC , which was 7:40 PM EST or 4:40 PM PST on the West Coast of America, or 12:40 AM GMT in the UK.

What were the odds on Bashi vs Rodriguez?

Austin Bashi was a 10/13 (-180) favourite going into the contest, while Christian Rodriguez made his way into the ring at 19/20 (+150) with oddsmakers.