Li vs Rodriguez

Who won Li vs Rodriguez?

Daniel Rodriguez beat Jingliang Li by split decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC 279, on Saturday 10th September 2022 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced as 29-28, 29-28, 29-28 in favor of the winner Daniel Rodriguez.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Li vs Rodriguez division, which meant the weight limit was pounds (0 stone or 0 KG).

Li vs Rodriguez stats

Jingliang Li stepped into the octagon with a record of 19 wins, 7 losses and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 4 by submission.

Daniel Rodriguez made his way to the cage with a record of 16 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by knock out and 4 by submission.

This was Jingliang Li's 18th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2014. Daniel Rodriguez marked his 13th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2020.

Jingliang Li's UFC record stood at 11-7-0, while Daniel Rodriguez's came in at 9-4-0.

The stats suggested Li had a slight advantage in power over Rodriguez, with a 53% knock out percentage over Rodriguez's 50%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Rodriguez had a slight advantage over Li, with a 25% submission rate over Li's 21%.

Jingliang Li was the younger man by 1 year, at 37 years old.

Rodriguez had a height advantage of 1 inch over Li. That also extended to a 2-inch reach advantage.

Li was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 8 more fights, and made his debut in 2007, 7 years and 8 months earlier than Rodriguez, whose first professional fight was in 2015. He had fought 8 more professional rounds, 63 to Rodriguez's 55.

Li vs Rodriguez form

Li had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 3 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Elizeu Zaleski at UFC on ESPN+ 15 on 31st August 2019 by knockout in the 3rd round at Universiade Sports Centre, Shenzhen, China.

Previous to that, he had beaten David Zawada at UFC Fight Night 141 on 24th November 2018 by knockout in the 3rd round at Cadillac Arena, Beijing.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Daichi Abe at UFC Fight Night 132 on 23rd June 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore.

Before that, he had lost to Jake Matthews at UFC 221 on 10th February 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Perth Arena, Perth, Australia.

He was victorious against Zak Ottow at UFC Fight Night 122 on 25th November 2017 by knockout in the 1st round at Mercedes-Benz Arena, Shanghai, China.

Daniel Rodriguez had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had been beaten by Kelvin Gastelum at UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. Aliskerov on 22nd June 2024 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Kingdom Arena, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Previous to that, he had been defeated by Ian Machado Garry at UFC Fight Night – Rozenstruik vs. Almeida on 13th May 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at Spectrum Center, Charlotte, United States.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Neil Magny at UFC Fight Night: Mitchell vs. Evloev on 5th November 2022 by submission in the 3rd round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had won against Jingliang Li at UFC 279 on 10th September 2022 by split decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

He had beaten Kevin Lee at UFC Vegas 35 on 28th August 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Enterprise.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Daniel Rodriguez had been fighting more than Jingliang Li.

Going to this contest, Jingliang Li had last fought 5 years, 8 months and 6 days ago, while Daniel Rodriguez's last outing had been 10 months and 15 days ago.

Li's last 5 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 5 months and 12 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 5 months and 28 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

Rodriguez's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 8 months and 9 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 26 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

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