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 12th 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 8-4-0.

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 11 more professional rounds, 63 to Rodriguez's 52.

Li vs Rodriguez form

Jingliang Li had stopped 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Muslim Salikhov at UFC Fight Night: Ortega vs. Rodriguez on 16th July 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at UBS Arena, Long Island, New York, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Khamzat Chimaev at UFC 267 on 30th October 2021 by submission in the 1st round.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Santiago Ponzinibbio at UFC on ABC 1 on 16th January 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at Etihad Arena, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Before that, he had been beaten by Neil Magny at UFC 248 on 7th March 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

He had defeated Elizeu Zaleski at UFC on ESPN+ 15 on 31st August 2019 by knockout in the 3rd round at Universiade Sports Centre, Shenzhen, China.

Activity check

Li's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 7 months and 27 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 17 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

Rodriguez's last 3 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 8 months and 5 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 6 months and 23 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 5 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.7 rounds on average.

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