Ortega vs Rodriguez

Who won Ortega vs Rodriguez?

Yair Rodriguez beat Brian Ortega by knockout in the 1st round during the main event of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 16th July 2022 at UBS Arena in Long Island, New York.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 145 pounds (10.4 stone or 65.8 KG).

Ortega vs Rodriguez stats

Brian Ortega stepped into the octagon with a record of 15 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 7 by submission.

Yair Rodriguez made his way to the cage with a record of 13 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

This was Brian Ortega's 13th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2014.

Brian Ortega's UFC record stood at 8-4-0, while Yair Rodriguez's came in at 10-4-0.

The stats suggested Rodriguez had an advantage in power over Ortega, with a 31% knock out percentage over Ortega's 20%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Ortega had a large advantage over Rodriguez, boasting a 47% submission rate over Rodriguez's 23%.

Brian Ortega was the older man by 2 years, at 34 years old.

Rodriguez had a height advantage of 3 inches over Ortega. That also extended to a 2-inch reach advantage.

Ortega was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 1 more fights, and made his debut in 2010, 1 year and 5 months earlier than Rodriguez, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 3 less professional rounds, 59 to Rodriguez's 62.

Ortega vs Rodriguez form

Rodriguez had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Max Holloway at UFC Vegas 42 on 13th November 2021 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Jeremy Stephens at UFC on ESPN 6 on 18th October 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at TD Garden, Boston.

Going into that contest, his fight against Jeremy Stephens at UFC on ESPN+ 17 on 21st September 2019 ended in a no contest.

Before that, he had beaten Chan Sung Jung at UFC Fight Night 139 on 10th November 2018 by knockout in the 5th round at Pepsi Center, Denver, United States.

He had been beaten by Frankie Edgar at UFC 211 on 13th May 2017 by knockout in the 2nd round at American Airlines Center, Dallas.

Activity check

Ortega's last 4 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 3 months and 19 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 9 months and 28 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

Rodriguez's last 5 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 10 months and 15 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 6 months and 29 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 16 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.2 rounds on average.

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