Rodriguez vs Grant

Who won Rodriguez vs Grant?

Daniel Rodriguez beat Dwight Grant by knockout in the 1st round during the main card of UFC Vegas 7, on Saturday 22nd August 2020 at UFC APEX in Las Vegas.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 170 pounds (12.1 stone or 77.1 KG).

Rodriguez vs Grant stats

Daniel Rodriguez stepped into the octagon with a record of 12 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 4 by submission.

Dwight Grant made his way to the cage with a record of 10 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by knock out.

This was Daniel Rodriguez's 13th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2020.

Daniel Rodriguez's UFC record stood at 9-4-0, while Dwight Grant's came in at 3-5-0.

The stats suggested Grant had an advantage in power over Rodriguez, with a 70% knock out percentage over Rodriguez's 50%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Rodriguez had a massive advantage over Grant, boasting a 33% submission rate over Grant's 0%.

Daniel Rodriguez was the younger man by 2 years, at 38 years old.

Grant had a 2-inch reach advantage.

Rodriguez was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 1 more fights, and made his debut in 2015, 4 years later than Grant, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 16 more professional rounds, 55 to Grant's 39.

Rodriguez vs Grant form

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

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Santiago Ponzinibbio at UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Figueiredo on 3rd May 2025 by knockout in the 3rd round at Wells Fargo Arena, Des Moines, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Alex Morono at UFC Fight Night: Royval vs. Taira on 12th October 2024 by split decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had lost to 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.

Before that, he had been beaten 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.

He had been defeated by Neil Magny at UFC Fight Night: Mitchell vs. Evloev on 5th November 2022 by submission in the 3rd round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

Activity check

Rodriguez's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 6 months and 1 day, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 1 day. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

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