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 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight leading up to this 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, United States.

Previous to 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.

Going into that contest, 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.

Before that, he had defeated Preston Parsons at UFC Vegas 31 on 17th July 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He was victorious against Dwight Grant at UFC Vegas 7 on 22nd August 2020 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Activity check

Rodriguez's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 10 months and 4 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 19 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

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