Rodriguez vs Ortega II

Who won Rodriguez vs Ortega II?

Brian Ortega beat Yair Rodriguez by submission in the 3rd round during the co-main event of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 24th February 2024 at Arena CDMX in Mexico City.

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).

Rodriguez vs Ortega II stats

Yair Rodriguez stepped into the octagon with a record of 15 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 4 by submission.

Brian Ortega made his way to the cage with a record of 15 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by knock out and 7 by submission.

This was Yair Rodriguez's 16th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2014. Brian Ortega marked his 13th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2014.

Yair Rodriguez's UFC record stood at 11-4-0, while Brian Ortega's came in at 8-4-0.

The stats suggested Rodriguez had an advantage in power over Ortega, with a 33% knock out percentage over Ortega's 20%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Ortega had an advantage over Rodriguez, with a 47% submission rate over Rodriguez's 27%.

Yair Rodriguez was the younger man by 2 years, at 32 years old.

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

Rodriguez was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 1 more fights, and made his debut in 2011, 1 year and 5 months later than Ortega, whose first professional fight was in 2010. He had fought 6 more professional rounds, 65 to Ortega's 59.

Rodriguez vs Ortega II form

Brian Ortega had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Yair Rodriguez at UFC Fight Night: Moreno vs. Royval 2 on 24th February 2024 by submission in the 3rd round at Arena CDMX, Mexico City, Mexico.

Previous to that, he had lost to Yair Rodriguez at UFC Fight Night: Ortega vs. Rodriguez on 16th July 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at UBS Arena, Long Island, New York, United States.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Alexander Volkanovski at UFC 266 on 25th September 2021 by unanimous decision in their UFC Featherweight championship fight at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had beaten Chan Sung Jung at UFC Fight Island 6 on 17th October 2020 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

He had been defeated by Max Holloway at UFC 231 on 8th December 2018 by knockout in the 4th round in their UFC Featherweight championship fight at Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, Canada.

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Ortega's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 6 months and 19 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 23 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 18 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.6 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Rodriguez vs Ortega II?

Yair Rodriguez was a 8/13 (-160) favourite going into the contest, while Brian Ortega made his way into the ring at 5/4 (+130) with oddsmakers.