Rodriguez vs Parsons

Who won Rodriguez vs Parsons?

Daniel Rodriguez beat Preston Parsons by knockout in the 1st round during the prelims of UFC Vegas 31, on Saturday 17th July 2021 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 Parsons stats

Daniel Rodriguez stepped into the octagon with a record of 13 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 4 by submission.

Preston Parsons made his way to the cage with a record of 9 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws and 9 by submission.

This was Daniel Rodriguez's 13th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2020. Preston Parsons marked his 6th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2021.

Daniel Rodriguez's UFC record stood at 9-4-0, while Preston Parsons' came in at 2-4-0.

The stats suggested Rodriguez had a massive power advantage over Parsons, boasting a 54% knock out percentage over Parsons' 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Parsons had a massive advantage over Rodriguez, boasting a 100% submission rate over Rodriguez's 31%.

Daniel Rodriguez was the older man by 9 years, at 38 years old.

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

Rodriguez was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 4 more fights, and made his debut in 2015, 9 months later than Parsons, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He had fought 28 more professional rounds, 55 to Parsons' 27.

Rodriguez vs Parsons 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.

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Rodriguez's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 7 months and 22 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 12 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

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