Fighter profile

Yair Rodriguez

“El Pantera”

Featherweight · UFC record 11-4 (1 NC) · 16 detailed UFC fights · Last fight Sat 12 Apr 2025

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Fighter ratings

Ratings V2Rated

Striking (offense)84

Power82

Striking defense69

Takedown defense70

WrestlingProvisional measure68

Ratings V2 descriptive 0–100 scores (16 detailed fights; as of Sat 12 Apr 2025). Not win probabilities or rankings. Missing values stay unavailable.

Chin and Cardio · Frozen through October 17, 2026

R1 research scale

ChinEvidence: ESTABLISHED89.6

CardioEvidence: ESTABLISHED77.9

Source: R1 public_candidate_display · status: Research candidate · as of Sat 17 Oct 2026. Separate frozen research scale; fights after October 17, 2026 are not reflected.

About these ratings

Ratings are domain-specific descriptive scales. Equal point differences across different domains do not imply equal absolute skill differences.

Striking (offense) · Ratings V2: Ratings V2 striking-offense score built from recorded significant strikes landed per round, significant-strike accuracy and significant-strike differential.
Power · Ratings V2: Recorded knockdown and KO/TKO-win threat under the Ratings V2 contract (knockdowns per round, KO/TKO win rate); not literal measured punching force.
Striking defense · Ratings V2: Recorded strike avoidance (striking defense) and bounded absorption (strikes absorbed per round) under the Ratings V2 contract.
Takedown defense · Ratings V2: Recorded defense against incoming takedown attempts (takedown defense rate) under the Ratings V2 contract.
Wrestling · Ratings V2: Ratings V2 wrestling-offense score: recorded takedowns landed per round and takedown accuracy. Not ground control or complete grappling.
Chin · R1 research scale: Exposure-adjusted recorded knockdown resistance. This is not a direct biological measurement of chin, recovery, or injury resistance.
Cardio · R1 research scale: Recorded later-round striking activity and effectiveness retention. This is not a direct physiological fitness measurement.

Ratings V2 scores follow each fighter's latest recorded state; R1 research-scale scores are frozen through 17 Oct 2026. Recovery is separate metadata, not a rating. No combined rating exists.

Profile

Height: 180 cm (5'11")
Reach: 180 cm (5'11")
Stance: Orthodox
Age: 34

Last 3: W L L (most recent last)

Career statistics

Descriptive

16 detailed UFC fights · 46 rounds of recorded statistics. Exact totals from recorded UFC fights through Sat 12 Apr 2025; not opponent-adjusted and not model inputs.

Strikes landed21.4significant, per round

Strikes absorbed17.4per round

Striking differential+4.0per round

Takedown attempts0.74per round

Takedown defense59.4%of attempts stopped

Finish rate45.5%of UFC wins

Striking

Significant strikes landed per round: 21.4
Significant strikes absorbed per round: 17.4
Differential per round (landed − absorbed): +4.0
Striking accuracy: 46.9%
Striking defense (opponent strikes avoided): 52.8%
Knockdowns per round: 0.11
Target: head / body / leg: 55.3% / 19.6% / 25.1%
Position: distance / clinch / ground: 78.1% / 6.5% / 15.3%

Per-round figures divide recorded totals by rounds with statistics. Shares are of significant strikes landed.

Wrestling and grappling

Takedown attempts per round: 0.74
Takedowns landed per round: 0.22
Takedown accuracy: 29.4%
Takedown defense: 59.4%
Control time per round: 0:23
Submission attempts per round: 0.20
Reversals per round: 0.07

Attempts and landed takedowns are counted separately; accuracy is landed ÷ attempted.

Outcomes and durability

UFC record (W-L-D, NC): 11-4-0, 1 NC
Finish rate (wins by KO/TKO or submission): 45.5%
Wins by KO/TKO · submission · decision: 4 · 1 · 6
Losses by KO/TKO · submission · decision: 2 · 1 · 1
Knockdowns scored / suffered: 5 / 0
Average fight time: 12:59 (over 14 bouts)

Results as recorded by UFCStats. Fight time is elapsed time (completed rounds plus ending time) and includes draws and no-contests. These are outcomes, not biological measurements.

UFC fight history

Yair Rodriguez — most recent UFC fights
Date	Opponent	Result	Method	End	Event
Sat 12 Apr 2025	Patricio Pitbull	W	U-DEC	R3 5:00	UFC 314: Volkanovski vs. Lopes
Sat 24 Feb 2024	Brian Ortega	L	SUB Arm Triangle	R3 0:58	UFC Fight Night: Moreno vs. Royval 2
Sat 8 Jul 2023	Alexander Volkanovski	L	KO/TKO Punches	R3 4:19	UFC 290: Volkanovski vs. Rodriguez
Sat 11 Feb 2023	Josh Emmett	W	SUB Triangle Choke	R2 4:19	UFC 284: Makhachev vs. Volkanovski
Sat 16 Jul 2022	Brian Ortega	W	KO/TKO	R1 4:11	UFC Fight Night: Ortega vs. Rodriguez

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Yair Rodriguez — earlier UFC fights
Date	Opponent	Result	Method	End	Event
Sat 13 Nov 2021	Max Holloway	L	U-DEC	R5 5:00	UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Rodriguez
Fri 18 Oct 2019	Jeremy Stephens	W	U-DEC	R3 5:00	UFC Fight Night: Reyes vs. Weidman
Sat 21 Sep 2019	Jeremy Stephens	NC	CNC	R1 0:15	UFC Fight Night: Rodriguez vs. Stephens
Sat 10 Nov 2018	Chan Sung Jung	W	KO/TKO Elbow	R5 4:59	UFC Fight Night: Korean Zombie vs. Rodriguez
Sat 13 May 2017	Frankie Edgar	L	KO/TKO	R2 5:00	UFC 211: Miocic vs. Dos Santos
Sun 15 Jan 2017	BJ Penn	W	KO/TKO Punches	R2 0:24	UFC Fight Night: Rodriguez vs. Penn
Sat 6 Aug 2016	Alex Caceres	W	S-DEC	R5 5:00	UFC Fight Night: Rodriguez vs. Caceres
Sat 23 Apr 2016	Andre Fili	W	KO/TKO Kick	R2 2:15	UFC 197: Jones vs Saint Preux
Sat 3 Oct 2015	Dan Hooker	W	U-DEC	R3 5:00	UFC 192: Cormier vs Gustafsson
Sat 13 Jun 2015	Charles Rosa	W	S-DEC	R3 5:00	UFC 188: Velasquez vs Werdum
Sat 15 Nov 2014	Leonardo Morales	W	U-DEC	R3 5:00	UFC 180: Werdum vs Hunt

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