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Armen Petrosyan vs. Gregory Rodrigues

UFC 3-4-0 vs. 11-3-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
3-4-0
UFC record
11-3-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
35
AgeΔ 1 yrs
34
6'3"
HeightΔ 0"
6'3"
71"
ReachΔ 4"
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
19.4
Layoff (months)Δ 17.5 mo
1.9
LLLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
WWWWL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Gregory Rodrigues carries real power — 1.17 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.32 Middleweight norm.
Armen Petrosyan rarely shoots — 0.18 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.35 Middleweight norm.
Armen Petrosyan outworks the Middleweight division — 5.91 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.23 norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Armen Petrosyan

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 44
Tier 3 — regional circuit 63

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.45 · 4 tier-1/2 wins · 7 finish wins over 17 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.3 wins over .500

Gregory Rodrigues

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 104
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 30
Tier 3 — regional circuit 62

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.35 · 13 tier-1/2 wins · 15 finish wins over 25 documented bouts

In the UFC: 9-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.4 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

4975.91/min · norm 3.23
Sig. strikes landed
8165.77/min · norm 3.23
2883.42/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
6394.52/min · norm 3.20
53.0%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
53.3%norm 47.4%
53.1%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
49.9%norm 53.8%
00.00/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
111.17/15 · norm 0.32

Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)

Armen Petrosyan

Distance 94.3% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 3.1% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 2.6% (norm 10.0%)

Gregory Rodrigues

Distance 86.4% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 9.0% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 4.6% (norm 10.0%)

What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)

Armen Petrosyan

Head 56.5% (norm 78.0%) · Body 15.0% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 28.5% (norm 8.4%)

Gregory Rodrigues

Head 81.5% (norm 78.0%) · Body 14.2% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 4.3% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.

Zone Petrosyan L/AAccMiddleweight med Rodrigues L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 456 / 884 51.6% 40.5% 674 / 1322 51.0% 40.5%
In the clinch 24 / 29 82.8% 70.6% 97 / 137 70.8% 70.6%
On the ground 17 / 24 too few to rate 69.4% 45 / 71 63.4% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 162 / 529 30.6% 38.8% 584 / 1247 46.8% 38.8%
To the body 109 / 141 77.3% 71.6% 176 / 217 81.1% 71.6%
To the legs 226 / 267 84.6% 83.3% 56 / 66 84.8% 83.3%

Zones with fewer than 25 attempts are marked "too few to rate". Each fighter is measured against the median of leaderboard-eligible fighters in his own division (Middleweight: 178 fighters · Middleweight: 178 fighters).

What lands on them Opponents' accuracy against each man

Green ≤ division median — harder to hit than the typical man in his division.

Zone vs Petrosyan L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Rodrigues L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 274 / 594 46.1% 39.5% 537 / 1135 47.3% 39.5%
In the clinch 13 / 19 too few to rate 70.4% 86 / 118 72.9% 70.4%
On the ground 1 / 1 too few to rate 69.0% 16 / 23 too few to rate 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 152 / 436 34.9% 37.9% 410 / 994 41.2% 37.9%
To the body 70 / 96 72.9% 71.3% 121 / 163 74.2% 71.3%
To the legs 66 / 82 80.5% 82.1% 108 / 119 90.8% 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
133.3% acc · 0.18/15 · norm 1.35
Takedowns landed
1535.7% acc · 1.59/15 · norm 1.35
1041.7% def · norm 63.3%
Takedowns stopped
3585.4% def · norm 63.3%
5:016.0% of cage time · norm 19.4%
Control time
24:2417.3% of cage time · norm 19.4%
17:413:09 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control lower is better
18:451:59 per 15 · norm 3:00
00.00/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
30.32/15 · norm 0.45

Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Rodrigues has more cage time on record.