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Christian Leroy Duncan vs. Gregory Rodrigues

UFC 8-3-0 vs. 11-3-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
8-3-0
UFC record
11-3-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
31
AgeΔ 3 yrs
34
6'2"
HeightΔ 1"
6'3"
79"
ReachΔ 4"
75"
Switch
Stance
Orthodox
0.3
Layoff (months)Δ 1.6 mo
1.9
LWWWW
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.
Gregory Rodrigues outworks the Middleweight division — 5.77 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.23 norm.
Christian Leroy Duncan rarely shoots — 0.35 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.35 Middleweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Christian Leroy Duncan

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 82
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 70

Tier-weighted record quality: 2.05 · 15 tier-1/2 wins · 11 finish wins over 17 documented bouts

In the UFC: 4-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.1 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

5754.49/min · norm 3.23
Sig. strikes landed
8165.77/min · norm 3.23
3002.34/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
6394.52/min · norm 3.20
57.6%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
53.3%norm 47.4%
53.8%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
49.9%norm 53.8%
30.35/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
111.17/15 · norm 0.32

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

Christian Leroy Duncan

Distance 81.5% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 13.4% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 5.1% (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)

Christian Leroy Duncan

Head 65.0% (norm 78.0%) · Body 14.0% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 20.9% (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 Duncan L/AAccMiddleweight med Rodrigues L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 434 / 813 53.4% 40.5% 674 / 1322 51.0% 40.5%
In the clinch 101 / 134 75.4% 70.6% 97 / 137 70.8% 70.6%
On the ground 40 / 51 78.4% 69.4% 45 / 71 63.4% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 297 / 649 45.8% 38.8% 584 / 1247 46.8% 38.8%
To the body 99 / 140 70.7% 71.6% 176 / 217 81.1% 71.6%
To the legs 179 / 209 85.6% 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 Duncan L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Rodrigues L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 226 / 545 41.5% 39.5% 537 / 1135 47.3% 39.5%
In the clinch 59 / 86 68.6% 70.4% 86 / 118 72.9% 70.4%
On the ground 15 / 18 too few to rate 69.0% 16 / 23 too few to rate 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 166 / 473 35.1% 37.9% 410 / 994 41.2% 37.9%
To the body 64 / 89 71.9% 71.3% 121 / 163 74.2% 71.3%
To the legs 70 / 87 80.5% 82.1% 108 / 119 90.8% 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
320.0% acc · 0.35/15 · norm 1.35
Takedowns landed
1535.7% acc · 1.59/15 · norm 1.35
2959.2% def · norm 63.3%
Takedowns stopped
3585.4% def · norm 63.3%
25:1819.7% of cage time · norm 19.4%
Control time
24:2417.3% of cage time · norm 19.4%
40:224:43 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.