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Christian Rodriguez vs. Cameron Saaiman

UFC 6-4-0 vs. 3-3-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
6-4-0
UFC record
3-3-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Bantamweight
28
AgeΔ 3 yrs
25
5'7"
HeightΔ 1"
5'8"
71"
ReachΔ 4"
67"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
4
Layoff (months)Δ 13.8 mo
17.8
WLLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Christian Rodriguez is a submission threat — 1.27 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.45 Featherweight norm.
Cameron Saaiman is a submission threat — 0.55 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.28 Bantamweight norm.
Christian Rodriguez hunts takedowns — 2.04 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.17 Featherweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Christian Rodriguez

Full career not yet synced for Christian Rodriguez — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 4-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.9 wins over .500

Cameron Saaiman

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 43
Tier 3 — regional circuit 50

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.22 · 4 tier-1/2 wins · 7 finish wins over 12 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.5 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

4393.73/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
3015.50/min · norm 3.52
3432.92/min · norm 3.50
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
2424.42/min · norm 3.58
52.3%norm 44.7%
Striking accuracy
48.7%norm 43.5%
56.1%norm 54.8%
Striking defense
50.2%norm 56.6%
10.13/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
10.27/15 · norm 0.29

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

Christian Rodriguez

Distance 77.2% (norm 85.9%) · Clinch 12.2% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 10.6% (norm 6.5%)

Cameron Saaiman

Distance 78.3% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 5.8% (norm 6.2%) · Ground 15.9% (norm 6.4%)

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

Christian Rodriguez

Head 83.8% (norm 77.5%) · Body 10.7% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 5.5% (norm 7.9%)

Cameron Saaiman

Head 71.7% (norm 77.5%) · Body 14.1% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 14.2% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Rodriguez L/AAccFeatherweight med Saaiman L/AAccBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 298 / 648 46.0% 40.5% 212 / 484 43.8% 39.2%
In the clinch 76 / 102 74.5% 70.5% 23 / 36 63.9% 69.0%
On the ground 65 / 89 73.0% 69.3% 66 / 98 67.3% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 322 / 703 45.8% 37.1% 171 / 443 38.6% 35.3%
To the body 78 / 90 86.7% 68.0% 61 / 87 70.1% 66.9%
To the legs 39 / 46 84.8% 80.3% 69 / 88 78.4% 79.2%

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 (Featherweight: 127 fighters · Bantamweight: 121 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 Rodriguez L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Saaiman L/AOpp accBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 253 / 660 38.3% 39.3% 189 / 408 46.3% 39.4%
In the clinch 50 / 71 70.4% 70.3% 24 / 39 61.5% 70.6%
On the ground 40 / 50 80.0% 69.4% 29 / 39 74.4% 72.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 216 / 594 36.4% 35.9% 168 / 400 42.0% 34.9%
To the body 75 / 107 70.1% 68.0% 59 / 70 84.3% 66.1%
To the legs 52 / 80 65.0% 81.5% 15 / 16 too few to rate 78.8%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1640.0% acc · 2.04/15 · norm 1.17
Takedowns landed
327.3% acc · 0.82/15 · norm 1.12
5166.2% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
950.0% def · norm 65.7%
28:2724.2% of cage time · norm 16.5%
Control time
13:3924.9% of cage time · norm 17.8%
40:555:13 per 15 · norm 3:11
Time under control lower is better
9:292:35 per 15 · norm 2:24
101.27/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
20.55/15 · norm 0.28

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