Christian Rodriguez vs.
Joshua Weems
Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.
The men, measured.
Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.
What the numbers say.
Scouting notes, auto-generated — only stats deviating more than 25% from the division median make this list. No narratives, just deviations.
Who did they actually beat?
Full-career records re-graded by the tier of opposition — the same grading the Contender Series pick model uses. Records built on tier-4 competition are worth less than records built on killers.
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
Joshua Weems
Full career not yet synced for Joshua Weems — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -1.0 wins over .500
The stand-up battle.
Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Christian Rodriguez
Distance 77.2% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 12.2% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 10.6% (norm 6.5%)
Joshua Weems
Distance 73.1% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 26.9% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 6.5%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Christian Rodriguez
Head 83.8% (norm 77.4%) · Body 10.7% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 5.5% (norm 7.8%)
Joshua Weems
Head 57.7% (norm 77.4%) · Body 26.9% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 15.4% (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/A | Acc | Featherweight med | Weems L/A | Acc | Bantamweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 298 / 648 | 46.0% | 40.9% | 12 / 19 | too few to rate | 39.0% |
| In the clinch | 76 / 102 | 74.5% | 70.8% | 6 / 7 | too few to rate | 68.7% |
| On the ground | 65 / 89 | 73.0% | 69.2% | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 70.2% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 322 / 703 | 45.8% | 37.2% | 9 / 15 | too few to rate | 34.9% |
| To the body | 78 / 90 | 86.7% | 68.2% | 6 / 7 | too few to rate | 66.8% |
| To the legs | 39 / 46 | 84.8% | 80.7% | 3 / 4 | too few to rate | 79.4% |
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: 126 fighters · Bantamweight: 117 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/A | Opp acc | Featherweight med | vs Weems L/A | Opp acc | Bantamweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 253 / 660 | 38.3% | 39.2% | 8 / 21 | too few to rate | 39.3% |
| In the clinch | 50 / 71 | 70.4% | 70.3% | 0 / 1 | too few to rate | 70.4% |
| On the ground | 40 / 50 | 80.0% | 69.4% | 1 / 1 | too few to rate | 72.4% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 216 / 594 | 36.4% | 35.9% | 8 / 21 | too few to rate | 34.9% |
| To the body | 75 / 107 | 70.1% | 67.9% | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 66.0% |
| To the legs | 52 / 80 | 65.0% | 81.5% | 1 / 2 | too few to rate | 79.1% |
The ground war.
Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Rodriguez has more cage time on record.