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Christian Rodriguez vs.
Raul Rosas Jr.

Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.

6-4-0 Christian Rodriguez · UFC
6-1-0 Raul Rosas Jr. · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.

6-4-0
UFC record
6-1-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Bantamweight
28.6
AgeΔ 6.8 yrs
21.8
5'7"
HeightΔ 2"
5'9"
71"
ReachΔ 4"
67"
Orthodox
Stance
Switch
1.5
Layoff (months)Δ 3.5 mo
5
WLLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
WWWWW
The read

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.

Raul Rosas Jr. hunts takedowns — 6.76 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.12 Bantamweight norm.
Raul Rosas Jr. owns the mat — in control 57% of cage time, vs a 17% Bantamweight norm.
Christian Rodriguez is a submission threat — 1.27 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.46 Featherweight norm.
Level of competition

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

Raul Rosas Jr.

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 71
Tier 3 — regional circuit 50

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.87 · 7 tier-1/2 wins · 8 finish wins over 13 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.3 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

4393.73/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes landed
951.34/min · norm 3.52
3432.92/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
951.34/min · norm 3.58
52.3%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
41.1%norm 43.4%
56.1%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
54.8%norm 56.6%
10.13/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
10.21/15 · norm 0.30

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%)

Raul Rosas Jr.

Distance 78.4% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 0.9% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 20.8% (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%)

Raul Rosas Jr.

Head 75.3% (norm 77.4%) · Body 11.7% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 13.0% (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 Jr. L/AAccBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 298 / 648 46.0% 40.9% 64 / 181 35.4% 39.0%
In the clinch 76 / 102 74.5% 70.8% 1 / 2 too few to rate 68.7%
On the ground 65 / 89 73.0% 69.2% 30 / 48 62.5% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 322 / 703 45.8% 37.2% 61 / 174 35.1% 34.9%
To the body 78 / 90 86.7% 68.2% 13 / 27 48.1% 66.8%
To the legs 39 / 46 84.8% 80.7% 21 / 30 70.0% 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/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Jr. L/AOpp accBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 253 / 660 38.3% 39.2% 68 / 174 39.1% 39.3%
In the clinch 50 / 71 70.4% 70.3% 5 / 8 too few to rate 70.4%
On the ground 40 / 50 80.0% 69.4% 22 / 28 78.6% 72.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 216 / 594 36.4% 35.9% 70 / 178 39.3% 34.9%
To the body 75 / 107 70.1% 67.9% 19 / 25 76.0% 66.0%
To the legs 52 / 80 65.0% 81.5% 6 / 7 too few to rate 79.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.

1640.0% acc · 2.04/15 · norm 1.19
Takedowns landed
3254.2% acc · 6.76/15 · norm 1.12
5166.2% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
133.3% def · norm 66.7%
28:2724.2% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
40:2356.9% of cage time · norm 17.4%
40:555:13 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
10:492:17 per 15 · norm 2:24
101.27/15 · norm 0.46
Submission attempts
40.85/15 · 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.

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