Daniel Rodriguez vs. Mike Perry

UFC 10-5-0 vs. 7-8-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
10-5-0
UFC record
7-8-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
39
AgeΔ 5 yrs
34
6'1"
HeightΔ 3"
5'10"
74"
ReachΔ 3"
71"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
0.2
Layoff (months)Δ 63.7 mo
63.9
LWWWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Daniel Rodriguez outworks the Welterweight division — 7.18 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.17 norm.
Mike Perry carries real power — 0.72 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.38 Welterweight norm.
Daniel Rodriguez rarely shoots — 0.18 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Daniel Rodriguez

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 125
Tier 3 — regional circuit 81

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.35 · 12 tier-1/2 wins · 13 finish wins over 26 documented bouts

In the UFC: 7-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.5 wins over .500

Mike Perry

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 78
Tier 3 — regional circuit 80

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.99 · 7 tier-1/2 wins · 12 finish wins over 23 documented bouts

In the UFC: 6-7 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.5 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

11717.18/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
7224.32/min · norm 3.17
8745.36/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
8615.16/min · norm 3.06
49.2%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
47.4%norm 44.9%
57.2%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
52.9%norm 55.25%
70.64/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
80.72/15 · norm 0.38

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

Daniel Rodriguez

Distance 96.1% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 1.2% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 2.7% (norm 8.1%)

Mike Perry

Distance 85.7% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 8.2% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 6.1% (norm 8.1%)

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

Daniel Rodriguez

Head 78.0% (norm 78.2%) · Body 13.4% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 8.6% (norm 8.4%)

Mike Perry

Head 77.1% (norm 78.2%) · Body 11.8% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 11.2% (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/AAccWelterweight med Perry L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 1111 / 2289 48.5% 38.6% 562 / 1304 43.1% 38.6%
In the clinch 23 / 28 82.1% 67.8% 88 / 125 70.4% 67.8%
On the ground 37 / 65 56.9% 67.2% 72 / 93 77.4% 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 749 / 1857 40.3% 37.2% 457 / 1173 39.0% 37.2%
To the body 233 / 319 73.0% 70.7% 113 / 179 63.1% 70.7%
To the legs 189 / 206 91.7% 82.9% 152 / 170 89.4% 82.9%

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 (Welterweight: 182 fighters · Welterweight: 182 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 accWelterweight med vs Perry L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 796 / 1893 42.0% 39.0% 800 / 1745 45.8% 39.0%
In the clinch 30 / 52 57.7% 68.9% 40 / 56 71.4% 68.9%
On the ground 48 / 96 50.0% 68.0% 21 / 27 77.8% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 519 / 1540 33.7% 35.6% 542 / 1417 38.2% 35.6%
To the body 188 / 294 63.9% 69.6% 124 / 193 64.2% 69.6%
To the legs 167 / 207 80.7% 82.1% 195 / 218 89.4% 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
228.6% acc · 0.18/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
940.9% acc · 0.81/15 · norm 1.27
3264.0% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
2278.6% def · norm 63.9%
8:034.9% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
26:1715.7% of cage time · norm 18.5%
19:231:47 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
8:310:45 per 15 · norm 3:15
10.09/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
20.18/15 · norm 0.45

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