Daniel Rodriguez vs. Tim Means

UFC 10-5-0 vs. 15-14-0 (1 NC)

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
10-5-0
UFC record
15-14-0 (1 NC)
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
39
AgeΔ 3 yrs
42
6'1"
HeightΔ 1"
6'2"
74"
ReachΔ 1"
75"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
0.2
Layoff (months)Δ 21.8 mo
22
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.
Daniel Rodriguez rarely shoots — 0.18 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight norm.
Tim Means outworks the Welterweight division — 5.04 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.17 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

Tim Means

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 1514
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 20
Tier 3 — regional circuit 163

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.85 · 17 tier-1/2 wins · 25 finish wins over 52 documented bouts

In the UFC: 8-9 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.3 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

11717.18/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
14575.04/min · norm 3.17
8745.36/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
10553.65/min · norm 3.06
49.2%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
49.1%norm 44.9%
57.2%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
60.2%norm 55.25%
70.64/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
110.57/15 · 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%)

Tim Means

Distance 84.1% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 9.1% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 6.8% (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%)

Tim Means

Head 74.0% (norm 78.2%) · Body 20.0% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 6.0% (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/AAccWelterweight med Means L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 1111 / 2289 48.5% 38.6% 1116 / 2495 44.7% 38.6%
In the clinch 23 / 28 82.1% 67.8% 202 / 270 74.8% 67.8%
On the ground 37 / 65 56.9% 67.2% 139 / 203 68.5% 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 749 / 1857 40.3% 37.2% 885 / 2197 40.3% 37.2%
To the body 233 / 319 73.0% 70.7% 409 / 594 68.9% 70.7%
To the legs 189 / 206 91.7% 82.9% 163 / 177 92.1% 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 Means L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 796 / 1893 42.0% 39.0% 899 / 2384 37.7% 39.0%
In the clinch 30 / 52 57.7% 68.9% 102 / 162 63.0% 68.9%
On the ground 48 / 96 50.0% 68.0% 54 / 107 50.5% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 519 / 1540 33.7% 35.6% 733 / 2171 33.8% 35.6%
To the body 188 / 294 63.9% 69.6% 191 / 323 59.1% 69.6%
To the legs 167 / 207 80.7% 82.1% 131 / 159 82.4% 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
228.6% acc · 0.18/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
2240.0% acc · 1.14/15 · norm 1.27
3264.0% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
6864.8% def · norm 63.9%
8:034.9% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
41:1114.3% of cage time · norm 18.5%
19:231:47 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
44:322:18 per 15 · norm 3:15
10.09/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
30.16/15 · norm 0.45

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