Ed Herman vs.
Mike Rodriguez
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.
Ed Herman
Full career not yet synced for Ed Herman — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 6-8 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.8 wins over .500
Mike Rodriguez
Full career not yet synced for Mike Rodriguez — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 0-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.2 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)
Ed Herman
Distance 65.0% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 19.3% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 15.7% (norm 10.3%)
Mike Rodriguez
Distance 74.3% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 19.7% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 6.1% (norm 10.4%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Ed Herman
Head 78.2% (norm 78.0%) · Body 15.0% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 6.8% (norm 8.4%)
Mike Rodriguez
Head 61.5% (norm 79.2%) · Body 23.7% (norm 11.7%) · Legs 14.8% (norm 9.7%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Herman L/A | Acc | Middleweight med | Rodriguez L/A | Acc | Light Heavyweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 423 / 1134 | 37.3% | 40.5% | 196 / 442 | 44.3% | 41.4% |
| In the clinch | 237 / 336 | 70.5% | 70.3% | 102 / 117 | 87.2% | 70.9% |
| On the ground | 191 / 274 | 69.7% | 69.1% | 26 / 36 | 72.2% | 72.3% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 536 / 1363 | 39.3% | 38.9% | 144 / 366 | 39.3% | 38.9% |
| To the body | 214 / 262 | 81.7% | 71.7% | 112 / 141 | 79.4% | 71.9% |
| To the legs | 101 / 119 | 84.9% | 83.3% | 68 / 88 | 77.3% | 81.8% |
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 (Middleweight: 174 fighters · Light Heavyweight: 93 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 Herman L/A | Opp acc | Middleweight med | vs Rodriguez L/A | Opp acc | Light Heavyweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 612 / 1191 | 51.4% | 39.5% | 164 / 349 | 47.0% | 40.4% |
| In the clinch | 189 / 239 | 79.1% | 70.9% | 85 / 116 | 73.3% | 68.7% |
| On the ground | 150 / 222 | 67.6% | 69.0% | 70 / 79 | 88.6% | 70.4% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 631 / 1266 | 49.8% | 37.9% | 201 / 387 | 51.9% | 37.5% |
| To the body | 172 / 222 | 77.5% | 71.3% | 71 / 104 | 68.3% | 72.3% |
| To the legs | 148 / 164 | 90.2% | 82.1% | 47 / 53 | 88.7% | 83.0% |
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 — Herman has more cage time on record.