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Leonardo Morales vs. Yair Rodriguez

UFC 0-2-0 vs. 11-4-0 (1 NC)

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
0-2-0
UFC record
11-4-0 (1 NC)
Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
33
AgeΔ 1 yrs
34
5'8"
HeightΔ 3"
5'11"
—
Reach
71"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
136.5
Layoff (months)Δ 118.2 mo
18.3
LL
Last 5 (newest first)
WLLWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Leonardo Morales rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.12 Bantamweight norm.
Leonardo Morales is hard to hit — absorbs 2.05 sig. strikes per minute, vs a 3.58 Bantamweight norm.
Yair Rodriguez is a submission threat — 0.64 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.45 Featherweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Leonardo Morales

Full career not yet synced for Leonardo Morales — 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 -0.5 wins over .500

Yair Rodriguez

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 114
Tier 3 — regional circuit 91

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.3 · 11 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 +3.6 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

362.05/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
9844.65/min · norm 3.52
362.05/min · norm 3.58
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
8013.78/min · norm 3.50
47.4%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
46.9%norm 44.7%
58.1%norm 56.6%
Striking defense
52.8%norm 54.8%
00.00/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
50.35/15 · norm 0.29

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

Leonardo Morales

Distance 85.5% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 6.6% (norm 6.2%) · Ground 7.9% (norm 6.4%)

Yair Rodriguez

Distance 84.0% (norm 85.9%) · Clinch 4.4% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 11.5% (norm 6.5%)

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

Leonardo Morales

Head 57.9% (norm 77.5%) · Body 19.7% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 22.4% (norm 8.4%)

Yair Rodriguez

Head 73.1% (norm 77.5%) · Body 13.3% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 13.6% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.

Zone Morales L/AAccBantamweight med Rodriguez L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 28 / 65 43.1% 39.2% 769 / 1761 43.7% 40.5%
In the clinch 4 / 5 too few to rate 69.0% 64 / 93 68.8% 70.5%
On the ground 4 / 6 too few to rate 70.2% 151 / 242 62.4% 69.3%
BY TARGET
To the head 13 / 44 29.5% 35.3% 544 / 1533 35.5% 37.1%
To the body 11 / 15 too few to rate 66.9% 193 / 278 69.4% 68.0%
To the legs 12 / 17 too few to rate 79.2% 247 / 285 86.7% 80.3%

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 (Bantamweight: 121 fighters · Featherweight: 127 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 Morales L/AOpp accBantamweight med vs Rodriguez L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 29 / 75 38.7% 39.4% 532 / 1323 40.2% 39.3%
In the clinch 6 / 9 too few to rate 70.6% 69 / 98 70.4% 70.3%
On the ground 1 / 2 too few to rate 72.1% 200 / 276 72.5% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 22 / 61 36.1% 34.9% 572 / 1376 41.6% 35.9%
To the body 8 / 16 too few to rate 66.1% 136 / 181 75.1% 68.0%
To the legs 6 / 9 too few to rate 78.8% 93 / 140 66.4% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.12
Takedowns landed
1029.4% acc · 0.71/15 · norm 1.17
562.5% def · norm 65.7%
Takedowns stopped
4159.4% def · norm 61.5%
2:1713.0% of cage time · norm 17.8%
Control time
17:538.4% of cage time · norm 16.5%
6:085:14 per 15 · norm 2:24
Time under control lower is better
60:004:15 per 15 · norm 3:11
00.00/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
90.64/15 · 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.