Mike Rodriguez vs.
Tafon Nchukwi
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.
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
Tafon Nchukwi
Full career not yet synced for Tafon Nchukwi — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.5 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)
Mike Rodriguez
Distance 74.3% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 19.7% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 6.1% (norm 10.4%)
Tafon Nchukwi
Distance 79.5% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 18.1% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 2.4% (norm 10.3%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Mike Rodriguez
Head 61.5% (norm 79.2%) · Body 23.7% (norm 11.7%) · Legs 14.8% (norm 9.7%)
Tafon Nchukwi
Head 64.5% (norm 78.0%) · Body 23.8% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 11.8% (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/A | Acc | Light Heavyweight med | Nchukwi L/A | Acc | Middleweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 196 / 442 | 44.3% | 41.4% | 273 / 575 | 47.5% | 40.5% |
| In the clinch | 102 / 117 | 87.2% | 70.9% | 107 / 131 | 81.7% | 70.3% |
| On the ground | 26 / 36 | 72.2% | 72.3% | 13 / 17 | too few to rate | 69.1% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 144 / 366 | 39.3% | 38.9% | 196 / 466 | 42.1% | 38.9% |
| To the body | 112 / 141 | 79.4% | 71.9% | 128 / 172 | 74.4% | 71.7% |
| To the legs | 68 / 88 | 77.3% | 81.8% | 69 / 85 | 81.2% | 83.3% |
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 (Light Heavyweight: 93 fighters · Middleweight: 174 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/A | Opp acc | Light Heavyweight med | vs Nchukwi L/A | Opp acc | Middleweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 164 / 349 | 47.0% | 40.4% | 231 / 532 | 43.4% | 39.5% |
| In the clinch | 85 / 116 | 73.3% | 68.7% | 12 / 21 | too few to rate | 70.9% |
| On the ground | 70 / 79 | 88.6% | 70.4% | 27 / 39 | 69.2% | 69.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 201 / 387 | 51.9% | 37.5% | 161 / 455 | 35.4% | 37.9% |
| To the body | 71 / 104 | 68.3% | 72.3% | 47 / 65 | 72.3% | 71.3% |
| To the legs | 47 / 53 | 88.7% | 83.0% | 62 / 72 | 86.1% | 82.1% |
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 — Rodriguez has more cage time on record.