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Uros Medic vs.
Daniel Rodriguez

Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.

8-3-0 Uros Medic · UFC
10-5-0 Daniel Rodriguez · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.

8-3-0
UFC record
10-5-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
33.3
AgeΔ 6.3 yrs
39.6
6'1"
HeightΔ 0"
6'1"
71"
ReachΔ 3"
74"
Southpaw
Stance
Southpaw
0.1
Layoff (months)Δ 0 mo
0.1
WWWWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LWWWL
The read

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.

Uros Medic carries real power — 3.20 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.38 Welterweight norm.
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.
Level of competition

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.

Uros Medic

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 93
Tier 3 — regional circuit 50

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.76 · 9 tier-1/2 wins · 14 finish wins over 17 documented bouts

In the UFC: 6-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.7 wins over .500

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

Striking

The stand-up battle.

Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2245.31/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
11717.18/min · norm 3.17
1493.53/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
8745.36/min · norm 3.06
58.2%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
49.2%norm 44.9%
55.8%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
57.2%norm 55.25%
93.20/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
70.64/15 · norm 0.38

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

Uros Medic

Distance 70.9% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 10.1% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 19.0% (norm 8.1%)

Daniel Rodriguez

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

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

Uros Medic

Head 75.8% (norm 78.2%) · Body 17.9% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 6.2% (norm 8.4%)

Daniel Rodriguez

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

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Medic L/AAccWelterweight med Rodriguez L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 143 / 273 52.4% 38.6% 1111 / 2289 48.5% 38.6%
In the clinch 28 / 39 71.8% 67.8% 23 / 28 82.1% 67.8%
On the ground 53 / 73 72.6% 67.2% 37 / 65 56.9% 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 153 / 292 52.4% 37.2% 749 / 1857 40.3% 37.2%
To the body 48 / 69 69.6% 70.7% 233 / 319 73.0% 70.7%
To the legs 23 / 24 too few to rate 82.9% 189 / 206 91.7% 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 Medic L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Rodriguez L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 114 / 280 40.7% 39.0% 796 / 1893 42.0% 39.0%
In the clinch 10 / 15 too few to rate 68.9% 30 / 52 57.7% 68.9%
On the ground 25 / 42 59.5% 68.0% 48 / 96 50.0% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 88 / 251 35.1% 35.6% 519 / 1540 33.7% 35.6%
To the body 31 / 50 62.0% 69.6% 188 / 294 63.9% 69.6%
To the legs 30 / 36 83.3% 82.1% 167 / 207 80.7% 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.

150.0% acc · 0.36/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
228.6% acc · 0.18/15 · norm 1.27
1055.6% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
3264.0% def · norm 63.9%
1:363.8% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
8:034.9% of cage time · norm 18.5%
12:384:29 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
19:231:47 per 15 · norm 3:15
00.00/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
10.09/15 · 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.

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