Victor Rodriguez vs.
Adrian Yanez
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.
Victor Rodriguez
Full career not yet synced for Victor Rodriguez — 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
Adrian Yanez
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 9 | 3 |
| Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) | 4 | 3 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 5 | 0 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 1.35 · 13 tier-1/2 wins · 14 finish wins over 25 documented bouts
In the UFC: 3-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.8 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)
Victor Rodriguez
Distance 93.8% (norm 85.1%) · Clinch 6.2% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 7.3%)
Adrian Yanez
Distance 93.6% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 1.5% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 4.9% (norm 6.5%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Victor Rodriguez
Head 87.5% (norm 75.9%) · Body 12.5% (norm 13.3%) · Legs 0.0% (norm 9.3%)
Adrian Yanez
Head 85.2% (norm 77.4%) · Body 8.7% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 6.1% (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 | Flyweight med | Yanez L/A | Acc | Bantamweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 6 / 15 | too few to rate | 40.0% | 459 / 1130 | 40.6% | 39.0% |
| In the clinch | 0 / 1 | too few to rate | 70.4% | 9 / 18 | too few to rate | 68.7% |
| On the ground | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 69.7% | 36 / 59 | 61.0% | 70.2% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 5 / 14 | too few to rate | 37.6% | 373 / 1028 | 36.3% | 34.9% |
| To the body | 1 / 2 | too few to rate | 68.5% | 64 / 105 | 61.0% | 66.8% |
| To the legs | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 80.0% | 67 / 74 | 90.5% | 79.4% |
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 (Flyweight: 73 fighters · Bantamweight: 117 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 | Flyweight med | vs Yanez L/A | Opp acc | Bantamweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 19 / 39 | 48.7% | 40.1% | 427 / 997 | 42.8% | 39.3% |
| In the clinch | 2 / 2 | too few to rate | 68.8% | 7 / 13 | too few to rate | 70.4% |
| On the ground | 2 / 5 | too few to rate | 71.1% | 11 / 14 | too few to rate | 72.4% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 19 / 42 | 45.2% | 35.2% | 278 / 771 | 36.1% | 34.9% |
| To the body | 3 / 3 | too few to rate | 68.2% | 83 / 143 | 58.0% | 66.0% |
| To the legs | 1 / 1 | too few to rate | 80.3% | 84 / 110 | 76.4% | 79.1% |
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 — Yanez has more cage time on record.