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Yair Rodriguez vs. Leonardo Morales

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

Tale of the tape

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

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

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

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

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

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

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

Yair Rodriguez

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

Leonardo Morales

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

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

Yair Rodriguez

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

Leonardo Morales

Head 57.9% (norm 77.5%) · Body 19.7% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 22.4% (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/AAccFeatherweight med Morales L/AAccBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 769 / 1761 43.7% 40.5% 28 / 65 43.1% 39.2%
In the clinch 64 / 93 68.8% 70.5% 4 / 5 too few to rate 69.0%
On the ground 151 / 242 62.4% 69.3% 4 / 6 too few to rate 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 544 / 1533 35.5% 37.1% 13 / 44 29.5% 35.3%
To the body 193 / 278 69.4% 68.0% 11 / 15 too few to rate 66.9%
To the legs 247 / 285 86.7% 80.3% 12 / 17 too few to rate 79.2%

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

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1029.4% acc · 0.71/15 · norm 1.17
Takedowns landed
00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.12
4159.4% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
562.5% def · norm 65.7%
17:538.4% of cage time · norm 16.5%
Control time
2:1713.0% of cage time · norm 17.8%
60:004:15 per 15 · norm 3:11
Time under control lower is better
6:085:14 per 15 · norm 2:24
90.64/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.28

Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Rodriguez has more cage time on record.