Yair Rodriguez vs.
Patricio Freire
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.
Yair Rodriguez
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 11 | 4 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 9 | 1 |
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
Patricio Freire
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 25 | 9 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 12 | 0 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 1.61 · 25 tier-1/2 wins · 24 finish wins over 46 documented bouts
In the UFC: 1-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +4.5 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)
Yair Rodriguez
Distance 84.0% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 4.4% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 11.5% (norm 6.5%)
Patricio Freire
Distance 89.8% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 7.5% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 2.7% (norm 6.5%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Yair Rodriguez
Head 73.1% (norm 77.4%) · Body 13.3% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 13.6% (norm 7.8%)
Patricio Freire
Head 81.6% (norm 77.4%) · Body 9.5% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 8.8% (norm 7.8%)
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 | Featherweight med | Freire L/A | Acc | Featherweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 769 / 1761 | 43.7% | 40.9% | 59 / 132 | 44.7% | 40.9% |
| In the clinch | 64 / 93 | 68.8% | 70.8% | 9 / 11 | too few to rate | 70.8% |
| On the ground | 151 / 242 | 62.4% | 69.2% | 4 / 4 | too few to rate | 69.2% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 544 / 1533 | 35.5% | 37.2% | 50 / 120 | 41.7% | 37.2% |
| To the body | 193 / 278 | 69.4% | 68.2% | 11 / 14 | too few to rate | 68.2% |
| To the legs | 247 / 285 | 86.7% | 80.7% | 11 / 13 | too few to rate | 80.7% |
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: 126 fighters · Featherweight: 126 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 | Featherweight med | vs Freire L/A | Opp acc | Featherweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 532 / 1323 | 40.2% | 39.2% | 81 / 198 | 40.9% | 39.2% |
| In the clinch | 69 / 98 | 70.4% | 70.3% | 5 / 7 | too few to rate | 70.3% |
| On the ground | 200 / 276 | 72.5% | 69.4% | 31 / 41 | 75.6% | 69.4% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 572 / 1376 | 41.6% | 35.9% | 62 / 175 | 35.4% | 35.9% |
| To the body | 136 / 181 | 75.1% | 67.9% | 33 / 46 | 71.7% | 67.9% |
| To the legs | 93 / 140 | 66.4% | 81.5% | 22 / 25 | 88.0% | 81.5% |
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.