MatchWiz

Yair Rodriguez “El Pantera”

21-5-0 · MatchWiz rating 1647

Age34Height5'11"Reach71"StanceOrthodoxDivisionFeatherweightCampValle Flow StrikingCountryMexico

Rating trend

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current 1647 · hover or touch the chart to trace each fight

Our Elo-style rating after each UFC fight — 1500 is average; champions live around 1700+ (full leaderboard). This is the backbone of our win probabilities.

Career rates

Where he stands

Yair Rodriguez is 10-4 across 14 fights on our tape. Our rating has him at 1647 — it moves with every result and weights who he beat, so a win over a ranked opponent counts for far more than one over a debutant. A record on its own says very little in this sport — two fighters at 12-3 can have faced completely different opposition, which is exactly the gap the rating is built to close.

He's a volume striker

Yair lands 4.8 significant strikes a minute and absorbs 3.9. That differential is modest, which puts him in the large middle of the division rather than the top of it. His takedown defense sits at 59% — for a striker that's the number that decides whether he gets to fight his fight at all.

How the model reads him

Yair's number is a matchup output — rating against rating, then style against style, plus age and layoff — graded on the fight board like every other call. Our tape covers UFC and Contender Series bouts from 2015 on, and one punch can settle a fight the better fighter was winning.

The full method is on the fight board, and every published call is graded on the report card.

Yair Rodriguez — FAQ

What is Yair Rodriguez's record?

10-4 across 14 fights on our tape, which covers UFC and Contender Series bouts from 2015 to the present. Our rating has him at 1647 — it weights who he beat, not just how often he won.

What kind of fighter is Yair Rodriguez?

He lands 4.8 significant strikes a minute and absorbs 3.9, with 0.6 takedowns per 15 minutes and 59% takedown defense. Those rates decide where his fights happen, which decides most of the rest.

Fight history

DateOpponentResultEventΔ rating
Apr 13, 2025Patricio PitbullW · Decision - Unanimous R3UFC 314: Volkanovski vs. Lopes+10
Feb 25, 2024Brian OrtegaL · Submission R3UFC Fight Night: Moreno vs. Royval 2-20
Jul 9, 2023Alexander VolkanovskiL · KO/TKO R3UFC 290: Volkanovski vs. Rodriguez-16
Feb 12, 2023Josh EmmettW · Submission R2UFC 284: Makhachev vs. Volkanovski+19
Jul 16, 2022Brian OrtegaW · KO/TKO R1UFC Fight Night: Ortega vs. Rodriguez+21
Nov 13, 2021Max HollowayL · Decision - Unanimous R5UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Rodriguez-15
Oct 19, 2019Jeremy StephensW · Decision - Unanimous R3UFC Fight Night: Reyes vs. Weidman+10
Sep 22, 2019Jeremy StephensNC · No Contest R1UFC Fight Night: Rodriguez vs. Stephens–
Nov 11, 2018Chan Sung JungW · KO/TKO R5UFC Fight Night: Korean Zombie vs. Rodriguez+15
May 14, 2017Frankie EdgarL · TKO - Doctor's Stoppage R2UFC 211: Miocic vs. dos Santos 2-24
Jan 16, 2017BJ PennW · KO/TKO R2UFC Fight Night: Rodriguez vs. Penn+26
Aug 6, 2016Alex CaceresW · Decision - Split R5UFC Fight Night: Rodriguez vs. Caceres+23
Apr 24, 2016Andre FiliW · KO/TKO R2UFC 197: Jones vs. Saint Preux+32
Oct 3, 2015Dan HookerW · Decision - Unanimous R3UFC 192: Cormier vs. Gustafsson+33
Jun 14, 2015Charles RosaW · Decision - Split R3UFC 188: Velasquez vs. Werdum+32

Record is career MMA (including pre-UFC fights); the history and rating cover UFC and Contender Series bouts from 2015 on. Back to the fight board →