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Ricco Rodriguez

53-25-0 (1 NC)
49y·6' 4"·Orthodox
7:09
Control / 15m
time on top
+0.70
Striking diff.
landed minus absorbed
80%
Finish rate
wins inside the distance
0
Power
knockdowns per 100 landed

How they fight

Every significant strike they have landed across 7 recorded bouts, 178 in total. Target and position are two readings of the same strikes, so each adds to 100.

Target
Head 80%Body 14%Legs 6%
Position
Distance 24%Clinch 15%Ground 61%
And how often each lands
Head53%
Body74%
Legs92%
Distance38%
Clinch76%
Ground65%

How fights end

UFC bouts only, so these will not add up to the record above. Counts rather than rates: two knockouts in three wins is not a 67% finisher.

10Wins7 KO · 1 SUB · 2 DEC
6Losses1 KO · 5 DEC

Control, bout by bout

Seconds spent controlling the opponent in each fight, oldest on the left. UFCStats records this per bout and never adds it up; this is what that looks like added up.

65%
Arlovski
80%
Williams
51%
Monson
85%
Kohsaka
48%
Couture
0%
Sylvia
0%
Rizzo

As the fight goes on

Which measure to show

Significant strikes landed, per minute fought. Every round is measured against round one, except rounds reached by fewer than 3 bouts, which are dimmed and left uncompared.

Landed / minvs R1Bouts
R11.72100%7
R22.08121%6
R32.50146%4
R43.201
R53.871

Only fights that reached a round count towards it, so later rounds are a smaller sample.

Career numbers

Strikes landed / min1.85
Strikes absorbed / min1.15
Striking accuracyof everything thrown51%
Striking defenceof what comes back, missed61%
Takedowns / 15 min2.3
Takedown accuracyof attempts that land39%
Takedown defenceof attempts stuffed40%
Sub attempts / 15 min1
Pacestrikes landed and absorbed, added together3
Average bout lengthhow long their fights actually last, across 7 bouts11.9m

Earned Accuracy

How hard the opponents on this record were to hit at distance, and whether they beat it. Distance strikes only, so nobody gets credit for accuracy they picked up hammering someone already flat on the floor.

38.1%
Landed at range
113 thrown over 7 bouts
Expected
against these opponents
Gap
below the cutoffs
Coverage
from real records

Too much of this record was set against opponents who had no distance history of their own yet. The expected number would mostly be the division average wearing a disguise, so it's held back.

The fine print

Distance strikes only

Nothing thrown in the clinch or on the ground counts. Those land at about 72% and 71%, against 44% at distance, so a blended accuracy mostly measures where a fight happened. Rank the sport that way and its best strikers are all wrestlers.

One pass, not a rating

How much each opponent lets through is taken raw. It isn't adjusted for who they fought, so a fighter whose opponents all had soft schedules comes out looking better here than they are. Running it to convergence is a later job.

Coverage, and who gets ranked

Coverage is how much of the expected number came from the opponents' own records instead of the division average. Under 65% it's mostly the division talking, so the comparison gets hidden. Same for anyone under 5 qualifying bouts, or under 300 distance strikes of their own, which is where an accuracy still moves on a single exchange. Miss any of the three and you'll see what they landed, nothing else, and they stay out of any ranking.

Short records get pulled to the middle

An opponent who hasn't been shot at much gets dragged toward their division's average, and the drag fades as their record fills in. At 60 distance strikes faced, their own record and the division average count for the same.

Bout log

LPedro RizzoNov 2003U-DEC0:00 ctrl15 str0 td
Significant strikes
15 of 33 · 45%
Total strikes
27 of 47 · 57%
Takedowns
0 of 12 · 0%
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 87%Body 0%Legs 13%
Position
Distance 100%Clinch 0%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
LTim SylviaFeb 2003KO R10:00 ctrl7 str0 td
Significant strikes
7 of 10 · 70%
Total strikes
10 of 13 · 77%
Takedowns
0 of 2 · 0%
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 3:09
Punch to Head At Distance
Target
Head 57%Body 14%Legs 29%
Position
Distance 86%Clinch 14%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WRandy CoutureSep 2002KO R511:04 ctrl39 str4 td
Significant strikes
39 of 80 · 49%
Total strikes
128 of 172 · 74%
Takedowns
4 of 5 · 80%
Control
11:04
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R5 3:04
Elbows to Head From Guard Submission to Strikes
Target
Head 87%Body 10%Legs 3%
Position
Distance 18%Clinch 5%Ground 77%
This fight on UFCStats
WTsuyoshi KohsakaMay 2002KO R27:11 ctrl19 str3 td
Significant strikes
19 of 33 · 58%
Total strikes
58 of 77 · 75%
Takedowns
3 of 5 · 60%
Control
7:11
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R2 3:25
Punches to Head From Mount
Target
Head 95%Body 5%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 0%Clinch 5%Ground 95%
This fight on UFCStats
WJeff MonsonJan 2002KO R36:39 ctrl42 str3 td
Significant strikes
42 of 65 · 65%
Total strikes
100 of 126 · 79%
Takedowns
3 of 4 · 75%
Control
6:39
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R3 3:00
Punches to Head On Ground
Target
Head 62%Body 33%Legs 5%
Position
Distance 17%Clinch 43%Ground 40%
This fight on UFCStats
WPete WilliamsNov 2001KO R27:16 ctrl26 str5 td
Significant strikes
26 of 43 · 60%
Total strikes
86 of 107 · 80%
Takedowns
5 of 6 · 83%
Control
7:16
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
1
Ended
KO / TKO, R2 4:02
Punches to Head From Back Control
Target
Head 92%Body 8%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 4%Clinch 4%Ground 92%
This fight on UFCStats
WAndrei ArlovskiJun 2001KO R37:25 ctrl30 str2 td
Significant strikes
30 of 50 · 60%
Total strikes
64 of 84 · 76%
Takedowns
2 of 8 · 25%
Control
7:25
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
1
Ended
KO / TKO, R3 1:23
Punches to Head From Mount
Target
Head 77%Body 10%Legs 13%
Position
Distance 23%Clinch 10%Ground 67%
This fight on UFCStats

Numbers from UFCStats. Control time and strike placement are summed from each bout, everything else is as published.