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Yair Rodriguez
Fighter

Yair Rodriguez

"El Pantera"
20-5-0
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CAREER SUMMARY

Yair Rodriguez holds a professional MMA record of 20-5-0. Their full professional MMA career spans 28 bouts on record. Yair Rodriguez has won 22 fights: 9 by KO/TKO, 1 by submission, 12 by decision. Most recent fight: April 12, 2025. Tracked organizations: UFC.

Profile

Height
5'11"180 cm
Weight
145 lbs66 kg
Reach
71"180 cm
Stance
—
DOB
1992-10-06

UFC career

Source: UFCStats.com · Record: 21-6-0 (1 NC)

SLpM
4.65
Str. Acc.
46%
SApM
3.78
Str. Def.
—
TD Avg.
0.71
TD Acc.
29%
TD Def.
59%
Sub. Avg.
—

Career history

  1. WIN
    vs Patricio Pitbull
    UFCUFC 314: Volkanovski vs Lopes· Apr 12, 2025· Featherweight· 19-5 vs 36-7
    UD
    R3 · 5:00
  2. LOSS
    vs Brian Ortega
    UFCUFC Mexico City· Feb 25, 2024· Featherweight· 19-4 vs 15-3
    SUB
    R3 · 0:58
  3. LOSS
    vs Alexander Volkanovski
    UFCUFC 290: Volkanovski vs Rodriguez· Jul 8, 2023· Featherweight· Title bout· 19-3 vs 25-2
    TKO
    R3 · 4:19
  4. WIN
    vs Josh Emmett
    UFCUFC 284: Makhachev vs Volkanovski· Feb 11, 2023· Interim Featherweight· Title bout· 18-3 vs 18-2
    SUB
    R2 · 4:19
  5. WIN
    vs Brian Ortega
    UFCUFC Fight Night: Ortega vs Rodriguez· Jul 16, 2022· Featherweight· 17-3 vs 15-2
    TKO
    R1 · 4:11
  6. LOSS
    vs Max Holloway
    UFCUFC Fight Night: Holloway vs Rodriguez· Nov 13, 2021· Featherweight· 17-2 vs 22-6
    UD
    R5 · 5:00
  7. CXLD
    vs Max Holloway
    UFC Fight Night· Jul 17, 2021· Featherweight
    —
  8. CXLD
    vs Zabit Magomedsharipov
    UFC Fight Night· Aug 29, 2020· Featherweight
    —
  9. WIN
    vs Jeremy Stephens
    UFCUFC Fight Night: Reyes vs Weidman· Oct 19, 2019· Featherweight· 16-2 vs 28-16
    UD
    R3 · 5:00
  10. NC
    vs Jeremy Stephens
    UFCUFC Fight Night: Rodriguez vs Stephens· Sep 22, 2019· Featherweight· 16-2 vs 28-16
    Could Not Continue
    R1 · 0:15
  11. WIN
    vs Chan Sung Jung
    UFCUFC Fight Night: The Korean Zombie vs Rodriguez· Nov 11, 2018· Featherweight· 15-2 vs 14-4
    TKO
    R5 · 4:59
  12. CXLD
    vs Zabit Magomedsharipov
    UFC 228: Woodley vs. Till· Sep 8, 2018· Featherweight
    —
  13. LOSS
    vs Frankie Edgar
    UFCUFC 211: Miocic vs Dos Santos 2· May 14, 2017· Featherweight· 15-1 vs 21-5-1
    TKO
    R2 · 5:00
  14. WIN
    vs BJ Penn
    UFCUFC Fight Night: Rodriguez vs Penn· Jan 16, 2017· Featherweight· 14-1 vs 16-10-2
    TKO
    R2 · 0:24
  15. WIN
    vs Alex Caceres
    UFCUFC Fight Night: Rodriguez vs Caceres· Aug 7, 2016· Featherweight· 13-1 vs 12-8
    SD
    R5 · 5:00
  16. WIN
    vs Andre Fili
    UFCUFC 197: Jones vs Saint Preux· Apr 23, 2016· Featherweight· 12-1 vs 15-3
    TKO
    R2 · 2:15
  17. WIN
    vs Dan Hooker
    UFCUFC 192: Cormier vs Gustafsson· Oct 3, 2015· Featherweight· 11-1 vs 12-5
    UD
    R3 · 5:00
  18. WIN
    vs Charles Rosa
    UFCUFC 188: Velasquez vs Werdum· Jun 13, 2015· Featherweight· 10-1 vs 10-1
    SD
    R3 · 5:00
  19. WIN
    vs Leonardo Morales
    UFCUFC 180: Werdum vs Hunt· Nov 15, 2014· Ultimate Fighter Latin America Featherweight· Title bout· 9-1 vs 5-1
    UD
    R3 · 5:00
  20. WIN
    vs Rodolfo Rubio
    The Ultimate Fighter Latin America Season 1· Jun 18, 2014· Featherweight· 10-1
    TKO
    R1 · 3:55
  21. WIN
    vs Humberto Brown Morrison
    The Ultimate Fighter Latin America Season 1· May 30, 2014· Featherweight· 9-1
    —
    R2 · 2:18
  22. WIN
    vs Angelo Duarte
    High Altitude Face Off 6· Apr 4, 2014· 8-1 vs 6-11
    —
    R1 · 2:12
  23. WIN
    vs Edgar Juarez
    FMP 14· Feb 16, 2013· Lightweight· 7-1 vs 1-1
    TKO
    R1 · 0:19
  24. LOSS
    vs Roberto Herrera
    FMP 13· Dec 20, 2012· 7-0 vs 1-1
    TKO
    R1 · 1:21
  25. WIN
    vs Ricardo Alcala
    FMP 11· May 25, 2012· 6-0 vs 1-0
    TKO
    R1 · 0:20
  26. WIN
    vs Carlos Ricardo
    TSC 1: The Supreme Cage· Mar 10, 2012· Featherweight· 5-0 vs 0-0
    —
    R3 · 0:50
  27. WIN
    vs Roberto Herrera
    FMP 10: Parral vs. El Resto del Mundo· Mar 3, 2012· 4-0 vs 0-0
    —
    R2 · 2:20
  28. WIN
    vs Edgar Baldescor
    FMP 9· Dec 22, 2011· 3-0 vs 0-0
    —
    R1 · 2:13
  29. WIN
    vs Jonatan Guzman
    FMP 8· Sep 17, 2011· 2-0 vs 0-0
    UD
  30. WIN
    vs Willie Martinez
    FMP 7: Grand Prix· Jul 30, 2011· 1-0 vs 0-0
    TKO
    R3 · 2:33
  31. WIN
    vs TBA
    FMP 5· Jan 29, 2011· 0-0
    TKO

Career history data via Tapology.