Daniel Rodriguez
“D-Rod”
Welterweight
United States#14 WelterweightUFC
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20WINS
6LOSSES
0DRAWS
9KO/TKO
4SUB
7DEC
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Tale of the tape
- Age
- 39 · born Dec 31, 1986 UFC.com
- Height
- 6′1″ 185 cm UFC.com
- Reach
- 74″ 188 cm UFC.com
- Leg reach
- 41″ 104 cm UFC.com
- Stance
- Southpaw UFCStats
- Weight class
- Welterweight UFC.com
- UFC ranking
- #14 Welterweight UFC.com
- Fighting style
- Freestyle UFC.com
- Team / gym
- Classic Fight Team, Costa Mesa CA UFC.com
- Born
- Los Angeles, United States UFC.com
- Fights out of / flag
- United States UFC.com
- UFC debut
- Feb. 15, 2020 UFC.com
- 1st-round finishes
- 5 UFC.com
UFC.com: UFC.com athlete profile (official) · checked 2026-10-22 · UFCStats: UFCStats.com fighter page (data via the public ufcstats.com mirror, snapshot 2026-10-18)
UFC career stats
49%Striking accuracy1279⚑ of 2605⚑ landed
0%Takedown accuracy0 of 12⚑ landed
7.19Sig. strikes landedper min
5.44Sig. strikes absorbedper min
57%Striking defense
0.51Takedownsper 15 min
64%Takedown defense
0.08Submission attemptsper 15 min
0.59Knockdownsper 15 min
11:08Average fight time
⚑ = UFC.com and UFCStats disagree on this number. We show the official UFC.com figure and have flagged it for review.
Source: UFC.com athlete profile (official) (UFC stats are for UFC bouts only) · checked 2026-10-22
UFC fight history 15 bouts
| Res | Opponent | Method | Rd | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Uros Medic | KO/TKO | 1 | Aug 1, 2026 | ↗ |
| W | Kevin Holland | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | Jul 19, 2025 | ↗ |
| W | Santiago Ponzinibbio | KO/TKO | 3 | May 3, 2025 | ↗ |
| W | Alex Morono | Decision - Split | 3 | Oct 12, 2024 | ↗ |
| L | Kelvin Gastelum | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | Jun 22, 2024 | ↗ |
| L | Ian Machado Garry | KO/TKO | 1 | May 13, 2023 | ↗ |
| L | Neil Magny | Submission | 3 | Nov 5, 2022 | ↗ |
| W | Li Jingliang | Decision - Split | 3 | Sep 10, 2022 | ↗ |
| W | Kevin Lee | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | Aug 28, 2021 | ↗ |
| W | Preston Parsons | KO/TKO | 1 | Jul 17, 2021 | ↗ |
| W | Mike Perry | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | Apr 10, 2021 | ↗ |
| L | Nicolas Dalby | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | Nov 21, 2020 | ↗ |
| W | Dwight Grant | KO/TKO | 1 | Aug 22, 2020 | ↗ |
| W | Gabe Green | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | May 30, 2020 | ↗ |
| W | Tim Means | Submission | 2 | Feb 15, 2020 | ↗ |
UFC bouts only. Source: UFCStats.com bout pages (via the public mirror, snapshot 2026-10-18) · checked 2026-10-22. Bouts outside the UFC aren’t listed because we only republish history we can trace to an official source.