Alex Morono vs. Daniel Rodriguez

UFC 13-10-0 (1 NC) vs. 10-5-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
13-10-0 (1 NC)
UFC record
10-5-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
35
AgeΔ 4 yrs
39
5'11"
HeightΔ 2"
6'1"
72"
ReachΔ 2"
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
6
Layoff (months)Δ 5.8 mo
0.2
LLLLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWWWL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Daniel Rodriguez outworks the Welterweight division — 7.18 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.17 norm.
Daniel Rodriguez rarely shoots — 0.18 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight norm.
Alex Morono rarely shoots — 0.32 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Alex Morono

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 1310
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 72
Tier 3 — regional circuit 41

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.01 · 20 tier-1/2 wins · 13 finish wins over 38 documented bouts

In the UFC: 7-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.0 wins over .500

Daniel Rodriguez

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 125
Tier 3 — regional circuit 81

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.35 · 12 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 +3.5 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

13964.90/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
11717.18/min · norm 3.17
13894.88/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
8745.36/min · norm 3.06
39.8%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
49.2%norm 44.9%
55.4%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
57.2%norm 55.25%
50.26/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
70.64/15 · norm 0.38

Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)

Alex Morono

Distance 92.4% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 4.9% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 2.7% (norm 8.1%)

Daniel Rodriguez

Distance 96.1% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 1.2% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 2.7% (norm 8.1%)

What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)

Alex Morono

Head 88.3% (norm 78.2%) · Body 8.3% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 3.4% (norm 8.4%)

Daniel Rodriguez

Head 78.0% (norm 78.2%) · Body 13.4% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 8.6% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.

Zone Morono L/AAccWelterweight med Rodriguez L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 1239 / 3242 38.2% 38.6% 1111 / 2289 48.5% 38.6%
In the clinch 101 / 172 58.7% 67.8% 23 / 28 82.1% 67.8%
On the ground 56 / 96 58.3% 67.2% 37 / 65 56.9% 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 1114 / 3098 36.0% 37.2% 749 / 1857 40.3% 37.2%
To the body 185 / 292 63.4% 70.7% 233 / 319 73.0% 70.7%
To the legs 97 / 120 80.8% 82.9% 189 / 206 91.7% 82.9%

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 (Welterweight: 182 fighters · Welterweight: 182 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 Morono L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Rodriguez L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 1196 / 2808 42.6% 39.0% 796 / 1893 42.0% 39.0%
In the clinch 110 / 180 61.1% 68.9% 30 / 52 57.7% 68.9%
On the ground 83 / 125 66.4% 68.0% 48 / 96 50.0% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 691 / 2126 32.5% 35.6% 519 / 1540 33.7% 35.6%
To the body 492 / 718 68.5% 69.6% 188 / 294 63.9% 69.6%
To the legs 206 / 269 76.6% 82.1% 167 / 207 80.7% 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
624.0% acc · 0.32/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
228.6% acc · 0.18/15 · norm 1.27
2247.8% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
3264.0% def · norm 63.9%
15:595.6% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
8:034.9% of cage time · norm 18.5%
37:451:59 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
19:231:47 per 15 · norm 3:15
60.32/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
10.09/15 · norm 0.45

Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Morono has more cage time on record.