Leonardo Morales vs. Yair Rodriguez
Tale of the tape
The read
Level of competition
Leonardo Morales
Full career not yet synced for Leonardo Morales — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.5 wins over .500
Yair Rodriguez
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 11 | 4 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 9 | 1 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 1.3 · 11 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 +3.6 wins over .500
Striking
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Leonardo Morales
Distance 85.5% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 6.6% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 7.9% (norm 6.5%)
Yair Rodriguez
Distance 84.0% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 4.4% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 11.5% (norm 6.5%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Leonardo Morales
Head 57.9% (norm 77.4%) · Body 19.7% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 22.4% (norm 8.4%)
Yair Rodriguez
Head 73.1% (norm 77.4%) · Body 13.3% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 13.6% (norm 7.8%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Morales L/A | Acc | Bantamweight med | Rodriguez L/A | Acc | Featherweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 28 / 65 | 43.1% | 39.0% | 769 / 1761 | 43.7% | 40.9% |
| In the clinch | 4 / 5 | too few to rate | 68.7% | 64 / 93 | 68.8% | 70.8% |
| On the ground | 4 / 6 | too few to rate | 70.2% | 151 / 242 | 62.4% | 69.2% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 13 / 44 | 29.5% | 34.9% | 544 / 1533 | 35.5% | 37.2% |
| To the body | 11 / 15 | too few to rate | 66.8% | 193 / 278 | 69.4% | 68.2% |
| To the legs | 12 / 17 | too few to rate | 79.4% | 247 / 285 | 86.7% | 80.7% |
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 (Bantamweight: 117 fighters · Featherweight: 126 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 Morales L/A | Opp acc | Bantamweight med | vs Rodriguez L/A | Opp acc | Featherweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 29 / 75 | 38.7% | 39.3% | 532 / 1323 | 40.2% | 39.2% |
| In the clinch | 6 / 9 | too few to rate | 70.4% | 69 / 98 | 70.4% | 70.3% |
| On the ground | 1 / 2 | too few to rate | 72.4% | 200 / 276 | 72.5% | 69.4% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 22 / 61 | 36.1% | 34.9% | 572 / 1376 | 41.6% | 35.9% |
| To the body | 8 / 16 | too few to rate | 66.0% | 136 / 181 | 75.1% | 67.9% |
| To the legs | 6 / 9 | too few to rate | 79.1% | 93 / 140 | 66.4% | 81.5% |
Grappling
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Rodriguez has more cage time on record.