Marina Rodriguez vs. Jessica Aguilar

UFC 7-6-2 vs. 1-4-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
7-6-2
UFC record
1-4-0
Women's Strawweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Strawweight
39
AgeΔ 5 yrs
44
5'6"
HeightΔ 3"
5'3"
65"
ReachΔ 2"
63"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
15.2
Layoff (months)Δ 73.1 mo
88.3
LLLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Jessica Aguilar absorbs 7.19 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.94 Women's Strawweight norm — hittable.
Marina Rodriguez rarely shoots — 0.21 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.10 Women's Strawweight norm.
Jessica Aguilar outworks the Women's Strawweight division — 4.93 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.77 norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Marina Rodriguez

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 86
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 10
Tier 3 — regional circuit 80

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.05 · 9 tier-1/2 wins · 8 finish wins over 25 documented bouts

In the UFC: 5-6 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.7 wins over .500

Jessica Aguilar

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 66
Tier 3 — regional circuit 144

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.71 · 6 tier-1/2 wins · 10 finish wins over 30 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.2 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

9554.41/min · norm 3.77
Sig. strikes landed
3144.93/min · norm 3.77
6543.02/min · norm 3.94
Sig. strikes absorbed
4587.19/min · norm 3.94
45.8%norm 44.5%
Striking accuracy
50.6%norm 44.5%
55.9%norm 54.4%
Striking defense
53.8%norm 54.4%
20.14/15 · norm 0.00
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.00

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

Marina Rodriguez

Distance 81.7% (norm 86.9%) · Clinch 13.9% (norm 7.7%) · Ground 4.4% (norm 5.0%)

Jessica Aguilar

Distance 74.4% (norm 86.9%) · Clinch 19.8% (norm 7.7%) · Ground 5.8% (norm 5.0%)

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

Marina Rodriguez

Head 73.1% (norm 76.4%) · Body 16.0% (norm 14.9%) · Legs 10.8% (norm 9.1%)

Jessica Aguilar

Head 72.6% (norm 76.4%) · Body 17.9% (norm 14.9%) · Legs 9.5% (norm 9.1%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Rodriguez L/AAccWomen's Strawweight med Aguilar L/AAccWomen's Strawweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 653 / 1703 38.3% 38.3% 194 / 461 42.1% 38.3%
In the clinch 229 / 290 79.0% 72.6% 96 / 123 78.0% 72.6%
On the ground 73 / 91 80.2% 75.0% 24 / 36 66.7% 75.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 552 / 1524 36.2% 35.4% 168 / 450 37.3% 35.4%
To the body 236 / 334 70.7% 69.3% 88 / 111 79.3% 69.3%
To the legs 167 / 226 73.9% 77.9% 58 / 59 98.3% 77.9%

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 (Women's Strawweight: 63 fighters · Women's Strawweight: 63 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 Rodriguez L/AOpp accWomen's Strawweight med vs Aguilar L/AOpp accWomen's Strawweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 420 / 1152 36.5% 39.7% 294 / 772 38.1% 39.7%
In the clinch 93 / 137 67.9% 71.5% 80 / 112 71.4% 71.5%
On the ground 141 / 195 72.3% 74.4% 84 / 108 77.8% 74.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 403 / 1112 36.2% 36.0% 313 / 804 38.9% 36.0%
To the body 146 / 214 68.2% 68.4% 97 / 132 73.5% 68.4%
To the legs 105 / 158 66.5% 79.1% 48 / 56 85.7% 79.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
342.9% acc · 0.21/15 · norm 1.10
Takedowns landed
425.0% acc · 0.94/15 · norm 1.10
4161.2% def · norm 64.1%
Takedowns stopped
550.0% def · norm 64.1%
11:535.5% of cage time · norm 19.4%
Control time
11:1717.7% of cage time · norm 19.4%
71:064:55 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
10:572:34 per 15 · norm 3:00
40.28/15 · norm 0.29
Submission attempts
10.24/15 · norm 0.29

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