UFC UFC Fight Night: Moreno vs. Royval 2 Final

Featherweight

Yair Rodriguez vs Brian Ortega

Yair Rodriguez
Mexico

Yair Rodriguez

“El Pantera”

21-6

VS
Brian Ortega
United States

Brian Ortega

“T-City”

16-5

Winner

Winner

Brian Ortega

Submission (From Side Control) · Round 3 — 0:58

25 February 2024 · Arena CDMX, Mexico City, Mexico

Key takeaways

  • Brian Ortega beat Yair Rodriguez by submission in round 3 at 0:58.
  • Brian Ortega landed 47 of 104 total strikes and 3 of 6 takedowns, with 5:21 of control time.
  • Yair Rodriguez landed more total strikes — 64 to 47 — and still lost the fight.
  • The judges scored it 18-18, 19-19, 19-19.
  • They have met once before: Yair Rodriguez won by KO/TKO at UFC Fight Night: Ortega vs. Rodriguez.
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Tale of the tape

Yair RodriguezBrian Ortega
21-6Record16-5
31Age on fight night33
5′11″ (180 cm)Height5′8″ (173 cm)
71″ (180 cm)Reach69″ (175 cm)
145 lb (65.8 kg)Weight145 lb (65.8 kg)
OrthodoxStanceSwitch
VFS AcademyTeamBlack House
Parral, Chihuahua, MexicoFromLos Angeles, California, United States

Fight statistics

64of 135 · 47%Total strikes landed47of 104 · 45%
41of 107Head strikes41of 96
15of 19Body strikes5of 7
8of 9Leg strikes1of 1
0of 1Takedowns3of 6
1Knockdowns0
0Submission attempts1
1:32Control time5:21

Counts are total strikes thrown and landed — the source does not separate significant strikes.

Round by round

Yair RodriguezRoundBrian Ortega
50/102strikes0/1TD1KD1:32controlR17/30strikes1/2TD0KD0:42control
13/26strikes0/0TD0KD0:00controlR239/70strikes1/3TD0KD3:55control
1/7strikes0/0TD0KD0:00controlR31/4strikes1/1TD0KD0:44control

Judges’ scorecards

Mike Bell

10R188R210

18total18

Eric Colon

10R199R210

19total19

Rick Winter

10R199R210

19total19

They have met before

16 July 2022Yair Rodriguez won by KO/TKO in round 1UFC Fight Night: Ortega vs. Rodriguez

Form going into the fight

Yair Rodriguez

  1. LAlexander VolkanovskiKO/TKO R3 4:192023
  2. WJosh Emmettsubmission R2 4:192023
  3. WBrian OrtegaKO/TKO R1 4:112022
  4. LMax Hollowayunanimous decision2021
  5. WJeremy Stephensunanimous decision2019

Brian Ortega

  1. LYair RodriguezKO/TKO R1 4:112022
  2. LAlexander Volkanovskiunanimous decision2021
  3. WChan Sung Jungunanimous decision2020
  4. LMax HollowayTKO - doctor's stoppage R4 5:002018
  5. WFrankie Edgar2018

Also on this card

Brandon Moreno vs Brandon RoyvalFlyweightsplit decisionDaniel Zellhuber vs Francisco PradoLightweightunanimous decisionSam Hughes vs Yazmin JaureguiWomen's Strawweightunanimous decisionChris Duncan vs Manuel TorresLightweightsubmission R1 1:46Raoni Barcelos vs Cristian QuinonezBantamweightsubmission R3 2:04

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