Yair Rodriguez
MexicoYair Rodriguez, “El Pantera”, is a Featherweight from Mexico with an official record of 21-5 (1 NC). MMA Hub holds 16 of those bouts: 11 wins, 4 losses and 1 no contest, the wins coming 4 by knockout, 1 by submission and 6 by decision. The most recent bout on file is a decision win over Patricio Pitbull at UFC 314: Volkanovski vs. Lopes on 12 April 2025.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Method | Round | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 12, 2025 | Patricio Pitbull | WIN | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 314: Volkanovski vs. Lopes |
| Feb 25, 2024 | Brian Ortega | LOSS | SUBArm Triangle | R3 · 0:58 | UFC Fight Night: Moreno vs. Royval 2 |
| Jul 8, 2023 | Alexander VolkanovskiTitle | LOSS | KOPunches | R3 · 4:19 | UFC 290: Volkanovski vs. Rodriguez |
| Feb 11, 2023 | Josh EmmettTitle | WIN | SUBTriangle Choke | R2 · 4:19 | UFC 284: Makhachev vs. Volkanovski |
| Jul 16, 2022 | Brian Ortega | WIN | KOKO/TKO | R1 · 4:11 | UFC Fight Night: Ortega vs. Rodriguez |
| Nov 13, 2021 | Max Holloway | LOSS | DECDecision | R5 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Rodriguez |
| Oct 18, 2019 | Jeremy Stephens | WIN | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Reyes vs. Weidman |
| Sep 21, 2019 | Jeremy Stephens | NC | NCNo Contest | R1 · 0:15 | UFC Fight Night: Rodriguez vs. Stephens |
| Nov 11, 2018 | Chan Sung Jung | WIN | KOElbow | R5 · 4:59 | UFC Fight Night: Korean Zombie vs. Rodriguez |
| May 13, 2017 | Frankie Edgar | LOSS | KOTKO - Doctor's Stoppage | R2 · 5:00 | UFC 211: Miocic vs. dos Santos 2 |
| Jan 16, 2017 | BJ Penn | WIN | KOPunches | R2 · 0:24 | UFC Fight Night: Rodriguez vs. Penn |
| Aug 7, 2016 | Alex Caceres | WIN | DECDecision | R5 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Rodriguez vs. Caceres |
| Apr 23, 2016 | Andre Fili | WIN | KOKick | R2 · 2:15 | UFC 197: Jones vs. Saint Preux |
| Oct 3, 2015 | Dan Hooker | WIN | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 192: Cormier vs. Gustafsson |
| Jun 14, 2015 | Charles Rosa | WIN | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 188: Velasquez vs. Werdum |
| Nov 15, 2014 | Leonardo MoralesTitle | WIN | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 180: Werdum vs. Hunt |
Wins, losses and draws are Yair Rodriguez’s official record. Everything else is counted from the 16 bouts we hold a full result for — method, round and time. Per-fight striking and grappling statistics are not published in our data source, so they are not shown.
Yair Rodriguez’s record, in numbers
Yair Rodriguez’s official record is 21-5 (1 NC). Every figure on this page is counted instead from the 16 bouts MMA Hub holds a result for — 11 wins, 4 losses and 1 no contest — because 11 bouts from the official record are not in the history we hold.
The 11 wins break down as 4 by knockout, 1 by submission and 6 by decision — 5 of 11 inside the distance, a finish rate of 45%. Across all 16 bouts with a recorded finishing round, the average bout lasted 13 minutes 14 seconds.
Yair Rodriguez has been stopped 3 times in the 16 bouts on file — 2 by knockout and 1 by submission — which is 19% of them.
Of the 16 bouts MMA Hub holds a result for, 3 were for a title and 7 were the main event of the card. One of them has come since July 2024.
Set against the 554 Featherweight fighters MMA Hub holds eight or more bouts for, Yair Rodriguez has a finish rate above 20% of them, a record of avoiding stoppage above 37% of them and a two-year bout count above 56% of them. The comparison is made inside the division rather than across the whole roster, because how often a division finishes depends heavily on what it weighs.
Yair Rodriguez is listed at 5ft 11in with a reach of 71in, fights orthodox and is 33, born 5 October 1992.
These figures are recomputed from Yair Rodriguez’s bout history each time results are synced, so they follow the record rather than a fixed snapshot.