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History · 2023 · UFC 290: Volkanovski vs. Rodriguez · Alexander Volkanovski vs Yair Rodriguez
From the tape · 8 Jul 2023

Alexander Volkanovski vs Yair Rodriguez

UFC 290: Volkanovski vs. Rodriguez · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Result

Alexander Volkanovski beat Yair Rodriguez

Method
KO/TKO
Round
3 of 5
Clock
4:19
Featherweight TitleTitle fightMainReferee · Herb Dean

We published no prediction for this bout. Everything on this page is the official record and the tape it was fought on — the result, the round-by-round counts, the judges’ cards where they exist and the sportsbook line where one was published. Our graded calls start in 2026 and live on the public record.

Red corner AlexanderVolkanovski“The Great”Born in Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia · Fights out of Windang, New South Wales, Australia
VSOn the tape
Blue corner YairRodriguez“El Pantera”Valle Flow Striking · Born in Parral, Chihuahua, Mexico · Fights out of Parral, Chihuahua, Mexico
Featherweight Title5 rounds8 Jul 2023At the time: Featherweight champion vs #1 · rankings of 4 July 2023
The story going in
  • Has finished 4 of 12 UFC wins.
  • Comes in on a 2-fight win streak.
  • Is 11 points more accurate striking than Rodriguez.
  • Has finished 5 of 10 UFC wins.
28-4
Record
21-6
34
Age
−4 yr30
5' 6"
Height
+5″5' 11"
71″
Reach
71″
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
13
UFC bouts
13
4/1233% of wins
Finishes
+17%5/1050% of wins
Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
Born in
Parral, Chihuahua, Mexico
Windang, New South Wales, Australia
Fights out of
Parral, Chihuahua, Mexico
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Round by round

Every round the fight went, shaded by where the significant strikes actually landed — and the takedowns, control time and knockdowns beside them.

UFCStats · per round

3 rounds of tape

Round 15:00 of action
Alexander Volkanovski11 sig landed
HEAD82%9 of 11BODY0%0 landedLEGS18%2 of 4
Yair Rodriguez5 sig landed
HEAD20%1 of 4BODY20%1 of 1LEGS60%3 of 4
11 of 15
Sig.
strikes
5 of 9
3 of 4
Take-
downs
0 of 0
3:22
Control
0:00
Distance 2Clinch 0Ground 9
Where it
happened
Distance 4Clinch 0Ground 1
Round 25:00 of action
Alexander Volkanovski18 sig landed
HEAD83%15 of 19BODY6%1 of 1LEGS11%2 of 5
Yair Rodriguez12 sig landed
HEAD33%4 of 10BODY42%5 of 6LEGS25%3 of 3
18 of 25
Sig.
strikes
12 of 19
3 of 6
Take-
downs
0 of 0
3:33
Control
0:00
Distance 4Clinch 1Ground 13
Where it
happened
Distance 11Clinch 0Ground 1
Round 34:19 of actionEnded 4:19
Alexander Volkanovski37 sig landed
HEAD65%24 of 39BODY8%3 of 4LEGS27%10 of 14
Yair Rodriguez23 sig landed
HEAD35%8 of 35BODY22%5 of 7LEGS43%10 of 10
37 of 57
Sig.
strikes
23 of 52
1 of 2
Take-
downs
0 of 0
0:18
Control
0:00
Distance 19Clinch 3Ground 15
Where it
happened
Distance 23Clinch 0Ground 0

Significant strikes, takedowns, control time, knockdowns and submission attempts exactly as UFCStats recorded them for this bout, round by round. Zone percentages are that round’s landed head, body and leg counts over their own total — raw arithmetic, nothing modelled or smoothed. A round in which a fighter landed nothing shades empty and reads zero; it is never filled in from the round before.

How it ended

This bout never reached the judges. Here is the finish, as the official record has it.

Won inside the distance

Alexander Volkanovski

Round
3
Clock
4:19
Method
KO/TKO

This bout did not reach the judges, so there are no official cards for it. The round-by-round tape above is the whole record of what happened. Referee: Herb Dean.

Takedowns

Takedowns

The level change — head to head

Career UFC takedown rates. Red corner left, blue corner right.

Alexander Volkanovski

1.63takedowns / 15 min
1.63 / 15m
TAKEDOWNS
0.71 / 15m
4.79 / 15m
ATTEMPTS
2.45 / 15m
34%
ACCURACY
29%
0.20 / 15m
SUB ATT
0.60 / 15m

Yair Rodriguez

0.71takedowns / 15 min

Career UFC takedown rates exactly as UFCStats publishes them: takedowns landed per 15 minutes, completion rate, submission attempts per 15 minutes, and the share of takedowns tried on them that they stuffed. Attempts per 15 is the one derived figure — landed ÷ completion rate — and it is omitted wherever either input is missing. UFCStats writes 0% where no attempt was recorded at all, so a percentage of exactly zero reads “n/a” here rather than as a measured rate. “Field” is the average fighter in that weight class, or across every division where a class is too small to average. Rate bars run to the population’s 95th percentile (6.09 takedowns / 15m); a fighter above it pins the bar. Percentages are drawn on their own axis.

Ranked in Featherweight

The market story

What the market did on the way to the cage — the price, not our model. This bout is settled; the window below is closed.

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Alexander Volkanovski vs Yair Rodriguez.

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