Yair Rodriguez
“El Pantera”
- 20-5-0
- (Win - Loss - Draw)
- Country
Mexico- Weight Class
- Featherweight
- Birth Date
- 1992-10-06
- Age
- 35
- Height
- 180.3 cm
- Weight
- 65.8 kg
“El Pantera”
Yair Rodriguez (El Pantera) is a Featherweight fighter from Mexico. ranked #5 in UFC featherweight, a record of 20-5 and 26 fights.
| Opponent | Method | |
|---|---|---|
| W | Patricio Freire | Decision |
| L | Brian Ortega | Submission |
| L | Alexander Volkanovski | Technical Knockout |
| W | Josh Emmett | Submission |
| W | Brian Ortega | Technical Knockout |
| Title Fights | 5 |
| Main Events | 11 |
| 1R Finishes | 2 |
| Current Win Streak | 1 |
| Max Win Streak | 8 |
| Max Loss Streak | 2 |
| Debut | 2011.01.29 |
| Last Fight | 2025.04.13 |
| Avg. Fight Time | 10:30 |
| Career Duration | 14y 3m |
| Method | Count | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| KO/TKO | 8 | 40.0% | |
| └ Shoulder injury | 1 | 12.5% | |
| └ Elbow | 1 | 12.5% | |
| └ Punch | 2 | 25.0% | |
| └ Head kick | 1 | 12.5% | |
| └ Flying knee | 1 | 12.5% | |
| └ Your kick | 1 | 12.5% | |
| └ Flying Switch Kick and Punches | 1 | 12.5% | |
| Submission | 5 | 25.0% | |
| └ Triangle choke | 2 | 40.0% | |
| └ Armbar | 1 | 20.0% | |
| └ Rear Naked Choke | 2 | 40.0% | |
| Decision | 7 | 35.0% | |
| └ unanimous decision | 5 | 71.4% | |
| └ Split | 2 | 28.6% |
| Method | Count | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| KO/TKO | 3 | 60.0% | |
| └ Punch | 2 | 66.7% | |
| └ Doctor stoppage | 1 | 33.3% | |
| Submission | 1 | 20.0% | |
| └ Arm Triangle Choke | 1 | 100.0% | |
| Decision | 1 | 20.0% | |
| └ unanimous decision | 1 | 100.0% |
| NC | 1 |
| Promotion | W | L | D | NC | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UFC | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 16 |
| Mexican Fighters Promotions | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Nemesis Promotions | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| The Supreme Cage | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Weight Class | W | L | D | NC | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| featherweight | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 16 |
| Featherweight | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Lightweight | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bantamweight | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
#26
19-5-0
2025.04.13
35-7-0
Decision(unanimous decision)
3Round 5:00
#25
19-4-0
2024.02.24
15-3-0
Submission(Arm Triangle Choke)
3Round 0:58
#24
19-3-0
2023.07.09
25-2-0
Technical Knockout(Punch)
3Round 4:19
#23
18-3-0
2023.02.11
18-2-0
Submission(Triangle choke)
2Round 4:19
#22
17-3-0
2022.07.16
15-2-0
Technical Knockout(Shoulder injury)
1Round 4:11
#21
17-2-0
22-6-0
Decision(unanimous decision)
5Round 5:00
#20
16-2-0
2019.10.18
28-16-0
Decision(unanimous decision)
3Round 5:00
#19
16-2-0
28-16-0
No Contest(Eye poke)
1Round 0:15
#18
15-2-0
14-4-0
Knockout(Elbow)
5Round 4:59
#17
15-1-0
2017.05.14
21-5-1
Technical Knockout(Doctor stoppage)
2Round 5:00
#16
14-1-0
2017.01.15
16-10-2
Technical Knockout(Punch)
2Round 0:24
#15
13-1-0
12-8-0
Decision(Split)
5Round 5:00
#14
12-1-0
2016.04.23
15-3-0
Knockout(Head kick)
2Round 2:15
#13
11-1-0
2015.10.03
12-5-0
Decision(unanimous decision)
3Round 5:00
#12
10-1-0
2015.06.13
10-1-0
Decision(Split)
3Round 5:00
#11
9-1-0
2014.11.15
5-0-0
Decision(unanimous decision)
3Round 5:00
#10
8-1-0
2014.04.04
7-10-0
Submission(Armbar)
1Round 2:12
#9
7-1-0
2013.02.16
Knockout(Flying knee)
1Round 0:13
#8
7-0-0
2012.12.20
Knockout(Punch)
1Round 1:21
#7
6-0-0
2012.05.25
1-0-0
Knockout(Your kick)
1Round 0:20
#6
5-0-0
2012.03.10
Submission(Triangle choke)
3Round 0:50
#5
4-0-0
2012.03.03
Submission(Rear Naked Choke)
2Round 2:20
#4
3-0-0
2011.12.22
0-0-0
Submission(Rear Naked Choke)
1Round 2:13
#3
2-0-0
2011.09.17
0-0-0
Decision(unanimous decision)
5Round 3:00
#2
1-0-0
2011.07.30
Technical Knockout(Punch)
3Round 2:33
#1
0-0-0
2011.01.29
0-0-0
Knockout(Flying Switch Kick and Punches)
1Round 1:37
| Result | Opponent | Event | Method | Round / Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
WIN 19-5-0 | Patricio Freire 35-7-0 | UFC 314 - Volkanovski vs Lopes 2025.04.13 | Decision(unanimous decision) | 3Round5:00 |
LOSS 19-4-0 | Brian Ortega 15-3-0 | UFC Fight Night 237 - Moreno vs Royval 2 2024.02.24 | Submission(Arm Triangle Choke) | 3Round0:58 |
LOSS 19-3-0 | Alexander Volkanovski 25-2-0 | UFC 290 - Volkanovski vs Rodriguez 2023.07.09 | Technical Knockout(Punch) | 3Round4:19 |
WIN 18-3-0 | Josh Emmett 18-2-0 | UFC 284 - Makhachev vs Volkanovski 2023.02.11 | Submission(Triangle choke) | 2Round4:19 |
WIN 17-3-0 | Brian Ortega 15-2-0 | UFC on ABC 3 - Ortega vs Rodriguez 2022.07.16 | Technical Knockout(Shoulder injury) | 1Round4:11 |
LOSS 17-2-0 | Max Holloway 22-6-0 | UFC Fight Night 197 - Holloway vs Rodriguez 2021.11.13 | Decision(unanimous decision) | 5Round5:00 |
WIN 16-2-0 | Jeremy Stephens 28-16-0 | UFC on ESPN 6 - Reyes vs Weidman 2019.10.18 | Decision(unanimous decision) | 3Round5:00 |
NC 16-2-0 | Jeremy Stephens 28-16-0 | UFC Fight Night 159 - Rodriguez vs Stephens 2019.09.22 | No Contest(Eye poke) | 1Round0:15 |
WIN 15-2-0 | Chan Sung Jung 14-4-0 | UFC Fight Night 139 - Korean Zombie vs Rodriguez 2018.11.11 | Knockout(Elbow) | 5Round4:59 |
LOSS 15-1-0 | Frankie Edgar 21-5-1 | UFC 211 - Miocic vs Dos Santos 2 2017.05.14 | Technical Knockout(Doctor stoppage) | 2Round5:00 |
WIN 14-1-0 | B.J. Penn 16-10-2 | UFC Fight Night 103 - Rodriguez vs Penn 2017.01.15 | Technical Knockout(Punch) | 2Round0:24 |
WIN 13-1-0 | Alex Caceres 12-8-0 | UFC Fight Night 92 - Rodriguez vs Caceres 2016.08.06 | Decision(Split) | 5Round5:00 |
WIN 12-1-0 | Andre Fili 15-3-0 | UFC 197 - Jones vs St. Preux 2016.04.23 | Knockout(Head kick) | 2Round2:15 |
WIN 11-1-0 | Dan Hooker 12-5-0 | UFC 192 - Cormier vs Gustafsson 2015.10.03 | Decision(unanimous decision) | 3Round5:00 |
WIN 10-1-0 | Charles Rosa 10-1-0 | UFC 188 - Velasquez vs Werdum 2015.06.13 | Decision(Split) | 3Round5:00 |
WIN 9-1-0 | Leonardo Morales 5-0-0 | UFC 180 - Werdum vs Hunt 2014.11.15 | Decision(unanimous decision) | 3Round5:00 |
WIN 8-1-0 | Angelo Duarte 7-10-0 | NP - High Altitude Face Off 6 2014.04.04 | Submission(Armbar) | 1Round2:12 |
WIN 7-1-0 | FMP 14 - El Pantera vs El Leon 2013.02.16 | Knockout(Flying knee) | 1Round0:13 | |
LOSS 7-0-0 | FMP 13 - We Don't Stop 2012.12.20 | Knockout(Punch) | 1Round1:21 | |
WIN 6-0-0 | Ricardo Alcala 1-0-0 | FMP 11 - Ahora en el Palenque 2012.05.25 | Knockout(Your kick) | 1Round0:20 |
WIN 5-0-0 | TSC 1 - The Supreme Cage 1 2012.03.10 | Submission(Triangle choke) | 3Round0:50 | |
WIN 4-0-0 | FMP 10 - Parral vs El Resto del Mundo 2012.03.03 | Submission(Rear Naked Choke) | 2Round2:20 | |
WIN 3-0-0 | Edgar Balderrama 0-0-0 | FMP 9 - Never Back Down 2011.12.22 | Submission(Rear Naked Choke) | 1Round2:13 |
WIN 2-0-0 | Jonatan Guzman 0-0-0 | FMP 8 - Mexico vs USA 2011.09.17 | Decision(unanimous decision) | 5Round3:00 |
WIN 1-0-0 | FMP 7 - Grand Prix 2011 2011.07.30 | Technical Knockout(Punch) | 3Round2:33 | |
WIN 0-0-0 | Luis Daniel Gonzalez 0-0-0 | FMP 5 - Vale Todo 2011.01.29 | Knockout(Flying Switch Kick and Punches) | 1Round1:37 |
Technical Knockout(Head kick, punch)
1Round 3:55
Submission(Triangle choke)
2Round 2:18
| Result | Opponent | Event | Method | Round / Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
WIN | UFCThe Ultimate Fighter: Latin America Season 1 Semifinals, Day 1 2014.06.18 | Technical Knockout(Head kick, punch) | 1Round3:55 | |
WIN | UFCThe Ultimate Fighter: Latin America Season 1 Quarterfinals, Day 4 2014.05.30 | Submission(Triangle choke) | 2Round2:18 |
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