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UFC 279: Diaz vs. Ferguson
Daniel Rodriguez
Daniel Rodriguez
16-2 · USA
VS
Li Jingliang
Li Jingliang
19-7 · CHN
September 10, 2022 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Catch Weight · 180 lb · 3 rounds
179.0lb
Weigh-in
170.5lb
Daniel Rodriguez def. Li Jingliang by S-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Rodriguez20/400/000:00
Jingliang27/540/000:00
R2
Rodriguez34/660/000:00
Jingliang24/591/100:02
R3
Rodriguez34/790/000:00
Jingliang27/620/000:00
Total
Rodriguez88/1850/000:00
Jingliang78/1751/100:02

Scorecards

Rodriguez vs Jingliang

RdDouglas CrosbyMichael BellRon McCarthyCommunity
R110-99-1010-99.2-9.8
R210-910-99-109.1-9.9
R39-1010-99-109.5-9.5
Total29-2829-2828-2927.8-29.2

Media (23 cards) · avg 2928 · 23 Rodriguez · 0 Jingliang

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Rodriguez-Jingliang.

Pre-fight

The model's read going in

The walk-forward model's call at the time of the bout — persisted out-of-sample, with no hindsight about the result.

Prediction
RodriguezWin probabilityJingliang
43.2%56.8%
KO / TKO
38%
Submission
14%
Decision
48%
Expected fight time: 10.2 min
Retrospective pick: the walk-forward model's call at the time of the fight — persisted out-of-sample, with no hindsight about the result.
What drives the pick

Each bar is a feature's push on the model from the center axis. Red pushes toward Rodriguez, blue toward Jingliang. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Rodriguez43%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO14%33%21%
Submission7%16%6%
Decision22%51%31%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes57 (2478)act 88
Takedowns0.5 (0.02.0)act 0
Jingliang57%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO24%42%19%
Submission7%12%5%
Decision26%46%18%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes62 (2684)act 78
Takedowns0.2 (0.01.0)act 1
Combined totals~119 sig strikes~0.7 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R128%
R215%
R39%
Distance48%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.8%
Rodriguez
47.0%+111
Jingliang
-11152.2%
Most takedownstie 56.0%
Rodriguez
28.2%-180
Jingliang
+18015.7%
Significant strikes — over/under
Rodriguez
Expected: 57.5
57.5
Over 57.5
39.7%
+152
Under 57.5
60.3%
-152
072144
Jingliang
Expected: 61.7
61.5
Over 61.5
39.9%
+151
Under 61.5
60.1%
-151
078155
Takedowns — over/under
Rodriguez
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
32.2%
+210
Under 0.5
67.8%
-210
035
Jingliang
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
20.4%
Exactly 0
79.6%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035

Odds are model-implied (no real prop market is priced for these). The “most” prices are draw-no-bet — a tie (for takedowns, usually 0–0) is a push, so each side is priced off its chance of winning given a result, while the % shown is the raw chance of landing strictly more. Drag a line in half-point steps: a half line (e.g. 2.5) is a clean over/under, while a whole number adds a third outcome — landing exactly on it, a push — so over, exact and under sum to 100%. On a whole number the over/under odds are draw-no-bet (priced off the decisive mass, since the push refunds), so the two sides stay mirror images rather than implying an arbitrage.

Expected fight time 10.2 min. Predicted-output ranges are percentiles of the model’s simulated fights: sig strikes the middle 50% (25th–75th); takedowns the wider 10th–90th, since they’re 0 in most fights so a narrow band would collapse to 0. Win-by-method = win probability × that fighter’s own method split: the model forecasts how the fight ends, and that forecast is divided between the corners by each fighter’s finishing record — UFC wins in full, earlier-career wins at half weight, as of fight night — reconciled so the fighters’ totals still equal their win probabilities and the methods still total the fight-level forecast above. “Equity” is each of those over that fighter’s win % — how they win given that they win — so a column adds to 100%, and it differs by corner. A fighter with no classifiable wins at any level leans on the fight-level split. “How it ends” is the model’s round-of-finish split. “Mkt” is the de-vigged market prop (consensus across books), shown for context, not as a betting signal; rounds & totals slots fill as that data lands. Percentages are apportioned by largest remainder, so each set adds to its total exactly and an individual figure can sit a point off its own rounding.

Model vs market
Final
ModelMarketGapLine
To win
Rodriguez43.2%60.1%−16.9-168
Jingliang56.8%39.9%+16.9+140
By method
Rodriguez by KO/TKO16.4%20.8%−4.4+297
Rodriguez by submission5.9%6.1%−0.2+1241
Rodriguez by decision20.9%31.3%−10.4+163
Jingliang by KO/TKO21.6%19.1%+2.5+332
Jingliang by submission7.7%4.5%+3.2+1714
Jingliang by decision27.5%18.1%+9.4+355
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds72.3%68.1%+4.2-268
Over 2.5 rds57.2%56.1%+1.1-148
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision48.4%51.6%−3.2-123

Market % is the de-vigged (no-vig) consensus across the books that price both fighters; the line is the average across books with the min–max range in parentheses. Gap is the model minus the market in points (+ = the model rates that outcome above the market). Thin or one-sided markets are flagged or left blank rather than shown as a fabricated %. Shown for context, not as a bet — the closing line is the sharpest public price and the model trails it on average. For 5-round bouts the model splits its round-3+ finish mass into rounds 3–5 by the historical within-bucket rate, so the over-3.5 / 4.5 lines carry a model estimate.

Trait web
71.6Striking66.9
Rodriguez +4.7
36.0Grappling41.3
Jingliang +5.3
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
RodriguezJingliang
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1606
Pound-for-pound
1607
1530
Divisional
1514
1532
Striking offense
1558
1490
Striking defense
1515
1483
Grappling offense
1482
1531
Grappling defense
1494
Physical
35 yrs
Age
34 yrs
6'1"
Height
6'0"
74"
Reach
71"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
8.24
Strikes landed / min
4.39
50%
Strike accuracy
43%
5.19
Strikes absorbed / min
3.66
58%
Strike defense
58%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.20
Takedowns / 15 min
1.27
25%
Takedown accuracy
40%
76%
Takedown defense
60%
0.2
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
86%
UFC win rate
69%
+3
Win/loss streak
+1
80%
Last-5 win rate
60%
50%
Finish rate
73%
Recent opp. quality
378
Days since last fight
56
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Daniel Rodriguez
  • WKevin LeeU-DEC R3
    Close +1241y before
  • WPreston ParsonsKO/TKO R1
    Close -3401y 2mo before
  • WMike PerryU-DEC R3
    Close -1331y 5mo before
  • LNicolas DalbyU-DEC R3
    Close -3351y 10mo before
  • WDwight GrantKO/TKO R1
    Close -2302y 1mo before
Li Jingliang
  • WMuslim SalikhovKO/TKO R2
    Close +13356d before
  • LKhamzat ChimaevSUB R1
    Close +38110mo before
  • WSantiago PonzinibbioKO/TKO R1
    Close +2351y 8mo before
  • LNeil MagnyU-DEC R3
    Close -1672y 6mo before
  • WElizeu Zaleski dos SantosKO/TKO R3
    Close +2153y before
Rodriguez — win / loss by method
Record: 16-2-0

Bar length is fight count (largest bar = full width); shading splits finishes by round and decisions by unanimous vs split — tap a bar for the round-by-round count.

KO/TKO
8 wins, 0 losses
W
50% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 0 losses
W
25% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 2 losses
W
25% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
6win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (33%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (17%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (50%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
10win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (60%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (30%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (10%)Decision(100%) 1
Jingliang — win / loss by method
Record: 19-7-0

Bar length is fight count (largest bar = full width); shading splits finishes by round and decisions by unanimous vs split — tap a bar for the round-by-round count.

KO/TKO
10 wins, 0 losses
W
53% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 2 losses
W
21% of wins
L
29% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 5 losses
W
26% of wins
L
71% of losses
UFC
11win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
8 (73%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(40%) 2
3 (27%)Decision(60%) 3
Non-UFC
8win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (25%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
4 (50%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (25%)Decision(100%) 2

Profiles

Experience
Rodriguez
Jingliang
7
UFC fights
16
74.8 min · 10.7 avg
Octagon time
165.4 min · 10.3 avg
11y 1m
Career length
18y 10m
UFC schedule strength

Opponents' records on fight night — toggle their full cross-promotional record vs UFC bouts only.

Rodriguez
Jingliang
107W–33L · 76.4%
Overall
238W–48L · 83.2%
89W–30L · 74.8%
Wins
157W–30L · 84.0%
18W–3L · 85.7%
Losses
81W–18L · 81.8%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Rodriguez
Jingliang
90W–66L · 57.7%
Overall
45W–15L · 75.0%
81W–63L · 56.3%
Wins
27W–8L · 77.1%
9W–3L · 75.0%
Losses
18W–7L · 72.0%
Distance striking
Rodriguez
Jingliang
9.41
Landed / min
5.40
49.7%
Accuracy
40.4%
57.4%
Defense
63.6%
0.80
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.91
83.8%
Time at distance
69.1%
Grappling & control
Rodriguez
Jingliang
0.20
Takedowns / 15 min
1.27
25.0%
Takedown accuracy
40.0%
76.0%
Takedown defense
60.5%
0.20
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
18.7%
Control share
33.4%
Strike target map
Rodriguez
  • Head72%(443)div 65%
  • Body12%(74)div 19%
  • Legs16%(99)div 15%
Jingliang
  • Head60%(439)div 65%
  • Body11%(81)div 19%
  • Legs28%(207)div 15%

Where each fighter lands significant strikes (career). “div” = the weight-class average.

Daniel Rodriguez
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

Per-fight: SS & TD shown landed/attempted; Close = consensus closing line.

Li Jingliang
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

Per-fight: SS & TD shown landed/attempted; Close = consensus closing line.