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The Clinch

United States of America “Suave” 2000-2008 · 37 rounds on file

Ricco Rodriguez

10-6-0 W-L-D in this database

Ricco Rodriguez, photograph by Ivana Kaurloto
Strike accuracy 354/679
Takedown accuracy 30/80
Sig. strikes / round 9.6
Control / round 1:04
Inside the distance 80% 8 of 10 wins
Height
6′4″193 cm
Reach
--
Leg reach
--
Stance
Orthodox
Age
4919 AUG 1977
Listed weight
265 lb120.2 kg
Positional Controller Automatically assigned from data across 15 fights - 6.5 takedown attempts and 42% control time per 15 minutes.

Who they have fought

Every completed bout, grouped by the opponent's style.

Grappling 7 5-2-0 vs 1556 avg
Submission Grappler 5 3-2-0
Positional Controller 2 2-0-0
Striking 4 2-2-0 vs 1523 avg
Pressure Striker 3 1-2-0
Distance Striker 1 1-0-0
Hybrid 3 1-2-0 vs 1555 avg
Well-Rounded 3 1-2-0
-- Not classified 2 2-0-0 --

Opponent styles are assigned from their own fight data, not from a training background. They describe how those opponents have fought. Bars scale against 7 bouts, the largest group.

The career, in order

One bar per bout, oldest on the left. Height is the significant strikes landed in that fight.

04 JUN 2000 - beat Gary Goodridge · Decision (Unanimous) 27 AUG 2000 - beat Takayuki Okada · Submission 09 DEC 2000 - beat John Marsh · Decision (Unanimous) 29 JUN 2001 - beat Andrei Arlovski · Technical Knockout 02 NOV 2001 - beat Pete Williams · Technical Knockout 11 JAN 2002 - beat Jeff Monson · Technical Knockout 10 MAY 2002 - beat Tsuyoshi Kohsaka · Technical Knockout 27 SEP 2002 - beat Randy Couture · Technical Knockout 28 FEB 2003 - lost to Tim Sylvia · Technical Knockout 10 AUG 2003 - lost to Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira · Decision (Unanimous) 21 NOV 2003 - lost to Pedro Rizzo · Decision (Unanimous) 18 AUG 2005 - lost to Ron Waterman · Decision (Unanimous) 14 OCT 2005 - beat Jimmy Ambriz · Technical Knockout 22 JUL 2006 - beat Ron Waterman · Technical Knockout 20 SEP 2007 - lost to Ben Rothwell · Decision (Unanimous) 16 FEB 2008 - lost to Antonio Silva · Decision (Split)

Won Lost Draw / no contest

What they do with a round

Summed over 37 rounds across 15 of 16 bouts - the ones the corpus has per-round observations for.

Per round

Sig. strikes landed 9.6
Sig. strikes absorbed 5.4
Takedowns landed 0.8
Knockdowns 0.0
Sub. attempts 0.4
Control time 1:04 of each 5:00 round

Accuracy

Sig. strikes 52% 354/679
Takedowns 38% 30/80
Opponents’ accuracy 39% 199/514

Where the strikes land

Head 66% 235
Body 21% 76
Leg 12% 43

And from where

At distance 31% 108
In the clinch 19% 69
On the ground 50% 177

How the bouts ended

KO / TKO 7 won Technical Knockout · 7-1
Submission 1 won Submission · 1-0
Decision 2 won Decision (Unanimous) · 2-4 Decision (Split) · 0-1

Every bout

Most recent first. Struck and absorbed are significant strikes.

Date Opponent Result Method End Struck Absorbed Event
16 FEB 2008 Antonio Silva Lost Decision (Split) R3 5:00 15 29 EliteXC - Street Certified
20 SEP 2007 Ben Rothwell Lost Decision (Unanimous) R3 4:00 18 16 IFL - 2007 Team Championship Final
22 JUL 2006 Ron Waterman Won Technical Knockout R1 5:00 -- -- WFA - King of the Streets
14 OCT 2005 Jimmy Ambriz Won Technical Knockout R1 4:13 27 1 WEC 17: Halloween Fury 4
18 AUG 2005 Ron Waterman Lost Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 10 15 WEC 16: Clash of the Titans 2
21 NOV 2003 Pedro Rizzo Lost Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 15 30 UFC 45: Revolution
10 AUG 2003 Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira Lost Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 21 14 PRIDE Total Elimination 2003
28 FEB 2003 Tim Sylvia Lost Technical Knockout R1 3:09 7 12 UFC 41: Onslaught
27 SEP 2002 Randy Couture Won Technical Knockout R5 3:04 39 39 UFC 39: The Warriors Return
10 MAY 2002 Tsuyoshi Kohsaka Won Technical Knockout R2 3:25 19 6 UFC 37: High Impact
11 JAN 2002 Jeff Monson Won Technical Knockout R3 3:00 42 7 UFC 35: Throwdown
02 NOV 2001 Pete Williams Won Technical Knockout R2 4:02 26 4 UFC 34: High Voltage
29 JUN 2001 Andrei Arlovski Won Technical Knockout R3 1:23 30 11 UFC 32: Showdown in the Meadowlands
09 DEC 2000 John Marsh Won Decision (Unanimous) R2 10:00 44 11 PRIDE 12: Cold Fury
27 AUG 2000 Takayuki Okada Won Submission R1 6:04 16 1 PRIDE 10: Return of the Warriors
04 JUN 2000 Gary Goodridge Won Decision (Unanimous) R2 10:00 25 3 PRIDE 9: New Blood

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