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Rodrigo Sezinando vs Theodor Berggren prediction

Welterweight · Moicano vs Nolan · 31 Oct 2026
UFC 0-1 · Pro 9-2
VS
UFC 0-1 · Pro 8-4

Prediction

early read
Theodor Berggren 67%
33%67%
as of 11 Oct 2026, 09:03 UTC

By the numbers

  • Time away

    Sezinando’s first UFC fight in 14 months. A fighter coming back after 1 to 2 years away, against an opponent active within the year, wins 41% of the time (377 of 929 fights).

  • Age

    Berggren is 2 years younger. With an age gap of 2 to 3 years, the younger fighter wins 57% of UFC fights (1,252 of 2,209 fights).

Counted from every UFC fight on record before this bout. These are history, not our model’s read.

Tale of the tape

The facts, side by side — Rodrigo Sezinando vs Theodor Berggren.

Red corner RodrigoSezinandoNova Uniao · Hometown (per Sherdog): Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
VSUpcoming
Blue corner TheodorBerggrenRenyi · From Sweden
WelterweightPicks published · graded in public after the card
The story
  • Carries 66 points more takedown defence than Berggren.
  • Lands 1.2 more significant strikes a minute than Sezinando.
9-2
Record
8-4
28
Age
−2 yr26
5' 9"
Height
+2″5' 11"
71″
Reach
+4″75″
Orthodox
Stance
Switch
1
UFC bouts
1
Nova Uniao
Gym
Renyi
Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeirohometown, per Sherdog
From
Sweden
Vitals, record, nickname and camp come from the public UFC fighter register and are current, not a snapshot of fight night. UFC bouts, finish rate and every storyline line are counted off the official UFC fight record. A tick marks the side holding the raw edge in that row — longer reach, taller, younger, more bouts, a higher finish rate. It is a fact about the tape, not a prediction, and rows with no clean comparison (record, stance, gym, hometown) carry no tick at all. Any row we cannot fill on both sides is left out rather than half-drawn. Where a fighter was born and where they fight out of come from their Wikipedia entry; where we hold neither, the hometown shown is Sherdog’s.
All the vitals, as a table
UFC 0-1UFC recordUFC 0-1
9-2Pro record8-4
5' 9"Height5' 11"
71"Reach75"
OrthodoxStanceSwitch
28Age26
170 lbs.Weight170 lbs.
BrazilNationalitySweden
Rio de Janeiro, Rio de JaneiroHometown (per Sherdog)—
Nova UniaoCampRenyi
Vitals and record from public UFC statistics; nickname, nationality and camp from the public fighter register. Where a fighter was born and where they fight out of come from their Wikipedia entry; where we hold neither, the hometown shown is Sherdog’s. The UFC record is counted from the official results themselves.

FightIQ Metrics

Our read — not official stats. Six 0–100 scores, each a percentile rank against the fighter’s own weight class (the full roster where a division is too thin to rank in). The better score on each row is highlighted in that fighter's corner colour.

Rodrigo SezinandoTheodor Berggren
22
Striking
43
12
Defence
4
52
Grappling / TD
n/a
n/a
CardioRound-2 tape only
62 limited sample
9 limited sample
Chin
4 limited sample
24
Fight IQ
28
Our read — derived, not official stats. Ranked within weight class.

Strike zones

Strike zones

Where they go — head to head

Career UFC significant strikes by target zone. Red corner left, blue corner right.

Rodrigo Sezinando1 UFC fights · 10 landed

Limited sample
70.0%
HEAD
65.3%
30.0%
BODY
30.4%
0.0%
LEGS
4.3%

Theodor Berggren1 UFC fights · 23 landed

Limited sample

Significant strikes only, as recorded by UFCStats, across the fighter's whole UFC career. Shares are raw counts — nothing here is modelled or smoothed. Accuracy is landed ÷ attempted and comes from the per-round tape, which covers slightly fewer fights than the totals do. “Field” is the average fighter in that weight class, or across every division where a class is too small to average.

Takedowns

Takedowns

Rodrigo Sezinando

The level change — how often it lands, how often it is stopped. Career UFC rates, straight off the tape.

3.37takedowns / 15 min
FightIQ read Volume wrestler 3.37 takedowns landed per 15 minutes — +1.27 on the field average.
Career ratesvs field average
TAKEDOWNS85
3.37 / 15m+1.27 vs field
ATTEMPTS97
13.48 / 15m+8.42 vs field
ACCURACY19
25%−21pp vs field
SUB ATT
0.00 / 15m−1.33 vs field

Rate bars run to the population’s 95th percentile (5.27 takedowns / 15m); a fighter above it pins the bar. Percentages are drawn on their own axis.

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.

Ranked in Welterweight

Stats comparison

Rodrigo Sezinando (left) vs Theodor Berggren (right) — career striking & grappling rates.

Strikes landed / min
2.25
vs
3.49
Striking accuracy
27%
vs
35%
Strikes absorbed / min
8.76
vs
10.78
Striking defence
42%
vs
33%
Takedowns / 15 min
3.37
vs
0
Takedown accuracy
25%
vs
0%
Takedown defence
66%
vs
0%
Sub attempts / 15 min
0
vs
0
Career averages from public UFC statistics.

Bios

Who these two are — reported newsroom prose where we have it, our own data-built profile where we don’t. Each is labelled.

Rodrigo SezinandoFightIQ profileGrappling-led all-rounder

5' 9" orthodox grappling-led all-rounder campaigning at Welterweight.

Built from Rodrigo Sezinando’s own fight record and striking and grappling figures, recomputed for this build. Full profile →
Theodor BerggrenFightIQ profileAll-rounder

5' 11" switch all-rounder campaigning at Welterweight.

Built from Theodor Berggren’s own fight record and striking and grappling figures, recomputed for this build. Full profile →

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