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Daniel Rodriguez enters UFC Belgrade with a 10-4 UFC record over 14 appearances, dating to his promotional debut on Feb. 15, 2020.
He has won his last three. He took a split decision over Alex Morono in October 2024, stopped Santiago Ponzinibbio in the third round in May 2025, and beat Kevin Holland by unanimous decision in July 2025.
That run followed the leanest stretch of his UFC tenure. Ian Machado Garry stopped him in the first round in May 2023, and Kelvin Gastelum beat him by unanimous decision in June 2024 in a middleweight bout.
Four of his last five fights were contested at welterweight, with the Gastelum bout the lone exception.
The facts, plainly — vitals and record from public UFC statistics; nickname, nationality, hometown and camp from the public fighter register. A field we can't source stays “pending”; it never shows a fake value.
| Nickname | D-Rod |
| Nationality | United States |
| Hometown | Alhambra, California |
| Fighting out of | 10th Planet Jiu-Jitsu |
| Height | 6' 1" |
| Reach | 74.0" |
| Stance | Southpaw |
| Age | 39 |
| Date of birth | Dec 31, 1986 |
| Weight | 170 lbs. |
| Pro record | 20-5 |
| Finish split | pending |
Six 0–100 scores, each a percentile rank against every fighter on record. Tap any i for what a score measures.
The moat — every call we've made on this fighter, timestamped and graded in public. Nobody else can copy this.
FightIQ has picked Daniel Rodriguez 2×, 2 correct (2-0 — 100% right). The confidence % is the number we stood behind at the time — losses shown, toss-ups included.
| Date | Opponent | Card | We said | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-05-03 | Santiago Ponzinibbio | UFC Fight Night: Petersen vs Mayes | 56% | Correct |
| 2024-10-12 | Alex Morono | UFC Fight Night: Tafa vs Sharaf | 59.1% | Correct |
Where the strikes go — and where they land on him. Career UFC totals, straight off the tape.
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.
Pro record: 20-5. Timeline below is the bouts FightIQ has tracked (most recent first).
