Ricco Rodriguez

"Suave"

5-2

Record

Age / DOB 48
(Aug 19, 1977)

Height 6' 4"

Weight 265 lbs.

Reach N/A

Stance Orthodox

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Career Averages

1.85 Sig. Strikes / Min

51.0% Sig. Strike Acc.

1.15 Absorbed / Min

61.0% Strike Defense

2.3 TD Avg / 15 min

39.0% TD Accuracy

40.0% TD Defense

1.0 Sub. / Fight

Win Methods (5)

KO/TKO 5

Submission 0

Decision 0

Loss Methods (2)

KO/TKO 1

Submission 0

Decision 1

Fight History

Result / Opponent

Event & Date

Method/Round

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Loss

vs Pedro Rizzo

UFC 45: Revolution
Nov 21, 2003

Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 29–28, 30–27) R3 5:00

Totals

Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
Pedro Rizzo	0	30 of 93	32%	45 of 110	0 of 0	---	0	0	5:52
Ricco Rodriguez	0	15 of 33	45%	27 of 47	0 of 12	0%	0	0	0:00

Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Ctrl
1	Pedro Rizzo	9 of 32	28%	14 of 38	0 of 0	---	2:37
1	Ricco Rodriguez	5 of 10	50%	15 of 22	0 of 4	0%	0:00
2	Pedro Rizzo	11 of 25	44%	21 of 36	0 of 0	---	2:48
2	Ricco Rodriguez	4 of 7	57%	6 of 9	0 of 4	0%	0:00
3	Pedro Rizzo	10 of 36	27%	10 of 36	0 of 0	---	0:27
3	Ricco Rodriguez	6 of 16	37%	6 of 16	0 of 4	0%	0:00

Significant Strikes

Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
Pedro Rizzo	30 of 93	32%	9 of 67	1 of 1	20 of 25	11 of 56	0 of 0	19 of 37
Ricco Rodriguez	15 of 33	45%	13 of 28	0 of 3	2 of 2	15 of 33	0 of 0	0 of 0

Significant Strikes Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
1	Pedro Rizzo	9 of 32	28%	2 of 23	0 of 0	7 of 9	2 of 15	0 of 0	7 of 17
1	Ricco Rodriguez	5 of 10	50%	5 of 8	0 of 2	0 of 0	5 of 10	0 of 0	0 of 0
2	Pedro Rizzo	11 of 25	44%	2 of 14	1 of 1	8 of 10	1 of 7	0 of 0	10 of 18
2	Ricco Rodriguez	4 of 7	57%	3 of 6	0 of 0	1 of 1	4 of 7	0 of 0	0 of 0
3	Pedro Rizzo	10 of 36	27%	5 of 30	0 of 0	5 of 6	8 of 34	0 of 0	2 of 2
3	Ricco Rodriguez	6 of 16	37%	5 of 14	0 of 1	1 of 1	6 of 16	0 of 0	0 of 0

Loss

vs Tim Sylvia

UFC 41: Onslaught
Feb 28, 2003

TKO (punches) R1 3:09

Totals

Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
Tim Sylvia	1	12 of 25	48%	15 of 28	0 of 0	---	0	0	1:18
Ricco Rodriguez	0	7 of 10	70%	10 of 13	0 of 2	0%	1	0	0:00

Per Round

Rd	Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
1	Tim Sylvia	1	12 of 25	48%	15 of 28	0 of 0	---	0	0	1:18
1	Ricco Rodriguez	0	7 of 10	70%	10 of 13	0 of 2	0%	1	0	0:00

Significant Strikes

Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
Tim Sylvia	12 of 25	48%	10 of 23	1 of 1	1 of 1	7 of 18	0 of 0	5 of 7
Ricco Rodriguez	7 of 10	70%	4 of 7	1 of 1	2 of 2	6 of 9	1 of 1	0 of 0

Significant Strikes Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
1	Tim Sylvia	12 of 25	48%	10 of 23	1 of 1	1 of 1	7 of 18	0 of 0	5 of 7
1	Ricco Rodriguez	7 of 10	70%	4 of 7	1 of 1	2 of 2	6 of 9	1 of 1	0 of 0

Win

vs Randy Couture

UFC 39: The Warriors Return
Sep 27, 2002

TKO (Submission due to elbows) R5 3:04

Totals

Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
Ricco Rodriguez	0	39 of 80	48%	128 of 172	4 of 5	80%	1	0	11:04
Randy Couture	0	39 of 78	50%	75 of 114	5 of 5	100%	0	1	8:47

Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
1	Ricco Rodriguez	6 of 19	31%	8 of 21	1 of 2	50%	0	0	1:18
1	Randy Couture	10 of 23	43%	16 of 29	2 of 2	100%	0	0	1:40
2	Ricco Rodriguez	2 of 2	100%	14 of 14	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:00
2	Randy Couture	12 of 29	41%	22 of 39	2 of 2	100%	0	0	4:53
3	Ricco Rodriguez	3 of 6	50%	20 of 23	1 of 1	100%	1	0	2:37
3	Randy Couture	9 of 12	75%	25 of 28	1 of 1	100%	0	1	1:56
4	Ricco Rodriguez	16 of 33	48%	50 of 69	1 of 1	100%	0	0	4:29
4	Randy Couture	4 of 7	57%	7 of 10	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:18
5	Ricco Rodriguez	12 of 20	60%	36 of 45	1 of 1	100%	0	0	2:40
5	Randy Couture	4 of 7	57%	5 of 8	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:00

Significant Strikes

Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
Ricco Rodriguez	39 of 80	48%	34 of 72	4 of 7	1 of 1	7 of 26	2 of 4	30 of 50
Randy Couture	39 of 78	50%	32 of 70	5 of 6	2 of 2	9 of 26	5 of 8	25 of 44

Significant Strikes Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
1	Ricco Rodriguez	6 of 19	31%	2 of 12	3 of 6	1 of 1	4 of 15	2 of 4	0 of 0
1	Randy Couture	10 of 23	43%	7 of 19	2 of 3	1 of 1	5 of 16	3 of 5	2 of 2
2	Ricco Rodriguez	2 of 2	100%	2 of 2	0 of 0	0 of 0	1 of 1	0 of 0	1 of 1
2	Randy Couture	12 of 29	41%	11 of 28	1 of 1	0 of 0	0 of 0	0 of 0	12 of 29
3	Ricco Rodriguez	3 of 6	50%	3 of 6	0 of 0	0 of 0	2 of 5	0 of 0	1 of 1
3	Randy Couture	9 of 12	75%	6 of 9	2 of 2	1 of 1	2 of 4	0 of 0	7 of 8
4	Ricco Rodriguez	16 of 33	48%	15 of 32	1 of 1	0 of 0	0 of 4	0 of 0	16 of 29
4	Randy Couture	4 of 7	57%	4 of 7	0 of 0	0 of 0	0 of 2	0 of 0	4 of 5
5	Ricco Rodriguez	12 of 20	60%	12 of 20	0 of 0	0 of 0	0 of 1	0 of 0	12 of 19
5	Randy Couture	4 of 7	57%	4 of 7	0 of 0	0 of 0	2 of 4	2 of 3	0 of 0

Win

vs Tsuyoshi Kohsaka

UFC 37: High Impact
May 10, 2002

TKO (punches) R2 3:25

Totals

Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
Ricco Rodriguez	0	19 of 33	57%	58 of 77	3 of 5	60%	1	0	7:11
Tsuyoshi Kohsaka	0	6 of 11	54%	27 of 33	1 of 1	100%	0	0	0:33

Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Ctrl
1	Ricco Rodriguez	5 of 8	62%	30 of 37	1 of 2	50%	1	4:17
1	Tsuyoshi Kohsaka	2 of 5	40%	15 of 19	1 of 1	100%	0	0:18
2	Ricco Rodriguez	14 of 25	56%	28 of 40	2 of 3	66%	0	2:54
2	Tsuyoshi Kohsaka	4 of 6	66%	12 of 14	0 of 0	---	0	0:15

Significant Strikes

Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
Ricco Rodriguez	19 of 33	57%	18 of 30	1 of 3	0 of 0	0 of 3	1 of 1	18 of 29
Tsuyoshi Kohsaka	6 of 11	54%	3 of 8	2 of 2	1 of 1	1 of 2	3 of 7	2 of 2

Significant Strikes Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
1	Ricco Rodriguez	5 of 8	62%	4 of 6	1 of 2	0 of 0	0 of 1	1 of 1	4 of 6
1	Tsuyoshi Kohsaka	2 of 5	40%	1 of 4	0 of 0	1 of 1	1 of 1	1 of 4	0 of 0
2	Ricco Rodriguez	14 of 25	56%	14 of 24	0 of 1	0 of 0	0 of 2	0 of 0	14 of 23
2	Tsuyoshi Kohsaka	4 of 6	66%	2 of 4	2 of 2	0 of 0	0 of 1	2 of 3	2 of 2

Win

vs Jeff Monson

UFC 35: Throwdown
Jan 11, 2002

TKO (punches) R3 3:00

Totals

Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
Ricco Rodriguez	0	42 of 65	64%	100 of 126	3 of 4	75%	1	0	6:39
Jeff Monson	0	7 of 20	35%	45 of 60	2 of 6	33%	0	0	3:54

Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Ctrl
1	Ricco Rodriguez	14 of 17	82%	29 of 33	2 of 2	100%	1	2:26
1	Jeff Monson	4 of 5	80%	28 of 29	1 of 2	50%	0	1:55
2	Ricco Rodriguez	16 of 30	53%	41 of 57	0 of 1	0%	0	2:22
2	Jeff Monson	2 of 9	22%	10 of 19	1 of 3	33%	0	1:36
3	Ricco Rodriguez	12 of 18	66%	30 of 36	1 of 1	100%	0	1:51
3	Jeff Monson	1 of 6	16%	7 of 12	0 of 1	0%	0	0:23

Significant Strikes

Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
Ricco Rodriguez	42 of 65	64%	26 of 47	14 of 15	2 of 3	7 of 19	18 of 24	17 of 22
Jeff Monson	7 of 20	35%	2 of 13	2 of 3	3 of 4	2 of 11	5 of 9	0 of 0

Significant Strikes Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
1	Ricco Rodriguez	14 of 17	82%	9 of 11	5 of 6	0 of 0	0 of 1	7 of 9	7 of 7
1	Jeff Monson	4 of 5	80%	0 of 1	2 of 2	2 of 2	0 of 1	4 of 4	0 of 0
2	Ricco Rodriguez	16 of 30	53%	9 of 22	6 of 6	1 of 2	3 of 10	9 of 13	4 of 7
2	Jeff Monson	2 of 9	22%	1 of 6	0 of 1	1 of 2	1 of 5	1 of 4	0 of 0
3	Ricco Rodriguez	12 of 18	66%	8 of 14	3 of 3	1 of 1	4 of 8	2 of 2	6 of 8
3	Jeff Monson	1 of 6	16%	1 of 6	0 of 0	0 of 0	1 of 5	0 of 1	0 of 0

Win

vs Pete Williams

UFC 34: High Voltage
Nov 02, 2001

TKO (punches) R2 4:02

Totals

Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
Ricco Rodriguez	0	26 of 43	60%	86 of 107	5 of 6	83%	1	1	7:16
Pete Williams	0	4 of 6	66%	10 of 13	0 of 0	---	1	0	0:48

Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
1	Ricco Rodriguez	13 of 27	48%	53 of 67	4 of 4	100%	1	0	4:18
1	Pete Williams	1 of 2	50%	6 of 8	0 of 0	---	1	0	0:00
2	Ricco Rodriguez	13 of 16	81%	33 of 40	1 of 2	50%	0	1	2:58
2	Pete Williams	3 of 4	75%	4 of 5	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:48

Significant Strikes

Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
Ricco Rodriguez	26 of 43	60%	24 of 41	2 of 2	0 of 0	1 of 4	1 of 1	24 of 38
Pete Williams	4 of 6	66%	1 of 3	2 of 2	1 of 1	1 of 3	0 of 0	3 of 3

Significant Strikes Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
1	Ricco Rodriguez	13 of 27	48%	12 of 26	1 of 1	0 of 0	0 of 3	0 of 0	13 of 24
1	Pete Williams	1 of 2	50%	0 of 1	0 of 0	1 of 1	1 of 2	0 of 0	0 of 0
2	Ricco Rodriguez	13 of 16	81%	12 of 15	1 of 1	0 of 0	1 of 1	1 of 1	11 of 14
2	Pete Williams	3 of 4	75%	1 of 2	2 of 2	0 of 0	0 of 1	0 of 0	3 of 3

Win

vs Andrei Arlovski

UFC 32: Showdown in the Meadowlands
Jun 29, 2001

TKO (strikes) R3 1:23

Totals

Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
Ricco Rodriguez	0	30 of 50	60%	64 of 84	2 of 8	25%	1	1	7:25
Andrei Arlovski	0	11 of 26	42%	18 of 33	0 of 1	0%	0	0	0:17

Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
1	Ricco Rodriguez	7 of 10	70%	16 of 19	1 of 6	16%	1	1	3:00
1	Andrei Arlovski	4 of 12	33%	7 of 15	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:09
2	Ricco Rodriguez	8 of 18	44%	28 of 38	0 of 1	0%	0	0	3:24
2	Andrei Arlovski	6 of 11	54%	10 of 15	0 of 1	0%	0	0	0:08
3	Ricco Rodriguez	15 of 22	68%	20 of 27	1 of 1	100%	0	0	1:01
3	Andrei Arlovski	1 of 3	33%	1 of 3	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:00

Significant Strikes

Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
Ricco Rodriguez	30 of 50	60%	23 of 43	3 of 3	4 of 4	7 of 19	3 of 3	20 of 28
Andrei Arlovski	11 of 26	42%	10 of 25	0 of 0	1 of 1	7 of 19	4 of 7	0 of 0

Significant Strikes Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
1	Ricco Rodriguez	7 of 10	70%	3 of 6	0 of 0	4 of 4	5 of 8	1 of 1	1 of 1
1	Andrei Arlovski	4 of 12	33%	4 of 12	0 of 0	0 of 0	4 of 11	0 of 1	0 of 0
2	Ricco Rodriguez	8 of 18	44%	8 of 18	0 of 0	0 of 0	1 of 8	1 of 1	6 of 9
2	Andrei Arlovski	6 of 11	54%	5 of 10	0 of 0	1 of 1	2 of 5	4 of 6	0 of 0
3	Ricco Rodriguez	15 of 22	68%	12 of 19	3 of 3	0 of 0	1 of 3	1 of 1	13 of 18
3	Andrei Arlovski	1 of 3	33%	1 of 3	0 of 0	0 of 0	1 of 3	0 of 0	0 of 0