By The Numbers: Jared Cannonier vs. Gregory Rodrigues

While Jared Cannonier remains a Top 10 fixture in the Ultimate Fighting Championship middleweight division, time may be running out on any realistic climb toward the top.

The MMA Lab export will look to rebound from back-to-back losses when he confronts Gregory Rodrigues in the UFC Fight Night 251 headliner on Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. Cannonier has compiled a 10-8 record across his 18 appearances inside the Octagon. “The Killa Gorilla” last suited up on Aug. 24, when he wound up on the wrong side of a unanimous decision against Caio Borralho at UFC on ESPN 62. Rodrigues, meanwhile, enters the cage with the wind of a three-fight winning streak in his sails. The Kill Cliff Fight Club representative last competed at UFC 304, where he outpointed Christian Leroy Duncan to a unanimous verdict on July 27.

As Cannonier and Rodriguez draw ever closer to their high-stakes showdown at 185 pounds, a look at some of the numbers that have accompanied them to this point:

40: Years of age for Cannonier, who was born in Dallas on March 16, 1984. “Splash,” “Footloose,” “The Ice Pirates,” “Tank” and “Against All Odds” were the Top 5 movies at the domestic box office at the time.

10: Cannonier wins by knockout or technical knockout, accounting for 59% of his career total (17). His list of UFC victims: Derek Brunson, Jack Hermansson, Anderson Silva, David Branch, Nick Roehrick and Cyril Asker. Cannonier holds two other wins by submission (12%) and five more by decision (29%).

241: Significant strikes landed by Cannonier in his five-round unanimous decision over Marvin Vettori at UFC on ESPN 47 in June 2023. It ranks as the highest single-fight total in the history of the UFC middleweight division.

66: Rounds started by Cannonier as a professional mixed martial artist. He has gone the distance on 10 different occasions and carries a 5-5 record in those bouts.

178: Combined victories between the eight opponents—Borralho, Nassourdine Imavov, Israel Adesanya, Robert Whittaker, Dominick Reyes, Jan Blachowicz, Glover Teixeira and Shawn Jordan—who have defeated Cannonier. They sport a cumulative .779 winning percentage at 178-50-1.

32: Years of age for Rodrigues, who was born on Feb. 17, 1992 in Porto Velho, Brazil—a South American city of some 460,000 people situated 4,557 miles from Ultimate Fighting Championship headquarters in Las Vegas.

10: Rodrigues victories by knockout or technical knockout, accounting for 62% of his career total (16). His list of UFC victims: Brad Tavares, Denis Tiuliulin, Chidi Njokuani, Julian Marquez and Jun Yong Park. Rodrigues owns three other victories by submission (19%) and three more by decision (19%).

11: Consecutive calendar years in which Rodrigues has fought at least once. He went 1-1 in 2014, 0-1 in 2015, 2-0 in 2016, 1-0 in 2017, 1-0 in 2018, 2-0 in 2019, 0-1 in 2020, 4-0 in 2021, 2-1 in 2022, 1-1 in 2023 and 2-0 in 2024.

9: Men other than Rodrigues who have held the undisputed Legacy Fighting Alliance middleweight championship. Eryk Anders, Markus Perez, Anthony Hernandez, Ian Heinisch, Brendan Allen, Joshua Silveira, Osman Diaz, Lucas Fernando and Azamat Bekoev are the others.

.743: Cumulative winning percentage between the five opponents—Brunno Ferreira, Armen Petrosyan, Jordan Williams, Renato Rangel and Bruno Lopes—who have beaten Rodrigues. They boast a combined record of 55-19.