Marina Rodriguez
Skill profile
138 MMA anchors Striking, TD Defense · his tags and claims adjust Accuracy, Striking D, Wrestling, Grappling, Control · stats alone on Durability.
Career rates — the raw numbers behind the chart
Insider info
vs Gillian Robertson lean UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Figueiredo Full Card Analysis, Prediction & Breakdown · April 29, 2025
He opens by admitting the outcome is uncertain, then commits with reasoning -- Robertson's toughness and Rodriguez's pattern of being controlled on the mat -- so it stops short of a clean, unhedged call.
A polished boxer-style striker: busy output, sharp combination work, slick footwork, quick hands and the ability to counter on the way out, which the analyst says wins the fight if it stays standing. Her takedown defense is not good and she can be controlled once the fight hits the floor; he frames her career as a run against top-level opposition and is explicitly torn on whether her recent skid is decline or just hard matchmaking.
vs Iasmin Lucindo lean UFC 307 Full Card Analysis, Prediction & Breakdown · October 2, 2024 · 1 read since
Lucindo is plainly and repeatedly named as the winner, with a round-based read (a decision inside two rounds), resting on a real mechanism: a large grappling-skill gap in her favor once the fight hits the mat. But the analyst twice calls this a genuinely tricky fight to score and openly wonders whether elevation will slow her takedown pursuit against a seasoned veteran -- real outcome doubt rather than a betting disclaimer, which keeps this below clear.
Rated the better pure striker between the two, with superior volume, movement, combinations and a hand speed the analyst says has held up even as she ages. Her clinch knees are singled out as possibly her single best weapon. The clear, named weakness is that once she is taken down, she stays down, which is the whole case for the fight ending up on the mat against this opponent.
vs Jessica Andrade coinflip UFC 300 Full Card Analysis, Prediction & Breakdown · April 9, 2024 · 2 reads since
Explicitly named ('Rodriguez is the pick') but immediately preceded by a direct hedge on the win itself (won't be surprised if Andrade wins) and advice to bet both fighters at plus-money prices -- a hedging idiom on the outcome, capping confidence at coinflip per the confidence bar.
Solid striker with good volume, combinations, movement, hand speed, counters and strong range management -- her height/length edge over Andrade is cited as a real advantage. Grappling is her acknowledged weak point once taken down.
vs Virna Jandiroba lean UFC 288 Full Card Breakdown, Analysis, And Prediction · May 2, 2023 · 3 reads since
He settles on Rodriguez with a soft, probabilistic commitment -- picking her mainly because he thinks she probably comes out ahead. He calls it a very close fight, explicitly recommends hedging by playing BOTH fighters' props (submission prop for Jandiroba, decision prop for Rodriguez) rather than one side outright, and discloses he is personally rooting for Jandiroba (a bias disclosure that does not itself demote the grade, but sits alongside the genuine outcome hedges that do).
A very solid, high-volume range striker with good counters, combinations, speed and movement, who wants to keep the fight standing and on the outside. Her real vulnerability is on the ground -- she can typically defend submissions from her back, but can be controlled/held down there, which matters against an opponent whose game plan is built entirely around getting the takedown.
vs Amanda Lemos lean UFC Fight Night: Rodriguez vs Lemos Full Card Preview, Prediction, & Analysis · November 2, 2022 · 4 reads since
gives an explicit ~7-in-10 probability for Rodriguez and names her as his formal pick for the video, but says more than once he has no real betting interest in this one
Favored to win on the scorecards roughly seven times out of ten on the strength of really solid (board-matching) boxing, decent (board-matching) volume, and strong (board-matching) cardio that lets her keep a pace and out-land an opponent over a full fight. The clear trade-off: the analyst says she lacks real stopping power, so most of the fight's finishing risk sits on Lemos's side, though he argues that risk fades the longer Rodriguez's volume piles up.
Striking trend
Fight history
L Gillian Robertson 15-8 walk-in KO/TKO · R2 2:07 — UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Figueiredo · May 3, 2025
L Iasmin Lucindo 16-5 walk-in Decision - Split · R3 5:00 — UFC 307: Pereira vs. Rountree Jr. · October 5, 2024
L Jessica Andrade 25-12 walk-in Decision - Split · R3 5:00 — UFC 300: Pereira vs. Hill · April 13, 2024
W Michelle Waterson-Gomez 18-11 walk-in KO/TKO · R2 2:42 — UFC Fight Night: Fiziev vs. Gamrot · September 23, 2023
L Virna Jandiroba 18-3 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC 288: Sterling vs. Cejudo · May 6, 2023
L Amanda Lemos 12-2-1 walk-in KO/TKO · R3 0:54 — UFC Fight Night: Rodriguez vs. Lemos · November 5, 2022
W Yan Xiaonan 16-2 walk-in Decision - Split · R3 5:00 — UFC 272: Covington vs. Masvidal · March 5, 2022
W Mackenzie Dern 11-1 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R5 5:00 — UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Rodriguez · October 9, 2021
W Michelle Waterson-Gomez 18-8 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R5 5:00 — UFC Fight Night: Rodriguez vs. Waterson · May 8, 2021
W Amanda Ribas 10-1 walk-in KO/TKO · R2 0:54 — UFC 257: Poirier vs. McGregor · January 23, 2021
L Carla Esparza 16-6 walk-in Decision - Split · R3 5:00 — UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. Till · July 25, 2020
D Cynthia Calvillo 8-1 walk-in Decision - Majority · R3 5:00 — UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Rozenstruik · December 7, 2019
W Tecia Pennington 10-4 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC Fight Night: Shevchenko vs. Carmouche 2 · August 10, 2019
W Jessica Aguilar 20-7 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs. Gaethje · March 30, 2019
D Randa Markos 8-6 walk-in Decision - Majority · R3 5:00 — UFC Fight Night: Marreta vs. Anders · September 22, 2018
Walk-in records count UFC bouts in this database. For the pre-UFC career, see the record breakdown below or the Tapology button up top.
Record breakdown
Wins by method
Losses by method
Draws: 2
Fights by organization
+ 1 more organizations in the full career list
Full career — 25 fights, every organization
| Opponent | Method | Event | Org | Rd | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Gillian Robertson | TKO (punches) | UFC on ESPN: Sandhagen vs. Figueiredo
May 3, 2025 |
UFC | 2 | 2:07 |
| L | Iasmin Lucindo | Decision (split) | UFC 307
October 5, 2024 |
UFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| L | Jéssica Andrade | Decision (split) | UFC 300
April 13, 2024 |
UFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Michelle Waterson-Gomez | TKO (elbows and punches) | UFC Fight Night: Fiziev vs. Gamrot
September 23, 2023 |
UFC | 2 | 2:42 |
| L | Virna Jandiroba | Decision (unanimous) | UFC 288
May 6, 2023 |
UFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| L | Amanda Lemos | TKO (punches) | UFC Fight Night: Rodriguez vs. Lemos
November 5, 2022 |
UFC | 3 | 0:54 |
| W | Yan Xiaonan | Decision (split) | UFC 272
March 5, 2022 |
UFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Mackenzie Dern | Decision (unanimous) | UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Rodriguez
October 9, 2021 |
UFC | 5 | 5:00 |
| W | Michelle Waterson-Gomez | Decision (unanimous) | UFC on ESPN: Rodriguez vs. Waterson
May 8, 2021 |
UFC | 5 | 5:00 |
| W | Amanda Ribas | TKO (elbow and punches) | UFC 257
January 24, 2021 |
UFC | 2 | 0:54 |
| L | Carla Esparza | Decision (split) | UFC on ESPN: Whittaker vs. Till
July 26, 2020 |
UFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| D | Cynthia Calvillo | Draw (majority) | UFC on ESPN: Overeem vs. Rozenstruik
December 7, 2019 |
UFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Tecia Torres | Decision (unanimous) | UFC Fight Night: Shevchenko vs. Carmouche 2
August 10, 2019 |
UFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Jessica Aguilar | Decision (unanimous) | UFC on ESPN: Barboza vs. Gaethje
March 30, 2019 |
UFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| D | Randa Markos | Draw (majority) | UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Anders
September 22, 2018 |
UFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Maria de Oliveira Neta | TKO (punches) | Dana White's Contender Series Brazil 2
August 11, 2018 |
Dana White's Contender Series Brazil | 1 | 3:03 |
| W | Natália Silva | Decision (unanimous) | Thunder Fight 14
December 16, 2017 |
Thunder Fight | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Amanda Torres Sardinha | Decision (unanimous) | Shooto Brazil 79
December 10, 2017 |
Shooto Brazil | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Samara Santos Cunha | Decision (unanimous) | Fight 2 Night 2
April 28, 2017 |
Fight | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Paula Vieira da Silva | TKO (punches) | Curitiba Top Fight 10
February 24, 2017 |
Curitiba Top Fight | 1 | 4:50 |
| W | Vanessa Guimaraes | Submission (triangle choke) | Aspera FC 41
July 9, 2016 |
Aspera FC | 2 | 1:47 |
| W | Márcia Oliveira | TKO (punches) | Floripa FC: The Big Challenge
June 4, 2016 |
Floripa FC | 1 | 1:42 |
| W | Caroline Silva | TKO (knee and punches) | Aspera FC 33
March 19, 2016 |
Aspera FC | 2 | 0:47 |
| W | Caroline Silva | Decision (unanimous) | Aspera FC 24
September 12, 2015 |
Aspera FC | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Silvania Monteiro | TKO (retirement) | São José Super Fight 6
March 28, 2015 |
São José Super Fight | 1 | 5:00 |
Career history from the fighter's Wikipedia record table (Marina Rodriguez) — results only, no strike stats; UFC bouts are marked and carry full stats in the fight history above.
Division context
Headshot of Marina Rodriguez by UFC · Official UFC athlete photo (copyright UFC; not freely licensed) · Wikimedia Commons · flattened onto dark background, cropped/resized