Fight completed
Talita Alencar vs Piera Rodriguez
Piera Rodriguez def. Talita Alencar · Decision - Unanimous · Round 3, 5:00
Tale of the tape
How they win
Alencar
8 wins on file
- KO/TKO
- 0
- Submission
- 4
- Decision
- 4
Rodriguez
12 wins on file
- KO/TKO
- 5
- Submission
- 0
- Decision
- 7
How these figures are measured
- Sig. strikes landed per minute
- Significant strikes landed, divided by minutes fought. Career figure.
- Strike accuracy, all strikes
- Every strike landed as a share of every strike thrown, significant or not, over the career. ESPN's own figure. It is not significant-strike accuracy, which runs lower.
- Takedowns per 15 minutes
- Takedowns landed for every 15 minutes fought, the length of a three-round bout. Career figure.
- Takedown accuracy
- Takedowns landed as a share of those attempted. Career figure.
- Submission attempts per 15 minutes
- Submission attempts for every 15 minutes fought. Career figure.
- Finish rate
- Share of the wins on file that ended by knockout, technical knockout or submission.
- Days since last fight
- From the last bout on file to the date of this one.
Records, measurements and career averages are reported by ESPN. The UFC record, last fight, finish rate and win methods are counted by Statwell from the bouts on file for each fighter, which can be fewer than the full professional record. No striking or grappling averages are available for both fighters yet.
Matchup snapshot
Alencar
5 measured UFC bouts, 74.6 minutes
Rodriguez
7 measured UFC bouts, 92.6 minutes
- 3.24242 landed of 678 thrown (36%)
- Significant strikes landedper minute
- 4.23392 landed of 807 thrown (49%)
- 3.24opponents landed 242 of 526
- Significant strikes absorbedper minute
- 3.25opponents landed 301 of 622
- 38%14 of 37 attempts
- Takedowns completedof those attempted
- 59%26 of 44 attempts
- 100%conceded 0 of 2 faced
- Takedowns defendedof those faced
- 82%conceded 4 of 22 faced
- 0scored, 1 suffered
- Knockdownsscored and suffered
- 1scored, 0 suffered
About these statistics
Counted by Statwell from ESPN’s per-bout figures over each fighter’s measured UFC bouts. Small samples move quickly: read each figure with the number of bouts behind it. Nothing here is adjusted for the level of past opponents.
Recent form
Talita Alencar
4-1 in last 5- W
vs Julia Polastri
Decision - Unanimous · R3 · 5:00
· UFC Fight Night: Sterling vs. Zalal
Sig. strikes 60 of 195 · Takedowns 3 of 5
- W
vs Ariane Carnelossi
Submission · R3 · 4:36
· UFC Fight Night: Garcia vs. Onama
Sig. strikes 60 of 100 · Takedowns 5 of 8
- W
vs Vanessa Demopoulos
Decision - Unanimous · R3 · 5:00
· UFC Fight Night: Emmett vs. Murphy
Sig. strikes 45 of 75 · Takedowns 4 of 5
- L
vs Stephanie Luciano
Decision - Unanimous · R3 · 5:00
· UFC Fight Night: Tybura vs. Spivac 2
Sig. strikes 41 of 151 · Takedowns 1 of 10
- W
vs Rayanne dos Santos
Decision - Split · R3 · 5:00
· UFC Fight Night: Song vs. Gutierrez
Sig. strikes 36 of 157 · Takedowns 1 of 9
Piera Rodriguez
3-2 in last 5- W
vs Sam Hughes
Decision - Unanimous · R3 · 5:00
· UFC Fight Night: Emmett vs. Vallejos
Sig. strikes 107 of 231 · Takedowns 1 of 6
- W
vs Ketlen Souza
Decision - Split · R3 · 5:00
· UFC Fight Night: Taira vs. Park
Sig. strikes 64 of 150 · Takedowns 7 of 10
- W
vs Josefine Knutsson
Decision - Unanimous · R3 · 5:00
· UFC Fight Night: Covington vs. Buckley
Sig. strikes 36 of 64 · Takedowns 8 of 10
- L
vs Ariane Carnelossi
DQ · R2 · 3:16
· UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs. Murphy
Sig. strikes 40 of 81 · Takedowns 1 of 2 · 1 knockdown
- L
vs Gillian Robertson
Submission · R2 · 4:21
· UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Allen
Sig. strikes 12 of 33 · Takedowns 1 of 1
Statwell Intel
The full analysis is published.
Talita Alencar, a six-time jiu-jitsu world champion by her own account, wins on the mat. Piera Rodriguez has conceded 2 of the last 14 takedown attempts against her. Whether the bout gets there is the question the numbers cannot settle.
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