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Talita Alencar vs Piera Rodriguez

Women's Strawweight · 3 rounds · Prelims · Bout 2 of 12Meta APEX · Las Vegas, NV

Piera Rodriguez def. Talita Alencar · Decision - Unanimous · Round 3, 5:00

Talita Alencar portrait

Talita Alencar

Piera Rodriguez portrait

Piera Rodriguez

Talita Alencar versus Piera Rodriguez

“Problem Child”

Orthodox · Grappling · Fight Sports Deerfield Beach

Alencar’s profile

“La Fiera”

Orthodox · Striker · Xtreme Couture

Rodriguez’s profile

Tale of the tape

AlencarRodriguez
8-2-1Pro record13-2-0
4-1-0UFC record5-2-0
36Age33
5' 1"Height5' 3"
116 lbsWeight115 lbs
58.5"Reach63.5"
OrthodoxStanceOrthodox
GrapplingStyleStriker
Fight Sports Deerfield BeachTeamXtreme Couture
Won vs Julia PolastriLast fightWon vs Sam Hughes
189Days since last fight231
50%Finish rate42%

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

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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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