Rodriguez vs Osbourne

Who won Rodriguez vs Osbourne?

Luis Rodriguez beat Ode Osbourne by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC 306, on Saturday 14th September 2024 at The Sphere in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced as 29-28, 29-27, 29-27 in favor of the winner Luis Rodriguez.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Flyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 125 pounds (8.9 stone or 56.7 KG).

Rodriguez vs Osbourne stats

Luis Rodriguez stepped into the octagon with a record of 16 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 5 by submission.

Ode Osbourne made his way to the cage with a record of 12 wins, 7 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by knock out and 4 by submission.

This was Luis Rodriguez's 2nd fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2024. Ode Osbourne marked his 10th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2020.

Luis Rodriguez's UFC record stood at 2-0-0, while Ode Osbourne's came in at 4-6-0.

The stats suggested Rodriguez had a slight advantage in power over Osbourne, with a 44% knock out percentage over Osbourne's 42%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Osbourne had a slight advantage over Rodriguez, with a 33% submission rate over Rodriguez's 31%.

Luis Rodriguez was the younger man by 7 years, at 25 years old.

Osbourne had a height advantage of 1 inch over Rodriguez. That also extended to a 7-inch reach advantage.

Rodriguez was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 1 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2017, 1 year and 11 months later than Osbourne, whose first professional fight was in 2015. He had fought 11 more professional rounds, 45 to Osbourne's 34.

Rodriguez vs Osbourne form

Osbourne had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Jafel Filho at UFC Fight Night: Tuivasa vs. Tybura on 16th March 2024 by submission in the 1st round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Asu Almabaev at UFC Fight Night – Sandhagen vs. Font on 5th August 2023 by submission in the 2nd round at Bridgestone Arena, Nashville.

Going into that contest, he had won against Charles Johnson at UFC Fight Night – Krylov vs Spann on 25th February 2023 by split decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had been defeated by Tyson Nam at UFC Fight Night: Vera vs. Cruz on 13th August 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at Pechanga Arena, San Diego.

He had beaten Zarrukh Adashev at UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs. Rozenstruik on 4th June 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Activity check

Osbourne's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 4 months and 10 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 5 months and 21 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 8 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.6 rounds on average.

What time did Rodriguez vs Osbourne start?

The fighters were expected to walk out at around 2:10 AM UTC , which was 10:10 PM EST or 7:10 PM PST on the West Coast of America, or 3:10 AM BST in the UK.

What were the odds on Rodriguez vs Osbourne?

Luis Rodriguez was a 8/15 (-190) favourite going into the contest, while Ode Osbourne made his way into the ring at 7/5 (+140) with oddsmakers.