Maddalena vs Rodriguez

Who won Maddalena vs Rodriguez?

Jack Della Maddalena beat Pete Rodriguez by knockout in the 1st round during the prelims of UFC 270, on Saturday 22nd January 2022 at Honda Center in Anaheim.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 170 pounds (12.1 stone or 77.1 KG).

Maddalena vs Rodriguez stats

Jack Della Maddalena stepped into the octagon with a record of 10 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Pete Rodriguez made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 0 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws.

This was Jack Della Maddalena's 8th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2022.

Jack Della Maddalena's UFC record stood at 8-0-0, while Pete Rodriguez's came in at 1-2-0.

The stats suggested Maddalena had a massive power advantage over Rodriguez, boasting a 80% knock out percentage over Rodriguez's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Maddalena had a slight advantage over Rodriguez, with a 10% submission rate over Rodriguez's 0%.

Jack Della Maddalena was the same age as Pete Rodriguez, at 28 years old.

Maddalena had a height advantage of 2 inches over Rodriguez. Despite this, both fighters had a equal reach.

Maddalena was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 12 more fights, and made his debut in 2016, 9 years and 2 months later than Rodriguez, whose first professional fight was in . He had fought 32 more professional rounds, 39 to Rodriguez's 7.

Maddalena vs Rodriguez form

Maddalena had won all 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 1 opponent and going to the judges 4 times.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Belal Muhammad at UFC 315 on 10th May 2025 by unanimous decision in their UFC Welterweight championship fight at Centre Bell, Montreal, Canada.

Previous to that, he had beaten Gilbert Burns at UFC 299 on 9th March 2024 by knockout in the 3rd round at Kaseya Center, Miami, United States.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Kevin Holland at UFC Fight Night – Grasso vs. Shevchenko 2 on 16th September 2023 by split decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Before that, he was victorious against Bassil Hafez at UFC Fight Night – Holm vs. Bueno Silva on 15th July 2023 by split decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

He had won against Randy Brown at UFC 284 on 11th February 2023 by submission in the 1st round at RAC Arena, Perth, Western Australia.

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Maddalena's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 3 months and 11 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 5 months and 15 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

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