Kleydson Rodrigues vs. Cody Durden – Preview & Matchup Analysis

UFC Vegas 63: Kattar vs. Allen is scheduled to take place on Saturday, October 29, 2022, in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. In one of the matchups on the fight card, Kleydson “KR” Rodrigues will take on Cody Durden in the Flyweight Bout. You can view the full UFC Vegas 63 card.

In this post, we will break down Kleydson Rodrigues vs. Cody Durden matchup. Let’s take look at the fighter’s ages, their height, records, reach, fight stats, and more below ⤵

The 28-year-old, Kleydson Rodrigues is coming in with a 7-2-2000 record. Rodrigues will be fighting for the first time since a loss via split decision against CJ Vergara at UFC 274: Oliveira vs. Gaethje in May.

Durden, meanwhile, is coming off a KO/TKO win against JP Buys on May 7, 2022 at UFC Fight Night: Tsarukyan vs. Gamrot and holds a 13-4-1 record.

Kleydson Rodrigues has an orthodox fighting stance with a 67″ reach. The 33-year-old, Cody Durden is an southpaw fighter with a 67″ reach. An orthodox fighter stands with their left side forward and jabs with their left hand, the southpaw fighter is the opposite, southpaw stands with their right side forward and jabs with their right hand. In most cases, orthodox fighters are right-handed, if you are left-handed, then you fight southpaw.

Kleydson Rodrigues:
→ Rodrigues’s striking accuracy is 61%.
→ Rodrigues lands 5.73 significant strikes per minute.
→ Rodrigues’s takedown accuracy is 25%.
→ Rodrigues’s takedown average is 1 per 15 minutes.
→ Rodrigues’s takedown defense is 66%.

Rodrigues comes in with 61% striking accuracy, typically landing about 5.73 significant strikes every minute. On the other side, Durden fires at 49% accuracy, landing about 3.98 significant strikes per minute. Kleydson Rodrigues also has a 25% takedown accuracy and on average gets around 1 takedowns every 15 minutes, compared to Durden’s 4.24 takedowns and 71% takedown accuracy.

Cody Durden:
→ Durden’s striking accuracy is 49%.
→ Durden lands 3.98 significant strikes per minute.
→ Durden’s takedown accuracy is 38%.
→ Durden’s takedown average is 4.24 per 15 minutes.
→ Durden’s takedown defense is 71%.

Cody spent on average 7:05 minutes in the Octagon and Kleydson has an average fight time of 15:00 minutes.

This looks like an interesting matchup, at least on paper. UFC Vegas 63 is live in , who do you think will win, Kleydson or Cody? Sound off in the comments.

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