Shannon Ross vs. Kleydson Rodrigues – Preview & Matchup Analysis

UFC 284: Makhachev vs. Volkanovski is scheduled to take place on Saturday, February 11, 2023, in Perth, Western Australia, Australia. In one of the matchups on the fight card, Shannon “The Turkish Delight” Ross will take on Kleydson “KR” Rodrigues in the Flyweight Bout. You can view the full UFC 284 card.

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

The 34-year-old, Shannon Ross is coming in with a 13-6-0 record. Ross will be fighting for the first time since a loss via KO/TKO against Vinicius Salvador at DWCS 6.2 in August.

Rodrigues, meanwhile, is coming off a S-DEC loss against CJ Vergara on August 2, 2022 at UFC 274: Oliveira vs. Gaethje and holds a 7-2 record.

Shannon Ross has an switch fighting stance with a — reach. The 28-year-old, Kleydson Rodrigues is an orthodox 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.

Shannon Ross:
→ Ross’s striking accuracy is 38%.
→ Ross lands 7.15 significant strikes per minute.
→ Ross’s takedown accuracy is 0%.
→ Ross’s takedown average is 0 per 15 minutes.
→ Ross’s takedown defense is 100%.

Ross comes in with 38% striking accuracy, typically landing about 7.15 significant strikes every minute. On the other side, Rodrigues fires at 61% accuracy, landing about 5.73 significant strikes per minute. Shannon Ross also has a 0% takedown accuracy and on average gets around 0 takedowns every 15 minutes, compared to Rodrigues’s 1 takedowns and 66% takedown accuracy.

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%.

Kleydson spent on average 15:00 minutes in the Octagon and Shannon has an average fight time of 9:22 minutes.

This looks like an interesting matchup, at least on paper. UFC 284 is live in , who do you think will win, Shannon or Kleydson? Sound off in the comments.

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