Christian Rodriguez vs. Garrett Armfield – 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, Christian Rodriguez will take on Garrett Armfield in the Bantamweight Bout. You can view the full UFC Vegas 63 card.

In this post, we will break down Christian Rodriguez vs. Garrett Armfield matchup. Let’s take look at the fighter’s ages, their height, records, reach, fight stats, and more below ⤵

The 27-year-old, Christian Rodriguez is coming in with a 7-1-2000 record. Rodriguez will be fighting for the first time since a loss via unanimous decision against Jonathan Pearce at UFC Fight Night: Walker vs. Hill in February.

Armfield, meanwhile, is coming off a SUB loss against David Onama on February 19, 2022 at UFC Fight Night: Dos Anjos vs. Fiziev and holds a 8-3-2000 record.

Christian Rodriguez has an orthodox fighting stance with a 71″ reach. The 28-year-old, Garrett Armfield is an orthodox fighter with a 70″ 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.

Christian Rodriguez:
→ Rodriguez’s striking accuracy is 41%.
→ Rodriguez lands 3.47 significant strikes per minute.
→ Rodriguez’s takedown accuracy is 100%.
→ Rodriguez’s takedown average is 1 per 15 minutes.
→ Rodriguez’s takedown defense is 60%.

Rodriguez comes in with 41% striking accuracy, typically landing about 3.47 significant strikes every minute. On the other side, Armfield fires at 29% accuracy, landing about 2.56 significant strikes per minute. Christian Rodriguez also has a 100% takedown accuracy and on average gets around 1 takedowns every 15 minutes, compared to Armfield’s 0 takedowns and 66% takedown accuracy.

Garrett Armfield:
→ Armfield’s striking accuracy is 29%.
→ Armfield lands 2.56 significant strikes per minute.
→ Armfield’s takedown accuracy is 0%.
→ Armfield’s takedown average is 0 per 15 minutes.
→ Armfield’s takedown defense is 66%.

Garrett spent on average 8:13 minutes in the Octagon and Christian 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, Christian or Garrett? Sound off in the comments.

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