Daniel Rodriquez vs Alex Morono Prediction: An open chance for both fighters

By Sunday morning, UFC Fight Night will host the Welterweight Division bout between Daniel Rodriquez and Alex Morono. It is set as the Main Card (fight 8 of 12) event in the Octagon enclosure. Daniel Rodriquez is currently on a three-consecutive bout loss, while Alex Morono has only won twice in his last five fights. All action will take place at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States, and can be watched live on ESPN+.

Daniel Rodriquez is the 141st Current Best MMA Welterweight Fighter. He boasts of seventeen career wins and five losses. The 37-year-old fighter is fighting out of Las Vegas, Nevada, and has an affiliation primarily with Syndicate MMA and 10th Planet Jiu Jitsu. Throughout his career, his victories are primarily categorized by knockout. His last fight was on June 22, 2024, in UFC fight night against Kelvin Gastelum on the main card and he lost by way of an unanimous decision. Prior to this, he was on the main card at UFC on ABC 4 and lost against Ian Machado Garry via a head kick to ground strikes knockout. He has had his fair share of canceled bouts. Daniel`s bout against Santiago Ponzinibbio after he tested positive for osteopenia. In 2020, he joined UFC promotion and has fought eleven times, winning seven and losing four. He recorded a loss in November 2020 on a preliminary card against Nicolas Dalby via unanimous decision. Other significant victories Daniel has recorded were against Kevin Lee, Preston Parsons, Jingliang Li, Mike Perry, Dwight Grant, Gabe Green, and Rico Farrington. His performance on a preliminary card UFC on ESPN+ 25 matchup against Tim Means won the Performance of the Night Award. He defended his SG Welterweight Championship title successfully against Quinton McCottrell.

Alex Morono boasts of a professional career record of twenty-four wins and ten losses. He is nicknamed “The Great White” and fights out of Houston, Texas. He last fought on June 1, 2024, in the UFC and lost to Niko Price via a unanimous decision. Prior to this loss, he recorded a victory over Court McGee due to a unanimous decision. He fought twice in 2023 and split the spoils, winning Tim Means via Guillotine choke submission and losing to Joaquin Buckley via unanimous decision. Throughout his career, he has never suffered a loss due to submission. His Punches knockout victory against Donald Cerrone in the first round won the performance of the night award. The rest of his losses were to Santiago Ponzinibbio (via overhand right technical knockout), Anthony Pettis (via unanimous decision), Khaos Williams (via punches knockout), Jordan Mein (via unanimous decision), and Keita Nakamura (via split decision). In December 2015, Alex won the Legacy FC Welterweight Championship after a guillotine choke submission against Derrick Krantz.

Both fighters have been inconsistent in recent times. I see this bout as a very open-ended race across both fighters. Alex has more UFC experience and more wins than his opponents. Despite this, the bookies are not siding with him. It will be a tough call to make. I see this bout going the distance with the safest bet over 1.5 rounds. I support Alex Morono to get the answers in this bout.