Austen Lane vs.
Jhonata Diniz
Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.
The men, measured.
Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.
What the numbers say.
Scouting notes, auto-generated — only stats deviating more than 25% from the division median make this list. No narratives, just deviations.
Who did they actually beat?
Full-career records re-graded by the tier of opposition — the same grading the Contender Series pick model uses. Records built on tier-4 competition are worth less than records built on killers.
Austen Lane
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 2 | 6 |
| Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) | 2 | 1 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 9 | 1 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 0.48 · 4 tier-1/2 wins · 12 finish wins over 22 documented bouts
In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.4 wins over .500
Jhonata Diniz
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 4 | 2 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 5 | 0 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 1.36 · 4 tier-1/2 wins · 7 finish wins over 11 documented bouts
In the UFC: 1-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.4 wins over .500
The stand-up battle.
Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Austen Lane
Distance 83.6% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 3.0% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 13.3% (norm 9.3%)
Jhonata Diniz
Distance 93.2% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 4.0% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 2.8% (norm 9.3%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Austen Lane
Head 67.3% (norm 79.2%) · Body 20.0% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 12.7% (norm 7.6%)
Jhonata Diniz
Head 83.0% (norm 79.2%) · Body 4.5% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 12.5% (norm 7.6%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Lane L/A | Acc | Heavyweight med | Diniz L/A | Acc | Heavyweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 72 / 138 | 52.2% | 40.1% | 194 / 328 | 59.1% | 40.1% |
| In the clinch | 1 / 5 | too few to rate | 70.6% | 7 / 14 | too few to rate | 70.6% |
| On the ground | 12 / 22 | too few to rate | 70.2% | 6 / 10 | too few to rate | 70.2% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 43 / 111 | 38.7% | 38.9% | 154 / 292 | 52.7% | 38.9% |
| To the body | 25 / 33 | 75.8% | 76.8% | 11 / 16 | too few to rate | 76.8% |
| To the legs | 17 / 21 | too few to rate | 87.8% | 42 / 44 | 95.5% | 87.8% |
Zones with fewer than 25 attempts are marked "too few to rate". Each fighter is measured against the median of leaderboard-eligible fighters in his own division (Heavyweight: 93 fighters · Heavyweight: 93 fighters).
What lands on them Opponents' accuracy against each man
Green ≤ division median — harder to hit than the typical man in his division.
| Zone | vs Lane L/A | Opp acc | Heavyweight med | vs Diniz L/A | Opp acc | Heavyweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 58 / 100 | 58.0% | 40.7% | 127 / 378 | 33.6% | 40.7% |
| In the clinch | 15 / 20 | too few to rate | 70.6% | 2 / 3 | too few to rate | 70.6% |
| On the ground | 15 / 18 | too few to rate | 72.0% | 63 / 81 | 77.8% | 72.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 66 / 114 | 57.9% | 38.8% | 154 / 409 | 37.7% | 38.8% |
| To the body | 8 / 8 | too few to rate | 75.1% | 26 / 38 | 68.4% | 75.1% |
| To the legs | 14 / 16 | too few to rate | 84.4% | 12 / 15 | too few to rate | 84.4% |
The ground war.
Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Lane has more cage time on record.