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Damir Hadzovic vs.
Marc Diakiese

Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.

4-6-0 Damir Hadzovic · UFC
8-7-0 Marc Diakiese · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.

4-6-0
UFC record
8-7-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
39
AgeΔ 6 yrs
33
5'9"
HeightΔ 1"
5'10"
70"
ReachΔ 3"
73"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
18.1
Layoff (months)Δ 14.9 mo
33
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Last 5 (newest first)
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The read

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.

Marc Diakiese hunts takedowns — 3.29 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.38 Lightweight norm.
Marc Diakiese owns the mat — in control 32% of cage time, vs a 20% Lightweight norm.
Damir Hadzovic's takedown defense leaks — 35% stopped, vs a 64% Lightweight norm.
Level of competition

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.

Damir Hadzovic

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 56
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 20
Tier 3 — regional circuit 72

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.82 · 7 tier-1/2 wins · 10 finish wins over 22 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.1 wins over .500

Marc Diakiese

Full career not yet synced for Marc Diakiese — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 2-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.0 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

3293.34/min · norm 3.42
Sig. strikes landed
4632.54/min · norm 3.42
3693.74/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed
4802.64/min · norm 3.37
47.8%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
40.4%norm 43.5%
59.5%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
52.8%norm 56.3%
20.30/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
20.16/15 · norm 0.25

Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)

Damir Hadzovic

Distance 85.3% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 6.8% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 7.8% (norm 8.0%)

Marc Diakiese

Distance 89.6% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 6.2% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 4.2% (norm 8.0%)

What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)

Damir Hadzovic

Head 84.9% (norm 78.2%) · Body 10.6% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 4.5% (norm 7.9%)

Marc Diakiese

Head 68.5% (norm 78.2%) · Body 17.1% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 14.4% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.

Zone Hadzovic L/AAccLightweight med Diakiese L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 258 / 587 44.0% 37.9% 385 / 1027 37.5% 37.9%
In the clinch 35 / 47 74.5% 67.3% 46 / 71 64.8% 67.3%
On the ground 36 / 54 66.7% 69.1% 32 / 48 66.7% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 249 / 584 42.6% 35.0% 212 / 785 27.0% 35.0%
To the body 49 / 73 67.1% 69.1% 134 / 196 68.4% 69.1%
To the legs 31 / 31 100.0% 81.9% 117 / 165 70.9% 81.9%

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 (Lightweight: 201 fighters · Lightweight: 201 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 Hadzovic L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Diakiese L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 251 / 756 33.2% 38.9% 402 / 889 45.2% 38.9%
In the clinch 29 / 39 74.4% 68.6% 42 / 68 61.8% 68.6%
On the ground 89 / 115 77.4% 68.0% 36 / 60 60.0% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 271 / 772 35.1% 35.1% 222 / 678 32.7% 35.1%
To the body 60 / 99 60.6% 68.1% 142 / 202 70.3% 68.1%
To the legs 38 / 39 97.4% 81.5% 116 / 137 84.7% 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.

654.5% acc · 0.91/15 · norm 1.38
Takedowns landed
4044.0% acc · 3.29/15 · norm 1.38
1634.8% def · norm 64.0%
Takedowns stopped
2266.7% def · norm 64.0%
7:427.8% of cage time · norm 19.5%
Control time
58:3732.2% of cage time · norm 19.5%
43:516:40 per 15 · norm 2:46
Time under control
23:401:56 per 15 · norm 2:46
10.15/15 · norm 0.49
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.49

Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Diakiese has more cage time on record.

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