Diego Saraiva vs.
Dustin Hazelett
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.
Diego Saraiva
Full career not yet synced for Diego Saraiva — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.7 wins over .500
Dustin Hazelett
Full career not yet synced for Dustin Hazelett — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 2-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.3 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)
Diego Saraiva
Distance 85.5% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 6.6% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 7.9% (norm 8.0%)
Dustin Hazelett
Distance 73.5% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 6.3% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 20.2% (norm 8.1%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Diego Saraiva
Head 91.6% (norm 78.2%) · Body 3.1% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 5.3% (norm 7.9%)
Dustin Hazelett
Head 83.8% (norm 78.2%) · Body 10.9% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 5.3% (norm 8.4%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Saraiva L/A | Acc | Lightweight med | Hazelett L/A | Acc | Welterweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 59 / 194 | 30.4% | 37.9% | 80 / 222 | 36.0% | 38.6% |
| In the clinch | 4 / 15 | too few to rate | 67.3% | 13 / 19 | too few to rate | 67.8% |
| On the ground | 11 / 18 | too few to rate | 69.1% | 29 / 61 | 47.5% | 67.2% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 62 / 208 | 29.8% | 35.0% | 89 / 253 | 35.2% | 37.2% |
| To the body | 6 / 7 | too few to rate | 69.1% | 22 / 33 | 66.7% | 70.7% |
| To the legs | 6 / 12 | too few to rate | 81.9% | 11 / 16 | too few to rate | 82.9% |
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 · Welterweight: 182 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 Saraiva L/A | Opp acc | Lightweight med | vs Hazelett L/A | Opp acc | Welterweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 69 / 244 | 28.3% | 38.9% | 89 / 216 | 41.2% | 39.0% |
| In the clinch | 16 / 32 | 50.0% | 68.6% | 38 / 57 | 66.7% | 68.9% |
| On the ground | 76 / 149 | 51.0% | 68.0% | 64 / 87 | 73.6% | 68.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 135 / 387 | 34.9% | 35.1% | 118 / 266 | 44.4% | 35.6% |
| To the body | 13 / 18 | too few to rate | 68.1% | 50 / 61 | 82.0% | 69.6% |
| To the legs | 13 / 20 | too few to rate | 81.5% | 23 / 33 | 69.7% | 82.1% |
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 — Hazelett has more cage time on record.