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Djorden Santos vs. Ozzy Diaz

UFC 1-3-0 vs. 1-3-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
1-3-0
UFC record
1-3-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
29
AgeΔ 6 yrs
35
6'0"
HeightΔ 4"
6'4"
75"
ReachΔ 4"
79"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
1.2
Layoff (months)Δ 0.2 mo
1
LLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Djorden Santos absorbs 7.84 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.20 Middleweight norm — hittable.
Ozzy Diaz absorbs 7.29 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.20 Middleweight norm — hittable.
Djorden Santos outworks the Middleweight division — 6.66 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.23 norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Djorden Santos

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

In the UFC: 1-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.0 wins over .500

Ozzy Diaz

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

In the UFC: 0-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.8 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

3246.66/min · norm 3.23
Sig. strikes landed
1535.96/min · norm 3.23
3817.84/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
1877.29/min · norm 3.20
39.5%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
51.5%norm 47.4%
47.5%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
62.2%norm 53.8%
00.00/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.32

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

Djorden Santos

Distance 97.8% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 1.5% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 0.7% (norm 10.0%)

Ozzy Diaz

Distance 98.0% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 2.0% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 10.0%)

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

Djorden Santos

Head 91.1% (norm 78.0%) · Body 5.0% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 3.9% (norm 8.4%)

Ozzy Diaz

Head 89.9% (norm 78.0%) · Body 7.1% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 3.0% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Santos L/AAccMiddleweight med Diaz L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 311 / 802 38.8% 40.5% 148 / 291 50.9% 40.5%
In the clinch 9 / 12 too few to rate 70.6% 5 / 6 too few to rate 70.6%
On the ground 4 / 6 too few to rate 69.4% 0 / 0 too few to rate 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 271 / 747 36.3% 38.8% 129 / 267 48.3% 38.8%
To the body 24 / 41 58.5% 71.6% 16 / 21 too few to rate 71.6%
To the legs 29 / 32 90.6% 83.3% 8 / 9 too few to rate 83.3%

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 (Middleweight: 178 fighters · Middleweight: 178 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 Santos L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Diaz L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 365 / 707 51.6% 39.5% 175 / 473 37.0% 39.5%
In the clinch 8 / 9 too few to rate 70.4% 1 / 2 too few to rate 70.4%
On the ground 8 / 10 too few to rate 69.0% 11 / 20 too few to rate 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 247 / 555 44.5% 37.9% 152 / 445 34.2% 37.9%
To the body 70 / 102 68.6% 71.3% 17 / 32 53.1% 71.3%
To the legs 64 / 69 92.8% 82.1% 18 / 18 too few to rate 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
120.0% acc · 0.31/15 · norm 1.35
Takedowns landed
00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.35
480.0% def · norm 63.3%
Takedowns stopped
266.7% def · norm 63.3%
2:425.6% of cage time · norm 19.4%
Control time
1:034.1% of cage time · norm 19.4%
2:160:41 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control lower is better
0:340:19 per 15 · norm 3:00
00.00/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.45

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