Gleison Tibau vs.
Nick Diaz
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.
Gleison Tibau
Full career not yet synced for Gleison Tibau — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 8-11 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.1 wins over .500
Nick Diaz
Full career not yet synced for Nick Diaz — 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 +3.1 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)
Gleison Tibau
Distance 81.7% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 8.0% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 10.3% (norm 8.0%)
Nick Diaz
Distance 82.8% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 11.7% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 5.5% (norm 8.1%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Gleison Tibau
Head 89.9% (norm 78.2%) · Body 7.6% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 2.5% (norm 7.9%)
Nick Diaz
Head 80.8% (norm 78.2%) · Body 14.7% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 4.5% (norm 8.4%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Tibau L/A | Acc | Lightweight med | Diaz L/A | Acc | Welterweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 383 / 1543 | 24.8% | 37.9% | 658 / 1734 | 37.9% | 38.6% |
| In the clinch | 99 / 151 | 65.6% | 67.3% | 155 / 244 | 63.5% | 67.8% |
| On the ground | 119 / 195 | 61.0% | 69.1% | 59 / 115 | 51.3% | 67.2% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 467 / 1698 | 27.5% | 35.0% | 605 / 1691 | 35.8% | 37.2% |
| To the body | 91 / 143 | 63.6% | 69.1% | 212 / 307 | 69.1% | 70.7% |
| To the legs | 43 / 48 | 89.6% | 81.9% | 55 / 95 | 57.9% | 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 Tibau L/A | Opp acc | Lightweight med | vs Diaz L/A | Opp acc | Welterweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 546 / 1755 | 31.1% | 38.9% | 574 / 1290 | 44.5% | 39.0% |
| In the clinch | 156 / 239 | 65.3% | 68.6% | 132 / 245 | 53.9% | 68.9% |
| On the ground | 73 / 128 | 57.0% | 68.0% | 90 / 201 | 44.8% | 68.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 441 / 1615 | 27.3% | 35.1% | 507 / 1389 | 36.5% | 35.6% |
| To the body | 209 / 327 | 63.9% | 68.1% | 149 / 179 | 83.2% | 69.6% |
| To the legs | 125 / 180 | 69.4% | 81.5% | 140 / 168 | 83.3% | 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 — Tibau has more cage time on record.