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Jhonata Diniz vs. Karl Williams

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

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
3-3-0
UFC record
3-1-0
Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Heavyweight
35
AgeΔ 1 yrs
36
6'4"
HeightΔ 1"
6'3"
79"
ReachΔ 0"
79"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
0.1
Layoff (months)Δ 26.2 mo
26.3
LLWLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Karl Williams hunts takedowns — 4.50 per 15 minutes, vs a 0.90 Heavyweight norm.
Karl Williams owns the mat — in control 43% of cage time, vs a 17% Heavyweight norm.
Jhonata Diniz rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.90 Heavyweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Jhonata Diniz

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 42
Tier 3 — regional circuit 50

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 +1.0 wins over .500

Karl Williams

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

In the UFC: 1-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -1.2 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2213.12/min · norm 3.28
Sig. strikes landed
1772.95/min · norm 3.28
2363.33/min · norm 3.19
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
1602.67/min · norm 3.19
55.7%norm 47.5%
Striking accuracy
48.1%norm 47.5%
55.7%norm 52.5%
Striking defense
54.3%norm 52.5%
10.21/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
10.25/15 · norm 0.29

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

Jhonata Diniz

Distance 93.5% (norm 79.2%) · Clinch 4.0% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 2.5% (norm 9.3%)

Karl Williams

Distance 80.7% (norm 79.2%) · Clinch 3.3% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 16.0% (norm 9.3%)

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

Jhonata Diniz

Head 82.4% (norm 79.2%) · Body 5.0% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 12.6% (norm 7.6%)

Karl Williams

Head 86.4% (norm 79.2%) · Body 6.0% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 7.6% (norm 7.6%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Diniz L/AAccHeavyweight med Williams L/AAccHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 207 / 371 55.8% 40.1% 131 / 297 44.1% 40.1%
In the clinch 8 / 16 too few to rate 70.4% 7 / 12 too few to rate 70.4%
On the ground 6 / 10 too few to rate 70.2% 39 / 59 66.1% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 162 / 327 49.5% 39.0% 132 / 318 41.5% 39.0%
To the body 14 / 20 too few to rate 77.0% 19 / 22 too few to rate 77.0%
To the legs 45 / 50 90.0% 87.8% 26 / 28 92.9% 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 Diniz L/AOpp accHeavyweight med vs Williams L/AOpp accHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 143 / 416 34.4% 40.7% 144 / 328 43.9% 40.7%
In the clinch 3 / 4 too few to rate 70.6% 15 / 20 too few to rate 70.6%
On the ground 90 / 113 79.6% 72.2% 1 / 2 too few to rate 72.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 187 / 468 40.0% 39.3% 92 / 274 33.6% 39.3%
To the body 34 / 46 73.9% 75.1% 24 / 30 80.0% 75.1%
To the legs 15 / 19 too few to rate 84.4% 44 / 46 95.7% 84.4%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
0— acc · 0.00/15 · norm 0.90
Takedowns landed
1845.0% acc · 4.50/15 · norm 0.90
1862.1% def · norm 63.2%
Takedowns stopped
1100.0% def · norm 63.2%
1:171.8% of cage time · norm 17.2%
Control time
25:5843.3% of cage time · norm 17.2%
32:136:49 per 15 · norm 2:28
Time under control lower is better
0:410:10 per 15 · norm 2:28
00.00/15 · norm 0.16
Submission attempts
10.25/15 · norm 0.16

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