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Jhonata Diniz vs. Mario Pinto

UFC 3-3-0 vs. 4-0-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
3-3-0
UFC record
4-0-0
Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Heavyweight
35
AgeΔ 7 yrs
28
6'4"
HeightΔ 1"
6'5"
79"
ReachΔ 0"
79"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
0.1
Layoff (months)Δ 1.4 mo
1.5
LLWLW
Last 5 (newest first)
WWWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Mario Pinto is a submission threat — 0.84 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.16 Heavyweight norm.
Mario Pinto hunts takedowns — 4.62 per 15 minutes, vs a 0.90 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

Mario Pinto

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 40
Tier 3 — regional circuit 80

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.82 · 4 tier-1/2 wins · 8 finish wins over 12 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-0 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
1243.47/min · norm 3.28
2363.33/min · norm 3.19
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
671.88/min · norm 3.19
55.7%norm 47.5%
Striking accuracy
68.5%norm 47.5%
55.7%norm 52.5%
Striking defense
58.6%norm 52.5%
10.21/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
10.42/15 · 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%)

Mario Pinto

Distance 49.2% (norm 79.2%) · Clinch 14.4% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 36.5% (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%)

Mario Pinto

Head 90.1% (norm 79.2%) · Body 5.5% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 4.4% (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 Pinto L/AAccHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 207 / 371 55.8% 40.1% 44 / 89 49.4% 40.1%
In the clinch 8 / 16 too few to rate 70.4% 20 / 26 76.9% 70.4%
On the ground 6 / 10 too few to rate 70.2% 60 / 66 90.9% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 162 / 327 49.5% 39.0% 108 / 163 66.3% 39.0%
To the body 14 / 20 too few to rate 77.0% 9 / 10 too few to rate 77.0%
To the legs 45 / 50 90.0% 87.8% 7 / 8 too few to rate 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 Pinto L/AOpp accHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 143 / 416 34.4% 40.7% 51 / 138 37.0% 40.7%
In the clinch 3 / 4 too few to rate 70.6% 16 / 24 too few to rate 70.6%
On the ground 90 / 113 79.6% 72.2% 0 / 0 too few to rate 72.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 187 / 468 40.0% 39.3% 40 / 126 31.7% 39.3%
To the body 34 / 46 73.9% 75.1% 23 / 29 79.3% 75.1%
To the legs 15 / 19 too few to rate 84.4% 4 / 7 too few to rate 84.4%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
0— acc · 0.00/15 · norm 0.90
Takedowns landed
1142.3% acc · 4.62/15 · norm 0.90
1862.1% def · norm 63.2%
Takedowns stopped
3100.0% def · norm 63.2%
1:171.8% of cage time · norm 17.2%
Control time
17:3449.2% of cage time · norm 17.2%
32:136:49 per 15 · norm 2:28
Time under control lower is better
1:220:34 per 15 · norm 2:28
00.00/15 · norm 0.16
Submission attempts
20.84/15 · 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.