Nate Diaz vs.
Rory Markham
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.
Nate Diaz
Full career not yet synced for Nate Diaz — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 10-10 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.4 wins over .500
Rory Markham
Full career not yet synced for Rory Markham — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 0-2 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)
Nate Diaz
Distance 83.2% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 13.8% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 3.0% (norm 8.0%)
Rory Markham
Distance 92.2% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 7.8% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 8.1%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Nate Diaz
Head 83.5% (norm 78.2%) · Body 11.5% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 5.1% (norm 7.9%)
Rory Markham
Head 90.2% (norm 78.2%) · Body 5.9% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 3.9% (norm 8.4%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Diaz L/A | Acc | Lightweight med | Markham L/A | Acc | Welterweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 1132 / 2883 | 39.3% | 37.9% | 8 / 47 | 17.0% | 38.6% |
| In the clinch | 342 / 477 | 71.7% | 67.3% | 3 / 4 | too few to rate | 67.8% |
| On the ground | 70 / 104 | 67.3% | 69.1% | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 67.2% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 1146 / 2891 | 39.6% | 35.0% | 8 / 46 | 17.4% | 37.2% |
| To the body | 263 / 397 | 66.2% | 69.1% | 2 / 3 | too few to rate | 70.7% |
| To the legs | 135 / 176 | 76.7% | 81.9% | 1 / 2 | 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 Diaz L/A | Opp acc | Lightweight med | vs Markham L/A | Opp acc | Welterweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 874 / 2115 | 41.3% | 38.9% | 35 / 76 | 46.1% | 39.0% |
| In the clinch | 217 / 324 | 67.0% | 68.6% | 3 / 4 | too few to rate | 68.9% |
| On the ground | 257 / 420 | 61.2% | 68.0% | 19 / 24 | too few to rate | 68.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 772 / 2096 | 36.8% | 35.1% | 46 / 92 | 50.0% | 35.6% |
| To the body | 246 / 365 | 67.4% | 68.1% | 2 / 2 | too few to rate | 69.6% |
| To the legs | 330 / 398 | 82.9% | 81.5% | 9 / 10 | too few to rate | 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 — Diaz has more cage time on record.