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Ozzy Diaz vs.
Djorden Santos

Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.

1-2-0 Ozzy Diaz · UFC
1-2-0 Djorden Santos · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.

1-2-0
UFC record
1-2-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
35
AgeΔ 6 yrs
29
6'4"
HeightΔ 4"
6'0"
79"
ReachΔ 4"
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
2.9
Layoff (months)Δ 0 mo
2.9
LWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LWL
The read

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.

Djorden Santos absorbs 7.58 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.20 Middleweight norm — hittable.
Ozzy Diaz absorbs 7.25 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.20 Middleweight norm — hittable.
Djorden Santos outworks the Middleweight division — 6.97 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.25 norm.
Level of competition

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.

Ozzy Diaz

Full career not yet synced for Ozzy Diaz — 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 +1.7 wins over .500

Djorden Santos

Full career not yet synced for Djorden Santos — 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 +0.7 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1506.36/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
3086.97/min · norm 3.25
1717.25/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
3357.58/min · norm 3.20
51.2%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
39.9%norm 47.4%
62.9%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
48.1%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)

Ozzy Diaz

Distance 98.0% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 2.0% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 10.3%)

Djorden Santos

Distance 97.7% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 1.6% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 0.8% (norm 10.3%)

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

Ozzy Diaz

Head 90.4% (norm 78.0%) · Body 6.8% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 2.7% (norm 8.4%)

Djorden Santos

Head 91.1% (norm 78.0%) · Body 5.2% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 3.8% (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/AAccMiddleweight med Santos L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 145 / 287 50.5% 40.5% 295 / 754 39.1% 40.5%
In the clinch 5 / 6 too few to rate 70.3% 9 / 12 too few to rate 70.3%
On the ground 0 / 0 too few to rate 69.1% 4 / 6 too few to rate 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 128 / 265 48.3% 38.9% 258 / 703 36.7% 38.9%
To the body 15 / 20 too few to rate 71.7% 24 / 40 60.0% 71.7%
To the legs 7 / 8 too few to rate 83.3% 26 / 29 89.7% 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: 174 fighters · Middleweight: 174 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/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Santos L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 165 / 447 36.9% 39.5% 320 / 627 51.0% 39.5%
In the clinch 1 / 2 too few to rate 70.9% 7 / 8 too few to rate 70.9%
On the ground 5 / 12 too few to rate 69.0% 8 / 10 too few to rate 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 139 / 416 33.4% 37.9% 231 / 512 45.1% 37.9%
To the body 16 / 29 55.2% 71.3% 52 / 76 68.4% 71.3%
To the legs 16 / 16 too few to rate 82.1% 52 / 57 91.2% 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.

00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
120.0% acc · 0.34/15 · norm 1.42
266.7% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
480.0% def · norm 63.1%
1:034.5% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
2:426.1% of cage time · norm 19.75%
0:310:19 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
2:160:46 per 15 · norm 3:00
00.00/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.47

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

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