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Ryan Gandra vs. Ozzy Diaz

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

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
3-0-0
UFC record
1-3-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
31
AgeΔ 4 yrs
35
6'1"
HeightΔ 3"
6'4"
74"
ReachΔ 5"
79"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
1
Layoff (months)Δ 0 mo
1
WWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Ryan Gandra carries real power — 11.25 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.32 Middleweight norm.
Ryan Gandra outworks the Middleweight division — 10.00 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.23 norm.
Ozzy Diaz absorbs 7.29 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.20 Middleweight norm — hittable.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Ryan Gandra

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

In the UFC: 1-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -1.0 wins over .500

Ozzy Diaz

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

In the UFC: 0-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.8 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

4010.00/min · norm 3.23
Sig. strikes landed
1535.96/min · norm 3.23
82.00/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
1877.29/min · norm 3.20
48.2%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
51.5%norm 47.4%
52.9%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
62.2%norm 53.8%
311.25/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.32

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

Ryan Gandra

Distance 80.7% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 0.0% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 19.3% (norm 10.0%)

Ozzy Diaz

Distance 98.0% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 2.0% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 10.0%)

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

Ryan Gandra

Head 86.7% (norm 78.0%) · Body 10.8% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 2.4% (norm 8.4%)

Ozzy Diaz

Head 89.9% (norm 78.0%) · Body 7.1% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 3.0% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Gandra L/AAccMiddleweight med Diaz L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 28 / 67 41.8% 40.5% 148 / 291 50.9% 40.5%
In the clinch 0 / 0 too few to rate 70.6% 5 / 6 too few to rate 70.6%
On the ground 12 / 16 too few to rate 69.4% 0 / 0 too few to rate 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 35 / 72 48.6% 38.8% 129 / 267 48.3% 38.8%
To the body 3 / 9 too few to rate 71.6% 16 / 21 too few to rate 71.6%
To the legs 2 / 2 too few to rate 83.3% 8 / 9 too few to rate 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: 178 fighters · Middleweight: 178 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 Gandra L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Diaz L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 8 / 17 too few to rate 39.5% 175 / 473 37.0% 39.5%
In the clinch 0 / 0 too few to rate 70.4% 1 / 2 too few to rate 70.4%
On the ground 0 / 0 too few to rate 69.0% 11 / 20 too few to rate 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 4 / 12 too few to rate 37.9% 152 / 445 34.2% 37.9%
To the body 2 / 3 too few to rate 71.3% 17 / 32 53.1% 71.3%
To the legs 2 / 2 too few to rate 82.1% 18 / 18 too few to rate 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
0— acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.35
Takedowns landed
00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.35
0— def · norm 63.3%
Takedowns stopped
266.7% def · norm 63.3%
0:083.3% of cage time · norm 19.4%
Control time
1:034.1% of cage time · norm 19.4%
0:000:00 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control lower is better
0:340:19 per 15 · norm 3:00
00.00/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.45

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