Zhang Mingyang vs.
Ozzy Diaz
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.
Zhang Mingyang
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 3 | 2 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 13 | 6 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 0.52 · 3 tier-1/2 wins · 16 finish wins over 24 documented bouts
In the UFC: 1-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.4 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: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.7 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)
Zhang Mingyang
Distance 71.8% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 8.8% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 19.4% (norm 10.4%)
Ozzy Diaz
Distance 98.0% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 2.0% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 10.3%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Zhang Mingyang
Head 69.2% (norm 79.2%) · Body 16.7% (norm 11.7%) · Legs 14.1% (norm 9.7%)
Ozzy Diaz
Head 90.4% (norm 78.0%) · Body 6.8% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 2.7% (norm 8.4%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Mingyang L/A | Acc | Light Heavyweight med | Diaz L/A | Acc | Middleweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 86 / 163 | 52.8% | 41.4% | 145 / 287 | 50.5% | 40.5% |
| In the clinch | 16 / 20 | too few to rate | 70.9% | 5 / 6 | too few to rate | 70.3% |
| On the ground | 31 / 44 | 70.5% | 72.3% | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 69.1% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 74 / 157 | 47.1% | 38.9% | 128 / 265 | 48.3% | 38.9% |
| To the body | 29 / 38 | 76.3% | 71.9% | 15 / 20 | too few to rate | 71.7% |
| To the legs | 30 / 32 | 93.8% | 81.8% | 7 / 8 | 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 (Light Heavyweight: 93 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 Mingyang L/A | Opp acc | Light Heavyweight med | vs Diaz L/A | Opp acc | Middleweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 71 / 134 | 53.0% | 40.4% | 165 / 447 | 36.9% | 39.5% |
| In the clinch | 4 / 9 | too few to rate | 68.7% | 1 / 2 | too few to rate | 70.9% |
| On the ground | 36 / 40 | 90.0% | 70.4% | 5 / 12 | too few to rate | 69.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 88 / 155 | 56.8% | 37.5% | 139 / 416 | 33.4% | 37.9% |
| To the body | 8 / 13 | too few to rate | 72.3% | 16 / 29 | 55.2% | 71.3% |
| To the legs | 15 / 15 | too few to rate | 83.0% | 16 / 16 | 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 — Mingyang has more cage time on record.