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Zhang Mingyang vs. Ozzy Diaz

UFC 3-2-0 vs. 1-3-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
3-2-0
UFC record
1-3-0
Light Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
28
AgeΔ 7 yrs
35
6'2"
HeightΔ 2"
6'4"
75"
ReachΔ 4"
79"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
4.7
Layoff (months)Δ 3.7 mo
1
LLWWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Zhang Mingyang carries real power — 1.50 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.40 Light Heavyweight norm.
Ozzy Diaz absorbs 7.29 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.20 Middleweight norm — hittable.
Zhang Mingyang rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.87 Light Heavyweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Zhang Mingyang

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 32
Tier 3 — regional circuit 136

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: 0-3 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

1336.64/min · norm 3.48
Sig. strikes landed
1535.96/min · norm 3.23
1115.55/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
1877.29/min · norm 3.20
58.6%norm 48.45%
Striking accuracy
51.5%norm 47.4%
39.3%norm 52.75%
Striking defense
62.2%norm 53.8%
21.50/15 · norm 0.40
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.32

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

Zhang Mingyang

Distance 71.8% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 8.8% (norm 8.8%) · Ground 19.4% (norm 10.6%)

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)

Zhang Mingyang

Head 69.2% (norm 78.5%) · Body 16.7% (norm 11.8%) · Legs 14.1% (norm 9.7%)

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 Zhang L/AAccLight Heavyweight med Diaz L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 86 / 163 52.8% 41.5% 148 / 291 50.9% 40.5%
In the clinch 16 / 20 too few to rate 70.8% 5 / 6 too few to rate 70.6%
On the ground 31 / 44 70.5% 72.9% 0 / 0 too few to rate 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 74 / 157 47.1% 39.2% 129 / 267 48.3% 38.8%
To the body 29 / 38 76.3% 72.0% 16 / 21 too few to rate 71.6%
To the legs 30 / 32 93.8% 82.1% 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 (Light Heavyweight: 94 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 Zhang L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med vs Diaz L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 71 / 134 53.0% 40.6% 175 / 473 37.0% 39.5%
In the clinch 4 / 9 too few to rate 68.8% 1 / 2 too few to rate 70.4%
On the ground 36 / 40 90.0% 70.4% 11 / 20 too few to rate 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 88 / 155 56.8% 37.7% 152 / 445 34.2% 37.9%
To the body 8 / 13 too few to rate 72.9% 17 / 32 53.1% 71.3%
To the legs 15 / 15 too few to rate 83.1% 18 / 18 too few to rate 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
0— acc · 0.00/15 · norm 0.87
Takedowns landed
00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.35
3100.0% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
266.7% def · norm 63.3%
3:3918.2% of cage time · norm 17.1%
Control time
1:034.1% of cage time · norm 19.4%
3:232:32 per 15 · norm 2:50
Time under control lower is better
0:340:19 per 15 · norm 3:00
00.00/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.45

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