Diego Saraiva
- Fighting out of
- Fortaleza
- Born
- Brazil
- Weight class
- Lightweight
- Height
- 5'6" · 168 cm
- Stance
- Orthodox
- Last fight
- Sep 22, 2007
Method of victory & defeat
0-3 UFCFinishes
KO history
Knockout power and chin durability (UFC; clean KOs only).
Never finished by strikes · Never submittedin the UFC
Career striking
- Head84%42nd62
- Body8%30th6
- Leg8%37th6
Color = division rank · green elite → red low · % = share of strikes
- Standing80%59
- Clinch5%4
- Ground15%11
Striking zones
Per-15-minute breakdown — where this fighter lands, and where they get hit.
Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.
Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.
Career totals — landed / attempted
| Zone | Per 15 | Landed | Attempted | Accuracy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Head | 20.7 | 62 | 208 | 30% |
| Body | 2.0 | 6 | 7 | 86% |
| Leg | 2.0 | 6 | 12 | 50% |
| Zone | Per 15 | Landed | Attempted | Accuracy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Head | 45.0 | 135 | 387 | 35% |
| Body | 4.3 | 13 | 18 | 72% |
| Leg | 4.3 | 13 | 20 | 65% |
UFCStats career rates, per 15 minutes. Percentiles vs the division; absorbed is inverted so higher is better.
Grappling
Per-15-minute breakdown of takedowns, submissions, and ground control.
Career totals — landed / attempted, control time
| Takedowns | 4 / 10 |
| Submission attempts | 2 |
| Control time | 8:00 |
| TDs defended | 0 / 3 |
| Control absorbed | 19:14 |
Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (45min total). Value colors reflect the per-15 rate’s percentile against the current weight class baseline; raw totals without a division reference stay neutral.
Pace & fade
Round-by-round work rate, and whether they fade.
Saraiva fades (-17% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Saraiva drops to 69% of round-1 output by round 3 (3 bouts).
Rounds backed by fewer than 2 bouts are drawn smaller and dimmed with an n= count — a deep round seen in one or two fights is a thin sample, not a settled rate. Per-round bout counts are in the breakdown below.
Full per-round breakdown
What drives the pace · per round
The composite output line above blends these three inputs — splitting them out shows whether the work rate is built on striking volume, takedown pressure, or top control, and which input fades.
| Round | Output / min | Sig landed / min | Sig absorbed / min | TD att / min | Control | Bouts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R1 | 3.3 | 1.6 | 3.7 | 0.20 | 29% | 3 |
| R2 | 3.4 | 2.3 | 3.5 | 0.27 | 9% | 3 |
| R3 | 2.3 | 1.1 | 3.5 | 0.20 | 16% | 3 |
Output / minis the headline work rate — significant strikes landed, plus 3 per takedown attempt, plus one per 15 seconds of control — so a takedown-and-grind round isn’t scored as idle the way bare striking volume would. The remaining columns are its components. Per-round rates use UFCStats per-round data (available for ~95% of bouts since 2008). Each round’s rates are averaged only over bouts that reached that round, so the bout count shrinks as rounds deepen. The final round of a finished fight is pro-rated by its actual length.
Schedule Score
Opponent quality, ranked across the UFC. Recent fights weighted heavier.
- Cross-div rankedRanked #1–#15 in another division at the time
- Established5+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.500
- Building3+ UFC fights, ≥.40 win rate
| Tier | Bouts | Record | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cross-div ranked | 1 | 0-1 | 0% |
| Established | 1 | 0-1 | 0% |
| Building | 1 | 0-1 | 0% |
All bouts — opponent quality bout-by-bout
| Res | Opponent | Tier | Score | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Jeremy Stephens | Cross-div ranked | 32 | Sep 22, 2007 |
| L | Jorge Gurgel | Building | 15 | Jul 7, 2007 |
| L | Dustin Hazelett | Established | 22 | Feb 3, 2007 |
Per-bout quality scoring: champion = 100; same-division ranks 1–5 = 90 → 78 linear; ranks 6–15 = 75 → 60 linear; cross-division champion = 78; cross-division ranked = 45; title-fight challenger (no rank signal) = 50, bumped to 65 when opp had an elite career UFC record at the time. Unranked opponents are scored on UFC record-at-time (long-tenured vet 60, contender-level 45, established 30, building 18, unproven 8). P4P top-10 at time adds +5; top-3 adds +8 (capped at 100). The Schedule Score combines schedule strength (65%) and quality wins (35%), then is held toward a rookie baseline for fighters with limited UFC experience so a thin résumé reads honestly low.
Career cohorts
3 resolved UFC boutsPerformance broken down by situation — camp length, response to the previous result, title-fight presence, and rematches. Computed across every completed UFC bout.
Activity & layoff
Last fight, activity, and divisional context.
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