Nate Diaz Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
W	Tony Ferguson Welterweight	Submission	Guillotine Choke From Bottom Guard	R4	2:52	UFC 279: Diaz vs. Ferguson	Sep 10, 2022
L	#3Leon Edwards Welterweight	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	UFC 263: Adesanya vs. Vettori 2	Jun 12, 2021
L	#3Jorge Masvidal Welterweight	KO/TKO	Facial Cuts	R3	5:00	UFC 244: Masvidal vs. Diaz	Nov 2, 2019
W	#7Anthony Pettis Welterweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 241: Cormier vs. Miocic 2	Aug 17, 2019
L	Conor McGregor Welterweight	Decision	Majority	R5	5:00	UFC 202: Diaz vs. McGregor 2	Aug 20, 2016
W	Conor McGregor Welterweight	Submission	Rear Naked Choke	R2	4:12	UFC 196: McGregor vs. Diaz	Mar 5, 2016
W	#5Michael Johnson Lightweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC on FOX: Dos Anjos vs. Cowboy 2	Dec 19, 2015
L	#3Rafael Dos Anjos Lightweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC on FOX: Dos Santos vs. Miocic	Dec 13, 2014
W	#5Gray Maynard Lightweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head At Distance	R1	2:38	The Ultimate Fighter: Team Rousey vs. Team Tate Finale	Nov 30, 2013
L	#8Josh Thomson Lightweight	KO/TKO	Kick to Head At Distance	R2	3:44	UFC on FOX: Henderson vs. Melendez	Apr 20, 2013
L	Benson HendersonTitle Lightweight	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	UFC on FOX: Henderson vs. Diaz	Dec 8, 2012
W	Jim Miller Lightweight	Submission	Guillotine Choke After Drop to Ground	R2	4:09	UFC on FOX: Diaz vs. Miller	May 5, 2012
W	Donald Cerrone Lightweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 141: Lesnar vs. Overeem	Dec 30, 2011
W	Takanori Gomi Lightweight	Submission	Armbar From Bottom	R1	4:27	UFC 135: Jones vs. Rampage	Sep 24, 2011
L	Rory MacDonald Welterweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 129: St-Pierre vs. Shields	Apr 30, 2011
L	Dong Hyun Kim Welterweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 125: Resolution	Jan 1, 2011
W	Marcus Davis Welterweight	Submission	Guillotine Choke On Ground Technical Submission	R3	4:02	UFC 118: Edgar vs. Penn 2	Aug 28, 2010
W	Rory Markham Welterweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head From Back Control	R1	2:47	UFC 111: St-Pierre vs. Hardy	Mar 27, 2010
L	Gray Maynard Lightweight	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Maynard vs. Diaz	Jan 11, 2010
W	Melvin Guillard Lightweight	Submission	Guillotine Choke From Bottom Half Guard	R2	2:13	UFC Fight Night: Diaz vs. Guillard	Sep 16, 2009
L	Joe Stevenson Lightweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	The Ultimate Fighter: United States vs. United Kingdom Finale	Jun 20, 2009
L	Clay Guida Lightweight	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	UFC 94: St-Pierre vs. Penn 2	Jan 31, 2009
W	Josh Neer Lightweight	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Diaz vs. Neer	Sep 17, 2008
W	Kurt Pellegrino Lightweight	Submission	Triangle Choke From Bottom Guard	R2	3:06	UFC Fight Night: Florian vs. Lauzon	Apr 2, 2008
W	Alvin Robinson Lightweight	Submission	Triangle Choke From Bottom Guard	R1	3:39	UFC Fight Night: Swick vs. Burkman	Jan 23, 2008
W	Junior Assuncao Lightweight	Submission	Guillotine Choke From Bottom Half Guard	R1	4:10	UFC Fight Night: Thomas vs. Florian	Sep 19, 2007
W	Manvel GamburyanTitle Lightweight	Submission	Injury Shoulder Injury	R2	0:20	The Ultimate Fighter: Team Pulver vs. Team Penn Finale	Jun 23, 2007

Outside the UFC

5-3across 8 bouts · 5 promotions · wins by 2 KO · 3 subWEC · Most Valuable Promotions · WC 1 · Strikeforce · Pancrase

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
L	Mike Perry15-8	KO/TKO	Corner Stoppage	R2	5:00	Most Valuable Promotions	May 16, 2026
L	Hermes Franca26-20	Submission	Armbar	R2	2:46	WEC	Oct 12, 2006
W	Dennis Davis15-11	Submission	Keylock	R1	2:00	WC 1	Aug 12, 2006
W	Joe Hurley12-5	Submission	Triangle Choke	R2	2:03	WEC	Jun 15, 2006
W	Gilbert Rael1-3	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	3:35	WEC	May 5, 2006
W	Tony Juarez1-12	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	3:23	Strikeforce	Mar 10, 2006
L	Koji Oishi25-10-10	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Pancrase	Aug 27, 2005
W	Alejandro Garcia14-10	Submission	Triangle Choke	R3	2:17	WEC	Oct 21, 2004

Non-UFC bouts (regional/other promotions) and Dana White’s Contender Series — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.

Method of victory & defeat

KO / TKO

5 wins, 3 losses

W5

L3

Submission

12 wins, 1 loss

W12

L1

Decision

4 wins, 10 losses

W4

L10

Finishes

UFC KOs

2

Below avg · 13%Welterweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.15

Below avg · 0.24Welterweight

UFC submissions

10

Above avg · 7%Welterweight

Submission attempts / fight

0.96

Above avg · 0.39Welterweight

KO history

Knockout power and chin durability (UFC; clean KOs only).

Nate Diaz

PowerChin

Knockout rate

7%

2 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

4

0.35 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

1

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

9

1.17 per 100 head

Chin gauges use a league scale: green = clean record, red = bottom ~10% of UFC fighters (4+ KO losses · 6+ knockdowns absorbed).

Never submittedin the UFC

Decision behavior

Judging

8 scorecards on file

Nate Diaz

Scorecard luck

Wrong end of the cards

Won just 0 of 1 coin-flip decision — repeatedly on the wrong end of close calls. Judges have given them 3 of 4 rounds they disagreed on (75%).

Coin-flip decisions

Split + majority

0–1

Won – Lost

Swing rounds

Judges disagreed

3–1

Won – Lost

75% went their way

Unanimous7 decisions · 88%

3W4L

Split

None

Majority1 decision · 13%

1L

10-8 rounds

5 rounds total

1

Won

4

Lost

Most frequent judges

All judges →

Scorecard data ingested from MMA Decisions

Career striking

OverallC56th

45%1,544 / 3,464

Striking accuracy

52%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min+0.80 differential

Landed4.57

Absorbed3.77

47%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

-3%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head74%90th1,146
Body17%69th263
Leg9%49th135

Color = division rank · green elite → red low · % = share of strikes

Sig. strikes by position

73%Standing

Standing73%1,132
Clinch22%342
Ground5%70

Striking zones

Per-15-minute breakdown — where this fighter lands, and where they get hit.

UFC only

Nate Diaz

Landed per 15

Head

A+

91st

51.0

91st

Body

A

71st

11.7

71st

Leg

C

46th

6.0

46th

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.

Absorbed per 15

Head

D

40th

34.3

40th

Body

D

38th

10.9

38th

Leg

F

10th

14.7

10th

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

Landed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	51.0	1,146	2,891	40%
Body	11.7	263	397	66%
Leg	6.0	135	176	77%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	34.3	772	2,096	37%
Body	10.9	246	365	67%
Leg	14.7	330	398	83%

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.

UFC only

Nate Diaz

26%

Takedown accuracy

44%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min-2.2 min net

On top2.1

On bottom4.3

Offense

Takedowns

D

41st

0.8

41st

TD accuracy

D

31st

26%

31st

Sub attempts

A

81st

1.2

81st

Control

D

42nd

2.1 min

42nd

Defense

TD defense

D

28th

44%

28th

Controlled

4.3 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	18 / 68
Submission attempts	26
Control time	47:18

Defense

TDs defended	43 / 98
Control absorbed	97:41

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (337min 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.

UFC only

Nate Diaz

27 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 337 min

132%

R3 pace · 16 bouts

Diaz holds steady (+0% per round through round 5). Within fights that reached round 3, Diaz lifts to 132% of round-1 output by round 3 (16 bouts).

Diaz — HOLDSOutput / min

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.

Sig. strikes landed

Diazlanded / min

Takedown attempts

Diazattempts / min

Control time

Diaz% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	5.2	4.0	3.5	0.19	14%	27
R2	5.9	5.0	4.4	0.16	11%	22
R3	6.6	5.1	3.9	0.28	17%	16
R4	5.0	4.5	5.5	0.06	8%	4
R5	5.7	3.7	4.3	0.33	24%	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.

UFC only

Nate Diaz

27 resolved UFC bouts · 7 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

64/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

A+

91st

68%

91st

Win quality

A

71st

47%

71st

Opponent quality distribution

Every UFC bout, grouped by who the opponent was at the time.

3

8

4

2

3

ChampionHeld the title in this weight class at the time
Top-5Ranked #1–#5 at the time
Top-15Ranked #6–#15 at the time
Cross-div rankedRanked #1–#15 in another division at the time
Title-fight challengerBout was for a title (no other rank signal)
Contender-level8+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.55 win rate
Established5+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.500
Building3+ UFC fights, ≥.40 win rate
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Champion	3	0-3	0%
Top-5	8	4-4	50%
Top-15	4	2-2	50%
Cross-div ranked	2	1-1	50%
Title-fight challenger	1	1-0	100%
Contender-level	2	2-0	100%
Established	2	1-1	50%
Building	2	2-0	100%
Unproven	3	3-0	100%

Highest-quality opponents

Toughest opponents on the scheduleScore, scored at the time of the fight.

All bouts — opponent quality bout-by-bout

Res	Opponent	Tier	Score	Date
W	Tony Ferguson	Cross-div ranked	45	Sep 10, 2022
L	Leon Edwards#3	Champion	94	Jun 12, 2021
L	Jorge Masvidal#3	Top-5	84	Nov 2, 2019
W	Anthony Pettis#7	Top-15	77	Aug 17, 2019
L	Conor McGregor	Top-15	73	Aug 20, 2016
W	Conor McGregor	Top-15	73	Mar 5, 2016
W	Michael Johnson#5	Top-5	78	Dec 19, 2015
L	Rafael Dos Anjos#3	Champion	94	Dec 13, 2014
W	Gray Maynard#5	Top-5	82	Nov 30, 2013
L	Josh Thomson#8	Top-5	80	Apr 20, 2013
L	Benson Henderson	Champion	83	Dec 8, 2012
W	Jim Miller	Top-5	68	May 5, 2012
W	Donald Cerrone	Top-5	63	Dec 30, 2011
W	Takanori Gomi	Unproven	8	Sep 24, 2011
L	Rory MacDonald	Top-5	61	Apr 30, 2011
L	Dong Hyun Kim	Top-15	55	Jan 1, 2011
W	Marcus Davis	Contender-level	45	Aug 28, 2010
W	Rory Markham	Unproven	8	Mar 27, 2010
L	Gray Maynard	Top-5	65	Jan 11, 2010
W	Melvin Guillard	Contender-level	40	Sep 16, 2009
L	Joe Stevenson	Established	30	Jun 20, 2009
L	Clay Guida	Cross-div ranked	36	Jan 31, 2009
W	Josh Neer	Building	18	Sep 17, 2008
W	Kurt Pellegrino	Established	26	Apr 2, 2008
W	Alvin Robinson	Unproven	8	Jan 23, 2008
W	Junior Assuncao	Building	15	Sep 19, 2007
W	Manvel Gamburyan	Title-fight challenger	50	Jun 23, 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

27 resolved UFC bouts

Performance broken down by situation — camp length, response to the previous result, title-fight presence, and rematches. Computed across every completed UFC bout.

Camp length

Days between fights

Short turnaround

< 100 days

6-1

7 bouts

Typical camp

100–180 days

5-7

12 bouts

Long layoff

> 180 days

4-3

7 bouts

UFC debut

first UFC bout

1-0

1 bout

Post-result bounce

Performance based on the previous UFC result

After a loss

next bout after a defeat

7-4

11 bouts

After a win

next bout after a win

8-7

15 bouts

First UFC bout

no precedent

1-0

1 bout

Title fights

Performance with a belt on the line

All title fights

as challenger or champion

1-1

2 bouts

As champion

defending the belt

0-1

1 bout

As challenger

fighting for the belt

1-0

1 bout

Rematches

Performance when meeting an opponent again

All rematches

any second meeting

1-1

2 bouts

Revenge bouts

lost the first meeting

1-0

1 bout

Encore bouts

won the first meeting

0-1

1 bout

Activity & layoff

Last fight, activity, and divisional context.

Time since last UFC bout

8 weeks

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Nate Diaz

Active

8 weekssince last bout

vs Mike Perry · May 16, 2026

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs favorite 6-3As underdog 7-8

76.3

DK avg

92.0

Median

114.8

Ceiling

26.3

Floor

63%

Boom

7%

Bust

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