Nick Diaz Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
L	Robbie Lawler Middleweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R3	0:44	UFC 266: Volkanovski vs. Ortega	Sep 25, 2021
NC	#1Anderson Silva Middleweight	No Contest	—	R5	5:00	UFC 183: Silva vs. Diaz	Jan 31, 2015
L	CGeorges St-PierreTitle Welterweight	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	UFC 158: St-Pierre vs. Diaz	Mar 16, 2013
L	Carlos ConditTitle Welterweight	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	UFC 143: Diaz vs. Condit	Feb 4, 2012
W	BJ Penn Welterweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 137: Penn vs. Diaz	Oct 29, 2011
W	Gleison Tibau Welterweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head On Ground	R2	2:27	UFC 65: Bad Intentions	Nov 18, 2006
W	Josh Neer Welterweight	Submission	Kimura From Side Control	R3	1:42	UFC 62: Liddell vs. Sobral	Aug 26, 2006
L	Sean Sherk Welterweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 59: Reality Check	Apr 15, 2006
L	Joe Riggs Welterweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 57: Liddell vs. Couture 3	Feb 4, 2006
L	Diego Sanchez Welterweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	The Ultimate Fighter: Team Hughes vs. Team Franklin Finale	Nov 5, 2005
W	Koji Oishi Welterweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R1	1:24	UFC 53: Heavy Hitters	Jun 4, 2005
W	Drew Fickett Welterweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head On Ground	R1	4:40	UFC 51: Super Saturday	Feb 5, 2005
L	Karo Parisyan Welterweight	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	UFC 49: Unfinished Business	Aug 21, 2004
W	Robbie Lawler Welterweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R2	1:31	UFC 47: It's On!	Apr 2, 2004
W	Jeremy Jackson Welterweight	Submission	Armbar From Bottom Guard	R3	2:04	UFC 44: Undisputed	Sep 26, 2003

Outside the UFC

19-3, 1 NCacross 23 bouts · 12 promotions · wins by 9 KO · 6 sub · 4 decStrikeforce · EliteXC · UA 4 · DREAM · PRIDE +7

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Paul Daley43-18-2	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	4:57	Strikeforce	Apr 9, 2011
W	Evangelista Cyborg dos Santos21-18	Submission	Armbar	R2	4:50	Strikeforce	Jan 29, 2011
W	K.J. Noons13-9	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	Strikeforce	Oct 9, 2010
W	Hayato Sakurai38-13-2	Submission	Armbar	R1	3:54	DREAM	May 29, 2010
W	Marius Zaromskis23-11	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	4:38	Strikeforce	Jan 30, 2010
W	Scott Smith18-11	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R3	1:41	Strikeforce	Jun 6, 2009
W	Frank Shamrock23-10-2	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	3:57	Strikeforce	Apr 11, 2009
W	Thomas Denny27-21-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	0:30	EliteXC	Jul 26, 2008
W	Muhsin Corbbrey15-11	KO/TKO	Punches	R3	3:59	EliteXC	Jun 14, 2008
W	Katsuya Inoue19-9-4	KO/TKO	Corner Stoppage	R1	6:45	DREAM	May 11, 2008
L	K.J. Noons13-9	KO/TKO	Doctor Stoppage	R1	5:00	EliteXC	Nov 10, 2007
W	Mike Aina14-6-1	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	EliteXC	Sep 15, 2007
NC	Takanori Gomi35-15	No Contest	Overturned by NSAC	R2	1:46	PRIDE	Feb 24, 2007
W	Ray Steinbeiss14-7	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	ICFO 1	May 13, 2006
W	Jeremy Jackson9-5	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	4:33	IFC WC 18	Jul 19, 2003
W	Joe Hurley12-5	Submission	Kimura	R1	1:55	WEC	Mar 27, 2003
L	Kuniyoshi Hironaka23-9	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	Shooto	Dec 14, 2002
W	Harris Sarmiento36-26	KO/TKO	Corner Stoppage	R2	1:47	Warriors Quest 8	Oct 24, 2002
L	Jeremy Jackson9-5	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	0:49	UA 4	Sep 28, 2002
W	Adam Lynn17-10	Submission	Armbar	R1	2:51	UA 4	Sep 28, 2002
W	Blaine Tyler0-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	2:01	UA 4	Sep 28, 2002
W	Chris Lytle31-18-5	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	IFC WC 17	Jul 12, 2002
W	Mike Wick0-1	Submission	Triangle Choke	R1	3:43	IFC WC 15	Aug 31, 2001

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

13 wins, 3 losses

W13

L3

Submission

8 wins, 0 losses

W8

L0

Decision

5 wins, 7 losses

W5

L7

Finishes

UFC KOs

4

Above avg · 15%Middleweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.21

Below avg · 0.24Middleweight

UFC submissions

2

Above avg · 8%Middleweight

Submission attempts / fight

0.93

Above avg · 0.39Middleweight

KO history

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

Nick Diaz

PowerChin

Knockout rate

29%

4 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

3

0.53 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

1

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

0

0.00 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

3 scorecards on file

Nick Diaz

Scorecard luck

Wrong end of the cards

No split or majority decisions on file — this read comes from contested rounds alone. Judges have given them 1 of 3 rounds they disagreed on (33%).

Coin-flip decisions

Split + majority

None on file

Swing rounds

Judges disagreed

1–2

Won – Lost

33% went their way

Unanimous3 decisions · 100%

1W2L

Split

None

Majority

None

10-8 rounds

1 round total

1

Won

0

Lost

Most frequent judges

All judges →

Scorecard data ingested from MMA Decisions

Career striking

OverallB66th

42%795 / 1,870

Striking accuracy

59%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min+1.87 differential

Landed5.71

Absorbed3.84

60%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

+1%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head71%84th566
Body25%86th201
Leg4%22nd28

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

Sig. strikes by position

74%Standing

Standing74%586
Clinch19%150
Ground7%59

Striking zones

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

UFC only

Nick Diaz

Landed per 15

Head

A+

89th

47.3

89th

Body

A+

89th

16.8

89th

Leg

F

15th

2.3

15th

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

29th

37.6

29th

Body

D

29th

11.3

29th

Leg

D

37th

8.6

37th

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	47.3	566	1,551	36%
Body	16.8	201	276	73%
Leg	2.3	28	43	65%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	37.6	450	1,234	36%
Body	11.3	135	160	84%
Leg	8.6	103	125	82%

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

Nick Diaz

35%

Takedown accuracy

63%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min-1.6 min net

On top2.5

On bottom4.1

Offense

Takedowns

C

51st

1.2

51st

TD accuracy

C

45th

35%

45th

Sub attempts

A

79th

1.1

79th

Control

C

45th

2.5 min

45th

Defense

TD defense

C

50th

63%

50th

Controlled

4.1 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	14 / 40
Submission attempts	13
Control time	29:28

Defense

TDs defended	49 / 78
Control absorbed	48:41

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (180min 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

Nick Diaz

14 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 180 min

98%

R3 pace · 10 bouts

Diaz fades (-15% per round through round 5). Within fights that reached round 3, Diaz sustains 98% of round-1 output by round 3 (10 bouts).

Diaz ▼ FADESOutput / 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	5.7	4.1	3.3	0.26	19%	14
R2	7.0	5.7	3.8	0.19	17%	12
R3	5.4	4.1	4.1	0.25	14%	10
R4	2.9	2.2	6.0	0.20	2%	2
R5	3.9	2.8	4.8	0.10	20%	2

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

Nick Diaz

15 resolved UFC bouts · 2 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

58/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

A+

90th

66%

90th

Win quality

C

44th

38%

44th

Opponent quality distribution

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

3

4

2

ChampionHeld the title in this weight class at the time
Top-5Ranked #1–#5 at the time
Cross-div champHeld a title in another weight class at the time
Cross-div rankedRanked #1–#15 in another division at the time
Contender-level8+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.55 win rate
Building3+ UFC fights, ≥.40 win rate
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Champion	3	1-1, 1 NC	50%
Top-5	1	0-1	0%
Cross-div champ	1	0-1	0%
Cross-div ranked	1	0-1	0%
Contender-level	3	1-2	33%
Building	4	3-1	75%
Unproven	2	2-0	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
L	Robbie Lawler	Cross-div champ	67	Sep 25, 2021
NC	Anderson Silva#1	Champion	98	Jan 31, 2015
L	Georges St-PierreCHAMP	Champion	100	Mar 16, 2013
L	Carlos Condit	Top-5	74	Feb 4, 2012
W	BJ Penn	Building	33	Oct 29, 2011
W	Gleison Tibau	Contender-level	32	Nov 18, 2006
W	Josh Neer	Building	18	Aug 26, 2006
L	Sean Sherk	Contender-level	36	Apr 15, 2006
L	Joe Riggs	Building	18	Feb 4, 2006
L	Diego Sanchez	Cross-div ranked	32	Nov 5, 2005
W	Koji Oishi	Unproven	8	Jun 4, 2005
W	Drew Fickett	Building	15	Feb 5, 2005
L	Karo Parisyan	Contender-level	32	Aug 21, 2004
W	Robbie Lawler	Champion	71	Apr 2, 2004
W	Jeremy Jackson	Unproven	8	Sep 26, 2003

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

14 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

1-3

4 bouts

Typical camp

100–180 days

3-2

5 bouts

Long layoff

> 180 days

2-2

4 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

2-4

6 bouts

After a win

next bout after a win

4-3

7 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

0-2

2 bouts

As champion

defending the belt

—

As challenger

fighting for the belt

0-2

2 bouts

Rematches

Performance when meeting an opponent again

All rematches

any second meeting

0-1

1 bout

Revenge bouts

lost the first meeting

—

Encore bouts

won the first meeting

0-1

1 bout

Activity & layoff

Last fight, activity, and divisional context.

Time since last UFC bout

4y 9mo

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Nick Diaz

Extended layoff

4y 9mosince last bout

vs Robbie Lawler · Sep 25, 2021

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs favorite 1-1As underdog 0-2

79.2

DK avg

91.6

Median

115.8

Ceiling

45.4

Floor

50%

Boom

0%

Bust

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