Diaz vs Santos

Who won Diaz vs Santos?

Ozzy Diaz beat Djorden Santos by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the prelims of UFC 313, on Saturday 8th March 2025 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Ozzy Diaz.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Middleweight division, which meant the weight limit was 185 pounds (13.2 stone or 83.9 KG).

Diaz vs Santos stats

Ozzy Diaz stepped into the octagon with a record of 9 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 2 by submission.

Djorden Santos made his way to the cage with a record of 10 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by knock out and 4 by submission.

This was Ozzy Diaz's 2nd fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2024. Djorden Santos marked his 1st fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2025.

Ozzy Diaz's UFC record stood at 1-1-0, while Djorden Santos' came in at 0-1-0.

The stats suggested Diaz had a massive power advantage over Santos, boasting a 78% knock out percentage over Santos' 30%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Santos had an advantage over Diaz, with a 40% submission rate over Diaz's 22%.

Ozzy Diaz was the older man by 7 years, at 34 years old.

Diaz had a height advantage of 4 inches over Santos.

Diaz's experience as a professional fighter was relatively equal to Santos', having had 1 more fights, and made his debut in 2015, 2 months later than Santos, whose first professional fight was in 2015. He had fought 10 less professional rounds, 19 to Santos' 29.

Diaz vs Santos form

Ozzy Diaz had stopped 4 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Mingyang Zhang at UFC Fight Night: Yan vs. Figueiredo on 23rd November 2024 by knockout in the 1st round at Galaxy Arena, Macau, China.

Previous to that, he had won against Bevon Lewis at LFA 184 on 17th May 2024 by knockout in the 2nd round at The Commerce Casino & Hotel, Commerce, United States.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Chuck Campbell at LFA 178 on 8th March 2024 by knockout in the 1st round at KP Arena, Santa Cruz.

Before that, he had defeated Bruno Assis at LFA 127 on 25th March 2022 by knockout in the 1st round in their LFA Middleweight championship fight at The Commerce Casino & Hotel, Commerce.

He was victorious against Logan Woods at LFA 94 on 30th October 2020 by knockout in the 1st round at Hartman Arena, Park City.

Activity check

Diaz's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 6 months and 4 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 25 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.2 rounds on average.

What time did Diaz vs Santos start?

The fighters were expected to walk out at around 11:25 PM UTC , which was 6:25 PM EST or 3:25 PM PST on the West Coast of America, or 11:25 PM GMT in the UK.

What were the odds on Diaz vs Santos?

Ozzy Diaz was a 81/50 (+160) underdog going into the contest, while Djorden Santos made his way into the ring at 53/100 (-190) with oddsmakers.