Diaz vs Zhang

Who won Diaz vs Zhang?

Mingyang Zhang beat Ozzy Diaz by knockout in the 1st round during the main card of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 23rd November 2024 at Galaxy Arena in Macau.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Light Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 205 pounds (14.6 stone or 93 KG).

Diaz vs Zhang stats

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

Mingyang Zhang made his way to the cage with a record of 17 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 11 of those wins coming by knock out and 6 by submission.

This was Ozzy Diaz's 2nd fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2024. Mingyang Zhang marked his 3rd fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2022.

Ozzy Diaz's UFC record stood at 1-1-0, while Mingyang Zhang's came in at 3-0-0.

The stats suggested Diaz had an advantage in power over Zhang, with a 78% knock out percentage over Zhang's 65%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Zhang had an advantage over Diaz, with a 35% submission rate over Diaz's 22%.

Ozzy Diaz was the older man by 8 years, at 34 years old.

Diaz had a height advantage of 2 inches over Zhang.

Diaz was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 12 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2015, 5 months later than Zhang, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He had fought 9 less professional rounds, 19 to Zhang's 28.

Diaz vs Zhang form

Diaz had won all 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 4 opponents and going to the judges once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, 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.

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

Going into that contest, 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.

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

He had won against Andre Walker at Bellator 228 on 28th September 2019 by submission in the 1st round at The Forum, Inglewood.

Activity check

Diaz's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 6 months and 1 day, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 5 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 Zhang start?

The fighters were expected to walk out at around 11:10 AM UTC , which was 6:10 AM EST or 3:10 AM PST on the West Coast of America, or 11:10 AM GMT in the UK.

What were the odds on Diaz vs Zhang?

Ozzy Diaz was a 9/4 (+230) underdog going into the contest, while Mingyang Zhang made his way into the ring at 9/25 (-280) with oddsmakers.