Tybura vs Diniz

Who won Tybura vs Diniz?

Marcin Tybura beat Jhonata Diniz by knockout in the 2nd round during the prelims of UFC 309, on Saturday 16th November 2024 at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 265 pounds (18.9 stone or 120.2 KG).

Tybura vs Diniz stats

Marcin Tybura stepped into the octagon with a record of 25 wins, 9 losses and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 7 by submission.

Jhonata Diniz made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 8 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by knock out.

This was Marcin Tybura's 22nd fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2016. Jhonata Diniz marked his 3rd fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2024.

Marcin Tybura's UFC record stood at 14-8-0, while Jhonata Diniz's came in at 2-1-0.

The stats suggested Diniz had a massive power advantage over Tybura, boasting a 88% knock out percentage over Tybura's 36%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Tybura had a large advantage over Diniz, boasting a 28% submission rate over Diniz's 0%.

Marcin Tybura was the older man by 5 years, at 39 years old.

Diniz had a height advantage of 1 inch over Tybura. That also extended to a 2-inch reach advantage.

Tybura was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 26 more fights, and made his debut in 2011, 10 years and 6 months earlier than Diniz, whose first professional fight was in 2022. He had fought 64 more professional rounds, 77 to Diniz's 13.

Tybura vs Diniz form

Tybura had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Alexander Volkov at UFC 267 on 30th October 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest.

Previous to that, he had won against Walt Harris at UFC Vegas 28 on 5th June 2021 by knockout in the 1st round in the United States.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Greg Hardy at UFC Vegas 17 on 19th December 2020 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had defeated Ben Rothwell at UFC Fight Island 5 on 10th October 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

He was victorious against Stefan Struve at UFC Fight Night 134 on 22nd July 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Barclaycard Arena, Hamburg, Germany.

Activity check

Tybura's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 11 months and 5 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 4 months and 21 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

Diniz's last 3 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 9 months and 15 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 6 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

What time did Tybura vs Diniz start?

The fighters were expected to walk out at around 12:15 AM UTC , which was 7:15 PM EST or 4:15 PM PST on the West Coast of America, or 12:15 AM GMT in the UK.

What were the odds on Tybura vs Diniz?

Marcin Tybura was a 4/5 (-130) favourite going into the contest, while Jhonata Diniz made his way into the ring at 1/1 (+100) with oddsmakers.