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Diego Ferreira

20-7-0
41y·5' 9"·74" reach·Orthodox
1:51
Control / 15m
time on top
+1.37
Striking diff.
landed minus absorbed
64%
Finish rate
wins inside the distance
0.3
Power
knockdowns per 100 landed

Tells

Non-traditional predictors we've tested against the record. Only the ones that fire on this fighter show up here.

Chin Decay

Predictive

First KO loss April 2015. Fighters at the same age and mileage lose by KO in 11.3% of fights; after a first KO it runs 17.3%.

Fired again Sep 2025

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Checked 3 tells for this fighter. 1 fired.

How they fight

Every significant strike they have landed across 18 recorded bouts, 892 in total. Target and position are two readings of the same strikes, so each adds to 100.

Target
Head 72%Body 21%Legs 7%
Position
Distance 79%Clinch 7%Ground 15%
And how often each lands
Head36%
Body55%
Legs81%
Distance36%
Clinch70%
Ground77%

How fights end

UFC bouts only, so these will not add up to the record above. Counts rather than rates: two knockouts in three wins is not a 67% finisher.

11Wins5 KO · 2 SUB · 4 DEC
7Losses4 KO · 3 DEC

Control, bout by bout

Seconds spent controlling the opponent in each fight, oldest on the left. UFCStats records this per bout and never adds it up; this is what that looks like added up.

26%
Smith
11%
Nijem
4%
Dariush
26%
Poirier
27%
Aubin-Mercier
15%
Gordon
54%
Nelson
1%
Khabilov
2%
Taisumov
58%
Pettis
6%
Dariush
11%
Gillespie
0%
Gamrot
0%
Johnson
15%
Rebecki
2%
Dawson
0%
Hernandez
19%
Quarantillo

As the fight goes on

Which measure to show

Significant strikes landed, per minute fought. Every round is measured against round one, except rounds reached by fewer than 3 bouts, which are dimmed and left uncompared.

Landed / minvs R1Bouts
R14.41100%18
R24.72107%15
R36.39145%8

Only fights that reached a round count towards it, so later rounds are a smaller sample.

Career numbers

Strikes landed / min4.95
Strikes absorbed / min3.58
Striking accuracyof everything thrown40%
Striking defenceof what comes back, missed57%
Takedowns / 15 min1.08
Takedown accuracyof attempts that land33%
Takedown defenceof attempts stuffed58%
Sub attempts / 15 min0.5
Pacestrikes landed and absorbed, added together8.53
Average bout lengthhow long their fights actually last, across 18 bouts10.0m

Earned Accuracy

How hard the opponents on this record were to hit at distance, and whether they beat it. Distance strikes only, so nobody gets credit for accuracy they picked up hammering someone already flat on the floor.

36.3%
Landed at range
1,934 thrown over 18 bouts
38.4%
Expected
against these opponents
−2.1pp
Gap
below expected
82.3%
Coverage
from real records
The fine print

Distance strikes only

Nothing thrown in the clinch or on the ground counts. Those land at about 72% and 71%, against 44% at distance, so a blended accuracy mostly measures where a fight happened. Rank the sport that way and its best strikers are all wrestlers.

One pass, not a rating

How much each opponent lets through is taken raw. It isn't adjusted for who they fought, so a fighter whose opponents all had soft schedules comes out looking better here than they are. Running it to convergence is a later job.

Coverage, and who gets ranked

Coverage is how much of the expected number came from the opponents' own records instead of the division average. Under 65% it's mostly the division talking, so the comparison gets hidden. Same for anyone under 5 qualifying bouts, or under 300 distance strikes of their own, which is where an accuracy still moves on a single exchange. Miss any of the three and you'll see what they landed, nothing else, and they stay out of any ranking.

Short records get pulled to the middle

An opponent who hasn't been shot at much gets dragged toward their division's average, and the drag fades as their record fills in. At 60 distance strikes faced, their own record and the division average count for the same.

Bout log

WBilly QuarantilloAug 2026U-DEC2:47 ctrl116 str4 td
Significant strikes
116 of 236 · 49%
Total strikes
124 of 246 · 50%
Takedowns
4 of 9 · 44%
Control
2:47
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 81%Body 17%Legs 2%
Position
Distance 87%Clinch 7%Ground 6%
This fight on UFCStats
LAlexander HernandezSep 2025KO R20:00 ctrl23 str0 td
Significant strikes
23 of 98 · 23%
Total strikes
23 of 98 · 23%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R2 3:46
Punches to Head On Ground
Target
Head 35%Body 48%Legs 17%
Position
Distance 100%Clinch 0%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
LGrant DawsonJan 2025U-DEC0:20 ctrl41 str0 td
Significant strikes
41 of 61 · 67%
Total strikes
84 of 113 · 74%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:20
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 76%Body 15%Legs 10%
Position
Distance 76%Clinch 15%Ground 10%
This fight on UFCStats
WMateusz RebeckiMay 2024KO R32:12 ctrl123 str3 td
Significant strikes
123 of 241 · 51%
Total strikes
151 of 272 · 56%
Takedowns
3 of 3 · 100%
Control
2:12
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R3 4:51
Punches to Head From Mount
Target
Head 76%Body 23%Legs 1%
Position
Distance 76%Clinch 0%Ground 24%
This fight on UFCStats
WMichael JohnsonMay 2023KO R20:01 ctrl30 str0 td
Significant strikes
30 of 71 · 42%
Total strikes
30 of 71 · 42%
Takedowns
0 of 2 · 0%
Control
0:01
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R2 1:50
Punch to Head At Distance
Target
Head 57%Body 33%Legs 10%
Position
Distance 97%Clinch 0%Ground 3%
This fight on UFCStats
LMateusz GamrotDec 2021KO R20:00 ctrl36 str0 td
Significant strikes
36 of 101 · 36%
Total strikes
37 of 104 · 36%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R2 3:26
Knee to Body On Ground
Target
Head 50%Body 33%Legs 17%
Position
Distance 97%Clinch 3%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
LGregor GillespieMay 2021KO R21:06 ctrl31 str0 td
Significant strikes
31 of 60 · 52%
Total strikes
37 of 70 · 53%
Takedowns
0 of 2 · 0%
Control
1:06
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
2
Ended
KO / TKO, R2 4:51
Punches to Head From Back Control
Target
Head 100%Body 0%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 32%Clinch 10%Ground 58%
This fight on UFCStats
LBeneil DariushFeb 2021S-DEC0:58 ctrl54 str0 td
Significant strikes
54 of 121 · 45%
Total strikes
74 of 145 · 51%
Takedowns
0 of 1 · 0%
Control
0:58
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
1
Ended
Split decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 80%Body 19%Legs 2%
Position
Distance 83%Clinch 9%Ground 7%
This fight on UFCStats
WAnthony PettisJan 2020SUB R23:54 ctrl25 str3 td
Significant strikes
25 of 53 · 47%
Total strikes
43 of 74 · 58%
Takedowns
3 of 7 · 43%
Control
3:54
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R2 1:46
Rear Naked Choke
Target
Head 72%Body 16%Legs 12%
Position
Distance 64%Clinch 12%Ground 24%
This fight on UFCStats
WMairbek TaisumovSep 2019U-DEC0:19 ctrl109 str0 td
Significant strikes
109 of 326 · 33%
Total strikes
112 of 329 · 34%
Takedowns
0 of 2 · 0%
Control
0:19
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 71%Body 23%Legs 6%
Position
Distance 98%Clinch 2%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WRustam KhabilovFeb 2019U-DEC0:13 ctrl83 str0 td
Significant strikes
83 of 284 · 29%
Total strikes
91 of 293 · 31%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:13
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 66%Body 22%Legs 12%
Position
Distance 83%Clinch 12%Ground 5%
This fight on UFCStats
WKyle NelsonDec 2018KO R23:28 ctrl54 str2 td
Significant strikes
54 of 102 · 53%
Total strikes
63 of 112 · 56%
Takedowns
2 of 4 · 50%
Control
3:28
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R2 1:23
Punches to Head From Mount
Target
Head 78%Body 15%Legs 7%
Position
Distance 50%Clinch 2%Ground 48%
This fight on UFCStats
WJared GordonFeb 2018KO R10:18 ctrl29 str0 td
Significant strikes
29 of 60 · 48%
Total strikes
29 of 60 · 48%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:18
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 1:58
Punch to Head In Clinch
Target
Head 83%Body 10%Legs 7%
Position
Distance 45%Clinch 0%Ground 55%
This fight on UFCStats
WOlivier Aubin-MercierJan 2016U-DEC4:03 ctrl65 str0 td
Significant strikes
65 of 152 · 43%
Total strikes
130 of 226 · 58%
Takedowns
0 of 5 · 0%
Control
4:03
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
1
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 71%Body 18%Legs 11%
Position
Distance 85%Clinch 8%Ground 8%
This fight on UFCStats
LDustin PoirierApr 2015KO R10:58 ctrl20 str0 td
Significant strikes
20 of 56 · 36%
Total strikes
20 of 56 · 36%
Takedowns
0 of 2 · 0%
Control
0:58
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 3:45
Punch to Head In Clinch
Target
Head 60%Body 25%Legs 15%
Position
Distance 80%Clinch 20%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
LBeneil DariushOct 2014U-DEC0:37 ctrl21 str0 td
Significant strikes
21 of 85 · 25%
Total strikes
24 of 90 · 27%
Takedowns
0 of 1 · 0%
Control
0:37
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 52%Body 38%Legs 10%
Position
Distance 67%Clinch 33%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WRamsey NijemAug 2014KO R20:46 ctrl25 str0 td
Significant strikes
25 of 70 · 36%
Total strikes
33 of 79 · 42%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:46
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
2
Reversals
1
Ended
KO / TKO, R2 1:53
Punch to Head At Distance
Target
Head 68%Body 24%Legs 8%
Position
Distance 64%Clinch 0%Ground 36%
This fight on UFCStats
WColton SmithJun 2014SUB R10:10 ctrl7 str1 td
Significant strikes
7 of 10 · 70%
Total strikes
7 of 10 · 70%
Takedowns
1 of 1 · 100%
Control
0:10
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R1 0:38
Rear Naked Choke
Target
Head 57%Body 43%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 29%Clinch 43%Ground 29%
This fight on UFCStats

Numbers from UFCStats. Control time and strike placement are summed from each bout, everything else is as published.