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FightMetric Report for Gray Maynard vs. Nate Diaz at UFC Fight Night*20 - Bloody Elbow

Can someone please explain to me why we continue to resist the five round non-title fight?

Last night's Fight Night main event between Gray Maynard and Nate Diaz may as well have been decided by a coin flip. Both fighters had arguments for winning each of the three rounds. Maynard ended up taking the split decision - in my mind, a result of his more effective counter punching, but Diaz made his case with an overwhelming onslaught of strikes.

FightMetric released their report for the bout, and the numbers reflect the general observation. The effectiveness scores as follows:

Maynard Diaz
R1 54 40
R2 72 74
R3 76 81
T 202 195

That extrapolates into a ten-point must system score card of 29-29 with Maynard and Diaz splitting rounds 1 and 3 respectively, and round 2 going 10-10.

Diaz landed 77 of 259 strikes, dwarfing Maynard's output of 52 landed strikes out of 153 attempted. The difference lies on the strikes thrown. Maynard landed three times as many power shots to the head (19 to 6) and five times as many to the body (10 to 2). Out of Diaz's 77 successful strikes, over half (49) were designated as head jabs.

Perhaps this fight serves as a template for valuing effective vs. volume striking. Diaz and Maynard landed at a similar percentage (29.7% to 34.0%), so it might be fair to say that an effective power shot is worth 1.5 times that of a basic jab. Hopefully, more research can be done on this topic.

[GL Jeff]

In all honesty, Diaz shots were weak little jabs. And it wasnt until three rounds of them that Maynard started to show any change in his face. Too little to late. Diaz just isnt strong enough to compete with the top of the 155'ers in the UFC. He really should go to the WEC.

[lwbrewer]

Both Diaz's have that wimpy looking punch, But they do add up. Look at Grays face! Their punches must be a little decieving as to snap of the punch giving more force then it appears over a hard throwen one puching it way threw. either way Nate needs to work on his game not his mouth.

[jits_man]

to me this fight just said that no one can stand even close to b.j's title franky is getin the shot but lets be real he wont win. grays hands looked awful he was joken around trying to show that he was way better the diaz but to me it he looked like diaz surprised him alittle. and any one who says diaz's dosent belong in the ufc is stupied diaz looked far better then roger or edger.

[subman]

That was a too close to call fight for me. Even round 2 was split in half (IMO). I don't think anyone can complain about the decision.

At some point, Diaz has to decide he doesn't want to go to a decision (his previous fight notwithstanding).

[Sakara=Excitement]

Originally Posted by jits_man

and any one who says diaz's dosent belong in the ufc is stupied diaz looked far better then roger or edger.

Yup, they are surely stupied my friend.

[MrCruise]

A week or so ago on Inside MMA Bas Rutten talked about 5 round main events. I agree with him. If you are good enough for the main event (and generally a main event has title implications in some way, #1 contenders spot etc.) you should be able to go 5 rounds.

[CJRockstar]

Originally Posted by GL Jeff

In all honesty, Diaz shots were weak little jabs. And it wasnt until three rounds of them that Maynard started to show any change in his face. Too little to late. Diaz just isnt strong enough to compete with the top of the 155'ers in the UFC. He really should go to the WEC.

lol... in round one, almost minute one I'd bet, Maynard started bleeding from a cut. That to me represents changed face.

it was a close fight that Maynard should of dominated on the feet, and he didn't. So who is honestly the horses ass? A Diaz who couldnt take it to the ground and finish it, or the Maynard that didn't impose any kind of will or gameplan what so ever?

[FalconPunch]

ugh i bet diaz is a big headache for joe silva and dana right now, he can't beat top contenders but is good enough to stay up there and fight them, most of the time making them look bad even when he loses. imo i think nick and nate both would have a lot more success if they fought five round fights, they start slow but outwork a lot of their opponents, its just that 3 rounds isnt enough time for them. and i've said it with nick for years now, those pitter patter punches do their damage deceptively, which is why they always lose the decision.

[MirJitsu]

Originally Posted by CJRockstar

lol... in round one, almost minute one I'd bet, Maynard started bleeding from a cut. That to me represents changed face.

it was a close fight that Maynard should of dominated on the feet, and he didn't. So who is honestly the horses ass? A Diaz who couldnt take it to the ground and finish it, or the Maynard that didn't impose any kind of will or gameplan what so ever?

Only part that I disagree with. Nate had like a six inch reach advantage, he should have been able to dominate on the feet, IMO.

The fight I remember Maynard out striking his opponent was in the Jim Miller fight.