Marc Diakiese

LightweightOutfighter
8 - 7

15 UFC Fights | 53% Win Rate | 2 Finishes (25%)

Height
5' 10"
Reach
73"
Weight
155 lbs.
Age
33
Orthodox

Marc Diakiese UFC Record & Pro MMA Record

Marc Diakiese is 8-7 in the UFC across 15 fights, with 2 wins by knockout and 6 by decision. The full pro MMA record is 18-8, 10-1 of it outside the UFC. Diakiese competes at lightweight as an orthodox outfighter, standing 5'10" with a 73" reach at 33 years old. The last bout was a loss to Gadzhi Rabadanov by knockout in Apr 2025.

Best attribute: takedown offense (takedowns landed per fight) — 93rd percentile among 300 lightweight fighters (2.7/fight).

Marc Diakiese's UFC win rate is 53% (8 of 15 fights), and 25% of those wins came by finish. Diakiese averages 2.7 takedowns per fight at 44% accuracy and stops 67% of opponents' takedown attempts.

Pro MMA Record
18-8
UFC Record
8-7
Height
5'10"
Reach
73"
Age
33
Stance
Orthodox
Last Fight
L vs Gadzhi Rabadanov · KO (Punches) · Apr 2025

Pro record from Sherdog (snapshot 2026-07-03) plus every UFC bout since; UFC record from UFCStats.

Marc Diakiese's Last 5 Fights

Diakiese is 3-2 in the last five UFC fights.

  1. Win vs Kaue Fernandes · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Almeida vs. Lewis · Nov 2023
  2. Loss vs Joel Alvarez · Submission · R2 4:26 · UFC Fight Night: Aspinall vs. Tybura · Jul 2023
  3. Loss vs Michael Johnson · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs. Holland · Dec 2022
  4. Win vs Damir Hadzovic · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Aspinall · Jul 2022
  5. Win vs Viacheslav Borshchev · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Daukaus · Mar 2022

Striking

Fighter Profile

Offensive Output

Sig. Strikes / Min
2.5
Accuracy
40%
Knockdowns / Fight
0.13

Defensive

Absorbed / Min
2.6
0.7x avg
Strike Differential
+-0.1
Opp. Accuracy Against
47%

Strike Targets

Position Breakdown

Grappling

Takedowns & Control

Takedowns / Fight
2.7
above avg
Takedown Accuracy
44%
Takedown Defense
67%
Control Time / Fight
3:55
Sub Attempts / Fight
0.0

Win Methods

Finish Probability by Round

R1
7% KO
0% Sub
R2
7% KO
0% Sub
R3+
0% KO
0% Sub

Round-by-Round Output

Sig. Strikes Landed per Round — Marc Diakiese vs Average

Marc Diakiese lands 9.9 strikes in R1 but 12.6 in R3+ — output increases in later rounds.

Marc Diakiese's UFC Fight History

15 UFC fights on record (8-7), most recent first.

ResultOpponentMethodRd · TimeEventDate
WKaue FernandesDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Almeida vs. Lewis2023-11-04
LJoel AlvarezSubmissionR2 · 4:26UFC Fight Night: Aspinall vs. Tybura2023-07-22
LMichael JohnsonDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs. Holland2022-12-03
WDamir HadzovicDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Aspinall2022-07-23
WViacheslav BorshchevDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Daukaus2022-03-26
LRafael AlvesSubmissionR1 · 1:48UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Rodriguez2021-11-13
LRafael FizievDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Figueiredo vs. Benavidez 22020-07-18
WLando VannataDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Hermansson vs. Cannonier2019-09-28
WJoe DuffyDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Till vs. Masvidal2019-03-16
LNasrat HaqparastDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs. Smith2018-07-22
LDan HookerSubmissionR3 · 0:42UFC 219: Cyborg vs. Holm2017-12-30
LDrakkar KloseDecisionR3 · 5:00The Ultimate Fighter: Redemption Finale2017-07-07
WTeemu PackalenKO/TKOR1 · 0:30UFC Fight Night: Manuwa vs. Anderson2017-03-18
WFrankie PerezDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Abdurakhimov2016-12-09
WLukasz SajewskiKO/TKOR2 · 4:40UFC 204: Bisping vs. Henderson2016-10-08

How Diakiese Ranks at Lightweight

Percentile among the 300 lightweight fighters in our database (higher is better; absorbed strikes are inverted).

Striking volume2.5 sig. strikes/min
32nd percentile
Striking accuracy40%
35th percentile
Strikes absorbed2.6/min
70th percentile
Takedowns2.7/fight
93rd percentile
Takedown defense67%
56th percentile
Knockdown power0.13/fight
44th percentile

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