Juan Diaz
PeruJuan Diaz, “Pegajoso”, is a Bantamweight from Peru with an official record of 16-1-1. The 18 bouts Cage Brothers holds a result for are scored 16 wins, 1 loss and 1 no contest, the wins coming 5 by knockout, 3 by submission and 8 by decision. The most recent bout on file is a second-round submission win over Malcolm Wellmaker at UFC Fight Night: Allen vs. Costa on 16 May 2026, the ninth win in a row.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Method | Round | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 14, 2026 | Adrian Yañez | Upcoming | — | — | UFC 334: Gane vs. Hokit |
| May 16, 2026 | Malcolm Wellmaker | WIN | SUBRear Naked Choke | R2 · 4:08 | UFC Fight Night: Allen vs. Costa |
| Oct 15, 2025 | Kwon Won Il | WIN | KOKO/TKO | R2 | Dana White's Contender Series: Season 9, Week 10 |
| Feb 21, 2025 | Uriel CossioTitle | WIN | DECDecision - Unanimous | R5 · 5:00 | Lux Fight League 50 |
| Nov 1, 2024 | José RouraTitle | WIN | KOTKO (Doctor Stoppage) | R4 | Lux Fight League 47 |
| Apr 26, 2024 | Abraham Nava | WIN | DECDecision - Unanimous | R3 · 5:00 | Lux Fight League 42 |
| Dec 1, 2023 | José RouraTitle | WIN | DECDecision - Unanimous | R5 | Lux Fight League 38 |
| Jul 21, 2023 | Luis Guerrero | WIN | SUBSubmission (Rear Naked Choke) | R1 · 4:59 | Lux Fight League 34 |
| Feb 3, 2023 | Irvin Amaya | WIN | DECDecision - Unanimous | R3 · 5:00 | Lux Fight League 30 |
| Apr 29, 2022 | Andrés Leal | WIN | DECDecision - Unanimous | R3 · 5:00 | UWC Mexico 33: Sabori vs. Rodriguez |
| Oct 23, 2021 | Rodrigo Vera | LOSS | DECDecision - Unanimous | R3 | FFC 47: Vera vs. Diaz |
| Aug 13, 2021 | Juan Campos | WIN | KOKO/TKO | R1 · 3:21 | UWC Mexico 28: Luna vs. Benitez |
| Dec 10, 2020 | Carlos Huachin | WIN | DECDecision - Unanimous | R3 · 5:00 | FFC 44: Basurto vs. Ribovics |
| Dec 6, 2019 | Javier Guzman | WIN | KOKO/TKO | R2 | Crixus MMA 5 |
| Sep 28, 2019 | Ramon Cardozo | WIN | DECDecision - Unanimous | R3 | Fortis Fight Cage 2 |
| Jun 15, 2019 | Arturo Lemus | WIN | SUBSubmission (Armbar) | R1 | Martial Entertainment: Fight Night Champions 4 |
| Dec 8, 2018 | Juan da Silva | NC | Draw | R3 | Hualsur FC 83: Da Silva vs. Diaz |
| Sep 14, 2018 | Francisco Alessandria | WIN | KOTKO (Doctor Stoppage) | R3 | Delirium Fest 4 |
| Oct 14, 2017 | Nahuel Alejandro Farias | WIN | DECDecision - Unanimous | R3 | Hualsur FC: Sosa vs. Barbosa |
| — | Abraham Nava | WIN | — | — | — |
Wins, losses and draws are Juan Diaz’s official record. Everything else is counted from the 18 bouts we hold a full result for — method, round and time. Per-fight striking and grappling statistics are not published in our data source, so they are not shown.
Juan Diaz’s record, in numbers
Juan Diaz’s official record is 16-1-1. Every figure on this page is counted instead from the 18 bouts Cage Brothers holds a result for — 16 wins, 1 loss and 1 no contest — because the two cover the same 18 bouts but do not score all of them the same way.
The 16 wins break down as 5 by knockout, 3 by submission and 8 by decision — 8 of 16 inside the distance, a finish rate of 50%. Across all 18 bouts with a recorded finishing round, the average bout lasted 10 minutes 58 seconds.
Juan Diaz has never been stopped in the 18 bouts on file; the one loss went to a decision. The last 9 bouts on file are all wins.
Of the 18 bouts Cage Brothers holds a result for, 3 were for a title and 1 was the main event of the card. Four of them have come since September 2024.
Set against the 449 Bantamweight fighters Cage Brothers holds eight or more bouts for, Juan Diaz has a finish rate above 22% of them, a record of avoiding stoppage above 81% of them and a two-year bout count above 86% of them. The comparison is made inside the division rather than across the whole roster, because how often a division finishes depends heavily on what it weighs.
Juan Diaz is listed at 5ft 8in with a reach of 69in, fights orthodox and is 28, born 2 June 1998.
These figures are recomputed from Juan Diaz’s bout history each time results are synced, so they follow the record rather than a fixed snapshot.