Mingyang (18-6 MMA, 2-0 UFC) maintained his rate of finishing his opponent in the first round in all of his career wins when a perfect short left elbow dropped Diaz (9-3 MMA, 0-1 UFC) and led to a flurry of ground-and-pound to end the light heavyweight bout less than 3 minutes in at Galaxy Arena in Macau.

Zhang Mingyang earned his 18th career finish at UFC Macau, putting away Ozzy Diaz with a picture-perfect elbow strike in the opening round.

UFC Macau opens in the Light Heavyweight Division. Check out our UFC odds series for our Mingyang-Diaz prediction and pick.

Ozzy Diaz and Zhang Mingyang meet Saturday on the UFC Fight Night 248 main card at Galaxy Arena in Macau. Check out this quick breakdown of the matchup from MMA Junkie analyst Dan Tom. Last event: 4-1 UFC main cards,

Light heavyweight Zhang Mingyang welcomed Ozzy Diaz to the UFC in the main card opener at UFC Macau on Saturday. MMA fans might remember Diaz as the opponent of Joe Pyfer on Dana White’s Contender Series back in 2022,