Diego “Pato” Oliveira Batista and Gabriel Sousa have met 6 times on record, and Pato holds the edge at 5 wins to 1. What stands out is how tight most of those matches were. None of the 6 ended in a submission. They went to decisions, points, and one on advantage, which tells you these two know each other's timing well and neither gives up easy positions.

The styles line up as a finisher against a points-and-pressure grinder, though the head to head does not always reflect that. Across recorded matches Pato carries an 84% win rate with 42% of his wins by submission, while Sousa sits at a 74% win rate with 31% of his wins by submission. In their shared bouts, decisions and scoring margins did the deciding rather than either man's finishing game.

Sousa's one win came at the biggest stage of the series, a decision in the semi-finals of the 2022 ADCC World Championships. Before that, Pato had taken the previous 5, including the final of the 2021 World IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu No-Gi Championship on an advantage. The rivalry spans both gi and nogi, which makes the overall count more meaningful than a single ruleset would.