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Andrey Pulyaev vs. Nick Klein

UFC 1-4-0 vs. 0-2-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
1-4-0
UFC record
0-2-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
29
AgeΔ 2 yrs
31
6'4"
HeightΔ 3"
6'1"
78"
ReachΔ 1"
77"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
0.6
Layoff (months)Δ 14 mo
14.6
LLLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Nick Klein hunts takedowns — 5.03 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.35 Middleweight norm.
Nick Klein owns the mat — in control 52% of cage time, vs a 19% Middleweight norm.
Andrey Pulyaev rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.35 Middleweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Andrey Pulyaev

Full career not yet synced for Andrey Pulyaev — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 0-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.6 wins over .500

Nick Klein

Full career not yet synced for Nick Klein — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.0 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1062.54/min · norm 3.23
Sig. strikes landed
382.55/min · norm 3.23
1232.95/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
523.49/min · norm 3.20
46.9%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
56.7%norm 47.4%
56.7%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
38.8%norm 53.8%
10.36/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.32

Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)

Andrey Pulyaev

Distance 90.3% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 8.8% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 0.9% (norm 10.0%)

Nick Klein

Distance 80.6% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 19.4% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 10.0%)

What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)

Andrey Pulyaev

Head 70.4% (norm 78.0%) · Body 23.9% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 5.8% (norm 8.4%)

Nick Klein

Head 46.3% (norm 78.0%) · Body 19.4% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 34.3% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.

Zone Pulyaev L/AAccMiddleweight med Klein L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 89 / 204 43.6% 40.5% 29 / 54 53.7% 40.5%
In the clinch 15 / 20 too few to rate 70.6% 9 / 13 too few to rate 70.6%
On the ground 2 / 2 too few to rate 69.4% 0 / 0 too few to rate 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 58 / 159 36.5% 38.8% 10 / 31 32.3% 38.8%
To the body 38 / 54 70.4% 71.6% 7 / 13 too few to rate 71.6%
To the legs 10 / 13 too few to rate 83.3% 21 / 23 too few to rate 83.3%

Zones with fewer than 25 attempts are marked "too few to rate". Each fighter is measured against the median of leaderboard-eligible fighters in his own division (Middleweight: 178 fighters · Middleweight: 178 fighters).

What lands on them Opponents' accuracy against each man

Green ≤ division median — harder to hit than the typical man in his division.

Zone vs Pulyaev L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Klein L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 86 / 229 37.6% 39.5% 18 / 38 47.4% 39.5%
In the clinch 37 / 55 67.3% 70.4% 21 / 30 70.0% 70.4%
On the ground 0 / 0 too few to rate 69.0% 13 / 17 too few to rate 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 67 / 203 33.0% 37.9% 43 / 75 57.3% 37.9%
To the body 32 / 52 61.5% 71.3% 9 / 10 too few to rate 71.3%
To the legs 24 / 29 82.8% 82.1% 0 / 0 too few to rate 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.35
Takedowns landed
531.3% acc · 5.03/15 · norm 1.35
545.5% def · norm 63.3%
Takedowns stopped
266.7% def · norm 63.3%
1:514.4% of cage time · norm 19.4%
Control time
7:4652.1% of cage time · norm 19.4%
12:524:37 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control lower is better
0:370:37 per 15 · norm 3:00
00.00/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
11.01/15 · norm 0.45

Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Pulyaev has more cage time on record.