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Diego Nunes vs. Nik Lentz

UFC 3-3-0 vs. 14-9-1 (1 NC)

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
3-3-0
UFC record
14-9-1 (1 NC)
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
43
AgeΔ 1 yrs
42
5'6"
HeightΔ 2"
5'8"
67"
ReachΔ 1"
68"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
165
Layoff (months)Δ 96.1 mo
68.9
LWLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Nik Lentz is a submission threat — 1.24 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.48 Lightweight norm.
Nik Lentz hunts takedowns — 3.30 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.34 Lightweight norm.
Diego Nunes carries real power — 0.50 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.29 Featherweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Diego Nunes

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 36
Tier 3 — regional circuit 224

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.75 · 3 tier-1/2 wins · 18 finish wins over 35 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.8 wins over .500

Nik Lentz

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 149
Tier 3 — regional circuit 163

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.95 · 14 tier-1/2 wins · 19 finish wins over 45 documented bouts

In the UFC: 9-9 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.9 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2662.96/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
10793.44/min · norm 3.44
2903.22/min · norm 3.50
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
10223.25/min · norm 3.38
44.3%norm 44.7%
Striking accuracy
47.6%norm 43.65%
57.4%norm 54.8%
Striking defense
50.1%norm 56.3%
30.50/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
20.10/15 · norm 0.25

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

Diego Nunes

Distance 77.8% (norm 85.9%) · Clinch 14.0% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 8.2% (norm 6.5%)

Nik Lentz

Distance 74.4% (norm 83.1%) · Clinch 13.9% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 11.7% (norm 8.0%)

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

Diego Nunes

Head 61.7% (norm 77.5%) · Body 17.3% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 21.0% (norm 7.9%)

Nik Lentz

Head 76.4% (norm 78.0%) · Body 15.1% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 8.6% (norm 8.0%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Nunes L/AAccFeatherweight med Lentz L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 183 / 467 39.2% 40.5% 655 / 1686 38.8% 38.3%
In the clinch 59 / 84 70.2% 70.5% 213 / 316 67.4% 67.5%
On the ground 24 / 49 49.0% 69.3% 211 / 265 79.6% 68.8%
BY TARGET
To the head 109 / 370 29.5% 37.1% 650 / 1731 37.6% 35.1%
To the body 73 / 104 70.2% 68.0% 269 / 342 78.7% 69.1%
To the legs 84 / 126 66.7% 80.3% 160 / 194 82.5% 81.8%

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 (Featherweight: 127 fighters · Lightweight: 204 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 Nunes L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Lentz L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 140 / 484 28.9% 39.3% 701 / 1584 44.3% 38.8%
In the clinch 76 / 110 69.1% 70.3% 180 / 262 68.7% 68.6%
On the ground 74 / 86 86.0% 69.4% 141 / 202 69.8% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 147 / 485 30.3% 35.9% 762 / 1717 44.4% 35.2%
To the body 49 / 71 69.0% 68.0% 160 / 215 74.4% 68.2%
To the legs 94 / 124 75.8% 81.5% 100 / 116 86.2% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
555.6% acc · 0.83/15 · norm 1.17
Takedowns landed
6932.9% acc · 3.30/15 · norm 1.34
4971.0% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
3643.9% def · norm 63.7%
11:1512.5% of cage time · norm 16.5%
Control time
98:4331.4% of cage time · norm 18.95%
26:144:22 per 15 · norm 3:11
Time under control lower is better
75:453:37 per 15 · norm 2:50
00.00/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
261.24/15 · norm 0.48

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