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Eiji Mitsuoka vs.
Nik Lentz

Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.

0-2-0 Eiji Mitsuoka · UFC
14-9-1 (1 NC) Nik Lentz · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.

0-2-0
UFC record
14-9-1 (1 NC)
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
50.6
AgeΔ 8.6 yrs
42
5'7"
HeightΔ 1"
5'8"
Reach
68"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
167.8
Layoff (months)Δ 101.4 mo
66.4
LL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWW
The read

What the numbers say.

Scouting notes, auto-generated — only stats deviating more than 25% from the division median make this list. No narratives, just deviations.

Eiji Mitsuoka carries real power — 1.35 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.29 Featherweight norm.
Eiji Mitsuoka is a submission threat — 1.35 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.46 Featherweight norm.
Nik Lentz is a submission threat — 1.24 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.49 Lightweight norm.
Level of competition

Who did they actually beat?

Full-career records re-graded by the tier of opposition — the same grading the Contender Series pick model uses. Records built on tier-4 competition are worth less than records built on killers.

Eiji Mitsuoka

Full career not yet synced for Eiji Mitsuoka — 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 +0.5 wins over .500

Nik Lentz

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

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

Striking

The stand-up battle.

Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

373.33/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes landed
10793.44/min · norm 3.42
817.30/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
10223.25/min · norm 3.37
48.7%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
47.6%norm 43.5%
43.8%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
50.1%norm 56.3%
11.35/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
20.10/15 · norm 0.25

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

Eiji Mitsuoka

Distance 96.1% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 2.6% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 1.3% (norm 6.5%)

Nik Lentz

Distance 74.4% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 13.9% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 11.7% (norm 8.0%)

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

Eiji Mitsuoka

Head 96.1% (norm 77.4%) · Body 2.6% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 1.3% (norm 7.8%)

Nik Lentz

Head 76.4% (norm 78.2%) · Body 15.1% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 8.6% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Mitsuoka L/AAccFeatherweight med Lentz L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 36 / 73 49.3% 40.9% 655 / 1686 38.8% 37.9%
In the clinch 0 / 2 too few to rate 70.8% 213 / 316 67.4% 67.3%
On the ground 1 / 1 too few to rate 69.2% 211 / 265 79.6% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 35 / 73 47.9% 37.2% 650 / 1731 37.6% 35.0%
To the body 1 / 2 too few to rate 68.2% 269 / 342 78.7% 69.1%
To the legs 1 / 1 too few to rate 80.7% 160 / 194 82.5% 81.9%

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: 126 fighters · Lightweight: 201 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 Mitsuoka L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Lentz L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 34 / 91 37.4% 39.2% 701 / 1584 44.3% 38.9%
In the clinch 22 / 27 81.5% 70.3% 180 / 262 68.7% 68.6%
On the ground 25 / 26 96.2% 69.4% 141 / 202 69.8% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 56 / 113 49.6% 35.9% 762 / 1717 44.4% 35.1%
To the body 15 / 21 too few to rate 67.9% 160 / 215 74.4% 68.1%
To the legs 10 / 10 too few to rate 81.5% 100 / 116 86.2% 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.

116.7% acc · 1.35/15 · norm 1.19
Takedowns landed
6932.9% acc · 3.30/15 · norm 1.38
00.0% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
3643.9% def · norm 64.0%
1:3414.1% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
98:4331.4% of cage time · norm 19.5%
3:184:27 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
75:453:37 per 15 · norm 2:46
11.35/15 · norm 0.46
Submission attempts
261.24/15 · norm 0.49

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

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