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Frank Camacho vs.
Nick Hein

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

2-6-0 Frank Camacho · UFC
4-4-0 Nick Hein · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

2-6-0
UFC record
4-4-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
37.2
AgeΔ 5.1 yrs
42.3
5'10"
HeightΔ 4"
5'6"
73"
ReachΔ 7"
66"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
50.8
Layoff (months)Δ 35.4 mo
86.2
LLLWL
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.

Frank Camacho absorbs 7.44 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.37 Lightweight norm — hittable.
Frank Camacho outworks the Lightweight division — 6.56 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.42 norm.
Nick Hein rarely shoots — 0.86 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.38 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.

Frank Camacho

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

In the UFC: 1-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.2 wins over .500

Nick Hein

Full career not yet synced for Nick Hein — 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 -0.2 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

4436.56/min · norm 3.42
Sig. strikes landed
2762.65/min · norm 3.42
5027.44/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed
3763.61/min · norm 3.37
46.4%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
35.1%norm 43.5%
51.8%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
59.9%norm 56.3%
00.00/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
20.29/15 · norm 0.25

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

Frank Camacho

Distance 93.3% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 6.0% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 0.7% (norm 8.0%)

Nick Hein

Distance 97.1% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 2.7% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 0.3% (norm 8.0%)

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

Frank Camacho

Head 86.0% (norm 78.2%) · Body 12.9% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 1.2% (norm 7.9%)

Nick Hein

Head 82.2% (norm 78.2%) · Body 11.6% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 6.2% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Camacho L/AAccLightweight med Hein L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 397 / 891 44.6% 37.9% 265 / 764 34.7% 37.9%
In the clinch 44 / 57 77.2% 67.3% 9 / 21 too few to rate 67.3%
On the ground 2 / 7 too few to rate 69.1% 2 / 2 too few to rate 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 344 / 821 41.9% 35.0% 188 / 647 29.1% 35.0%
To the body 90 / 123 73.2% 69.1% 47 / 91 51.6% 69.1%
To the legs 9 / 11 too few to rate 81.9% 41 / 49 83.7% 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 (Lightweight: 201 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 Camacho L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Hein L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 449 / 967 46.4% 38.9% 347 / 900 38.6% 38.9%
In the clinch 38 / 51 74.5% 68.6% 22 / 29 75.9% 68.6%
On the ground 15 / 24 too few to rate 68.0% 7 / 8 too few to rate 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 347 / 842 41.2% 35.1% 255 / 745 34.2% 35.1%
To the body 90 / 126 71.4% 68.1% 80 / 139 57.6% 68.1%
To the legs 65 / 74 87.8% 81.5% 41 / 53 77.4% 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

531.3% acc · 1.11/15 · norm 1.38
Takedowns landed
633.3% acc · 0.86/15 · norm 1.38
1973.1% def · norm 64.0%
Takedowns stopped
1083.3% def · norm 64.0%
6:269.5% of cage time · norm 19.5%
Control time
6:506.6% of cage time · norm 19.5%
5:231:11 per 15 · norm 2:46
Time under control
8:411:15 per 15 · norm 2:46
00.00/15 · norm 0.49
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.49

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

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