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Frank Lester vs.
Nick Osipczak

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

0-1-0 Frank Lester · UFC
2-3-0 Nick Osipczak · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

0-1-0
UFC record
2-3-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
42.2
AgeΔ 0.6 yrs
41.6
5'11"
HeightΔ 3"
6'2"
Reach
76"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
205.5
Layoff (months)Δ 16.8 mo
188.7
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Last 5 (newest first)
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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.

Nick Osipczak is a submission threat — 0.96 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.45 Welterweight norm.
Frank Lester's takedown defense leaks — 0% stopped, vs a 64% Welterweight norm.
Frank Lester rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight 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 Lester

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

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

Nick Osipczak

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

In the UFC: 1-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.6 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

82.18/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
1772.83/min · norm 3.17
143.82/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
2363.77/min · norm 3.06
36.4%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
50.7%norm 44.9%
53.3%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
50.7%norm 55.25%
00.00/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
20.48/15 · norm 0.38

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

Frank Lester

Distance 45.5% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 54.5% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 8.1%)

Nick Osipczak

Distance 55.9% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 23.8% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 20.3% (norm 8.1%)

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

Frank Lester

Head 40.9% (norm 78.2%) · Body 27.3% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 31.8% (norm 8.4%)

Nick Osipczak

Head 69.1% (norm 78.2%) · Body 16.0% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 14.9% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Lester L/AAccWelterweight med Osipczak L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 2 / 10 too few to rate 38.6% 80 / 195 41.0% 38.6%
In the clinch 6 / 12 too few to rate 67.8% 55 / 83 66.3% 67.8%
On the ground 0 / 0 too few to rate 67.2% 42 / 71 59.2% 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 1 / 9 too few to rate 37.2% 98 / 241 40.7% 37.2%
To the body 3 / 6 too few to rate 70.7% 40 / 56 71.4% 70.7%
To the legs 4 / 7 too few to rate 82.9% 39 / 52 75.0% 82.9%

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 (Welterweight: 182 fighters · Welterweight: 182 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 Lester L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Osipczak L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 1 / 9 too few to rate 39.0% 100 / 277 36.1% 39.0%
In the clinch 13 / 20 too few to rate 68.9% 60 / 93 64.5% 68.9%
On the ground 0 / 1 too few to rate 68.0% 76 / 109 69.7% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 3 / 13 too few to rate 35.6% 126 / 326 38.7% 35.6%
To the body 3 / 7 too few to rate 69.6% 80 / 111 72.1% 69.6%
To the legs 8 / 10 too few to rate 82.1% 30 / 42 71.4% 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
545.5% acc · 1.20/15 · norm 1.27
00.0% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
2571.4% def · norm 63.9%
0:041.8% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
13:4622.0% of cage time · norm 18.5%
2:209:32 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
27:476:39 per 15 · norm 3:15
00.00/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
40.96/15 · norm 0.45

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

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