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Hacran Dias 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.

3-5-0 Hacran Dias · 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.

3-5-0
UFC record
14-9-1 (1 NC)
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
42.1
AgeΔ 0.1 yrs
42
5'8"
HeightΔ 0"
5'8"
69"
ReachΔ 1"
68"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
105.2
Layoff (months)Δ 38.8 mo
66.4
LLLWW
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.

Nik Lentz is a submission threat — 1.24 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.49 Lightweight norm.
Nik Lentz hunts takedowns — 3.30 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.38 Lightweight norm.
Hacran Dias hunts takedowns — 2.50 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 Featherweight 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.

Hacran Dias

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

In the UFC: 3-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.5 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

2492.08/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes landed
10793.44/min · norm 3.42
3973.31/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
10223.25/min · norm 3.37
41.8%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
47.6%norm 43.5%
55.0%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
50.1%norm 56.3%
00.00/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
20.10/15 · norm 0.25

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

Hacran Dias

Distance 87.9% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 5.4% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 6.7% (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)

Hacran Dias

Head 81.8% (norm 77.4%) · Body 8.9% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 9.2% (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 Dias L/AAccFeatherweight med Lentz L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 200 / 523 38.2% 40.9% 655 / 1686 38.8% 37.9%
In the clinch 22 / 32 68.8% 70.8% 213 / 316 67.4% 67.3%
On the ground 27 / 40 67.5% 69.2% 211 / 265 79.6% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 171 / 487 35.1% 37.2% 650 / 1731 37.6% 35.0%
To the body 30 / 53 56.6% 68.2% 269 / 342 78.7% 69.1%
To the legs 48 / 55 87.3% 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 Dias L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Lentz L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 193 / 596 32.4% 39.2% 701 / 1584 44.3% 38.9%
In the clinch 61 / 83 73.5% 70.3% 180 / 262 68.7% 68.6%
On the ground 143 / 204 70.1% 69.4% 141 / 202 69.8% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 257 / 695 37.0% 35.9% 762 / 1717 44.4% 35.1%
To the body 70 / 104 67.3% 67.9% 160 / 215 74.4% 68.1%
To the legs 70 / 84 83.3% 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.

2039.2% acc · 2.50/15 · norm 1.19
Takedowns landed
6932.9% acc · 3.30/15 · norm 1.38
4076.9% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
3643.9% def · norm 64.0%
33:3428.0% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
98:4331.4% of cage time · norm 19.5%
33:524:14 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
75:453:37 per 15 · norm 2:46
40.50/15 · 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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