Joe Kropschot vs. Nick Klein
Tale of the tape
The read
Level of competition
Joe Kropschot
Full career not yet synced for Joe Kropschot — 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 -2.0 wins over .500
Nick Klein
Full career not yet synced for Nick Klein — 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 +0.0 wins over .500
Striking
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Joe Kropschot
Distance 95.8% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 4.2% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 10.0%)
Nick Klein
Distance 87.1% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 12.9% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 10.0%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Joe Kropschot
Head 54.2% (norm 78.0%) · Body 8.3% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 37.5% (norm 8.4%)
Nick Klein
Head 57.4% (norm 78.0%) · Body 17.8% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 24.8% (norm 8.4%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Kropschot L/A | Acc | Middleweight med | Klein L/A | Acc | Middleweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 16 / 23 | too few to rate | 40.5% | 42 / 88 | 47.7% | 40.5% |
| In the clinch | 1 / 1 | too few to rate | 70.7% | 9 / 13 | too few to rate | 70.7% |
| On the ground | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 69.4% | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 69.4% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 6 / 13 | too few to rate | 38.8% | 18 / 58 | 31.0% | 38.8% |
| To the body | 2 / 2 | too few to rate | 71.6% | 10 / 18 | too few to rate | 71.6% |
| To the legs | 9 / 9 | too few to rate | 83.3% | 23 / 25 | 92.0% | 83.3% |
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 (Middleweight: 178 fighters · Middleweight: 178 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 Kropschot L/A | Opp acc | Middleweight med | vs Klein L/A | Opp acc | Middleweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 13 / 34 | 38.2% | 39.5% | 34 / 61 | 55.7% | 39.5% |
| In the clinch | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 70.4% | 22 / 31 | 71.0% | 70.4% |
| On the ground | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 69.0% | 13 / 17 | too few to rate | 69.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 8 / 27 | 29.6% | 37.7% | 49 / 88 | 55.7% | 37.7% |
| To the body | 3 / 5 | too few to rate | 71.3% | 11 / 12 | too few to rate | 71.3% |
| To the legs | 2 / 2 | too few to rate | 82.0% | 9 / 9 | too few to rate | 82.0% |
Grappling
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Klein has more cage time on record.