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Ludovit Klein vs.
AJ Cunningham

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

8-4-1 Ludovit Klein · UFC
0-2-0 AJ Cunningham · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

8-4-1
UFC record
0-2-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Bantamweight
31.5
AgeΔ 0.4 yrs
31.9
5'7"
HeightΔ 3"
5'10"
72"
ReachΔ 1"
71"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
0.2
Layoff (months)Δ 16.5 mo
16.7
LWLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LL
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.

AJ Cunningham is a submission threat — 0.77 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.28 Bantamweight norm.
AJ Cunningham rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.12 Bantamweight norm.
Ludovit Klein carries real power — 0.46 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.25 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.

Ludovit Klein

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 84
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 01
Tier 3 — regional circuit 161

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.1 · 8 tier-1/2 wins · 17 finish wins over 31 documented bouts

In the UFC: 5-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.8 wins over .500

AJ Cunningham

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

In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.5 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

6223.83/min · norm 3.42
Sig. strikes landed
522.65/min · norm 3.52
5803.57/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed
783.98/min · norm 3.58
53.5%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
40.9%norm 43.4%
53.5%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
36.6%norm 56.6%
50.46/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.30

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

Ludovit Klein

Distance 85.0% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 7.0% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 8.0% (norm 8.0%)

AJ Cunningham

Distance 97.6% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 2.4% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 6.5%)

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

Ludovit Klein

Head 72.3% (norm 78.2%) · Body 21.2% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 6.5% (norm 7.9%)

AJ Cunningham

Head 74.0% (norm 77.4%) · Body 11.8% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 14.2% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Klein L/AAccLightweight med Cunningham L/AAccBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 503 / 988 50.9% 37.9% 50 / 124 40.3% 39.0%
In the clinch 63 / 81 77.8% 67.3% 2 / 3 too few to rate 68.7%
On the ground 56 / 93 60.2% 69.1% 0 / 0 too few to rate 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 364 / 840 43.3% 35.0% 26 / 94 27.7% 34.9%
To the body 188 / 246 76.4% 69.1% 11 / 15 too few to rate 66.8%
To the legs 70 / 76 92.1% 81.9% 15 / 18 too few to rate 79.4%

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 · Bantamweight: 117 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 Klein L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Cunningham L/AOpp accBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 420 / 1035 40.6% 38.9% 72 / 115 62.6% 39.3%
In the clinch 101 / 136 74.3% 68.6% 2 / 2 too few to rate 70.4%
On the ground 59 / 76 77.6% 68.0% 4 / 6 too few to rate 72.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 320 / 907 35.3% 35.1% 46 / 87 52.9% 34.9%
To the body 155 / 219 70.8% 68.1% 26 / 28 92.9% 66.0%
To the legs 105 / 121 86.8% 81.5% 6 / 8 too few to rate 79.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

1450.0% acc · 1.29/15 · norm 1.38
Takedowns landed
0— acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.12
3676.6% def · norm 64.0%
Takedowns stopped
646.2% def · norm 66.7%
39:3124.3% of cage time · norm 19.5%
Control time
0:262.2% of cage time · norm 17.4%
26:262:26 per 15 · norm 2:46
Time under control
8:216:23 per 15 · norm 2:24
00.00/15 · norm 0.49
Submission attempts
10.77/15 · norm 0.28

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

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