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Ludovit Klein vs. Shane Young

UFC 8-4-1 vs. 2-5-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
8-4-1
UFC record
2-5-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
31
AgeΔ 2 yrs
33
5'7"
HeightΔ 1"
5'8"
72"
ReachΔ 0"
72"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
2.6
Layoff (months)Δ 34.8 mo
37.4
LWLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Ludovit Klein carries real power — 0.46 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.25 Lightweight norm.
Shane Young absorbs 5.46 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.50 Featherweight norm — hittable.
Shane Young outworks the Featherweight division — 5.19 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.52 norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

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

Shane Young

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 25
Tier 3 — regional circuit 113

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.55 · 2 tier-1/2 wins · 10 finish wins over 21 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.0 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

6223.83/min · norm 3.44
Sig. strikes landed
3735.19/min · norm 3.52
5803.57/min · norm 3.38
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
3935.46/min · norm 3.50
53.5%norm 43.65%
Striking accuracy
40.7%norm 44.7%
53.5%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
52.5%norm 54.8%
50.46/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
10.21/15 · norm 0.29

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

Ludovit Klein

Distance 85.0% (norm 83.1%) · Clinch 7.0% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 8.0% (norm 8.0%)

Shane Young

Distance 95.7% (norm 85.9%) · Clinch 4.3% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 6.5%)

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

Ludovit Klein

Head 72.3% (norm 78.0%) · Body 21.2% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 6.5% (norm 8.0%)

Shane Young

Head 77.0% (norm 77.5%) · Body 15.0% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 8.1% (norm 7.9%)

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 Young L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 503 / 988 50.9% 38.3% 347 / 877 39.6% 40.5%
In the clinch 63 / 81 77.8% 67.5% 26 / 39 66.7% 70.5%
On the ground 56 / 93 60.2% 68.8% 0 / 0 too few to rate 69.3%
BY TARGET
To the head 364 / 840 43.3% 35.1% 213 / 705 30.2% 37.1%
To the body 188 / 246 76.4% 69.1% 99 / 137 72.3% 68.0%
To the legs 70 / 76 92.1% 81.8% 61 / 74 82.4% 80.3%

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 (Lightweight: 204 fighters · Featherweight: 127 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 Young L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 420 / 1035 40.6% 38.8% 341 / 752 45.3% 39.3%
In the clinch 101 / 136 74.3% 68.6% 35 / 53 66.0% 70.3%
On the ground 59 / 76 77.6% 68.0% 17 / 23 too few to rate 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 320 / 907 35.3% 35.2% 265 / 676 39.2% 35.9%
To the body 155 / 219 70.8% 68.2% 49 / 69 71.0% 68.0%
To the legs 105 / 121 86.8% 81.5% 79 / 83 95.2% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1450.0% acc · 1.29/15 · norm 1.34
Takedowns landed
318.8% acc · 0.63/15 · norm 1.17
3676.6% def · norm 63.7%
Takedowns stopped
1664.0% def · norm 61.5%
39:3124.3% of cage time · norm 18.95%
Control time
5:468.0% of cage time · norm 16.5%
26:262:26 per 15 · norm 2:50
Time under control lower is better
12:062:31 per 15 · norm 3:11
00.00/15 · norm 0.48
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.45

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