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Movsar Evloev vs. Nik Lentz

UFC 10-0-0 vs. 14-9-1 (1 NC)

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
10-0-0
UFC record
14-9-1 (1 NC)
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
32
AgeΔ 10 yrs
42
5'7"
HeightΔ 1"
5'8"
72"
ReachΔ 4"
68"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
7
Layoff (months)Δ 61.9 mo
68.9
WWWWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Movsar Evloev hunts takedowns — 4.78 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.17 Featherweight norm.
Nik Lentz is a submission threat — 1.24 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.48 Lightweight norm.
Nik Lentz hunts takedowns — 3.30 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.34 Lightweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Movsar Evloev

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 100
Tier 3 — regional circuit 100

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.78 · 10 tier-1/2 wins · 7 finish wins over 20 documented bouts

In the UFC: 8-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +4.8 wins over .500

Nik Lentz

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 149
Tier 3 — regional circuit 163

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.95 · 14 tier-1/2 wins · 19 finish wins over 45 documented bouts

In the UFC: 9-9 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.9 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

6253.91/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
10793.44/min · norm 3.44
4482.80/min · norm 3.50
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
10223.25/min · norm 3.38
47.6%norm 44.7%
Striking accuracy
47.6%norm 43.65%
61.3%norm 54.8%
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)

Movsar Evloev

Distance 85.4% (norm 85.9%) · Clinch 5.0% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 9.5% (norm 6.5%)

Nik Lentz

Distance 74.4% (norm 83.1%) · Clinch 13.9% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 11.7% (norm 8.0%)

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

Movsar Evloev

Head 86.0% (norm 77.5%) · Body 8.8% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 5.2% (norm 7.9%)

Nik Lentz

Head 76.4% (norm 78.0%) · Body 15.1% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 8.6% (norm 8.0%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Evloev L/AAccFeatherweight med Lentz L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 470 / 1121 41.9% 40.5% 655 / 1686 38.8% 38.3%
In the clinch 50 / 66 75.8% 70.5% 213 / 316 67.4% 67.5%
On the ground 105 / 125 84.0% 69.3% 211 / 265 79.6% 68.8%
BY TARGET
To the head 479 / 1128 42.5% 37.1% 650 / 1731 37.6% 35.1%
To the body 94 / 116 81.0% 68.0% 269 / 342 78.7% 69.1%
To the legs 52 / 68 76.5% 80.3% 160 / 194 82.5% 81.8%

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: 127 fighters · Lightweight: 204 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 Evloev L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Lentz L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 379 / 1067 35.5% 39.3% 701 / 1584 44.3% 38.8%
In the clinch 39 / 49 79.6% 70.3% 180 / 262 68.7% 68.6%
On the ground 30 / 41 73.2% 69.4% 141 / 202 69.8% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 275 / 909 30.3% 35.9% 762 / 1717 44.4% 35.2%
To the body 121 / 178 68.0% 68.0% 160 / 215 74.4% 68.2%
To the legs 52 / 70 74.3% 81.5% 100 / 116 86.2% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
5152.6% acc · 4.78/15 · norm 1.17
Takedowns landed
6932.9% acc · 3.30/15 · norm 1.34
2261.1% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
3643.9% def · norm 63.7%
57:0635.7% of cage time · norm 16.5%
Control time
98:4331.4% of cage time · norm 18.95%
12:071:08 per 15 · norm 3:11
Time under control lower is better
75:453:37 per 15 · norm 2:50
20.19/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
261.24/15 · norm 0.48

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