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Nick Hein vs.
Lukasz Sajewski

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

4-4-0 Nick Hein · UFC
0-3-0 Lukasz Sajewski · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

4-4-0
UFC record
0-3-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
42.3
AgeΔ 6.6 yrs
35.7
5'6"
HeightΔ 2"
5'8"
66"
ReachΔ 5"
71"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
86.2
Layoff (months)Δ 31.7 mo
117.9
LLLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLL
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.

Nick Hein rarely shoots — 0.86 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.38 Lightweight norm.
Lukasz Sajewski defends clinch strikes well — opponents land just 48%, vs a 69% Lightweight norm.
Lukasz Sajewski rarely shoots — 1.01 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.38 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.

Nick Hein

Full career not yet synced for Nick Hein — 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 -0.2 wins over .500

Lukasz Sajewski

Full career not yet synced for Lukasz Sajewski — 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 +0.7 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2762.65/min · norm 3.42
Sig. strikes landed
612.06/min · norm 3.42
3763.61/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed
1153.88/min · norm 3.37
35.1%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
35.9%norm 43.5%
59.9%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
57.7%norm 56.3%
20.29/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.25

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

Nick Hein

Distance 97.1% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 2.7% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 0.3% (norm 8.0%)

Lukasz Sajewski

Distance 88.2% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 7.1% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 4.7% (norm 8.0%)

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

Nick Hein

Head 82.2% (norm 78.2%) · Body 11.6% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 6.2% (norm 7.9%)

Lukasz Sajewski

Head 74.7% (norm 78.2%) · Body 19.4% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 5.9% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Hein L/AAccLightweight med Sajewski L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 265 / 764 34.7% 37.9% 50 / 150 33.3% 37.9%
In the clinch 9 / 21 too few to rate 67.3% 4 / 12 too few to rate 67.3%
On the ground 2 / 2 too few to rate 69.1% 7 / 8 too few to rate 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 188 / 647 29.1% 35.0% 33 / 127 26.0% 35.0%
To the body 47 / 91 51.6% 69.1% 22 / 33 66.7% 69.1%
To the legs 41 / 49 83.7% 81.9% 6 / 10 too few to rate 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 (Lightweight: 201 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 Hein L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Sajewski L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 347 / 900 38.6% 38.9% 91 / 225 40.4% 38.9%
In the clinch 22 / 29 75.9% 68.6% 20 / 42 47.6% 68.6%
On the ground 7 / 8 too few to rate 68.0% 4 / 5 too few to rate 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 255 / 745 34.2% 35.1% 81 / 226 35.8% 35.1%
To the body 80 / 139 57.6% 68.1% 18 / 27 66.7% 68.1%
To the legs 41 / 53 77.4% 81.5% 16 / 19 too few to rate 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

633.3% acc · 0.86/15 · norm 1.38
Takedowns landed
225.0% acc · 1.01/15 · norm 1.38
1083.3% def · norm 64.0%
Takedowns stopped
666.7% def · norm 64.0%
6:506.6% of cage time · norm 19.5%
Control time
5:1217.6% of cage time · norm 19.5%
8:411:15 per 15 · norm 2:46
Time under control
2:251:13 per 15 · norm 2:46
00.00/15 · norm 0.49
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.49

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

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