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Nick Klein vs. Andrey Pulyaev

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

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
0-2-0
UFC record
1-4-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
31
AgeΔ 2 yrs
29
6'1"
HeightΔ 3"
6'4"
77"
ReachΔ 1"
78"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
14.6
Layoff (months)Δ 14 mo
0.6
LL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Nick Klein hunts takedowns — 5.03 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.35 Middleweight norm.
Nick Klein owns the mat — in control 52% of cage time, vs a 19% Middleweight norm.
Andrey Pulyaev rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.35 Middleweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

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

Andrey Pulyaev

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

In the UFC: 0-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.6 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

382.55/min · norm 3.23
Sig. strikes landed
1062.54/min · norm 3.23
523.49/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
1232.95/min · norm 3.20
56.7%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
46.9%norm 47.4%
38.8%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
56.7%norm 53.8%
00.00/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
10.36/15 · norm 0.32

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

Nick Klein

Distance 80.6% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 19.4% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 10.0%)

Andrey Pulyaev

Distance 90.3% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 8.8% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 0.9% (norm 10.0%)

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

Nick Klein

Head 46.3% (norm 78.0%) · Body 19.4% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 34.3% (norm 8.4%)

Andrey Pulyaev

Head 70.4% (norm 78.0%) · Body 23.9% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 5.8% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Klein L/AAccMiddleweight med Pulyaev L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 29 / 54 53.7% 40.5% 89 / 204 43.6% 40.5%
In the clinch 9 / 13 too few to rate 70.6% 15 / 20 too few to rate 70.6%
On the ground 0 / 0 too few to rate 69.4% 2 / 2 too few to rate 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 10 / 31 32.3% 38.8% 58 / 159 36.5% 38.8%
To the body 7 / 13 too few to rate 71.6% 38 / 54 70.4% 71.6%
To the legs 21 / 23 too few to rate 83.3% 10 / 13 too few to rate 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 Klein L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Pulyaev L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 18 / 38 47.4% 39.5% 86 / 229 37.6% 39.5%
In the clinch 21 / 30 70.0% 70.4% 37 / 55 67.3% 70.4%
On the ground 13 / 17 too few to rate 69.0% 0 / 0 too few to rate 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 43 / 75 57.3% 37.9% 67 / 203 33.0% 37.9%
To the body 9 / 10 too few to rate 71.3% 32 / 52 61.5% 71.3%
To the legs 0 / 0 too few to rate 82.1% 24 / 29 82.8% 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
531.3% acc · 5.03/15 · norm 1.35
Takedowns landed
00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.35
266.7% def · norm 63.3%
Takedowns stopped
545.5% def · norm 63.3%
7:4652.1% of cage time · norm 19.4%
Control time
1:514.4% of cage time · norm 19.4%
0:370:37 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control lower is better
12:524:37 per 15 · norm 3:00
11.01/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.45

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