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Nick Klein vs. Mansur Abdul-Malik

UFC 0-2-0 vs. 3-2-1

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
0-2-0
UFC record
3-2-1
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
31
AgeΔ 2 yrs
29
6'1"
HeightΔ 1"
6'2"
77"
ReachΔ 3"
80"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
14.6
Layoff (months)Δ 12.4 mo
2.2
LL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWDW

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.
Mansur Abdul-Malik hunts takedowns — 1.96 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

Mansur Abdul-Malik

Full career not yet synced for Mansur Abdul-Malik — 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 -1.0 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

382.55/min · norm 3.23
Sig. strikes landed
1352.94/min · norm 3.23
523.49/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
2014.37/min · norm 3.20
56.7%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
43.7%norm 47.4%
38.8%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
42.6%norm 53.8%
00.00/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
10.33/15 · 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%)

Mansur Abdul-Malik

Distance 63.1% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 12.9% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 23.9% (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%)

Mansur Abdul-Malik

Head 82.2% (norm 78.0%) · Body 11.7% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 6.1% (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 Abdul-Malik L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 29 / 54 53.7% 40.5% 66 / 195 33.8% 40.5%
In the clinch 9 / 13 too few to rate 70.6% 25 / 40 62.5% 70.6%
On the ground 0 / 0 too few to rate 69.4% 44 / 74 59.5% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 10 / 31 32.3% 38.8% 103 / 254 40.6% 38.8%
To the body 7 / 13 too few to rate 71.6% 18 / 36 50.0% 71.6%
To the legs 21 / 23 too few to rate 83.3% 14 / 19 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 Abdul-Malik L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 18 / 38 47.4% 39.5% 151 / 285 53.0% 39.5%
In the clinch 21 / 30 70.0% 70.4% 34 / 46 73.9% 70.4%
On the ground 13 / 17 too few to rate 69.0% 16 / 19 too few to rate 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 43 / 75 57.3% 37.9% 106 / 226 46.9% 37.9%
To the body 9 / 10 too few to rate 71.3% 38 / 61 62.3% 71.3%
To the legs 0 / 0 too few to rate 82.1% 57 / 63 90.5% 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
531.3% acc · 5.03/15 · norm 1.35
Takedowns landed
646.2% acc · 1.96/15 · norm 1.35
266.7% def · norm 63.3%
Takedowns stopped
1482.4% def · norm 63.3%
7:4652.1% of cage time · norm 19.4%
Control time
5:3512.2% of cage time · norm 19.4%
0:370:37 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control lower is better
7:062:19 per 15 · norm 3:00
11.01/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
10.33/15 · norm 0.45

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