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Nick Sanzo vs.
Jerry Bohlander

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

1-1-0 Nick Sanzo · UFC
5-2-0 Jerry Bohlander · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

1-1-0
UFC record
5-2-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Open Weight
Age
52
5'9"
HeightΔ 2"
5'11"
Reach
Stance
Orthodox
353.9
Layoff (months)Δ 23 mo
330.9
WL
Last 5 (newest first)
LWWWW
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 Sanzo's takedown defense leaks — 0% stopped, vs a 64% Lightweight norm.
Nick Sanzo rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.38 Lightweight norm.
Jerry Bohlander's takedown defense leaks — 33% stopped, vs a 67% Open Weight 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 Sanzo

Full career not yet synced for Nick Sanzo — 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

Jerry Bohlander

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

In the UFC: 1-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.1 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

00.00/min · norm 3.42
Sig. strikes landed
420.85/min · norm 1.46
23.08/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed
691.39/min · norm 1.68
norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
48.3%norm 45.8%
50.0%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
43.4%norm 49.0%
00.00/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.00

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

Nick Sanzo

Distance 0.0% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 0.0% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 8.0%)

Jerry Bohlander

Distance 56.3% (norm 50.2%) · Clinch 14.9% (norm 14.9%) · Ground 28.7% (norm 28.7%)

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

Nick Sanzo

Head 0.0% (norm 78.2%) · Body 0.0% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 0.0% (norm 7.9%)

Jerry Bohlander

Head 64.4% (norm 81.2%) · Body 8.0% (norm 8.0%) · Legs 27.6% (norm 5.2%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Sanzo L/AAccLightweight med Bohlander L/AAccOpen Weight med
BY POSITION
At distance 0 / 0 too few to rate 37.9% 16 / 49 32.7% 27.8%
In the clinch 0 / 0 too few to rate 67.3% 10 / 13 too few to rate 63.8%
On the ground 0 / 0 too few to rate 69.1% 16 / 25 64.0% 65.8%
BY TARGET
To the head 0 / 0 too few to rate 35.0% 22 / 56 39.3% 39.3%
To the body 0 / 0 too few to rate 69.1% 7 / 7 too few to rate 90.5%
To the legs 0 / 0 too few to rate 81.9% 13 / 24 too few to rate 53.5%

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 · Open Weight: 11 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 Sanzo L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Bohlander L/AOpp accOpen Weight med
BY POSITION
At distance 0 / 2 too few to rate 38.9% 19 / 43 44.2% 37.0%
In the clinch 2 / 2 too few to rate 68.6% 12 / 19 too few to rate 66.7%
On the ground 0 / 0 too few to rate 68.0% 38 / 60 63.3% 67.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 2 / 3 too few to rate 35.1% 58 / 109 53.2% 47.0%
To the body 0 / 0 too few to rate 68.1% 9 / 10 too few to rate 87.9%
To the legs 0 / 1 too few to rate 81.5% 2 / 3 too few to rate 61.2%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.38
Takedowns landed
350.0% acc · 0.91/15 · norm 1.15
00.0% def · norm 64.0%
Takedowns stopped
633.3% def · norm 66.7%
— of cage time · norm 19.5%
Control time
— of cage time · norm 21.95%
— per 15 · norm 2:46
Time under control
— per 15 · norm 0:39
00.00/15 · norm 0.49
Submission attempts
51.51/15 · norm 1.34

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

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