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Nik Lentz vs.
Hacran Dias

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

14-9-1 (1 NC) Nik Lentz · UFC
3-5-0 Hacran Dias · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

14-9-1 (1 NC)
UFC record
3-5-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
41
AgeΔ 1 yrs
42
5'8"
HeightΔ 0"
5'8"
68"
ReachΔ 1"
69"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
66.4
Layoff (months)Δ 38.9 mo
105.3
LLLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWW
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.

Nik Lentz is a submission threat — 1.24 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.49 Lightweight norm.
Nik Lentz hunts takedowns — 3.30 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.38 Lightweight norm.
Hacran Dias hunts takedowns — 2.50 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 Featherweight 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.

Nik Lentz

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

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

Hacran Dias

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

In the UFC: 3-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.5 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

10793.44/min · norm 3.42
Sig. strikes landed
2492.08/min · norm 3.54
10223.25/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed
3973.31/min · norm 3.47
47.6%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
41.8%norm 45.0%
50.1%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
55.0%norm 54.85%
20.10/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.29

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

Nik Lentz

Distance 74.4% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 13.9% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 11.7% (norm 8.0%)

Hacran Dias

Distance 87.9% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 5.4% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 6.7% (norm 6.5%)

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

Nik Lentz

Head 76.4% (norm 78.2%) · Body 15.1% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 8.6% (norm 7.9%)

Hacran Dias

Head 81.8% (norm 77.4%) · Body 8.9% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 9.2% (norm 7.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Lentz L/AAccLightweight med Dias L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 655 / 1686 38.8% 37.9% 200 / 523 38.2% 40.9%
In the clinch 213 / 316 67.4% 67.3% 22 / 32 68.8% 70.8%
On the ground 211 / 265 79.6% 69.1% 27 / 40 67.5% 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 650 / 1731 37.6% 35.0% 171 / 487 35.1% 37.2%
To the body 269 / 342 78.7% 69.1% 30 / 53 56.6% 68.2%
To the legs 160 / 194 82.5% 81.9% 48 / 55 87.3% 80.7%

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 · Featherweight: 126 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 Lentz L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Dias L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 701 / 1584 44.3% 38.9% 193 / 596 32.4% 39.2%
In the clinch 180 / 262 68.7% 68.6% 61 / 83 73.5% 70.3%
On the ground 141 / 202 69.8% 68.0% 143 / 204 70.1% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 762 / 1717 44.4% 35.1% 257 / 695 37.0% 35.9%
To the body 160 / 215 74.4% 68.1% 70 / 104 67.3% 67.9%
To the legs 100 / 116 86.2% 81.5% 70 / 84 83.3% 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

6932.9% acc · 3.30/15 · norm 1.38
Takedowns landed
2039.2% acc · 2.50/15 · norm 1.19
3643.9% def · norm 64.0%
Takedowns stopped
4076.9% def · norm 61.5%
98:4331.4% of cage time · norm 19.5%
Control time
33:3428.0% of cage time · norm 16.7%
75:453:37 per 15 · norm 2:46
Time under control
33:524:14 per 15 · norm 3:12
261.24/15 · norm 0.49
Submission attempts
40.50/15 · norm 0.46

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

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