BOUTSCOUT
Matchup deep-dive

Nik Lentz vs.
Manvel Gamburyan

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
6-8-0 (1 NC) Manvel Gamburyan · 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
6-8-0 (1 NC)
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
41
AgeΔ 4 yrs
45
5'8"
HeightΔ 3"
5'5"
68"
ReachΔ 1"
67"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
66.4
Layoff (months)Δ 50.1 mo
116.5
LLLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWWL
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.

Manvel Gamburyan hunts takedowns — 3.10 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 Featherweight norm.
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.
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

Manvel Gamburyan

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

In the UFC: 1-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.8 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
2821.94/min · norm 3.54
10223.25/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed
4513.11/min · norm 3.47
47.6%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
39.8%norm 45.0%
50.1%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
54.7%norm 54.85%
20.10/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
10.10/15 · 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%)

Manvel Gamburyan

Distance 74.3% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 13.5% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 12.1% (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%)

Manvel Gamburyan

Head 81.0% (norm 77.4%) · Body 9.4% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 9.6% (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 Gamburyan L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 655 / 1686 38.8% 37.9% 177 / 527 33.6% 40.9%
In the clinch 213 / 316 67.4% 67.3% 66 / 96 68.8% 70.8%
On the ground 211 / 265 79.6% 69.1% 39 / 86 45.3% 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 650 / 1731 37.6% 35.0% 180 / 574 31.4% 37.2%
To the body 269 / 342 78.7% 69.1% 46 / 67 68.7% 68.2%
To the legs 160 / 194 82.5% 81.9% 56 / 68 82.4% 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 Gamburyan L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 701 / 1584 44.3% 38.9% 290 / 771 37.6% 39.2%
In the clinch 180 / 262 68.7% 68.6% 106 / 144 73.6% 70.3%
On the ground 141 / 202 69.8% 68.0% 55 / 80 68.8% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 762 / 1717 44.4% 35.1% 259 / 756 34.3% 35.9%
To the body 160 / 215 74.4% 68.1% 83 / 108 76.9% 67.9%
To the legs 100 / 116 86.2% 81.5% 109 / 131 83.2% 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
3032.6% acc · 3.10/15 · norm 1.19
3643.9% def · norm 64.0%
Takedowns stopped
2569.4% def · norm 61.5%
98:4331.4% of cage time · norm 19.5%
Control time
37:0225.5% of cage time · norm 16.7%
75:453:37 per 15 · norm 2:46
Time under control
32:533:24 per 15 · norm 3:12
261.24/15 · norm 0.49
Submission attempts
80.83/15 · 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.

Next move

Let the engine settle it.