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Nik Lentz vs.
Movsar Evloev

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
10-0-0 Movsar Evloev · 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
10-0-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
42
AgeΔ 9.5 yrs
32.5
5'8"
HeightΔ 1"
5'7"
68"
ReachΔ 4"
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
66.4
Layoff (months)Δ 61.9 mo
4.5
LLLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
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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.

Movsar Evloev hunts takedowns — 4.78 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

Movsar Evloev

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 100
Tier 3 — regional circuit 100

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.78 · 10 tier-1/2 wins · 7 finish wins over 20 documented bouts

In the UFC: 8-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +4.8 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
6253.91/min · norm 3.54
10223.25/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed
4482.80/min · norm 3.47
47.6%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
47.6%norm 45.0%
50.1%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
61.3%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%)

Movsar Evloev

Distance 85.4% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 5.0% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 9.5% (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%)

Movsar Evloev

Head 86.0% (norm 77.4%) · Body 8.8% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 5.2% (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 Evloev L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 655 / 1686 38.8% 37.9% 470 / 1121 41.9% 40.9%
In the clinch 213 / 316 67.4% 67.3% 50 / 66 75.8% 70.8%
On the ground 211 / 265 79.6% 69.1% 105 / 125 84.0% 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 650 / 1731 37.6% 35.0% 479 / 1128 42.5% 37.2%
To the body 269 / 342 78.7% 69.1% 94 / 116 81.0% 68.2%
To the legs 160 / 194 82.5% 81.9% 52 / 68 76.5% 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 Evloev L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 701 / 1584 44.3% 38.9% 379 / 1067 35.5% 39.2%
In the clinch 180 / 262 68.7% 68.6% 39 / 49 79.6% 70.3%
On the ground 141 / 202 69.8% 68.0% 30 / 41 73.2% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 762 / 1717 44.4% 35.1% 275 / 909 30.3% 35.9%
To the body 160 / 215 74.4% 68.1% 121 / 178 68.0% 67.9%
To the legs 100 / 116 86.2% 81.5% 52 / 70 74.3% 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
5152.6% acc · 4.78/15 · norm 1.19
3643.9% def · norm 64.0%
Takedowns stopped
2261.1% def · norm 61.5%
98:4331.4% of cage time · norm 19.5%
Control time
57:0635.7% of cage time · norm 16.7%
75:453:37 per 15 · norm 2:46
Time under control
12:071:08 per 15 · norm 3:12
261.24/15 · norm 0.49
Submission attempts
20.19/15 · 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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