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Shane Young vs.
Ludovit Klein

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

2-5-0 Shane Young · UFC
8-4-1 Ludovit Klein · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

2-5-0
UFC record
8-4-1
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
33
AgeΔ 1.5 yrs
31.5
5'8"
HeightΔ 1"
5'7"
72"
ReachΔ 0"
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
34.9
Layoff (months)Δ 34.7 mo
0.2
LLLLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWLWW
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.

Ludovit Klein carries real power — 0.46 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.25 Lightweight norm.
Shane Young absorbs 5.46 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.47 Featherweight norm — hittable.
Shane Young rarely shoots — 0.63 takedowns 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.

Shane Young

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

In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.0 wins over .500

Ludovit Klein

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 84
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 01
Tier 3 — regional circuit 161

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.1 · 8 tier-1/2 wins · 17 finish wins over 31 documented bouts

In the UFC: 5-2 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

3735.19/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes landed
6223.83/min · norm 3.42
3935.46/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
5803.57/min · norm 3.37
40.7%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
53.5%norm 43.5%
52.5%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
53.5%norm 56.3%
10.21/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
50.46/15 · norm 0.25

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

Shane Young

Distance 95.7% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 4.3% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 6.5%)

Ludovit Klein

Distance 85.0% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 7.0% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 8.0% (norm 8.0%)

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

Shane Young

Head 77.0% (norm 77.4%) · Body 15.0% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 8.1% (norm 7.8%)

Ludovit Klein

Head 72.3% (norm 78.2%) · Body 21.2% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 6.5% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Young L/AAccFeatherweight med Klein L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 347 / 877 39.6% 40.9% 503 / 988 50.9% 37.9%
In the clinch 26 / 39 66.7% 70.8% 63 / 81 77.8% 67.3%
On the ground 0 / 0 too few to rate 69.2% 56 / 93 60.2% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 213 / 705 30.2% 37.2% 364 / 840 43.3% 35.0%
To the body 99 / 137 72.3% 68.2% 188 / 246 76.4% 69.1%
To the legs 61 / 74 82.4% 80.7% 70 / 76 92.1% 81.9%

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 (Featherweight: 126 fighters · Lightweight: 201 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 Young L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Klein L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 341 / 752 45.3% 39.2% 420 / 1035 40.6% 38.9%
In the clinch 35 / 53 66.0% 70.3% 101 / 136 74.3% 68.6%
On the ground 17 / 23 too few to rate 69.4% 59 / 76 77.6% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 265 / 676 39.2% 35.9% 320 / 907 35.3% 35.1%
To the body 49 / 69 71.0% 67.9% 155 / 219 70.8% 68.1%
To the legs 79 / 83 95.2% 81.5% 105 / 121 86.8% 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

318.8% acc · 0.63/15 · norm 1.19
Takedowns landed
1450.0% acc · 1.29/15 · norm 1.38
1664.0% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
3676.6% def · norm 64.0%
5:468.0% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
39:3124.3% of cage time · norm 19.5%
12:062:31 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
26:262:26 per 15 · norm 2:46
00.00/15 · norm 0.46
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.49

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

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