Jens Pulver vs. John Lewis

UFC 6-2-1 vs. 1-1-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
6-2-1
UFC record
1-1-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
51
Age
5'7"
HeightΔ 5"
6'0"
70"
Reach
Southpaw
Stance
Southpaw
229.5
Layoff (months)Δ 79.1 mo
308.6
LLWWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Jens Pulver owns the mat — in control 38% of cage time, vs a 20% Lightweight norm.
John Lewis is hard to hit — absorbs 0.96 sig. strikes per minute, vs a 3.37 Lightweight norm.
Jens Pulver rarely shoots — 0.51 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.38 Lightweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Jens Pulver

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 74
Tier 3 — regional circuit 2015

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.15 · 7 tier-1/2 wins · 18 finish wins over 47 documented bouts

In the UFC: 3-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.9 wins over .500

John Lewis

Full career not yet synced for John Lewis — 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

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2281.95/min · norm 3.42
Sig. strikes landed
201.91/min · norm 3.42
2051.75/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed
100.96/min · norm 3.37
39.1%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
32.3%norm 43.5%
53.7%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
72.2%norm 56.3%
10.13/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.25

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

Jens Pulver

Distance 53.5% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 20.1% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 26.4% (norm 8.0%)

John Lewis

Distance 75.8% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 24.2% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 8.0%)

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

Jens Pulver

Head 88.5% (norm 78.2%) · Body 7.5% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 3.9% (norm 7.9%)

John Lewis

Head 95.2% (norm 78.2%) · Body 4.8% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 0.0% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Pulver L/AAccLightweight med Lewis L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 72 / 312 23.1% 37.9% 11 / 47 23.4% 37.9%
In the clinch 79 / 117 67.5% 67.3% 9 / 15 too few to rate 67.3%
On the ground 77 / 154 50.0% 69.1% 0 / 0 too few to rate 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 168 / 516 32.6% 35.0% 18 / 59 30.5% 35.0%
To the body 38 / 44 86.4% 69.1% 2 / 3 too few to rate 69.1%
To the legs 22 / 23 too few to rate 81.9% 0 / 0 too few to rate 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 (Lightweight: 201 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 Pulver L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Lewis L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 124 / 317 39.1% 38.9% 10 / 32 31.2% 38.9%
In the clinch 46 / 75 61.3% 68.6% 0 / 4 too few to rate 68.6%
On the ground 35 / 51 68.6% 68.0% 0 / 0 too few to rate 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 128 / 331 38.7% 35.1% 7 / 31 22.6% 35.1%
To the body 31 / 44 70.5% 68.1% 3 / 4 too few to rate 68.1%
To the legs 46 / 68 67.6% 81.5% 0 / 1 too few to rate 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
480.0% acc · 0.51/15 · norm 1.38
Takedowns landed
1100.0% acc · 1.43/15 · norm 1.38
5374.6% def · norm 64.0%
Takedowns stopped
1100.0% def · norm 64.0%
44:3938.2% of cage time · norm 19.5%
Control time
3:1931.7% of cage time · norm 19.5%
17:232:13 per 15 · norm 2:46
Time under control
0:030:04 per 15 · norm 2:46
40.51/15 · norm 0.49
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.49

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