Movsar Evloev vs. Nik Lentz

UFC 10-0-0 vs. 14-9-1 (1 NC)

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
10-0-0
UFC record
14-9-1 (1 NC)
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
32
AgeΔ 9 yrs
41
5'7"
HeightΔ 1"
5'8"
72"
ReachΔ 4"
68"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
4.6
Layoff (months)Δ 61.9 mo
66.5
WWWWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
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

Full-career record by tier of opposition

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

Nik Lentz

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 149
Tier 3 — regional circuit 163

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.95 · 14 tier-1/2 wins · 19 finish wins over 45 documented bouts

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

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

6253.91/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes landed
10793.44/min · norm 3.42
4482.80/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
10223.25/min · norm 3.37
47.6%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
47.6%norm 43.5%
61.3%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
50.1%norm 56.3%
00.00/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
20.10/15 · norm 0.25

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

Movsar Evloev

Distance 85.4% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 5.0% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 9.5% (norm 6.5%)

Nik Lentz

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

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

Movsar Evloev

Head 86.0% (norm 77.4%) · Body 8.8% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 5.2% (norm 7.8%)

Nik Lentz

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

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Evloev L/AAccFeatherweight med Lentz L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 470 / 1121 41.9% 40.9% 655 / 1686 38.8% 37.9%
In the clinch 50 / 66 75.8% 70.8% 213 / 316 67.4% 67.3%
On the ground 105 / 125 84.0% 69.2% 211 / 265 79.6% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 479 / 1128 42.5% 37.2% 650 / 1731 37.6% 35.0%
To the body 94 / 116 81.0% 68.2% 269 / 342 78.7% 69.1%
To the legs 52 / 68 76.5% 80.7% 160 / 194 82.5% 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 Evloev L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Lentz L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 379 / 1067 35.5% 39.2% 701 / 1584 44.3% 38.9%
In the clinch 39 / 49 79.6% 70.3% 180 / 262 68.7% 68.6%
On the ground 30 / 41 73.2% 69.4% 141 / 202 69.8% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 275 / 909 30.3% 35.9% 762 / 1717 44.4% 35.1%
To the body 121 / 178 68.0% 67.9% 160 / 215 74.4% 68.1%
To the legs 52 / 70 74.3% 81.5% 100 / 116 86.2% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
5152.6% acc · 4.78/15 · norm 1.19
Takedowns landed
6932.9% acc · 3.30/15 · norm 1.38
2261.1% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
3643.9% def · norm 64.0%
57:0635.7% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
98:4331.4% of cage time · norm 19.5%
12:071:08 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
75:453:37 per 15 · norm 2:46
20.19/15 · norm 0.46
Submission attempts
261.24/15 · norm 0.49

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