Nik Lentz vs. Eiji Mitsuoka

UFC 14-9-1 (1 NC) vs. 0-2-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
14-9-1 (1 NC)
UFC record
0-2-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
41
AgeΔ 9 yrs
50
5'8"
HeightΔ 1"
5'7"
68"
Reach
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
66.5
Layoff (months)Δ 101.4 mo
167.9
LLLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Eiji Mitsuoka carries real power — 1.35 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.29 Featherweight norm.
Eiji Mitsuoka is a submission threat — 1.35 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.46 Featherweight norm.
Nik Lentz is a submission threat — 1.24 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.49 Lightweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

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

Eiji Mitsuoka

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 02
Tier 3 — regional circuit 187

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.35 · 0 tier-1/2 wins · 14 finish wins over 29 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.5 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

10793.44/min · norm 3.42
Sig. strikes landed
373.33/min · norm 3.54
10223.25/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed
817.30/min · norm 3.47
47.6%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
48.7%norm 45.0%
50.1%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
43.8%norm 54.85%
20.10/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
11.35/15 · 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%)

Eiji Mitsuoka

Distance 96.1% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 2.6% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 1.3% (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%)

Eiji Mitsuoka

Head 96.1% (norm 77.4%) · Body 2.6% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 1.3% (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 Mitsuoka L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 655 / 1686 38.8% 37.9% 36 / 73 49.3% 40.9%
In the clinch 213 / 316 67.4% 67.3% 0 / 2 too few to rate 70.8%
On the ground 211 / 265 79.6% 69.1% 1 / 1 too few to rate 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 650 / 1731 37.6% 35.0% 35 / 73 47.9% 37.2%
To the body 269 / 342 78.7% 69.1% 1 / 2 too few to rate 68.2%
To the legs 160 / 194 82.5% 81.9% 1 / 1 too few to rate 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 Mitsuoka L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 701 / 1584 44.3% 38.9% 34 / 91 37.4% 39.2%
In the clinch 180 / 262 68.7% 68.6% 22 / 27 81.5% 70.3%
On the ground 141 / 202 69.8% 68.0% 25 / 26 96.2% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 762 / 1717 44.4% 35.1% 56 / 113 49.6% 35.9%
To the body 160 / 215 74.4% 68.1% 15 / 21 too few to rate 67.9%
To the legs 100 / 116 86.2% 81.5% 10 / 10 too few to rate 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
6932.9% acc · 3.30/15 · norm 1.38
Takedowns landed
116.7% acc · 1.35/15 · norm 1.19
3643.9% def · norm 64.0%
Takedowns stopped
00.0% def · norm 61.5%
98:4331.4% of cage time · norm 19.5%
Control time
1:3414.1% of cage time · norm 16.7%
75:453:37 per 15 · norm 2:46
Time under control
3:184:27 per 15 · norm 3:12
261.24/15 · norm 0.49
Submission attempts
11.35/15 · 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.