Nik Lentz Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
L	Movsar Evloev Catch Weight	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	UFC 257: Poirier vs. McGregor	Jan 23, 2021
L	#15Arnold Allen Featherweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Dos Santos	Jan 25, 2020
L	#12Charles Oliveira Lightweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R2	2:11	UFC Fight Night: Dos Anjos vs. Lee	May 18, 2019
W	Scott Holtzman Lightweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Ngannou vs. Velasquez	Feb 17, 2019
W	#15Gray Maynard Lightweight	KO/TKO	Kick to Head At Distance	R2	1:19	UFC 229: Khabib vs. McGregor	Oct 6, 2018
L	David Teymur Lightweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Rivera vs. Moraes	Jun 1, 2018
W	#15Will Brooks Lightweight	Submission	Guillotine Choke After Drop to Guard	R2	2:05	UFC Fight Night: Werdum vs. Tybura	Nov 18, 2017
L	Islam Makhachev Lightweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 208: Holm vs. De Randamie	Feb 11, 2017
W	Michael McBride Lightweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head From Back Control	R2	4:17	UFC 203: Miocic vs. Overeem	Sep 10, 2016
W	Danny Castillo Lightweight	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	UFC on FOX: Dos Anjos vs. Cowboy 2	Dec 19, 2015
L	#8Charles Oliveira Featherweight	Submission	Guillotine Choke After Drop to Guard	R3	1:10	UFC Fight Night: Condit vs. Alves	May 30, 2015
W	Manvel Gamburyan Featherweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Brown vs. Silva	May 10, 2014
L	#1Chad Mendes Featherweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC on FOX: Johnson vs. Benavidez 2	Dec 14, 2013
W	Hacran Dias Featherweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC on FX: Belfort vs. Rockhold	May 18, 2013
W	Diego Nunes Featherweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC on FX: Belfort vs. Bisping	Jan 19, 2013
W	Eiji Mitsuoka Featherweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head From Back Control	R1	3:45	UFC 150: Henderson vs. Edgar II	Aug 11, 2012
L	Evan Dunham Lightweight	KO/TKO	Eye Injury	R2	5:00	UFC on FOX: Evans vs. Davis	Jan 28, 2012
L	Mark Bocek Lightweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 140: Jones vs. Machida	Dec 10, 2011
NC	Charles Oliveira Lightweight	No Contest	—	R2	1:48	UFC Live: Kongo vs. Barry	Jun 26, 2011
W	Waylon Lowe Lightweight	Submission	Guillotine Choke After Drop to Guard	R3	2:24	UFC Fight Night: Nogueira vs. Davis	Mar 26, 2011
W	Tyson Griffin Lightweight	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	UFC 123: Rampage vs. Machida	Nov 20, 2010
W	Andre Winner Lightweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 118: Edgar vs. Penn 2	Aug 28, 2010
W	Rob Emerson Lightweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Florian vs. Gomi	Mar 31, 2010
D	Thiago Tavares Lightweight	Draw	—	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Maynard vs. Diaz	Jan 11, 2010
W	Rafaello Oliveira Lightweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 103: Franklin vs. Belfort	Sep 19, 2009

Outside the UFC

16-3-1across 20 bouts · 10 promotions · wins by 8 KO · 6 sub · 2 decEFX · EB · Brutaal · XKK · EC 128 +5

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Nick Walker5-14	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	2:15	EC 128	May 30, 2009
W	Drew Fickett43-23	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	EB	Mar 21, 2009
W	Sam Rauch4-3-1	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	EB	Oct 11, 2008
W	Dan Loman11-5	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R1	4:13	Brutaal	Sep 5, 2008
W	Travis Perzynski22-10	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R2	3:45	Brutaal	May 2, 2008
W	Scott Bickerstaff8-7	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	3:49	XFO 22	Feb 23, 2008
D	Kyle Jensen39-11-2	Draw	—	R3	5:00	CFX 7	Nov 29, 2007
W	Gabe Walbridge9-17	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	—	EFX	Aug 2, 2007
L	Mark Moreno12-10-2	KO/TKO	Doctor Stoppage	R1	5:00	X-1	Mar 17, 2007
W	Duran Barlow7-3	KO/TKO	Submission to Punches	R1	—	EFX	Dec 7, 2006
W	Vern Jefferson15-14	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	—	EFX	Sep 6, 2006
W	Carey Vanier11-6	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	—	EFX	Sep 6, 2006
L	Brian Green32-24	Submission	Armbar	R1	—	EFX	Aug 2, 2006
W	Chris Powers6-12	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	1:44	EFX	Jul 24, 2006
L	Sherron Leggett21-6	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	TCT	Apr 8, 2006
W	Kenneth Allen1-43	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R2	—	EFX	Feb 1, 2006
W	Derek Abram15-22	KO/TKO	Submission to Punches	R1	—	EFX	Dec 5, 2005
W	Nick Melton0-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	—	XKK	Oct 10, 2005
W	Anthony White2-11	KO/TKO	Submission to Punches	R1	—	XKK	Aug 27, 2005
W	Jake Hoyer0-2	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	—	UCS	Jul 30, 2005

Non-UFC bouts (regional/other promotions) and Dana White’s Contender Series — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.

Method of victory & defeat

KO / TKO

11 wins, 3 losses

W11

L3

Submission

8 wins, 2 losses

W8

L2

Decision

11 wins, 7 losses

W11

L7

Finishes

UFC KOs

3

Above avg · 11%Featherweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.08

Below avg · 0.23Featherweight

UFC submissions

2

Above avg · 7%Featherweight

Submission attempts / fight

1.00

Above avg · 0.40Featherweight

KO history

Knockout power and chin durability (UFC; clean KOs only).

Nik Lentz

PowerChin

Knockout rate

13%

3 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

2

0.31 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

1

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

4

0.54 per 100 head

Chin gauges use a league scale: green = clean record, red = bottom ~10% of UFC fighters (4+ KO losses · 6+ knockdowns absorbed).

Decision behavior

Judging

13 scorecards on file

Nik Lentz

Scorecard luck

Cards have leaned their way

Won 2 of 3 coin-flip decisions — the kind of close calls that have tended to fall their way. Judges have given them 2 of 7 rounds they disagreed on (29%).

Coin-flip decisions

Split + majority

2–1

Won – Lost

Swing rounds

Judges disagreed

2–5

Won – Lost

29% went their way

Unanimous10 decisions · 77%

5W5L

Split3 decisions · 23%

2W1L

Majority

None

10-8 rounds

7 rounds total

2

Won

5

Lost

Most frequent judges

All judges →

Scorecard data ingested from MMA Decisions

Career striking

OverallC48th

47%1,065 / 2,234

Striking accuracy

50%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min+0.19 differential

Landed3.44

Absorbed3.25

47%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

-3%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head60%51st641
Body25%67th268
Leg15%49th156

Color = division rank · green elite → red low · % = share of strikes

Sig. strikes by position

60%Standing

Standing60%643
Clinch20%213
Ground20%209

Striking zones

Per-15-minute breakdown — where this fighter lands, and where they get hit.

UFC only

Nik Lentz

Landed per 15

Head

C

50th

31.3

50th

Body

B

68th

13.1

68th

Leg

C

49th

7.6

49th

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Absorbed per 15

Head

D

41st

36.1

41st

Body

A

76th

7.5

76th

Leg

A

74th

4.8

74th

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Career totals — landed / attempted

Landed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	31.3	641	1,707	38%
Body	13.1	268	339	79%
Leg	7.6	156	188	83%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	36.1	739	1,670	44%
Body	7.5	154	206	75%
Leg	4.8	98	113	87%

UFCStats career rates, per 15 minutes. Percentiles vs the division; absorbed is inverted so higher is better.

Grappling

Per-15-minute breakdown of takedowns, submissions, and ground control.

UFC only

Nik Lentz

33%

Takedown accuracy

44%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min+1.1 min net

On top4.7

On bottom3.6

Offense

Takedowns

A

84th

3.3

84th

TD accuracy

C

42nd

33%

42nd

Sub attempts

A

82nd

1.2

82nd

Control

A

80th

4.7 min

80th

Defense

TD defense

F

23rd

44%

23rd

Controlled

3.6 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	67 / 203
Submission attempts	24
Control time	96:22

Defense

TDs defended	35 / 80
Control absorbed	73:30

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (307min total). Value colors reflect the per-15 rate’s percentile against the current weight class baseline; raw totals without a division reference stay neutral.

Pace & fade

Round-by-round work rate, and whether they fade.

UFC only

Nik Lentz

24 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 307 min

85%

R3 pace · 18 bouts

Lentz fades (-13% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Lentz keeps 85% of round-1 output by round 3 (18 bouts).

Lentz ▼ FADESOutput / min

Rounds backed by fewer than 2 bouts are drawn smaller and dimmed with an n= count — a deep round seen in one or two fights is a thin sample, not a settled rate. Per-round bout counts are in the breakdown below.

Full per-round breakdown

What drives the pace · per round

The composite output line above blends these three inputs — splitting them out shows whether the work rate is built on striking volume, takedown pressure, or top control, and which input fades.

Sig. strikes landed

Lentzlanded / min

Takedown attempts

Lentzattempts / min

Control time

Lentz% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	7.5	3.7	2.8	0.83	33%	24
R2	6.4	3.6	3.3	0.53	31%	23
R3	5.8	2.9	3.8	0.59	29%	18

Output / minis the headline work rate — significant strikes landed, plus 3 per takedown attempt, plus one per 15 seconds of control — so a takedown-and-grind round isn’t scored as idle the way bare striking volume would. The remaining columns are its components. Per-round rates use UFCStats per-round data (available for ~95% of bouts since 2008). Each round’s rates are averaged only over bouts that reached that round, so the bout count shrinks as rounds deepen. The final round of a finished fight is pro-rated by its actual length.

Schedule Score

Opponent quality, ranked across the UFC. Recent fights weighted heavier.

UFC only

Nik Lentz

25 resolved UFC bouts · 6 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

47/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

A

79th

50%

79th

Win quality

C

57th

42%

57th

Opponent quality distribution

Every UFC bout, grouped by who the opponent was at the time.

3

4

2

3

4

ChampionHeld the title in this weight class at the time
Top-5Ranked #1–#5 at the time
Top-15Ranked #6–#15 at the time
Cross-div rankedRanked #1–#15 in another division at the time
Contender-level8+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.55 win rate
Established5+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.500
Building3+ UFC fights, ≥.40 win rate
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Champion	3	0-2, 1 NC	0%
Top-5	3	1-2	33%
Top-15	4	2-2	50%
Cross-div ranked	2	0-1-1	0%
Contender-level	2	1-1	50%
Established	3	2-1	67%
Building	4	4-0	100%
Unproven	4	4-0	100%

Highest-quality opponents

Toughest opponents on the scheduleScore, scored at the time of the fight.

All bouts — opponent quality bout-by-bout

Res	Opponent	Tier	Score	Date
L	Movsar Evloev	Cross-div ranked	36	Jan 23, 2021
L	Arnold Allen#15	Top-5	74	Jan 25, 2020
L	Charles Oliveira#12	Champion	88	May 18, 2019
W	Scott Holtzman	Established	30	Feb 17, 2019
W	Gray Maynard#15	Top-5	76	Oct 6, 2018
L	David Teymur	Established	26	Jun 1, 2018
W	Will Brooks#15	Top-15	64	Nov 18, 2017
L	Islam Makhachev	Champion	71	Feb 11, 2017
W	Michael McBride	Unproven	8	Sep 10, 2016
W	Danny Castillo	Established	30	Dec 19, 2015
L	Charles Oliveira#8	Top-15	77	May 30, 2015
W	Manvel Gamburyan	Building	18	May 10, 2014
L	Chad Mendes#1	Top-5	90	Dec 14, 2013
W	Hacran Dias	Top-15	47	May 18, 2013
W	Diego Nunes	Building	18	Jan 19, 2013
W	Eiji Mitsuoka	Unproven	8	Aug 11, 2012
L	Evan Dunham	Top-15	53	Jan 28, 2012
L	Mark Bocek	Contender-level	40	Dec 10, 2011
NC	Charles Oliveira	Champion	71	Jun 26, 2011
W	Waylon Lowe	Building	18	Mar 26, 2011
W	Tyson Griffin	Contender-level	40	Nov 20, 2010
W	Andre Winner	Unproven	12	Aug 28, 2010
W	Rob Emerson	Building	18	Mar 31, 2010
D	Thiago Tavares	Cross-div ranked	36	Jan 11, 2010
W	Rafaello Oliveira	Unproven	8	Sep 19, 2009

Per-bout quality scoring: champion = 100; same-division ranks 1–5 = 90 → 78 linear; ranks 6–15 = 75 → 60 linear; cross-division champion = 78; cross-division ranked = 45; title-fight challenger (no rank signal) = 50, bumped to 65 when opp had an elite career UFC record at the time. Unranked opponents are scored on UFC record-at-time (long-tenured vet 60, contender-level 45, established 30, building 18, unproven 8). P4P top-10 at time adds +5; top-3 adds +8 (capped at 100). The Schedule Score combines schedule strength (65%) and quality wins (35%), then is held toward a rookie baseline for fighters with limited UFC experience so a thin résumé reads honestly low.

Career cohorts

23 resolved UFC bouts

Performance broken down by situation — camp length, response to the previous result, title-fight presence, and rematches. Computed across every completed UFC bout.

Camp length

Days between fights

Short turnaround

< 100 days

2-2

4 bouts

Typical camp

100–180 days

7-1

8 bouts

Long layoff

> 180 days

4-6

10 bouts

UFC debut

first UFC bout

1-0

1 bout

Post-result bounce

Performance based on the previous UFC result

After a loss

next bout after a defeat

5-3

8 bouts

After a win

next bout after a win

7-6

13 bouts

First UFC bout

no precedent

2-0

2 bouts

Title fights

Performance with a belt on the line

All title fights

as challenger or champion

—

As champion

defending the belt

—

As challenger

fighting for the belt

—

Rematches

Performance when meeting an opponent again

All rematches

any second meeting

0-1

1 bout

Revenge bouts

lost the first meeting

0-1

1 bout

Encore bouts

won the first meeting

—

Activity & layoff

Last fight, activity, and divisional context.

Time since last UFC bout

5y 5mo

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

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Extended layoff

5y 5mosince last bout

vs Movsar Evloev · Jan 23, 2021

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs favorite 8-0As underdog 6-9

72.6

DK avg

77.9

Median

129.8

Ceiling

26.1

Floor

46%

Boom

4%

Bust

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