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United States of America “The Carny” 2009-2021 · 67 rounds on file

Nik Lentz

14-9-2 W-L-D in this database

Nik Lentz, photograph by MMAnytt
Strike accuracy 1,079/2,267
Takedown accuracy 69/210
Sig. strikes / round 16.1
Control / round 1:28
Inside the distance 36% 5 of 14 wins
Height
5′8″172.7 cm
Reach
68″172.7 cm
Leg reach
--
Stance
Orthodox
Age
4213 AUG 1984
Listed weight
145 lb65.8 kg
Positional Controller Automatically assigned from data across 25 fights - 9.4 takedown attempts and 29% control time per 15 minutes.

Who they have fought

Every completed bout, grouped by the opponent's style.

Grappling 18 9-7-2 vs 1545 avg
Positional Controller 11 8-3-0
Submission Grappler 7 1-4-2
Hybrid 4 3-1-0 vs 1562 avg
Well-Rounded 4 3-1-0
Striking 2 1-1-0 vs 1574 avg
Distance Striker 1 0-1-0
Pressure Striker 1 1-0-0
-- Not classified 1 1-0-0 --

Opponent styles are assigned from their own fight data, not from a training background. They describe how those opponents have fought. Bars scale against 18 bouts, the largest group.

The career, in order

One bar per bout, oldest on the left. Height is the significant strikes landed in that fight.

19 SEP 2009 - beat Rafaello Oliveira · Decision (Unanimous) 11 JAN 2010 - drew with Thiago Tavares · Decision (Majority) 31 MAR 2010 - beat Rob Emerson · Decision (Unanimous) 28 AUG 2010 - beat Andre Winner · Decision (Unanimous) 20 NOV 2010 - beat Tyson Griffin · Decision (Split) 26 MAR 2011 - beat Waylon Lowe · Submission 26 JUN 2011 - drew with Charles Oliveira · No Contest 10 DEC 2011 - lost to Mark Bocek · Decision (Unanimous) 28 JAN 2012 - lost to Evan Dunham · Technical Knockout 11 AUG 2012 - beat Eiji Mitsuoka · Technical Knockout 19 JAN 2013 - beat Diego Nunes · Decision (Unanimous) 18 MAY 2013 - beat Hacran Dias · Decision (Unanimous) 14 DEC 2013 - lost to Chad Mendes · Decision (Unanimous) 10 MAY 2014 - beat Manvel Gamburyan · Decision (Unanimous) 30 MAY 2015 - lost to Charles Oliveira · Submission 19 DEC 2015 - beat Danny Castillo · Decision (Split) 10 SEP 2016 - beat Michael McBride · Technical Knockout 11 FEB 2017 - lost to Islam Makhachev · Decision (Unanimous) 18 NOV 2017 - beat Will Brooks · Submission 01 JUN 2018 - lost to David Teymur · Decision (Unanimous) 06 OCT 2018 - beat Gray Maynard · Technical Knockout 17 FEB 2019 - beat Scott Holtzman · Decision (Unanimous) 18 MAY 2019 - lost to Charles Oliveira · Technical Knockout 25 JAN 2020 - lost to Arnold Allen · Decision (Unanimous) 23 JAN 2021 - lost to Movsar Evloev · Decision (Split)

Won Lost Draw / no contest

What they do with a round

Summed over 67 rounds across 25 of 25 bouts - the ones the corpus has per-round observations for.

Per round

Sig. strikes landed 16.1
Sig. strikes absorbed 15.3
Takedowns landed 1.0
Knockdowns 0.0
Sub. attempts 0.4
Control time 1:28 of each 5:00 round

Accuracy

Sig. strikes 48% 1,079/2,267
Takedowns 33% 69/210
Opponents’ accuracy 50% 1,022/2,048

Where the strikes land

Head 60% 650
Body 25% 269
Leg 15% 160

And from where

At distance 61% 655
In the clinch 20% 213
On the ground 20% 211

How the bouts ended

KO / TKO 3 won Technical Knockout · 3-2
Submission 2 won Submission · 2-1
Decision 9 won Decision (Unanimous) · 7-5 Decision (Split) · 2-1 Decision (Majority) · 0-0
Other 0 won No Contest · 0-0

Every bout

Most recent first. Struck and absorbed are significant strikes.

Date Opponent Result Method End Struck Absorbed Event
23 JAN 2021 Movsar Evloev Lost Decision (Split) R3 5:00 46 82 UFC 257: Poirier vs. McGregor
25 JAN 2020 Arnold Allen Lost Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 49 63 UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Dos Santos
18 MAY 2019 Charles Oliveira Lost Technical Knockout R2 2:11 18 38 UFC Fight Night: Dos Anjos vs. Lee
17 FEB 2019 Scott Holtzman Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 71 54 UFC Fight Night: Ngannou vs. Velasquez
06 OCT 2018 Gray Maynard Won Technical Knockout R2 1:19 75 13 UFC 229: Khabib vs. McGregor
01 JUN 2018 David Teymur Lost Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 61 67 UFC Fight Night: Rivera vs. Moraes
18 NOV 2017 Will Brooks Won Submission R2 2:05 34 49 UFC Fight Night: Werdum vs. Tybura
11 FEB 2017 Islam Makhachev Lost Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 13 43 UFC 208: Holm vs. De Randamie
10 SEP 2016 Michael McBride Won Technical Knockout R2 4:17 38 16 UFC 203: Miocic vs. Overeem
19 DEC 2015 Danny Castillo Won Decision (Split) R3 5:00 59 57 UFC on FOX: Dos Anjos vs. Cowboy 2
30 MAY 2015 Charles Oliveira Lost Submission R3 1:10 37 64 UFC Fight Night: Condit vs Alves
10 MAY 2014 Manvel Gamburyan Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 52 28 UFC Fight Night: Brown vs Silva
14 DEC 2013 Chad Mendes Lost Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 40 35 UFC on FOX: Johnson vs. Benavidez 2
18 MAY 2013 Hacran Dias Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 42 40 UFC on FX: Belfort vs. Rockhold
19 JAN 2013 Diego Nunes Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 56 18 UFC on FX: Belfort vs Bisping
11 AUG 2012 Eiji Mitsuoka Won Technical Knockout R1 3:45 33 5 UFC 150: Henderson vs Edgar II
28 JAN 2012 Evan Dunham Lost Technical Knockout R2 5:00 39 68 UFC on FOX: Evans vs Davis
10 DEC 2011 Mark Bocek Lost Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 10 46 UFC 140: Jones vs Machida
26 JUN 2011 Charles Oliveira No decision No Contest R2 1:48 14 31 UFC Live: Kongo vs Barry
26 MAR 2011 Waylon Lowe Won Submission R3 2:24 51 46 UFC Fight Night: Nogueira vs Davis
20 NOV 2010 Tyson Griffin Won Decision (Split) R3 5:00 34 31 UFC 123: Rampage vs Machida
28 AUG 2010 Andre Winner Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 23 20 UFC 118: Edgar vs Penn 2
31 MAR 2010 Rob Emerson Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 46 24 UFC Fight Night: Florian vs Gomi
11 JAN 2010 Thiago Tavares No decision Decision (Majority) R3 5:00 71 55 UFC Fight Night: Maynard vs Diaz
19 SEP 2009 Rafaello Oliveira Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 67 29 UFC 103: Franklin vs Belfort

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