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Nik Lentz
Nik Lentz
22-5-2 · USA
VS
Diego Nunes
Diego Nunes
18-3 · BRA
January 19, 2013 · Sao Paulo, Brazil
Featherweight · 3 rounds
145.0lb
Weigh-in
145.0lb
Nik Lentz def. Diego Nunes by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Lentz25/285/1004:24
Nunes1/40/000:00
R2
Lentz19/251/204:14
Nunes6/70/000:00
R3
Lentz12/214/903:32
Nunes11/210/000:00
Total
Lentz56/7410/21012:10
Nunes18/320/000:00

Scorecards

Lentz vs Nunes

RdMark CollettRomulo BittencourtSal D'AmatoCommunity
R110-910-910-810-8.8
R210-910-910-910-8.9
R310-910-1010-99.9-9.1
Total30-2730-2830-2629.9-26.8

Media (9 cards) · avg 3026.8 · 9 Lentz · 0 Nunes

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Lentz-Nunes.

Pre-fight

The model's read going in

The walk-forward model's call at the time of the bout — persisted out-of-sample, with no hindsight about the result.

Prediction
LentzWin probabilityNunes
40.4%59.6%
KO / TKO
23%
Submission
52%
Decision
26%
Expected fight time: 6.8 min
What drives the pick

Each bar is a feature's push on the model from the center axis. Red pushes toward Lentz, blue toward Nunes. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Lentz40%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO11%27%
Submission20%50%
Decision9%23%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes26 (1434)act 56
Takedowns0.8 (0.02.5)act 10
Nunes60%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO12%20%
Submission32%53%
Decision16%27%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes29 (1637)act 18
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.3)act 0
Combined totals~55 sig strikes~1.1 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R159%
R28%
R37%
Distance26%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 2.0%
Lentz
45.0%+118
Nunes
-11853.1%
Most takedownstie 35.5%
Lentz
47.4%-277
Nunes
+27717.1%
Significant strikes — over/under
Lentz
Expected: 26.3
26.5
Over 26.5
42.0%
+138
Under 26.5
58.0%
-138
03366
Nunes
Expected: 28.7
28.5
Over 28.5
43.0%
+132
Under 28.5
57.0%
-132
03672
Takedowns — over/under
Lentz
Expected: 0.8
1
Over 1
31.2%
+134
Exactly 1
27.1%
push
Under 1
41.7%
-134
035
Nunes
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
30.6%
+226
Under 0.5
69.4%
-226
035

Odds are model-implied (no real prop market is priced for these). The “most” prices are draw-no-bet — a tie (for takedowns, usually 0–0) is a push, so each side is priced off its chance of winning given a result, while the % shown is the raw chance of landing strictly more. Drag a line in half-point steps: a half line (e.g. 2.5) is a clean over/under, while a whole number adds a third outcome — landing exactly on it, a push — so over, exact and under sum to 100%. On a whole number the over/under odds are draw-no-bet (priced off the decisive mass, since the push refunds), so the two sides stay mirror images rather than implying an arbitrage.

Expected fight time 6.8 min. Predicted-output ranges are percentiles of the model’s simulated fights: sig strikes the middle 50% (25th–75th); takedowns the wider 10th–90th, since they’re 0 in most fights so a narrow band would collapse to 0. Win-by-method = win probability × that fighter’s own method split: the model forecasts how the fight ends, and that forecast is divided between the corners by each fighter’s finishing record — UFC wins in full, earlier-career wins at half weight, as of fight night — reconciled so the fighters’ totals still equal their win probabilities and the methods still total the fight-level forecast above. “Equity” is each of those over that fighter’s win % — how they win given that they win — so a column adds to 100%, and it differs by corner. A fighter with no classifiable wins at any level leans on the fight-level split. “How it ends” is the model’s round-of-finish split. “Mkt” is the de-vigged market prop (consensus across books), shown for context, not as a betting signal; rounds & totals slots fill as that data lands. Percentages are apportioned by largest remainder, so each set adds to its total exactly and an individual figure can sit a point off its own rounding.

Model vs market
Final
ModelMarketGapLine
To win
Lentz40.4%43.6%−3.2+125
Nunes59.6%56.4%+3.2-135

Market % is the de-vigged (no-vig) consensus across the books that price both fighters; the line is the average across books with the min–max range in parentheses. Gap is the model minus the market in points (+ = the model rates that outcome above the market). Thin or one-sided markets are flagged or left blank rather than shown as a fabricated %. Shown for context, not as a bet — the closing line is the sharpest public price and the model trails it on average. For 5-round bouts the model splits its round-3+ finish mass into rounds 3–5 by the historical within-bucket rate, so the over-3.5 / 4.5 lines carry a model estimate.

Trait web
65.3Striking66.5
Nunes +1.2
73.6Grappling52.0
Lentz +21.6
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
LentzNunes
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1582
Pound-for-pound
1562
1547
Divisional
1556
1509
Striking offense
1496
1491
Striking defense
1521
1533
Grappling offense
1502
1486
Grappling defense
1509
Physical
28 yrs
Age
30 yrs
5'8"
Height
5'6"
68"
Reach
67"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.16
Strikes landed / min
3.31
49%
Strike accuracy
44%
2.89
Strikes absorbed / min
3.12
52%
Strike defense
61%
Grappling (UFC career)
3.78
Takedowns / 15 min
1.00
39%
Takedown accuracy
56%
46%
Takedown defense
79%
2.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
67%
UFC win rate
60%
+1
Win/loss streak
+1
40%
Last-5 win rate
60%
33%
Finish rate
0%
Recent opp. quality
161
Days since last fight
106
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Nik Lentz
  • WEiji MitsuokaKO/TKO R1
    Close -5005mo before
  • LEvan DunhamKO/TKO R2
    Close +3201y before
  • LMark BocekU-DEC R3
    Close +1321y 1mo before
  • WWaylon LoweSUB R3
    Close -1851y 10mo before
  • WTyson GriffinS-DEC R3
    Close +1902y 2mo before
Diego Nunes
  • WBart PalaszewskiU-DEC R3
    Close -1923mo before
  • LDennis SiverU-DEC R3
    Close -1859mo before
  • WManvel GamburyanU-DEC R3
    Close -2151y 1mo before
  • LKenny FlorianU-DEC R3
    Close +2001y 7mo before
  • WMike BrownS-DEC R3
    Close +1852y 1mo before
Lentz — win / loss by method
Record: 22-5-2, 1 NC

Bar length is fight count (largest bar = full width); shading splits finishes by round and decisions by unanimous vs split — tap a bar for the round-by-round count.

KO/TKO
9 wins, 2 losses
W
41% of wins
L
40% of losses
Submission
7 wins, 1 loss
W
32% of wins
L
20% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 2 losses
W
27% of wins
L
40% of losses
UFC
6win2loss1draw1NC
WinsLosses
1 (17%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
1 (17%)Submission(0%) 0
4 (67%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
16win3loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
8 (50%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
6 (38%)Submission(33%) 1
2 (13%)Decision(33%) 1
Nunes — win / loss by method
Record: 18-3-0

Bar length is fight count (largest bar = full width); shading splits finishes by round and decisions by unanimous vs split — tap a bar for the round-by-round count.

KO/TKO
5 wins, 0 losses
W
28% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 0 losses
W
33% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
7 wins, 3 losses
W
39% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
3win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (100%)Decision(100%) 2
Non-UFC
15win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (33%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
6 (40%)Submission(0%) 0
4 (27%)Decision(100%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Lentz
Nunes
10
UFC fights
5
123.0 min · 12.3 avg
Octagon time
75.0 min · 15.0 avg
21y 0m
Career length
22y 2m
UFC schedule strength

Opponents' records on fight night — toggle their full cross-promotional record vs UFC bouts only.

Lentz
Nunes
95W–34L · 73.6%
Overall
103W–39L · 72.5%
74W–28L · 72.5%
Wins
71W–26L · 73.2%
21W–6L · 77.8%
Losses
32W–13L · 71.1%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Lentz
Nunes
108W–59L · 64.7%
Overall
70W–20L · 77.8%
82W–43L · 65.6%
Wins
56W–18L · 75.7%
26W–16L · 61.9%
Losses
14W–2L · 87.5%
Distance striking
Lentz
Nunes
6.03
Landed / min
4.05
41.0%
Accuracy
38.5%
58.1%
Defense
71.7%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.60
31.2%
Time at distance
56.0%
Grappling & control
Lentz
Nunes
3.78
Takedowns / 15 min
1.00
38.8%
Takedown accuracy
55.6%
45.7%
Takedown defense
79.2%
1.95
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
49.3%
Control share
44.4%
Strike target map
Lentz
  • Head58%(224)div 63%
  • Body27%(105)div 20%
  • Legs15%(59)div 17%
Nunes
  • Head39%(97)div 63%
  • Body28%(69)div 20%
  • Legs33%(82)div 17%

Where each fighter lands significant strikes (career). “div” = the weight-class average.

Nik Lentz
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

Per-fight: SS & TD shown landed/attempted; Close = consensus closing line.

Diego Nunes
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

Per-fight: SS & TD shown landed/attempted; Close = consensus closing line.