Nik Lentz
25 UFC Fights | 56% Win Rate | 5 Finishes (36%)
Nik Lentz UFC Record & Pro MMA Record
Nik Lentz is 14-9-1 in the UFC across 25 fights (1 no contest), with 3 wins by knockout, 2 by submission and 9 by decision. The full pro MMA record is 30-12-2 (1 NC), 16-3 of it outside the UFC. Lentz competes at lightweight as an orthodox complete fighter, standing 5'8" with a 68" reach at 42 years old. The last bout was a loss to Movsar Evloev by decision in Jan 2021.
Best attribute: takedown offense (takedowns landed per fight) — 95th percentile among 300 lightweight fighters (2.7/fight).
Nik Lentz's UFC win rate is 56% (14 of 25 fights), and 36% of those wins came by finish. Lentz averages 2.7 takedowns per fight at 33% accuracy and stops 41% of opponents' takedown attempts.
- Pro MMA Record
- 30-12-2 (1 NC)
- UFC Record
- 14-9-1 (1 NC)
- Height
- 5'8"
- Reach
- 68"
- Age
- 42
- Stance
- Orthodox
- Last Fight
- L vs Movsar Evloev · Decision · Jan 2021
Pro record from Sherdog (snapshot 2026-07-03) plus every UFC bout since; UFC record from UFCStats.
Nik Lentz's Last 5 Fights
Lentz is 2-3 in the last five UFC fights.
- Loss vs Movsar Evloev · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC 257: Poirier vs. McGregor · Jan 2021
- Loss vs Arnold Allen · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Dos Santos · Jan 2020
- Loss vs Charles Oliveira · KO/TKO · R2 2:11 · UFC Fight Night: Dos Anjos vs. Lee · May 2019
- Win vs Scott Holtzman · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Ngannou vs. Velasquez · Feb 2019
- Win vs Gray Maynard · KO/TKO · R2 1:19 · UFC 229: Khabib vs. McGregor · Oct 2018
Striking
Fighter Profile
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Round-by-Round Output
Sig. Strikes Landed per Round — Nik Lentz vs Average
Nik Lentz's UFC Fight History
25 UFC fights on record (14-9-1 (1 NC)), most recent first.
| Result | Opponent | Method | Rd · Time | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Movsar Evloev | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 257: Poirier vs. McGregor | 2021-01-23 |
| L | Arnold Allen | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Dos Santos | 2020-01-25 |
| L | Charles Oliveira | KO/TKO | R2 · 2:11 | UFC Fight Night: Dos Anjos vs. Lee | 2019-05-18 |
| W | Scott Holtzman | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Ngannou vs. Velasquez | 2019-02-17 |
| W | Gray Maynard | KO/TKO | R2 · 1:19 | UFC 229: Khabib vs. McGregor | 2018-10-06 |
| L | David Teymur | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Rivera vs. Moraes | 2018-06-01 |
| W | Will Brooks | Submission | R2 · 2:05 | UFC Fight Night: Werdum vs. Tybura | 2017-11-18 |
| L | Islam Makhachev | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 208: Holm vs. De Randamie | 2017-02-11 |
| W | Michael McBride | KO/TKO | R2 · 4:17 | UFC 203: Miocic vs. Overeem | 2016-09-10 |
| W | Danny Castillo | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC on FOX: Dos Anjos vs. Cowboy 2 | 2015-12-19 |
| L | Charles Oliveira | Submission | R3 · 1:10 | UFC Fight Night: Condit vs Alves | 2015-05-30 |
| W | Manvel Gamburyan | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Brown vs Silva | 2014-05-10 |
| L | Chad Mendes | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC on FOX: Johnson vs. Benavidez 2 | 2013-12-14 |
| W | Hacran Dias | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC on FX: Belfort vs. Rockhold | 2013-05-18 |
| W | Diego Nunes | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC on FX: Belfort vs Bisping | 2013-01-19 |
| W | Eiji Mitsuoka | KO/TKO | R1 · 3:45 | UFC 150: Henderson vs Edgar II | 2012-08-11 |
| L | Evan Dunham | KO/TKO | R2 · 5:00 | UFC on FOX: Evans vs Davis | 2012-01-28 |
| L | Mark Bocek | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 140: Jones vs Machida | 2011-12-10 |
| D/NC | Charles Oliveira | Other | R2 · 1:48 | UFC Live: Kongo vs Barry | 2011-06-26 |
| W | Waylon Lowe | Submission | R3 · 2:24 | UFC Fight Night: Nogueira vs Davis | 2011-03-26 |
| W | Tyson Griffin | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 123: Rampage vs Machida | 2010-11-20 |
| W | Andre Winner | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 118: Edgar vs Penn 2 | 2010-08-28 |
| W | Rob Emerson | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Florian vs Gomi | 2010-03-31 |
| D/NC | Thiago Tavares | Draw | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Maynard vs Diaz | 2010-01-11 |
| W | Rafaello Oliveira | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 103: Franklin vs Belfort | 2009-09-19 |
How Lentz Ranks at Lightweight
Percentile among the 300 lightweight fighters in our database (higher is better; absorbed strikes are inverted).
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