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Ludovit Klein
Lightweight · “Mr. Highlight”

Ludovit Klein

24-6-1 UFC 8-4-1
Precision Striker Positional Grappler
5'7"Height
72"Reach
SouthpawStance
31Age
2KO wins
0Sub wins
25.0%Finish rate
12:29Avg fight

Skill profile

Rated 0–100 · where 138 MMA has read him, his grades and tags set each axis and the stats only nudge inside his band · stats alone where he is silent · the rim is reserved for specialists
Striking — Strong, rated 86 of 100 · 138 MMA: striking solid · Jul 2026 · stats read 73 → nudged -1 inside the band · tag ko power: good (+3) · tag counter striking: good (+1) · claims striking power +2, striking technique +1, kicking +2, pressure -1 (+6) Accuracy — Strong, rated 93 of 100 · claims striking technique +1, counter striking +2 (+4) Striking D — Below avg, rated 40 of 100 · stats only — nothing in his reads bears on this axis Durability — Average, rated 63 of 100 · stats only — nothing in his reads bears on this axis Wrestling — Below avg, rated 39 of 100 · 138 MMA: wrestling decent · Jun 2024 · stats read 48 → nudged +3 inside the band · claims td offense -2, clinch +1 (-3) TD Defense — Average, rated 62 of 100 · 138 MMA: wrestling decent (no takedown-defence tag), half-weighted with the stats read 77 · claims td defense +2 (+4) Grappling — Below avg, rated 31 of 100 · 138 MMA: grappling decent · Jul 2026 · stats read 10 → nudged -10 inside the band · claims ground and pound +2 (+2) Control — Above avg, rated 70 of 100 · claims ground and pound +2 (+3) Striking Accuracy Striking D Durability Wrestling TD Defense Grappling Control
striking solid
8 analyst reads graded this phase
  • solid UFC Fight Night Medic vs Rodriguez Full Card Preview & Predictions · July 26, 2026 watch ↗
  • solid UFC 321 Analysis, Prediction, And Breakdown · October 20, 2025 watch ↗
  • solid UFC Fight Night: Blanchfield vs Barber Full Card Analysis, Prediction & Breakdown · May 26, 2025 watch ↗
  • solid UFC Fight Night Moicano vs Saint-Denis Full Card Analysis, Prediction & Breakdown (UFC Paris) · September 25, 2024 watch ↗
  • good UFC Fight Night Cannonier vs Imavov Full Card Analysis, Prediction & Breakdown (UFC Louisville) · June 4, 2024 watch ↗
  • good UFC Fight Night Rozenstruik vs Gaziev Full Card Analysis, Prediction & Breakdown (UFC Vegas 87) · February 27, 2024 watch ↗
  • solid UFC Fight Night Sandhagen vs Font Full Card Breakdown, Analysis, And Predictions · August 1, 2023 watch ↗
  • good UFC 286 Full Card Breakdown, Analysis, And Prediction · March 14, 2023 watch ↗
grappling decent
3 analyst reads graded this phase
  • decent UFC Fight Night Medic vs Rodriguez Full Card Preview & Predictions · July 26, 2026 watch ↗
  • decent UFC 321 Analysis, Prediction, And Breakdown · October 20, 2025 watch ↗
  • decent UFC Fight Night: Blanchfield vs Barber Full Card Analysis, Prediction & Breakdown · May 26, 2025 watch ↗
wrestling decent
3 analyst reads graded this phase
  • decent UFC Fight Night Cannonier vs Imavov Full Card Analysis, Prediction & Breakdown (UFC Louisville) · June 4, 2024 watch ↗
  • good UFC Fight Night Rozenstruik vs Gaziev Full Card Analysis, Prediction & Breakdown (UFC Vegas 87) · February 27, 2024 watch ↗
  • decent UFC 286 Full Card Breakdown, Analysis, And Prediction · March 14, 2023 watch ↗
cardio not yet read
durability not yet read
striking solid 8 reads
grappling decent 3 reads
wrestling decent 3 reads
cardio not yet read
durability not yet read

138 MMA anchors Striking, Wrestling, Grappling · his tags and claims adjust Accuracy, TD Defense, Control · stats alone on Striking D, Durability.

Precision Striker strong accuracy — rates 93 of 100 · claims striking technique +1, counter striking +2 (+4)
Positional Grappler above avg control — rates 70 of 100 · claims ground and pound +2 (+3)
Career rates — the raw numbers behind the chart
Sig. strikes landed / min3.83
Sig. strikes absorbed / min3.57
Striking accuracy53.5%
Striking defense53.5%
Knockdowns / 15 min0.46
Takedowns / 15 min1.29
Takedown accuracy50.0%
Takedown defense76.6%
Sub attempts / 15 min0.0
Control time24.3%
Record vs .500+ opponents5-2

Insider info

8 analyst reads · 138 MMA · our paraphrase, never his words
vs Tofiq Musayev lean UFC Fight Night Medic vs Rodriguez Full Card Preview & Predictions · July 26, 2026
strikingsolid grapplingdecent wrestlingdecent

States the pick plainly but immediately adds 'there's definitely an argument' for the other man too. Gives a real mechanism (mixing takedowns off caught kicks) rather than a bare pick.

Klein is a solid striker and a very good counter-striker, with nasty kicks to all levels called out specifically and good power behind his combinations. His grappling is decent but mostly defensive: a good counter wrestler who works underhooks well, without much offense of his own beyond mixing in occasional takedowns and elbows on top. The analyst doubts the counter-wrestling holds up once his kicks start getting caught. He is picked to lose, with a real argument acknowledged in his favor.

Strengthsolid, very good counter-striking
Strengthnasty kicks to all levels with good power
Strengthgood counter wrestler, works underhooks well
Weaknesslittle offensive grappling of his own
Weaknessvulnerable once his kicks are caught
vs Mateusz Rebecki clear UFC 321 Analysis, Prediction, And Breakdown · October 20, 2025 · 1 read since
strikingsolid grapplingdecent wrestlingdecent

States Klein should have enough striking advantage to win, backed by a specific gameplan (neutralize Klein's striking via takedowns) that he thinks Rebecki can't sustain.

A solid striker with solid combinations, good power and effective counter-striking, whose best tool is a genuinely nasty kicking game to all levels. A decent grappler, built mainly around good counter-wrestling and underhook control to keep fights standing when he wants, with decent takedowns in reserve and crisp ground-and-pound on the rare occasions he needs it. As of 2025-10-20.

Strengthsolid striker: combinations, power, counter-striking, nasty kicks to all levels
Strengthdecent grappler: strong counter-wrestling, good underhooks, decent takedowns
counter striking · good
vs Mateusz Gamrot lean UFC Fight Night: Blanchfield vs Barber Full Card Analysis, Prediction & Breakdown · May 26, 2025 · 2 reads since
strikingsolid grapplingdecent wrestlingdecent

A direct, named declaration for Gamrot, but immediately qualified as a close fight where he understands and respects takes on the other side. He also raises an open, unresolved question about where each man sits in his career before settling on Gamrot still having enough left to get the job done.

Ludovit Klein is likely the sharper pure striker in this pairing: solid overall, with strong counters, real power, and slick combination work, and the analyst rates his kicking -- able to attack every level -- as probably his single best weapon. His grappling grades as decent, featuring strong counter-wrestling built on good underhook control, takedowns he can call on if needed, and a solid rate of ground-and-pound from elbows.

Strengthsharper pure striking: strong counters and power, slick combinations
Strengthkicking to every level called his single best weapon
Strengthdecent grappling: strong counter-wrestling off underhooks, available takedowns, solid elbow ground-and-pound
counter striking · goodko power · good
vs Roosevelt Roberts clear UFC Fight Night Moicano vs Saint-Denis Full Card Analysis, Prediction & Breakdown (UFC Paris) · September 25, 2024 · 3 reads since
strikingsolid wrestlingdecent

He treats Klein as a clear, heavily favored pick with no real debate about it, giving a stated mechanism (keeping the fight standing) and no hedge on the outcome.

A heavily favored, solid striker with well-timed counters, good power, strong combinations, and kicks to every level; also shows good counter-wrestling (underhooks back to the feet), though the analyst expects him to keep the fight standing rather than seek takedowns himself.

Strengthsolid striking with well-timed counters
Strengthgood power
Strengthgood combinations
Strengthkicks to all levels
Strengthgood counter-wrestling (underhooks)
ko power · good
vs Thiago Moises clear UFC Fight Night Cannonier vs Imavov Full Card Analysis, Prediction & Breakdown (UFC Louisville) · June 4, 2024 · 4 reads since
strikinggood wrestlingdecent

A specific, named finish is stated as the outcome -- he explicitly says he is giving a specific outcome rather than a general lean, and names the fighter, method and submission -- with a clear mechanism (pick his volume carefully, find a takedown at the right moment, take the back). No hedge on the win itself.

4-0-1 in his last five with no losses, described explicitly as carrying momentum into a step up in competition against Moises. The analyst calls him the better striker outright, built on very well-timed counters (called his biggest weapon), very good combinations, very good power, and nasty kicks to all levels; a decent counter-wrestler who works from the underhooks to stuff takedowns.

Strengthwell-timed counter-striking (signature weapon)
Strengthcombinations
Strengthpower
Strengthkicks to all levels
Strengthunderhook-based counter-wrestling
Weaknesscounter game depends on Moises actually throwing -- less effective if Moises picks his shots instead
counter striking · eliteko power · good
vs AJ Cunningham clear UFC Fight Night Rozenstruik vs Gaziev Full Card Analysis, Prediction & Breakdown (UFC Vegas 87) · February 27, 2024 · 5 reads since
strikinggood wrestlinggood

Repeats the named commitment twice ('I'm gonna take Ludi Klein', then 'Klein the pick') with a stated mechanism: the cleaner/crisper striker, able to stop most takedowns. Only softening is a concession Cunningham could 'pour it on' late if he survives that long -- a durability caveat, not doubt about the winner.

A clean, technical counter-striker who is probably the crisper of the two strikers here, with excellent timing on his counters, varied combinations, hard kicks to all levels, and real power. He prefers to use counter wrestling (underhooks, return to space) rather than engage on the mat. His one named flaw is a tendency toward being too patient when counter-striking, though not in every fight.

Strengthclean, technical striking
Strengthexcellent counter timing
Strengthcombination variety
Strengthkicks to all levels
Strengthpower on the feet
Strengthgood counter wrestling / underhooks
Weaknesscan be too patient counter-striking (not every fight)
Weaknessless forward pressure than Cunningham
vs Ignacio Bahamondes clear UFC Fight Night Sandhagen vs Font Full Card Breakdown, Analysis, And Predictions · August 1, 2023 · 6 reads since
strikingsolid wrestlingdecent

Explicit, repeated, named commitment: he states plainly that this is how he's picking Bahamondes to win (seg 6), and names the submission method and declares it his pick again (seg 8). A specific mechanism and method are given and held to: a striking exchange forces Klein to look for a takedown, Bahamondes sprawls and locks a front choke (DARS/anaconda), finishing by submission. He backs the pick with a real-money side wager on the exact submission method, which supports rather than undercuts the stated conviction.

Klein is a solid, patient counter-striker with good timing who likes to let his opponent initiate before firing back with powerful shots and good combinations, leading often with nasty, brutal kicks to the legs and body. The analyst expects him to eventually mix in a takedown attempt when the striking exchange goes against him, which the analyst believes plays directly into Bahamondes's front-choke threat.

Strengthsolid counter-striker with good timing
Strengthgood combinations
Strengthnasty, powerful kicks to the legs and body
counter striking · good
vs Jai Herbert coinflip UFC 286 Full Card Breakdown, Analysis, And Prediction · March 14, 2023 · 7 reads since
strikinggood wrestlingdecent

switched pick multiple times, barely leaning

Klein is a well-timed counter-striker who throws in combination with real power, and the analyst singles out his kicks to all levels -- legs, body, and head -- as the best part of his game and thrown with bad intentions. He also has decent counter-wrestling, working from underhooks. The analyst leans toward him, by the slimmest of margins, specifically because his combination work and kicks can edge out a victory, while admitting the pick could flip again.

Strengthwell-timed counter striker
Strengththrows in combination with power
Strengthnasty kicks to legs, body and head
Strengthdecent counter wrestling from the underhooks

Striking trend

Sig. strikes/min, last 8 fights · green = win
March 18, 2023 vs Jai Herbert — 3.13/min (D) Mar '23 August 5, 2023 vs Ignacio Bahamondes — 3.73/min (W) Aug '23 March 2, 2024 vs AJ Cunningham — 13.04/min (W) — only 4.6 min of tape, so this rate reflects how fast the fight ended more than how he fought Mar '24 June 8, 2024 vs Thiago Moises — 3.73/min (W) Jun '24 September 28, 2024 vs Roosevelt Roberts — 3.0/min (W) Sep '24 May 31, 2025 vs Mateusz Gamrot — 1.6/min (L) May '25 October 25, 2025 vs Mateusz Rebecki — 5.47/min (W) Oct '25 August 1, 2026 vs Tofiq Musayev — 5.05/min (L) Aug '26

Fight history

13 UFC bouts · newest first · opponent records as of fight night
L Tofiq Musayev 21-6 walk-in KO/TKO · R2 4:07 — UFC Fight Night: Medic vs. Rodriguez · August 1, 2026
46/87Sig. strikes
46/110Absorbed
0/1Takedowns
0:00Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Mateusz Rebecki 20-3 walk-in Decision - Majority · R3 5:00 — UFC 321: Aspinall vs. Gane · October 25, 2025
82/140Sig. strikes
72/159Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
0:00Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
L Mateusz Gamrot 24-3 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC Fight Night: Blanchfield vs. Barber · May 31, 2025
24/74Sig. strikes
65/110Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
0:23Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Roosevelt Roberts 12-4 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC Fight Night: Moicano vs. Saint Denis · September 28, 2024
45/95Sig. strikes
24/60Absorbed
2/3Takedowns
8:51Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Thiago Moises 18-7 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Imavov · June 8, 2024
56/104Sig. strikes
24/60Absorbed
1/1Takedowns
3:08Control
2Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W AJ Cunningham 0-0 walk-in KO/TKO · R1 4:36 — UFC Fight Night: Rozenstruik vs. Gaziev · March 2, 2024
60/91Sig. strikes
36/75Absorbed
2/3Takedowns
0:27Control
1Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Ignacio Bahamondes 14-4 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Font · August 5, 2023
56/108Sig. strikes
43/139Absorbed
3/5Takedowns
6:05Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
D Jai Herbert 12-4 walk-in Decision - Majority · R3 5:00 — UFC 286: Edwards vs. Usman 3 · March 18, 2023
47/97Sig. strikes
43/90Absorbed
2/3Takedowns
3:14Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Mason Jones 11-1 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Aspinall · July 23, 2022
50/87Sig. strikes
43/105Absorbed
0/1Takedowns
6:41Control
1Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Devonte Smith 11-3 walk-in Decision - Split · R3 5:00 — UFC 272: Covington vs. Masvidal · March 5, 2022
60/95Sig. strikes
53/98Absorbed
0/2Takedowns
6:39Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
L Nate Landwehr 14-4 walk-in Submission · R3 2:22 — UFC Fight Night: Ladd vs. Dumont · October 16, 2021
42/85Sig. strikes
71/130Absorbed
0/2Takedowns
0:32Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
L Michael Trizano 8-1 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC Fight Night: Rodriguez vs. Waterson · May 8, 2021
45/86Sig. strikes
56/104Absorbed
4/7Takedowns
3:28Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Shane Young 13-4 walk-in KO/TKO · R1 1:16 — UFC 253: Adesanya vs. Costa · September 26, 2020
9/13Sig. strikes
4/7Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
0:03Control
1Knockdowns
0Sub attempts

Walk-in records count UFC bouts in this database. For the pre-UFC career, see the record breakdown below or the Tapology button up top.

Record breakdown

Full pro career (Wikipedia, results only)
24-6-1Pro record
Spartakus Fight GymGym / team

Wins by method

KO/TKO 9
Submission 8
Decision 7
Other 0

Losses by method

KO/TKO 2
Submission 2
Decision 2
Other 0

Draws: 1

Fights by organization

UFC 13
Oktagon 4
Hanuman Cup 3
X Fight Nights 2
ACB 2
Pit Cage Fighting 2
Oktagon Prime 1
Cage Warriors 1

+ 3 more organizations in the full career list

Full career — 31 fights, every organization
OpponentMethodEventOrg RdTime
L Tofiq Musayev TKO (punches) UFC Fight Night: Medić vs. Rodriguez
August 1, 2026
UFC 2 4:07
W Mateusz Rębecki Decision (majority) UFC 321
October 25, 2025
UFC 3 5:00
L Mateusz Gamrot Decision (unanimous) UFC on ESPN: Gamrot vs. Klein
May 31, 2025
UFC 3 5:00
W Roosevelt Roberts Decision (unanimous) UFC Fight Night: Moicano vs. Saint Denis
September 28, 2024
UFC 3 5:00
W Thiago Moisés Decision (unanimous) UFC on ESPN: Cannonier vs. Imavov
June 8, 2024
UFC 3 5:00
W AJ Cunningham TKO (front kick to the body and punches) UFC Fight Night: Rozenstruik vs. Gaziev
March 2, 2024
UFC 1 4:36
W Ignacio Bahamondes Decision (unanimous) UFC on ESPN: Sandhagen vs. Font
August 5, 2023
UFC 3 5:00
D Jai Herbert Draw (majority) UFC 286
March 18, 2023
UFC 3 5:00
W Mason Jones Decision (unanimous) UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Aspinall
July 23, 2022
UFC 3 5:00
W Devonte Smith Decision (split) UFC 272
March 5, 2022
UFC 3 5:00
L Nate Landwehr Submission (anaconda choke) UFC Fight Night: Ladd vs. Dumont
October 16, 2021
UFC 3 2:22
L Michael Trizano Decision (unanimous) UFC on ESPN: Rodriguez vs. Waterson
May 8, 2021
UFC 3 5:00
W Shane Young KO (head kick and punches) UFC 253
September 27, 2020
UFC 1 1:16
W Łukasz Sajewski TKO (punches) Oktagon Prime 3
February 15, 2020
Oktagon Prime 1 3:49
W João Paulo Rodrigues KO (head kick) Oktagon 14
September 14, 2019
Oktagon 3 0:46
W Willian Lima TKO (punches) Oktagon 12
June 8, 2019
Oktagon 1 2:27
W Arbi Mezhidov Decision (unanimous) X Fight Nights 14
November 18, 2018
X Fight Nights 3 5:00
W Kamil Selwa TKO (punches) X Fight Nights 11
June 28, 2018
X Fight Nights 2 —
W Matěj Kuzník TKO (doctor stoppage) Oktagon 5
March 17, 2018
Oktagon 4 5:00
W Krzysztof Klaczek KO (head kick) Oktagon 4
November 12, 2017
Oktagon 1 2:00
L Aiden Lee Submission (rear-naked choke) Cage Warriors 87
October 14, 2017
Cage Warriors 1 2:34
W Moric Besztercei Submission (rear-naked choke) Dark Night Volume 2
June 24, 2017
Dark Night Volume 1 4:56
W Ahmed Abdulkadirov Submission (guillotine choke) ACB 60
May 13, 2017
ACB 2 0:44
W Khusein Maltsagov KO (knee) ACB 56
April 1, 2017
ACB 2 3:29
L Igor Tarytsa KO (punch) A-Fight 5
February 24, 2017
A-Fight 1 4:58
W Aleksandar Janković Submission (armbar) Fight of Gladiators 5
April 9, 2016
Fight of Gladiators 1 —
W Michal Stefek Submission (guillotine choke) Hanuman Cup 30
March 5, 2016
Hanuman Cup 1 0:40
W Samuel Ribansky Submission (armbar) Hanuman Cup 28
September 26, 2015
Hanuman Cup 2 0:00
W Adam Németh Submission (guillotine choke) Hanuman Cup 27
July 4, 2015
Hanuman Cup 1 1:00
W Kamil Tarnawski Submission (triangle choke) Pit Cage Fighting 12
May 16, 2015
Pit Cage Fighting 2 1:35
W Martin Mihálik Submission (rear-naked choke) Pit Cage Fighting 11
December 20, 2014
Pit Cage Fighting 1 0:27

Career history from the fighter's Wikipedia record table (Ľudovít Klein) — results only, no strike stats; UFC bouts are marked and carry full stats in the fight history above.

Division context

vs. 195 qualified Lightweight fighters · tick = division mean
Striking volume /min 3.8 avg 3.5
Strikes absorbed /min 3.6 avg 3.6
Striking accuracy 53.5% avg 44.0%
Striking defense 53.5% avg 55.7%
Takedowns /15 min 1.3 avg 1.6
Takedown accuracy 50.0% avg 38.1%
Takedown defense 76.6% avg 61.1%
Sub attempts /15 min 0.0 avg 0.6
Control time 24.3% avg 21.3%
Finish rate 25.0% avg 50.7%

Headshot of Ludovit Klein by TV JOJ · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons · cropped and resized