Jens Pulver, Majority decision, 5 rounds.
Title fight
Walking in
Jens Pulver
Record5-0-1
StreakWon 5 straight
Strikes landed / min2.22
Strike defence60%
Takedowns / 15 min0.54
Takedown defence88%
BJ Penn
Record3-0
StreakWon 3 straight
Strikes landed / min4.21
Strike defence69%
Takedowns / 15 min5.74
Takedown defence50%
Only 17 fighters on record in the two years to 2002 at Lightweight, too few to rank anyone against. The rates are real, the ranking would not be.
What happened
Jens PulverBJ Penn
38/98Sig. strikes49/93
122/186Total strikes161/210
1/1Takedowns7/10
0Sub attempts2
8:21Control6:23
Target
28/88Head35/76
5/5Body5/7
5/5Leg9/10
Position
22/70Distance39/78
3/3Clinch3/4
13/25Ground7/11