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Alvaro Herrera Mendoza vs.
Vernon Ramos Ho

Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.

1-3-0 Alvaro Herrera Mendoza · UFC
0-1-0 Vernon Ramos Ho · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.

1-3-0
UFC record
0-1-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
36.2
AgeΔ 2 yrs
34.2
6'0"
HeightΔ 6"
5'6"
74"
Reach
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
96.3
Layoff (months)Δ 32.2 mo
128.5
LLLW
Last 5 (newest first)
L
The read

What the numbers say.

Scouting notes, auto-generated — only stats deviating more than 25% from the division median make this list. No narratives, just deviations.

Alvaro Herrera Mendoza carries real power — 1.13 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.25 Lightweight norm.
Vernon Ramos Ho absorbs 8.00 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.06 Welterweight norm — hittable.
Alvaro Herrera Mendoza is a submission threat — 1.13 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.49 Lightweight norm.
Level of competition

Who did they actually beat?

Full-career records re-graded by the tier of opposition — the same grading the Contender Series pick model uses. Records built on tier-4 competition are worth less than records built on killers.

Alvaro Herrera Mendoza

Full career not yet synced for Alvaro Herrera Mendoza — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.8 wins over .500

Vernon Ramos Ho

Full career not yet synced for Vernon Ramos Ho — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.0 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

251.89/min · norm 3.42
Sig. strikes landed
24.00/min · norm 3.17
453.40/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed
48.00/min · norm 3.06
38.5%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
25.0%norm 44.9%
55.0%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
55.6%norm 55.25%
11.13/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.38

Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)

Alvaro Herrera Mendoza

Distance 92.3% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 4.6% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 3.1% (norm 8.0%)

Vernon Ramos Ho

Distance 100.0% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 0.0% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 8.1%)

What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)

Alvaro Herrera Mendoza

Head 86.2% (norm 78.2%) · Body 12.3% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 1.5% (norm 7.9%)

Vernon Ramos Ho

Head 37.5% (norm 78.2%) · Body 12.5% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 50.0% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.

Zone Mendoza L/AAccLightweight med Ho L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 20 / 60 33.3% 37.9% 2 / 8 too few to rate 38.6%
In the clinch 3 / 3 too few to rate 67.3% 0 / 0 too few to rate 67.8%
On the ground 2 / 2 too few to rate 69.1% 0 / 0 too few to rate 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 17 / 56 30.4% 35.0% 0 / 3 too few to rate 37.2%
To the body 7 / 8 too few to rate 69.1% 0 / 1 too few to rate 70.7%
To the legs 1 / 1 too few to rate 81.9% 2 / 4 too few to rate 82.9%

Zones with fewer than 25 attempts are marked "too few to rate". Each fighter is measured against the median of leaderboard-eligible fighters in his own division (Lightweight: 201 fighters · Welterweight: 182 fighters).

What lands on them Opponents' accuracy against each man

Green ≤ division median — harder to hit than the typical man in his division.

Zone vs Mendoza L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Ho L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 31 / 75 41.3% 38.9% 3 / 8 too few to rate 39.0%
In the clinch 2 / 3 too few to rate 68.6% 0 / 0 too few to rate 68.9%
On the ground 12 / 22 too few to rate 68.0% 1 / 1 too few to rate 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 20 / 60 33.3% 35.1% 4 / 9 too few to rate 35.6%
To the body 8 / 17 too few to rate 68.1% 0 / 0 too few to rate 69.6%
To the legs 17 / 23 too few to rate 81.5% 0 / 0 too few to rate 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.

0— acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.38
Takedowns landed
0— acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.27
233.3% def · norm 64.0%
Takedowns stopped
0— def · norm 63.9%
0:111.4% of cage time · norm 19.5%
Control time
0:000.0% of cage time · norm 18.5%
6:066:54 per 15 · norm 2:46
Time under control
0:010:30 per 15 · norm 3:15
11.13/15 · norm 0.49
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.45

Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Mendoza has more cage time on record.

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