Bia Mesquita vs.
Montse Rendon
Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.
The men, measured.
Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.
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.
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.
Bia Mesquita
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 3 | 0 |
| Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) | 4 | 0 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 1 | 0 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 2.34 · 7 tier-1/2 wins · 7 finish wins over 8 documented bouts
In the UFC: 1-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.0 wins over .500
Montse Rendon
Full career not yet synced for Montse Rendon — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 1-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.5 wins over .500
The stand-up battle.
Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Bia Mesquita
Distance 27.0% (norm 80.3%) · Clinch 1.0% (norm 9.7%) · Ground 72.0% (norm 7.5%)
Montse Rendon
Distance 91.3% (norm 80.3%) · Clinch 2.6% (norm 9.7%) · Ground 6.2% (norm 7.5%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Bia Mesquita
Head 94.0% (norm 75.2%) · Body 3.0% (norm 14.3%) · Legs 3.0% (norm 8.8%)
Montse Rendon
Head 84.3% (norm 75.2%) · Body 8.7% (norm 14.3%) · Legs 7.0% (norm 8.8%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Mesquita L/A | Acc | Women's Bantamweight med | Rendon L/A | Acc | Women's Bantamweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 11 / 27 | 40.7% | 38.3% | 123 / 459 | 26.8% | 38.3% |
| In the clinch | 0 / 1 | too few to rate | 73.3% | 3 / 13 | too few to rate | 73.3% |
| On the ground | 46 / 72 | 63.9% | 70.8% | 13 / 31 | 41.9% | 70.8% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 53 / 94 | 56.4% | 37.7% | 95 / 424 | 22.4% | 37.7% |
| To the body | 2 / 3 | too few to rate | 70.0% | 21 / 44 | 47.7% | 70.0% |
| To the legs | 2 / 3 | too few to rate | 80.9% | 23 / 35 | 65.7% | 80.9% |
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 (Women's Bantamweight: 40 fighters · Women's Bantamweight: 40 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 Mesquita L/A | Opp acc | Women's Bantamweight med | vs Rendon L/A | Opp acc | Women's Bantamweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 14 / 53 | 26.4% | 41.3% | 152 / 373 | 40.8% | 41.3% |
| In the clinch | 2 / 2 | too few to rate | 74.7% | 8 / 10 | too few to rate | 74.7% |
| On the ground | 0 / 1 | too few to rate | 74.2% | 12 / 20 | too few to rate | 74.2% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 11 / 41 | 26.8% | 38.1% | 98 / 312 | 31.4% | 38.1% |
| To the body | 2 / 6 | too few to rate | 73.2% | 32 / 41 | 78.0% | 73.2% |
| To the legs | 3 / 9 | too few to rate | 80.9% | 42 / 50 | 84.0% | 80.9% |
The ground war.
Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Rendon has more cage time on record.