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Carlos Hernandez vs.
Victor Altamirano

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

3-4-0 Carlos Hernandez · UFC
2-4-0 Victor Altamirano · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

3-4-0
UFC record
2-4-0
Flyweight
Division (benchmark)
Flyweight
32.8
AgeΔ 2.7 yrs
35.5
5'8"
HeightΔ 0"
5'8"
67"
ReachΔ 3"
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Switch
14.7
Layoff (months)Δ 7.5 mo
22.2
LWLLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWW
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.

Victor Altamirano hunts takedowns — 2.67 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.30 Flyweight norm.
Carlos Hernandez hunts takedowns — 1.89 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.30 Flyweight 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.

Carlos Hernandez

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

In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.7 wins over .500

Victor Altamirano

Full career not yet synced for Victor Altamirano — 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 -1.2 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2553.56/min · norm 3.49
Sig. strikes landed
3294.18/min · norm 3.49
2513.51/min · norm 3.24
Sig. strikes absorbed
2853.62/min · norm 3.24
44.7%norm 44.6%
Striking accuracy
52.3%norm 44.6%
50.7%norm 56.4%
Striking defense
54.1%norm 56.4%
00.00/15 · norm 0.18
Knockdowns
10.19/15 · norm 0.18

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

Carlos Hernandez

Distance 85.8% (norm 85.1%) · Clinch 11.6% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 2.6% (norm 7.3%)

Victor Altamirano

Distance 84.1% (norm 85.1%) · Clinch 6.0% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 9.9% (norm 7.3%)

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

Carlos Hernandez

Head 84.0% (norm 75.9%) · Body 10.4% (norm 13.3%) · Legs 5.6% (norm 9.3%)

Victor Altamirano

Head 62.5% (norm 75.9%) · Body 28.0% (norm 13.3%) · Legs 9.5% (norm 9.3%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Hernandez L/AAccFlyweight med Altamirano L/AAccFlyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 196 / 489 40.1% 40.0% 253 / 529 47.8% 40.0%
In the clinch 45 / 66 68.2% 70.4% 30 / 38 78.9% 70.4%
On the ground 14 / 15 too few to rate 69.7% 46 / 62 74.2% 69.7%
BY TARGET
To the head 182 / 479 38.0% 37.6% 153 / 393 38.9% 37.6%
To the body 44 / 59 74.6% 68.5% 122 / 176 69.3% 68.5%
To the legs 29 / 32 90.6% 80.0% 54 / 60 90.0% 80.0%

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 (Flyweight: 73 fighters · Flyweight: 73 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 Hernandez L/AOpp accFlyweight med vs Altamirano L/AOpp accFlyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 187 / 416 45.0% 40.1% 214 / 503 42.5% 40.1%
In the clinch 23 / 35 65.7% 68.8% 36 / 63 57.1% 68.8%
On the ground 41 / 58 70.7% 71.1% 35 / 55 63.6% 71.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 139 / 378 36.8% 35.2% 176 / 476 37.0% 35.2%
To the body 87 / 103 84.5% 68.2% 66 / 95 69.5% 68.2%
To the legs 25 / 28 89.3% 80.3% 43 / 50 86.0% 80.3%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

926.5% acc · 1.89/15 · norm 1.30
Takedowns landed
1435.9% acc · 2.67/15 · norm 1.30
1664.0% def · norm 62.5%
Takedowns stopped
1359.1% def · norm 62.5%
12:0917.0% of cage time · norm 17.0%
Control time
14:3218.5% of cage time · norm 17.0%
15:023:08 per 15 · norm 2:44
Time under control
14:592:51 per 15 · norm 2:44
00.00/15 · norm 0.58
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.58

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

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