Johny Hendricks vs.
Hector Lombard
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.
Johny Hendricks
Full career not yet synced for Johny Hendricks — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 11-8 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +4.3 wins over .500
Hector Lombard
Full career not yet synced for Hector Lombard — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 3-7 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.5 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)
Johny Hendricks
Distance 79.6% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 15.3% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 5.1% (norm 8.1%)
Hector Lombard
Distance 78.5% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 11.0% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 10.5% (norm 10.3%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Johny Hendricks
Head 81.4% (norm 78.2%) · Body 5.4% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 13.2% (norm 8.4%)
Hector Lombard
Head 78.0% (norm 78.0%) · Body 8.4% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 13.6% (norm 8.4%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Hendricks L/A | Acc | Welterweight med | Lombard L/A | Acc | Middleweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 605 / 1542 | 39.2% | 38.6% | 303 / 698 | 43.4% | 40.5% |
| In the clinch | 208 / 297 | 70.0% | 67.8% | 61 / 98 | 62.2% | 70.3% |
| On the ground | 72 / 99 | 72.7% | 67.2% | 71 / 93 | 76.3% | 69.1% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 584 / 1577 | 37.0% | 37.2% | 289 / 693 | 41.7% | 38.9% |
| To the body | 77 / 105 | 73.3% | 70.7% | 52 / 75 | 69.3% | 71.7% |
| To the legs | 224 / 256 | 87.5% | 82.9% | 94 / 121 | 77.7% | 83.3% |
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 (Welterweight: 182 fighters · Middleweight: 174 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 Hendricks L/A | Opp acc | Welterweight med | vs Lombard L/A | Opp acc | Middleweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 720 / 1736 | 41.5% | 39.0% | 282 / 808 | 34.9% | 39.5% |
| In the clinch | 189 / 286 | 66.1% | 68.9% | 71 / 92 | 77.2% | 70.9% |
| On the ground | 70 / 78 | 89.7% | 68.0% | 108 / 125 | 86.4% | 69.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 620 / 1627 | 38.1% | 35.6% | 291 / 786 | 37.0% | 37.9% |
| To the body | 256 / 349 | 73.4% | 69.6% | 94 / 135 | 69.6% | 71.3% |
| To the legs | 103 / 124 | 83.1% | 82.1% | 76 / 104 | 73.1% | 82.1% |
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 — Hendricks has more cage time on record.