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Jordan Mein vs.
Hernani Perpetuo

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

5-4-0 Jordan Mein · UFC
0-2-0 Hernani Perpetuo · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

5-4-0
UFC record
0-2-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
36
AgeΔ 5 yrs
41
6'0"
HeightΔ 0"
6'0"
73"
Reach
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
96.3
Layoff (months)Δ 48 mo
144.3
WWLLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LL
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.

Hernani Perpetuo rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight norm.
Jordan Mein hunts takedowns — 2.27 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight norm.
Hernani Perpetuo is wasteful with body shots — only 39% land, vs a 71% Welterweight 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.

Jordan Mein

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

In the UFC: 3-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.0 wins over .500

Hernani Perpetuo

Full career not yet synced for Hernani Perpetuo — 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 -0.5 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2813.04/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
822.73/min · norm 3.17
2252.43/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
1314.37/min · norm 3.06
47.4%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
29.1%norm 44.9%
65.3%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
55.4%norm 55.25%
30.49/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.38

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

Jordan Mein

Distance 76.1% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 7.8% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 16.2% (norm 8.1%)

Hernani Perpetuo

Distance 95.4% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 3.9% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 0.7% (norm 8.1%)

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

Jordan Mein

Head 80.6% (norm 78.2%) · Body 9.3% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 10.1% (norm 8.4%)

Hernani Perpetuo

Head 76.2% (norm 78.2%) · Body 12.8% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 11.0% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Mein L/AAccWelterweight med Perpetuo L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 202 / 451 44.8% 38.6% 76 / 269 28.3% 38.6%
In the clinch 28 / 46 60.9% 67.8% 5 / 11 too few to rate 67.8%
On the ground 51 / 96 53.1% 67.2% 1 / 2 too few to rate 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 186 / 478 38.9% 37.2% 45 / 215 20.9% 37.2%
To the body 41 / 55 74.5% 70.7% 14 / 36 38.9% 70.7%
To the legs 54 / 60 90.0% 82.9% 23 / 31 74.2% 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 (Welterweight: 182 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 Mein L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Perpetuo L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 148 / 533 27.8% 39.0% 117 / 271 43.2% 39.0%
In the clinch 28 / 49 57.1% 68.9% 6 / 12 too few to rate 68.9%
On the ground 49 / 66 74.2% 68.0% 8 / 11 too few to rate 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 129 / 499 25.9% 35.6% 69 / 205 33.7% 35.6%
To the body 63 / 101 62.4% 69.6% 35 / 60 58.3% 69.6%
To the legs 33 / 48 68.8% 82.1% 27 / 29 93.1% 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

1460.9% acc · 2.27/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.27
1672.7% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
337.5% def · norm 63.9%
24:0826.1% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
0:452.5% of cage time · norm 18.5%
19:453:12 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
3:451:52 per 15 · norm 3:15
20.32/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
10.50/15 · norm 0.45

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

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