Jordan Rinaldi vs.
Alvaro Herrera Mendoza
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.
Jordan Rinaldi
Full career not yet synced for Jordan Rinaldi — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 0-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.0 wins over .500
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
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)
Jordan Rinaldi
Distance 88.3% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 1.7% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 10.0% (norm 8.0%)
Alvaro Herrera Mendoza
Distance 92.3% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 4.6% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 3.1% (norm 8.0%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Jordan Rinaldi
Head 68.7% (norm 78.2%) · Body 11.7% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 19.6% (norm 7.9%)
Alvaro Herrera Mendoza
Head 86.2% (norm 78.2%) · Body 12.3% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 1.5% (norm 7.9%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Rinaldi L/A | Acc | Lightweight med | Mendoza L/A | Acc | Lightweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 68 / 203 | 33.5% | 37.9% | 20 / 60 | 33.3% | 37.9% |
| In the clinch | 1 / 4 | too few to rate | 67.3% | 3 / 3 | too few to rate | 67.3% |
| On the ground | 12 / 23 | too few to rate | 69.1% | 2 / 2 | too few to rate | 69.1% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 39 / 158 | 24.7% | 35.0% | 17 / 56 | 30.4% | 35.0% |
| To the body | 11 / 27 | 40.7% | 69.1% | 7 / 8 | too few to rate | 69.1% |
| To the legs | 31 / 45 | 68.9% | 81.9% | 1 / 1 | too few to rate | 81.9% |
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 · Lightweight: 201 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 Rinaldi L/A | Opp acc | Lightweight med | vs Mendoza L/A | Opp acc | Lightweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 75 / 227 | 33.0% | 38.9% | 31 / 75 | 41.3% | 38.9% |
| In the clinch | 8 / 14 | too few to rate | 68.6% | 2 / 3 | too few to rate | 68.6% |
| On the ground | 37 / 54 | 68.5% | 68.0% | 12 / 22 | too few to rate | 68.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 92 / 253 | 36.4% | 35.1% | 20 / 60 | 33.3% | 35.1% |
| To the body | 21 / 29 | 72.4% | 68.1% | 8 / 17 | too few to rate | 68.1% |
| To the legs | 7 / 13 | too few to rate | 81.5% | 17 / 23 | too few to rate | 81.5% |
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 — Rinaldi has more cage time on record.