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Landon Quinones vs. MarQuel Mederos

UFC 0-2-0 vs. 4-0-1

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
0-2-0
UFC record
4-0-1
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
30
AgeΔ 1 yrs
29
5'9"
HeightΔ 1"
5'10"
70"
ReachΔ 1"
69"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
32.5
Layoff (months)Δ 30.6 mo
1.9
LL
Last 5 (newest first)
WDWWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Landon Quinones absorbs 7.70 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.38 Lightweight norm — hittable.
Landon Quinones outworks the Lightweight division — 6.77 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.44 norm.
MarQuel Mederos rarely shoots — 0.22 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.34 Lightweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Landon Quinones

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

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.0 wins over .500

MarQuel Mederos

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

In the UFC: 1-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.6 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2036.77/min · norm 3.44
Sig. strikes landed
3995.94/min · norm 3.44
2317.70/min · norm 3.38
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
3635.41/min · norm 3.38
40.4%norm 43.65%
Striking accuracy
60.0%norm 43.65%
55.8%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
51.6%norm 56.3%
00.00/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
20.45/15 · norm 0.25

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

Landon Quinones

Distance 96.4% (norm 83.1%) · Clinch 3.6% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 8.0%)

MarQuel Mederos

Distance 88.6% (norm 83.1%) · Clinch 8.4% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 3.0% (norm 8.0%)

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

Landon Quinones

Head 77.1% (norm 78.0%) · Body 14.3% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 8.5% (norm 8.0%)

MarQuel Mederos

Head 72.5% (norm 78.0%) · Body 10.5% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 17.0% (norm 8.0%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Quinones L/AAccLightweight med Mederos L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 191 / 485 39.4% 38.3% 337 / 589 57.2% 38.3%
In the clinch 12 / 18 too few to rate 67.5% 48 / 56 85.7% 67.5%
On the ground 0 / 0 too few to rate 68.8% 14 / 20 too few to rate 68.8%
BY TARGET
To the head 120 / 388 30.9% 35.1% 245 / 482 50.8% 35.1%
To the body 48 / 72 66.7% 69.1% 58 / 70 82.9% 69.1%
To the legs 35 / 43 81.4% 81.8% 96 / 113 85.0% 81.8%

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: 204 fighters · Lightweight: 204 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 Quinones L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Mederos L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 216 / 502 43.0% 38.8% 312 / 682 45.7% 38.8%
In the clinch 15 / 21 too few to rate 68.6% 43 / 58 74.1% 68.6%
On the ground 0 / 0 too few to rate 68.0% 8 / 10 too few to rate 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 142 / 407 34.9% 35.2% 229 / 555 41.3% 35.2%
To the body 75 / 99 75.8% 68.2% 73 / 107 68.2% 68.2%
To the legs 14 / 17 too few to rate 81.5% 61 / 88 69.3% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
133.3% acc · 0.50/15 · norm 1.34
Takedowns landed
16.3% acc · 0.22/15 · norm 1.34
10100.0% def · norm 63.7%
Takedowns stopped
2175.0% def · norm 63.7%
2:459.2% of cage time · norm 18.95%
Control time
7:3411.3% of cage time · norm 18.95%
4:342:17 per 15 · norm 2:50
Time under control lower is better
16:563:47 per 15 · norm 2:50
00.00/15 · norm 0.48
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.48

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