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Mohammad Yahya vs.
Kaue Fernandes

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

0-3-0 Mohammad Yahya · UFC
3-1-0 Kaue Fernandes · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

0-3-0
UFC record
3-1-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
32.2
AgeΔ 0.8 yrs
31.4
5'9"
HeightΔ 0"
5'9"
73"
ReachΔ 0"
73"
Switch
Stance
Orthodox
12.4
Layoff (months)Δ 1.4 mo
11
LLL
Last 5 (newest first)
WWWL
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.

Kaue Fernandes carries real power — 1.57 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.25 Lightweight norm.
Mohammad Yahya absorbs 6.39 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.37 Lightweight norm — hittable.
Mohammad Yahya rarely shoots — 0.50 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.38 Lightweight 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.

Mohammad Yahya

Full career not yet synced for Mohammad Yahya — 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 -0.7 wins over .500

Kaue Fernandes

Full career not yet synced for Kaue Fernandes — 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 -0.2 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1043.50/min · norm 3.42
Sig. strikes landed
1634.28/min · norm 3.42
1906.39/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed
541.42/min · norm 3.37
39.8%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
55.4%norm 43.5%
43.1%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
62.5%norm 56.3%
00.00/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
41.57/15 · norm 0.25

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

Mohammad Yahya

Distance 99.2% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 0.8% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 8.0%)

Kaue Fernandes

Distance 86.1% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 3.1% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 10.9% (norm 8.0%)

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

Mohammad Yahya

Head 80.8% (norm 78.2%) · Body 16.5% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 2.7% (norm 7.9%)

Kaue Fernandes

Head 65.0% (norm 78.2%) · Body 15.3% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 19.7% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Yahya L/AAccLightweight med Fernandes L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 102 / 259 39.4% 37.9% 136 / 253 53.8% 37.9%
In the clinch 2 / 2 too few to rate 67.3% 7 / 9 too few to rate 67.3%
On the ground 0 / 0 too few to rate 69.1% 20 / 32 62.5% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 71 / 211 33.6% 35.0% 78 / 191 40.8% 35.0%
To the body 28 / 43 65.1% 69.1% 33 / 45 73.3% 69.1%
To the legs 5 / 7 too few to rate 81.9% 52 / 58 89.7% 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 Yahya L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Fernandes L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 129 / 243 53.1% 38.9% 42 / 123 34.1% 38.9%
In the clinch 13 / 16 too few to rate 68.6% 8 / 11 too few to rate 68.6%
On the ground 48 / 75 64.0% 68.0% 4 / 10 too few to rate 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 129 / 261 49.4% 35.1% 35 / 110 31.8% 35.1%
To the body 26 / 36 72.2% 68.1% 12 / 24 too few to rate 68.1%
To the legs 35 / 37 94.6% 81.5% 7 / 10 too few to rate 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

120.0% acc · 0.50/15 · norm 1.38
Takedowns landed
3100.0% acc · 1.18/15 · norm 1.38
342.9% def · norm 64.0%
Takedowns stopped
1076.9% def · norm 64.0%
0:291.6% of cage time · norm 19.5%
Control time
3:329.3% of cage time · norm 19.5%
8:024:03 per 15 · norm 2:46
Time under control
8:433:25 per 15 · norm 2:46
10.50/15 · norm 0.49
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.49

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

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