Mohammad Yahya vs. Kaue Fernandes
Tale of the tape
The read
Level of competition
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: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.2 wins over .500
Striking
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Mohammad Yahya
Distance 99.2% (norm 83.1%) · Clinch 0.8% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 8.0%)
Kaue Fernandes
Distance 86.2% (norm 83.1%) · Clinch 3.0% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 10.7% (norm 8.0%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Mohammad Yahya
Head 80.8% (norm 78.0%) · Body 16.5% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 2.7% (norm 8.0%)
Kaue Fernandes
Head 64.8% (norm 78.0%) · Body 15.4% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 19.8% (norm 8.0%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Yahya L/A | Acc | Lightweight med | Fernandes L/A | Acc | Lightweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 102 / 259 | 39.4% | 38.3% | 138 / 257 | 53.7% | 38.3% |
| In the clinch | 2 / 2 | too few to rate | 67.5% | 7 / 9 | too few to rate | 67.5% |
| On the ground | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 68.8% | 20 / 32 | 62.5% | 68.8% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 71 / 211 | 33.6% | 35.1% | 79 / 193 | 40.9% | 35.1% |
| To the body | 28 / 43 | 65.1% | 69.1% | 33 / 46 | 71.7% | 69.1% |
| To the legs | 5 / 7 | too few to rate | 81.8% | 53 / 59 | 89.8% | 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 Yahya L/A | Opp acc | Lightweight med | vs Fernandes L/A | Opp acc | Lightweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 129 / 243 | 53.1% | 38.8% | 43 / 127 | 33.9% | 38.8% |
| 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% | 12 / 20 | too few to rate | 68.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 129 / 261 | 49.4% | 35.2% | 43 / 121 | 35.5% | 35.2% |
| To the body | 26 / 36 | 72.2% | 68.2% | 13 / 26 | 50.0% | 68.2% |
| To the legs | 35 / 37 | 94.6% | 81.5% | 7 / 11 | too few to rate | 81.5% |
Grappling
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Fernandes has more cage time on record.