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Matchup deep-dive

Myles Jury vs.
Chad Mendes

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

8-4-0 Myles Jury · UFC
9-5-0 Chad Mendes · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

8-4-0
UFC record
9-5-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
37
AgeΔ 4 yrs
41
5'10"
HeightΔ 4"
5'6"
73"
ReachΔ 7"
66"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
89.6
Layoff (months)Δ 1.6 mo
91.2
LLWWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LWLLW
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.

Chad Mendes carries real power — 1.03 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.29 Featherweight norm.
Chad Mendes hunts takedowns — 3.48 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 Featherweight norm.
Myles Jury carries real power — 0.41 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.25 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.

Myles Jury

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

In the UFC: 4-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.3 wins over .500

Chad Mendes

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

In the UFC: 6-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.6 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

3272.94/min · norm 3.42
Sig. strikes landed
3813.28/min · norm 3.54
2402.16/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed
3322.85/min · norm 3.47
42.6%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
50.3%norm 45.0%
66.8%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
67.5%norm 54.85%
30.41/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
81.03/15 · norm 0.29

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

Myles Jury

Distance 77.8% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 1.8% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 20.3% (norm 8.0%)

Chad Mendes

Distance 78.6% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 4.7% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 16.6% (norm 6.5%)

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

Myles Jury

Head 78.4% (norm 78.2%) · Body 9.0% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 12.6% (norm 7.9%)

Chad Mendes

Head 77.2% (norm 77.4%) · Body 6.5% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 16.4% (norm 7.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Jury L/AAccLightweight med Mendes L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 214 / 597 35.8% 37.9% 260 / 596 43.6% 40.9%
In the clinch 13 / 14 too few to rate 67.3% 24 / 36 66.7% 70.8%
On the ground 100 / 156 64.1% 69.1% 97 / 126 77.0% 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 224 / 601 37.3% 35.0% 257 / 585 43.9% 37.2%
To the body 37 / 69 53.6% 69.1% 33 / 49 67.3% 68.2%
To the legs 66 / 97 68.0% 81.9% 91 / 124 73.4% 80.7%

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 · Featherweight: 126 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 Jury L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Mendes L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 196 / 661 29.7% 38.9% 292 / 965 30.3% 39.2%
In the clinch 8 / 14 too few to rate 68.6% 13 / 27 48.1% 70.3%
On the ground 36 / 48 75.0% 68.0% 27 / 29 93.1% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 122 / 509 24.0% 35.1% 226 / 841 26.9% 35.9%
To the body 44 / 103 42.7% 68.1% 63 / 107 58.9% 67.9%
To the legs 74 / 111 66.7% 81.5% 43 / 73 58.9% 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

1655.2% acc · 2.16/15 · norm 1.38
Takedowns landed
2748.2% acc · 3.48/15 · norm 1.19
450.0% def · norm 64.0%
Takedowns stopped
14100.0% def · norm 61.5%
34:0730.7% of cage time · norm 19.5%
Control time
29:4425.6% of cage time · norm 16.7%
10:561:28 per 15 · norm 2:46
Time under control
2:060:16 per 15 · norm 3:12
20.27/15 · norm 0.49
Submission attempts
20.26/15 · norm 0.46

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

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