Rani Yahya vs. Chad Mendes
Tale of the tape
The read
Level of competition
Rani Yahya
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 13 | 6 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 13 | 6 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 0.9 · 13 tier-1/2 wins · 19 finish wins over 40 documented bouts
In the UFC: 3-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.4 wins over .500
Chad Mendes
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 9 | 5 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 9 | 0 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 1.28 · 9 tier-1/2 wins · 10 finish wins over 23 documented bouts
In the UFC: 6-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.6 wins over .500
Striking
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Rani Yahya
Distance 87.3% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 3.4% (norm 6.2%) · Ground 9.3% (norm 6.4%)
Chad Mendes
Distance 78.6% (norm 85.9%) · Clinch 4.7% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 16.6% (norm 6.5%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Rani Yahya
Head 75.7% (norm 77.5%) · Body 10.6% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 13.7% (norm 8.4%)
Chad Mendes
Head 77.2% (norm 77.5%) · Body 6.5% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 16.4% (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/A | Acc | Bantamweight med | Mendes L/A | Acc | Featherweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 336 / 980 | 34.3% | 39.2% | 260 / 596 | 43.6% | 40.5% |
| In the clinch | 23 / 38 | 60.5% | 69.0% | 24 / 36 | 66.7% | 70.5% |
| On the ground | 81 / 104 | 77.9% | 70.2% | 97 / 126 | 77.0% | 69.3% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 239 / 849 | 28.2% | 35.3% | 257 / 585 | 43.9% | 37.1% |
| To the body | 82 / 119 | 68.9% | 66.9% | 33 / 49 | 67.3% | 68.0% |
| To the legs | 119 / 154 | 77.3% | 79.2% | 91 / 124 | 73.4% | 80.3% |
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 (Bantamweight: 121 fighters · Featherweight: 127 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 | Bantamweight med | vs Mendes L/A | Opp acc | Featherweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 311 / 757 | 41.1% | 39.4% | 292 / 965 | 30.3% | 39.3% |
| In the clinch | 17 / 26 | 65.4% | 70.6% | 13 / 27 | 48.1% | 70.3% |
| On the ground | 158 / 196 | 80.6% | 72.1% | 27 / 29 | 93.1% | 69.4% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 340 / 790 | 43.0% | 34.9% | 226 / 841 | 26.9% | 35.9% |
| To the body | 95 / 121 | 78.5% | 66.1% | 63 / 107 | 58.9% | 68.0% |
| To the legs | 51 / 68 | 75.0% | 78.8% | 43 / 73 | 58.9% | 81.5% |
Grappling
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Yahya has more cage time on record.