Vernon Ramos Ho vs.
Alvaro Herrera Mendoza
Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.
The men, measured.
Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.
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.
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.
Vernon Ramos Ho
Full career not yet synced for Vernon Ramos Ho — 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 +0.0 wins over .500
Alvaro Herrera Mendoza
Full career not yet synced for Alvaro Herrera Mendoza — 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 -0.8 wins over .500
The stand-up battle.
Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Vernon Ramos Ho
Distance 100.0% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 0.0% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 8.1%)
Alvaro Herrera Mendoza
Distance 92.3% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 4.6% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 3.1% (norm 8.0%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Vernon Ramos Ho
Head 37.5% (norm 78.2%) · Body 12.5% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 50.0% (norm 8.4%)
Alvaro Herrera Mendoza
Head 86.2% (norm 78.2%) · Body 12.3% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 1.5% (norm 7.9%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Ho L/A | Acc | Welterweight med | Mendoza L/A | Acc | Lightweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 2 / 8 | too few to rate | 38.6% | 20 / 60 | 33.3% | 37.9% |
| In the clinch | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 67.8% | 3 / 3 | too few to rate | 67.3% |
| On the ground | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 67.2% | 2 / 2 | too few to rate | 69.1% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 0 / 3 | too few to rate | 37.2% | 17 / 56 | 30.4% | 35.0% |
| To the body | 0 / 1 | too few to rate | 70.7% | 7 / 8 | too few to rate | 69.1% |
| To the legs | 2 / 4 | too few to rate | 82.9% | 1 / 1 | too few to rate | 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 (Welterweight: 182 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 Ho L/A | Opp acc | Welterweight med | vs Mendoza L/A | Opp acc | Lightweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 3 / 8 | too few to rate | 39.0% | 31 / 75 | 41.3% | 38.9% |
| In the clinch | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 68.9% | 2 / 3 | too few to rate | 68.6% |
| On the ground | 1 / 1 | too few to rate | 68.0% | 12 / 22 | too few to rate | 68.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 4 / 9 | too few to rate | 35.6% | 20 / 60 | 33.3% | 35.1% |
| To the body | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 69.6% | 8 / 17 | too few to rate | 68.1% |
| To the legs | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 82.1% | 17 / 23 | too few to rate | 81.5% |
The ground war.
Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Mendoza has more cage time on record.