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Vicente Luque vs. Alvaro Herrera Mendoza

UFC 17-9-0 vs. 1-3-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
17-9-0
UFC record
1-3-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
34
AgeΔ 2 yrs
36
5'11"
HeightΔ 1"
6'0"
75"
ReachΔ 1"
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
2.2
Layoff (months)Δ 96.6 mo
98.8
LWLLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Alvaro Herrera Mendoza carries real power — 1.13 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.25 Lightweight norm.
Alvaro Herrera Mendoza is a submission threat — 1.13 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.48 Lightweight norm.
Vicente Luque carries real power — 0.66 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.38 Welterweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Vicente Luque

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 178
Tier 3 — regional circuit 74

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.18 · 17 tier-1/2 wins · 21 finish wins over 37 documented bouts

In the UFC: 12-7 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.8 wins over .500

Alvaro Herrera Mendoza

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 13
Tier 3 — regional circuit 84

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.07 · 1 tier-1/2 wins · 8 finish wins over 16 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.8 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

11814.69/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
251.89/min · norm 3.44
13065.19/min · norm 3.08
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
453.40/min · norm 3.38
50.2%norm 44.75%
Striking accuracy
38.5%norm 43.65%
51.6%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
55.0%norm 56.3%
110.66/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
11.13/15 · norm 0.25

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

Vicente Luque

Distance 92.3% (norm 80.7%) · Clinch 3.4% (norm 9.6%) · Ground 4.3% (norm 8.1%)

Alvaro Herrera Mendoza

Distance 92.3% (norm 83.1%) · Clinch 4.6% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 3.1% (norm 8.0%)

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

Vicente Luque

Head 75.5% (norm 78.3%) · Body 9.6% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 15.0% (norm 8.0%)

Alvaro Herrera Mendoza

Head 86.2% (norm 78.0%) · Body 12.3% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 1.5% (norm 8.0%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Luque L/AAccWelterweight med Mendoza L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 1046 / 2170 48.2% 38.5% 20 / 60 33.3% 38.3%
In the clinch 65 / 81 80.2% 67.8% 3 / 3 too few to rate 67.5%
On the ground 70 / 101 69.3% 67.0% 2 / 2 too few to rate 68.8%
BY TARGET
To the head 718 / 1775 40.5% 36.4% 17 / 56 30.4% 35.1%
To the body 160 / 225 71.1% 70.7% 7 / 8 too few to rate 69.1%
To the legs 303 / 352 86.1% 83.0% 1 / 1 too few to rate 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 (Welterweight: 180 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 Luque L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Mendoza L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 1037 / 2319 44.7% 39.1% 31 / 75 41.3% 38.8%
In the clinch 144 / 197 73.1% 68.9% 2 / 3 too few to rate 68.6%
On the ground 125 / 184 67.9% 68.0% 12 / 22 too few to rate 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 985 / 2290 43.0% 35.6% 20 / 60 33.3% 35.2%
To the body 179 / 247 72.5% 69.6% 8 / 17 too few to rate 68.2%
To the legs 142 / 163 87.1% 82.2% 17 / 23 too few to rate 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1446.7% acc · 0.83/15 · norm 1.31
Takedowns landed
0— acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.34
3960.9% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
233.3% def · norm 63.7%
34:5513.9% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
0:111.4% of cage time · norm 18.95%
49:412:57 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control lower is better
6:066:54 per 15 · norm 2:50
120.72/15 · norm 0.44
Submission attempts
11.13/15 · norm 0.48

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