Chad Mendes Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
L	#10Alexander Volkanovski Featherweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head At Distance	R2	4:14	UFC 232: Jones vs. Gustafsson 2	Dec 29, 2018
W	#12Myles Jury Featherweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R1	2:52	UFC Fight Night: Dos Santos vs. Ivanov	Jul 14, 2018
L	#2Frankie Edgar Featherweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head In Clinch	R1	2:28	The Ultimate Fighter: Team McGregor vs. Team Faber Finale	Dec 11, 2015
L	#3Conor McGregorTitle Featherweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R2	4:57	UFC 189: Mendes vs. McGregor	Jul 11, 2015
W	#4Ricardo Lamas Featherweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head On Ground	R1	2:45	UFC Fight Night: Mendes vs. Lamas	Apr 4, 2015
L	CJose AldoTitle Featherweight	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	UFC 179: Aldo vs. Mendes 2	Oct 25, 2014
W	#8Nik Lentz Featherweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC on FOX: Johnson vs. Benavidez 2	Dec 14, 2013
W	#9Clay Guida Featherweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head In Clinch	R3	0:30	UFC 164: Henderson vs. Pettis 2	Aug 31, 2013
W	Darren Elkins Featherweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R1	1:08	UFC on FOX: Henderson vs. Melendez	Apr 20, 2013
W	Yaotzin Meza Featherweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R1	1:55	UFC on FX: Sotiropoulos vs. Pearson	Dec 14, 2012
W	Cody McKenzie Featherweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Body At Distance	R1	0:31	UFC 148: Silva vs. Sonnen 2	Jul 7, 2012
L	Jose AldoTitle Featherweight	KO/TKO	Knee to Head In Clinch	R1	4:59	UFC 142: Aldo vs. Mendes	Jan 14, 2012
W	Rani Yahya Featherweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 133: Evans vs. Ortiz 2	Aug 6, 2011
W	Michihiro Omigawa Featherweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 126: Silva vs. Belfort	Feb 5, 2011

Outside the UFC

9-0across 9 bouts · 5 promotions · wins by 2 KO · 2 sub · 5 decWEC · PFC · TPF 1 · TPF · PFC 10

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Javier Vazquez16-5	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	WEC	Nov 11, 2010
W	Cub Swanson31-14	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	WEC	Aug 18, 2010
W	Anthony Morrison20-12	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R1	2:13	WEC	Apr 24, 2010
W	Erik Koch16-6	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	WEC	Mar 6, 2010
W	Mike Joy11-8	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	TPF 1	Oct 8, 2009
W	Steven Siler33-26-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	0:44	TPF	Jul 16, 2009
W	Art Arciniega17-7	Decision	Unanimous	R3	3:00	PFC	Apr 23, 2009
W	Leland Gridley3-8	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	1:58	PFC	Feb 6, 2009
W	Giovanni Encarnacion2-10	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	2:06	PFC 10	Sep 26, 2008

Non-UFC bouts (regional/other promotions) and Dana White’s Contender Series — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.

Method of victory & defeat

KO / TKO

8 wins, 4 losses

W8

L4

Submission

2 wins, 0 losses

W2

L0

Decision

8 wins, 1 loss

W8

L1

Finishes

UFC KOs

6

Above avg · 11%Featherweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.57

Above avg · 0.23Featherweight

UFC submissions

0

Below avg · 7%Featherweight

Submission attempts / fight

0.14

Below avg · 0.40Featherweight

KO history

Knockout power and chin durability (UFC; clean KOs only).

Chad Mendes

PowerChin

Knockout rate

43%

6 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

8

3.11 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

4

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

5

2.21 per 100 head

Chin gauges use a league scale: green = clean record, red = bottom ~10% of UFC fighters (4+ KO losses · 6+ knockdowns absorbed).

Never submittedin the UFC

Decision behavior

Judging

3 scorecards on file

Chad Mendes

Scorecard luck

Cards have leaned their way

No split or majority decisions on file — this read comes from contested rounds alone. Judges have given them 1 of 1 round they disagreed on (100%).

Coin-flip decisions

Split + majority

None on file

Swing rounds

Judges disagreed

1–0

Won – Lost

100% went their way

Unanimous3 decisions · 100%

2W1L

Split

None

Majority

None

10-8 rounds

None scoredno 10-8 rounds in this fighter’s decisions

Most frequent judges

All judges →

Scorecard data ingested from MMA Decisions

Career striking

OverallB62nd

49%381 / 758

Striking accuracy

67%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min+0.43 differential

Landed2.78

Absorbed2.35

84%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

+16%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head67%55th257
Body9%21st33
Leg24%72nd91

Color = division rank · green elite → red low · % = share of strikes

Sig. strikes by position

68%Standing

Standing68%260
Clinch6%24
Ground25%97

Striking zones

Per-15-minute breakdown — where this fighter lands, and where they get hit.

UFC only

Chad Mendes

Landed per 15

Head

C

55th

33.1

55th

Body

F

10th

4.3

10th

Leg

A

78th

11.7

78th

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Absorbed per 15

Head

B

63rd

29.1

63rd

Body

B

70th

8.1

70th

Leg

B

68th

5.5

68th

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Career totals — landed / attempted

Landed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	33.1	257	585	44%
Body	4.3	33	49	67%
Leg	11.7	91	124	73%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	29.1	226	841	27%
Body	8.1	63	107	59%
Leg	5.5	43	73	59%

UFCStats career rates, per 15 minutes. Percentiles vs the division; absorbed is inverted so higher is better.

Grappling

Per-15-minute breakdown of takedowns, submissions, and ground control.

UFC only

Chad Mendes

48%

Takedown accuracy

100%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min+3.6 min net

On top3.8

On bottom0.3

Offense

Takedowns

A

83rd

3.5

83rd

TD accuracy

B

68th

48%

68th

Sub attempts

C

53rd

0.3

53rd

Control

B

67th

3.8 min

67th

Defense

TD defense

A+

92nd

100%

92nd

Controlled

0.3 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	27 / 56
Submission attempts	2
Control time	29:44

Defense

TDs defended	14 / 14
Control absorbed	2:06

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (116min total). Value colors reflect the per-15 rate’s percentile against the current weight class baseline; raw totals without a division reference stay neutral.

Pace & fade

Round-by-round work rate, and whether they fade.

UFC only

Chad Mendes

14 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 116 min

121%

R3 pace · 5 bouts

Mendes builds (+3% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Mendes lifts to 121% of round-1 output by round 3 (5 bouts).

Mendes ▲ BUILDSOutput / min

Faded points are drawn from a single bout that reached that round, so they’re less reliable than the solid points averaged over many fights.

Rounds backed by fewer than 2 bouts are drawn smaller and dimmed with an n= count — a deep round seen in one or two fights is a thin sample, not a settled rate. Per-round bout counts are in the breakdown below.

Full per-round breakdown

What drives the pace · per round

The composite output line above blends these three inputs — splitting them out shows whether the work rate is built on striking volume, takedown pressure, or top control, and which input fades.

Sig. strikes landed

Mendeslanded / min

Takedown attempts

Mendesattempts / min

Control time

Mendes% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	5.8	3.9	2.6	0.43	17%	14
R2	5.9	3.0	3.4	0.56	30%	7
R3	6.2	2.6	2.6	0.59	47%	5
R4	3.4	3.4	1.8	0.00	0%	1
R5	4.5	1.8	3.4	0.60	21%	1

Output / minis the headline work rate — significant strikes landed, plus 3 per takedown attempt, plus one per 15 seconds of control — so a takedown-and-grind round isn’t scored as idle the way bare striking volume would. The remaining columns are its components. Per-round rates use UFCStats per-round data (available for ~95% of bouts since 2008). Each round’s rates are averaged only over bouts that reached that round, so the bout count shrinks as rounds deepen. The final round of a finished fight is pro-rated by its actual length.

Schedule Score

Opponent quality, ranked across the UFC. Recent fights weighted heavier.

UFC only

Chad Mendes

14 resolved UFC bouts · 8 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

66/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

A+

93rd

72%

93rd

Win quality

B

69th

46%

69th

Opponent quality distribution

Every UFC bout, grouped by who the opponent was at the time.

4

2

4

1

2

ChampionHeld the title in this weight class at the time
Top-5Ranked #1–#5 at the time
Top-15Ranked #6–#15 at the time
Cross-div rankedRanked #1–#15 in another division at the time
Building3+ UFC fights, ≥.40 win rate
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Champion	4	0-4	0%
Top-5	2	1-1	50%
Top-15	4	4-0	100%
Cross-div ranked	1	1-0	100%
Building	1	1-0	100%
Unproven	2	2-0	100%

Highest-quality opponents

Toughest opponents on the scheduleScore, scored at the time of the fight.

All bouts — opponent quality bout-by-bout

Res	Opponent	Tier	Score	Date
L	Alexander Volkanovski#10	Champion	89	Dec 29, 2018
W	Myles Jury#12	Top-15	65	Jul 14, 2018
L	Frankie Edgar#2	Top-5	92	Dec 11, 2015
L	Conor McGregor#3	Champion	94	Jul 11, 2015
W	Ricardo Lamas#4	Top-5	85	Apr 4, 2015
L	Jose AldoCHAMP	Champion	100	Oct 25, 2014
W	Nik Lentz#8	Top-15	73	Dec 14, 2013
W	Clay Guida#9	Top-15	72	Aug 31, 2013
W	Darren Elkins	Top-15	56	Apr 20, 2013
W	Yaotzin Meza	Unproven	8	Dec 14, 2012
W	Cody McKenzie	Building	18	Jul 7, 2012
L	Jose Aldo	Champion	83	Jan 14, 2012
W	Rani Yahya	Cross-div ranked	32	Aug 6, 2011
W	Michihiro Omigawa	Unproven	8	Feb 5, 2011

Per-bout quality scoring: champion = 100; same-division ranks 1–5 = 90 → 78 linear; ranks 6–15 = 75 → 60 linear; cross-division champion = 78; cross-division ranked = 45; title-fight challenger (no rank signal) = 50, bumped to 65 when opp had an elite career UFC record at the time. Unranked opponents are scored on UFC record-at-time (long-tenured vet 60, contender-level 45, established 30, building 18, unproven 8). P4P top-10 at time adds +5; top-3 adds +8 (capped at 100). The Schedule Score combines schedule strength (65%) and quality wins (35%), then is held toward a rookie baseline for fighters with limited UFC experience so a thin résumé reads honestly low.

Career cohorts

14 resolved UFC bouts

Performance broken down by situation — camp length, response to the previous result, title-fight presence, and rematches. Computed across every completed UFC bout.

Camp length

Days between fights

Short turnaround

< 100 days

0-1

1 bout

Typical camp

100–180 days

6-3

9 bouts

Long layoff

> 180 days

2-1

3 bouts

UFC debut

first UFC bout

1-0

1 bout

Post-result bounce

Performance based on the previous UFC result

After a loss

next bout after a defeat

3-1

4 bouts

After a win

next bout after a win

5-4

9 bouts

First UFC bout

no precedent

1-0

1 bout

Title fights

Performance with a belt on the line

All title fights

as challenger or champion

0-3

3 bouts

As champion

defending the belt

—

As challenger

fighting for the belt

0-3

3 bouts

Rematches

Performance when meeting an opponent again

All rematches

any second meeting

0-1

1 bout

Revenge bouts

lost the first meeting

0-1

1 bout

Encore bouts

won the first meeting

—

Activity & layoff

Last fight, activity, and divisional context.

Time since last UFC bout

7y 6mo

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Chad Mendes

Extended layoff

7y 6mosince last bout

vs Alexander Volkanovski · Dec 29, 2018

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs favorite 9-1As underdog 0-4

74.5

DK avg

89.5

Median

107.6

Ceiling

37.6

Floor

57%

Boom

14%

Bust

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