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Alonzo Menifield vs. Ed Herman

UFC 12-6-1 vs. 13-12-0 (1 NC)

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
12-6-1
UFC record
13-12-0 (1 NC)
Light Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
39
AgeΔ 7 yrs
46
6'0"
HeightΔ 1"
6'1"
76"
ReachΔ 1"
77"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
1
Layoff (months)Δ 41.2 mo
42.2
WWLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Ed Herman is a submission threat — 0.99 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.45 Middleweight norm.
Alonzo Menifield carries real power — 0.64 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.40 Light Heavyweight norm.
Ed Herman hunts takedowns — 1.99 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.35 Middleweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Alonzo Menifield

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 146
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 40

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.61 · 18 tier-1/2 wins · 14 finish wins over 25 documented bouts

In the UFC: 6-6 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.5 wins over .500

Ed Herman

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 1311
Tier 3 — regional circuit 135

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.73 · 13 tier-1/2 wins · 21 finish wins over 43 documented bouts

In the UFC: 6-8 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

6353.85/min · norm 3.48
Sig. strikes landed
8513.31/min · norm 3.23
6513.95/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
9513.70/min · norm 3.20
51.5%norm 48.45%
Striking accuracy
48.8%norm 47.4%
50.5%norm 52.75%
Striking defense
42.4%norm 53.8%
70.64/15 · norm 0.40
Knockdowns
40.23/15 · norm 0.32

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

Alonzo Menifield

Distance 82.8% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 11.8% (norm 8.8%) · Ground 5.4% (norm 10.6%)

Ed Herman

Distance 65.0% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 19.3% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 15.7% (norm 10.0%)

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

Alonzo Menifield

Head 89.8% (norm 78.5%) · Body 6.0% (norm 11.8%) · Legs 4.2% (norm 9.7%)

Ed Herman

Head 78.2% (norm 78.0%) · Body 15.0% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 6.8% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Menifield L/AAccLight Heavyweight med Herman L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 481 / 1022 47.1% 41.5% 423 / 1134 37.3% 40.5%
In the clinch 96 / 145 66.2% 70.8% 237 / 336 70.5% 70.6%
On the ground 58 / 67 86.6% 72.9% 191 / 274 69.7% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 525 / 1108 47.4% 39.2% 536 / 1363 39.3% 38.8%
To the body 61 / 74 82.4% 72.0% 214 / 262 81.7% 71.6%
To the legs 49 / 52 94.2% 82.1% 101 / 119 84.9% 83.3%

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 (Light Heavyweight: 94 fighters · Middleweight: 178 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 Menifield L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med vs Herman L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 457 / 1085 42.1% 40.6% 612 / 1191 51.4% 39.5%
In the clinch 178 / 213 83.6% 68.8% 189 / 239 79.1% 70.4%
On the ground 16 / 18 too few to rate 70.4% 150 / 222 67.6% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 365 / 964 37.9% 37.7% 631 / 1266 49.8% 37.9%
To the body 224 / 282 79.4% 72.9% 172 / 222 77.5% 71.3%
To the legs 62 / 70 88.6% 83.1% 148 / 164 90.2% 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
631.6% acc · 0.55/15 · norm 0.87
Takedowns landed
3447.9% acc · 1.99/15 · norm 1.35
4679.3% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
3861.3% def · norm 63.3%
37:4922.9% of cage time · norm 17.1%
Control time
70:1827.4% of cage time · norm 19.4%
31:442:53 per 15 · norm 2:50
Time under control lower is better
75:064:23 per 15 · norm 3:00
20.18/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
170.99/15 · norm 0.45

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