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Dave Menne vs.
Fabiano Iha

Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.

2-4-0 Dave Menne · UFC
3-4-0 Fabiano Iha · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.

2-4-0
UFC record
3-4-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
52
AgeΔ 4 yrs
56
5'10"
HeightΔ 2"
5'8"
Reach
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
235.7
Layoff (months)Δ 62.5 mo
298.2
LLLLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWWW
The read

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.

Fabiano Iha is a submission threat — 3.13 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.49 Lightweight norm.
Dave Menne is a submission threat — 2.74 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.47 Middleweight norm.
Fabiano Iha hunts takedowns — 2.34 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.38 Lightweight norm.
Level of competition

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.

Dave Menne

Full career not yet synced for Dave Menne — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.3 wins over .500

Fabiano Iha

Full career not yet synced for Fabiano Iha — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 1-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.3 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1432.17/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
451.17/min · norm 3.42
1021.55/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
962.50/min · norm 3.37
42.1%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
43.3%norm 43.5%
46.3%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
51.5%norm 56.3%
00.00/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.25

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

Dave Menne

Distance 60.9% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 24.7% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 14.4% (norm 10.3%)

Fabiano Iha

Distance 51.0% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 30.8% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 18.3% (norm 8.0%)

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

Dave Menne

Head 72.6% (norm 78.0%) · Body 10.9% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 16.5% (norm 8.4%)

Fabiano Iha

Head 75.0% (norm 78.2%) · Body 9.6% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 15.4% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Menne L/AAccMiddleweight med Iha L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 58 / 207 28.0% 40.5% 14 / 53 26.4% 37.9%
In the clinch 56 / 84 66.7% 70.3% 19 / 32 59.4% 67.3%
On the ground 29 / 49 59.2% 69.1% 12 / 19 too few to rate 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 73 / 247 29.6% 38.9% 28 / 78 35.9% 35.0%
To the body 32 / 37 86.5% 71.7% 5 / 10 too few to rate 69.1%
To the legs 38 / 56 67.9% 83.3% 12 / 16 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 (Middleweight: 174 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 Menne L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Iha L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 41 / 106 38.7% 39.5% 26 / 85 30.6% 38.9%
In the clinch 16 / 26 61.5% 70.9% 43 / 68 63.2% 68.6%
On the ground 45 / 58 77.6% 69.0% 27 / 45 60.0% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 68 / 150 45.3% 37.9% 78 / 176 44.3% 35.1%
To the body 27 / 32 84.4% 71.3% 13 / 15 too few to rate 68.1%
To the legs 7 / 8 too few to rate 82.1% 5 / 7 too few to rate 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.

250.0% acc · 0.46/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
626.1% acc · 2.34/15 · norm 1.38
3167.4% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
350.0% def · norm 64.0%
18:0827.6% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
9:1825.1% of cage time · norm 19.5%
27:166:13 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
17:286:49 per 15 · norm 2:46
122.74/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
83.13/15 · norm 0.49

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

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