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.
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.
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
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)
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/A | Acc | Middleweight med | Iha L/A | Acc | Lightweight 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/A | Opp acc | Middleweight med | vs Iha L/A | Opp acc | Lightweight 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% |
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 — Iha has more cage time on record.