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Dave Menne vs.
Luigi Fioravanti

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
4-5-0 Luigi Fioravanti · 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
4-5-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
52
AgeΔ 6.5 yrs
45.5
5'10"
HeightΔ 2"
5'8"
Reach
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
235.7
Layoff (months)Δ 25.8 mo
209.9
LLLLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWLWL
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.

Dave Menne is a submission threat — 2.74 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.47 Middleweight norm.
Luigi Fioravanti hunts takedowns — 3.76 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight norm.
Luigi Fioravanti is a submission threat — 0.94 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.45 Welterweight 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

Luigi Fioravanti

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

In the UFC: 1-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.3 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
2142.23/min · norm 3.17
1021.55/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
2122.21/min · norm 3.06
42.1%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
42.9%norm 44.9%
46.3%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
69.9%norm 55.25%
00.00/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
20.31/15 · norm 0.38

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%)

Luigi Fioravanti

Distance 58.1% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 25.3% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 16.6% (norm 8.1%)

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%)

Luigi Fioravanti

Head 74.5% (norm 78.2%) · Body 8.6% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 16.8% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Menne L/AAccMiddleweight med Fioravanti L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 58 / 207 28.0% 40.5% 107 / 290 36.9% 38.6%
In the clinch 56 / 84 66.7% 70.3% 65 / 126 51.6% 67.8%
On the ground 29 / 49 59.2% 69.1% 42 / 83 50.6% 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 73 / 247 29.6% 38.9% 112 / 372 30.1% 37.2%
To the body 32 / 37 86.5% 71.7% 30 / 43 69.8% 70.7%
To the legs 38 / 56 67.9% 83.3% 72 / 84 85.7% 82.9%

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 · Welterweight: 182 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 Fioravanti L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 41 / 106 38.7% 39.5% 107 / 507 21.1% 39.0%
In the clinch 16 / 26 61.5% 70.9% 63 / 123 51.2% 68.9%
On the ground 45 / 58 77.6% 69.0% 42 / 75 56.0% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 68 / 150 45.3% 37.9% 123 / 554 22.2% 35.6%
To the body 27 / 32 84.4% 71.3% 62 / 107 57.9% 69.6%
To the legs 7 / 8 too few to rate 82.1% 27 / 44 61.4% 82.1%
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
2463.2% acc · 3.76/15 · norm 1.27
3167.4% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
1967.9% def · norm 63.9%
18:0827.6% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
25:2426.5% of cage time · norm 18.5%
27:166:13 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
18:442:55 per 15 · norm 3:15
122.74/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
60.94/15 · norm 0.45

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

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