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Ed Herman vs. Alonzo Menifield

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

Tale of the tape

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

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

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

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

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

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

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

Ed Herman

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

Alonzo Menifield

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

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

Ed Herman

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

Alonzo Menifield

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

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

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

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

Grappling

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

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