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Ed Herman vs.
Alonzo Menifield

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

13-12-0 (1 NC) Ed Herman · UFC
11-6-1 Alonzo Menifield · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

13-12-0 (1 NC)
UFC record
11-6-1
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Light Heavyweight
45.8
AgeΔ 7 yrs
38.8
6'1"
HeightΔ 1"
6'0"
77"
ReachΔ 1"
76"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
39.7
Layoff (months)Δ 37.5 mo
2.2
LLWWW
Last 5 (newest first)
WLWWL
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.

Ed Herman is a submission threat — 0.99 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.47 Middleweight norm.
Alonzo Menifield carries real power — 0.70 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.40 Light Heavyweight norm.
Alonzo Menifield rarely shoots — 0.50 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.87 Light Heavyweight 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.

Ed Herman

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

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: 5-6 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.4 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

8513.31/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
5733.83/min · norm 3.41
9513.70/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
5843.90/min · norm 3.35
48.8%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
53.5%norm 48.3%
42.4%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
51.1%norm 52.9%
40.23/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
70.70/15 · norm 0.40

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

Ed Herman

Distance 65.0% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 19.3% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 15.7% (norm 10.3%)

Alonzo Menifield

Distance 83.0% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 10.7% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 6.2% (norm 10.4%)

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 88.9% (norm 79.2%) · Body 6.4% (norm 11.7%) · Legs 4.7% (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% 439 / 890 49.3% 41.4%
In the clinch 237 / 336 70.5% 70.3% 76 / 115 66.1% 70.9%
On the ground 191 / 274 69.7% 69.1% 58 / 67 86.6% 72.3%
BY TARGET
To the head 536 / 1363 39.3% 38.9% 469 / 953 49.2% 38.9%
To the body 214 / 262 81.7% 71.7% 57 / 69 82.6% 71.9%
To the legs 101 / 119 84.9% 83.3% 47 / 50 94.0% 81.8%

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 · Light Heavyweight: 93 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% 407 / 988 41.2% 40.4%
In the clinch 189 / 239 79.1% 70.9% 162 / 190 85.3% 68.7%
On the ground 150 / 222 67.6% 69.0% 15 / 17 too few to rate 70.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 631 / 1266 49.8% 37.9% 313 / 860 36.4% 37.5%
To the body 172 / 222 77.5% 71.3% 211 / 267 79.0% 72.3%
To the legs 148 / 164 90.2% 82.1% 60 / 68 88.2% 83.0%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

3447.9% acc · 1.99/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
535.7% acc · 0.50/15 · norm 0.87
3861.3% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
4480.0% def · norm 66.7%
70:1827.4% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
34:5523.3% of cage time · norm 16.5%
75:064:23 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
27:252:44 per 15 · norm 2:48
170.99/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
20.20/15 · norm 0.27

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

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