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Fabiano Iha vs. Dave Menne

UFC 3-4-0 vs. 2-4-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
3-4-0
UFC record
2-4-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
56
AgeΔ 4 yrs
52
5'8"
HeightΔ 2"
5'10"
—
Reach
—
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
300.7
Layoff (months)Δ 62.5 mo
238.2
LLWWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Fabiano Iha is a submission threat — 3.13 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.48 Lightweight norm.
Dave Menne is a submission threat — 2.74 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.45 Middleweight norm.
Fabiano Iha hunts takedowns — 2.34 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.34 Lightweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Fabiano Iha

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 34
Tier 3 — regional circuit 61

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.8 · 3 tier-1/2 wins · 9 finish wins over 14 documented bouts

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

Dave Menne

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 45
Tier 3 — regional circuit 4112

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.6 · 4 tier-1/2 wins · 25 finish wins over 64 documented bouts

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

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

451.17/min · norm 3.44
Sig. strikes landed
1432.17/min · norm 3.23
962.50/min · norm 3.38
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
1021.55/min · norm 3.20
43.3%norm 43.65%
Striking accuracy
42.1%norm 47.4%
51.5%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
46.3%norm 53.8%
00.00/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.32

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

Fabiano Iha

Distance 51.0% (norm 83.1%) · Clinch 30.8% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 18.3% (norm 8.0%)

Dave Menne

Distance 60.9% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 24.7% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 14.4% (norm 10.0%)

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

Fabiano Iha

Head 75.0% (norm 78.0%) · Body 9.6% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 15.4% (norm 8.0%)

Dave Menne

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

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Iha L/AAccLightweight med Menne L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 14 / 53 26.4% 38.3% 58 / 207 28.0% 40.5%
In the clinch 19 / 32 59.4% 67.5% 56 / 84 66.7% 70.6%
On the ground 12 / 19 too few to rate 68.8% 29 / 49 59.2% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 28 / 78 35.9% 35.1% 73 / 247 29.6% 38.8%
To the body 5 / 10 too few to rate 69.1% 32 / 37 86.5% 71.6%
To the legs 12 / 16 too few to rate 81.8% 38 / 56 67.9% 83.3%

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 (Lightweight: 204 fighters · Middleweight: 178 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 Iha L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Menne L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 26 / 85 30.6% 38.8% 41 / 106 38.7% 39.5%
In the clinch 43 / 68 63.2% 68.6% 16 / 26 61.5% 70.4%
On the ground 27 / 45 60.0% 68.0% 45 / 58 77.6% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 78 / 176 44.3% 35.2% 68 / 150 45.3% 37.9%
To the body 13 / 15 too few to rate 68.2% 27 / 32 84.4% 71.3%
To the legs 5 / 7 too few to rate 81.5% 7 / 8 too few to rate 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
626.1% acc · 2.34/15 · norm 1.34
Takedowns landed
250.0% acc · 0.46/15 · norm 1.35
350.0% def · norm 63.7%
Takedowns stopped
3167.4% def · norm 63.3%
9:1825.1% of cage time · norm 18.95%
Control time
18:0827.6% of cage time · norm 19.4%
17:286:49 per 15 · norm 2:50
Time under control lower is better
27:166:13 per 15 · norm 3:00
83.13/15 · norm 0.48
Submission attempts
122.74/15 · norm 0.45

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