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UFC 265: Lewis vs. Gane
Alonzo Menifield
Alonzo Menifield
10-2 · USA
VS
Ed Herman
Ed Herman
26-14 · USA
August 7, 2021 · Houston, Texas, USA
Light Heavyweight · 3 rounds
204.5lb
Weigh-in
205.5lb
Alonzo Menifield def. Ed Herman by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Menifield23/370/000:00
Herman16/400/000:00
R2
Menifield42/580/000:05
Herman16/510/000:01
R3
Menifield28/451/100:43
Herman9/350/000:00
Total
Menifield93/1401/100:48
Herman41/1260/000:01

Scorecards

Menifield vs Herman

RdJJ FerraroPatrick PatlánRobert AlexanderCommunity
R110-910-910-910-9
R210-910-910-910-8.8
R310-910-910-99.9-9.1
Total30-2730-2730-2729.9-26.9

Media (19 cards) · avg 3026.9 · 19 Menifield · 0 Herman

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Menifield-Herman.

Pre-fight

The model's read going in

The walk-forward model's call at the time of the bout — persisted out-of-sample, with no hindsight about the result.

Prediction
MenifieldWin probabilityHerman
68.4%31.6%
KO / TKO
61%
Submission
14%
Decision
25%
Expected fight time: 7.6 min
Retrospective pick: the walk-forward model's call at the time of the fight — persisted out-of-sample, with no hindsight about the result.
What drives the pick

Each bar is a feature's push on the model from the center axis. Red pushes toward Menifield, blue toward Herman. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Menifield68%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO48%70%47%
Submission7%10%6%
Decision13%20%14%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes31 (1242)act 93
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.9)act 1
Herman32%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO13%41%10%
Submission7%23%9%
Decision12%36%14%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes24 (1033)act 41
Takedowns0.5 (0.02.3)act 0
Combined totals~55 sig strikes~1.0 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R141%
R227%
R37%
Distance25%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.7%
Menifield
56.9%-137
Herman
+13741.4%
Most takedownstie 49.6%
Menifield
22.4%+125
Herman
-12528.1%
Significant strikes — over/under
Menifield
Expected: 30.8
31
Over 31
38.7%
+154
Exactly 31
1.5%
push
Under 31
59.7%
-154
03978
Herman
Expected: 24.2
24
Over 24
39.2%
+150
Exactly 24
2.0%
push
Under 24
58.8%
-150
03161
Takedowns — over/under
Menifield
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
28.7%
+248
Under 0.5
71.3%
-248
035
Herman
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
34.2%
+192
Under 0.5
65.8%
-192
035

Odds are model-implied (no real prop market is priced for these). The “most” prices are draw-no-bet — a tie (for takedowns, usually 0–0) is a push, so each side is priced off its chance of winning given a result, while the % shown is the raw chance of landing strictly more. Drag a line in half-point steps: a half line (e.g. 2.5) is a clean over/under, while a whole number adds a third outcome — landing exactly on it, a push — so over, exact and under sum to 100%. On a whole number the over/under odds are draw-no-bet (priced off the decisive mass, since the push refunds), so the two sides stay mirror images rather than implying an arbitrage.

Expected fight time 7.6 min. Predicted-output ranges are percentiles of the model’s simulated fights: sig strikes the middle 50% (25th–75th); takedowns the wider 10th–90th, since they’re 0 in most fights so a narrow band would collapse to 0. Win-by-method = win probability × that fighter’s own method split: the model forecasts how the fight ends, and that forecast is divided between the corners by each fighter’s finishing record — UFC wins in full, earlier-career wins at half weight, as of fight night — reconciled so the fighters’ totals still equal their win probabilities and the methods still total the fight-level forecast above. “Equity” is each of those over that fighter’s win % — how they win given that they win — so a column adds to 100%, and it differs by corner. A fighter with no classifiable wins at any level leans on the fight-level split. “How it ends” is the model’s round-of-finish split. “Mkt” is the de-vigged market prop (consensus across books), shown for context, not as a betting signal; rounds & totals slots fill as that data lands. Percentages are apportioned by largest remainder, so each set adds to its total exactly and an individual figure can sit a point off its own rounding.

Model vs market
Final
ModelMarketGapLine
To win
Menifield68.4%69.4%−1.0-266
Herman31.6%30.6%+1.0+213
By method
Menifield by KO/TKO41.8%47.1%−5.3-132
Menifield by submission9.6%5.9%+3.7+1296
Menifield by decision17.0%13.8%+3.2+500
Herman by KO/TKO19.3%9.9%+9.4+733
Herman by submission4.5%8.8%−4.3+836
Herman by decision7.8%14.4%−6.6+474
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds58.8%49.8%+9.0-113
Over 2.5 rds31.6%37.0%−5.4+155
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision24.8%30.7%−5.9+206

Market % is the de-vigged (no-vig) consensus across the books that price both fighters; the line is the average across books with the min–max range in parentheses. Gap is the model minus the market in points (+ = the model rates that outcome above the market). Thin or one-sided markets are flagged or left blank rather than shown as a fabricated %. Shown for context, not as a bet — the closing line is the sharpest public price and the model trails it on average. For 5-round bouts the model splits its round-3+ finish mass into rounds 3–5 by the historical within-bucket rate, so the over-3.5 / 4.5 lines carry a model estimate.

Trait web
58.2Striking61.5
Herman +3.3
42.2Grappling64.6
Herman +22.4
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
MenifieldHerman
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1542
Pound-for-pound
1568
1543
Divisional
1543
1509
Striking offense
1479
1495
Striking defense
1478
1505
Grappling offense
1520
1526
Grappling defense
1495
Physical
33 yrs
Age
40 yrs
6'0"
Height
6'1"
76"
Reach
77"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.13
Strikes landed / min
3.32
49%
Strike accuracy
50%
3.99
Strikes absorbed / min
3.33
46%
Strike defense
43%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.46
Takedowns / 15 min
2.24
20%
Takedown accuracy
49%
93%
Takedown defense
62%
0.5
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.1
Form & résumé
60%
UFC win rate
54%
+1
Win/loss streak
+3
60%
Last-5 win rate
60%
100%
Finish rate
69%
Recent opp. quality
133
Days since last fight
329
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Alonzo Menifield
  • WFabio CherantSUB R1
    opp missedClose -2794mo before
  • LOvince Saint PreuxKO/TKO R2
    Close -13411mo before
  • LDevin ClarkU-DEC R3
    Close -2251y 2mo before
  • WPaul CraigKO/TKO R1
    Close -3502y 1mo before
  • WVinicius MoreiraKO/TKO R1
    Close -2902y 7mo before
Ed Herman
  • WMike RodriguezSUB R3
    Close +19511mo before
  • WKhadis IbragimovU-DEC R3
    Close +1951y 9mo before
  • WPatrick CumminsKO/TKO R1
    Close +2202y 3mo before
  • LGian VillanteS-DEC R3
    Close +1952y 9mo before
  • LCB DollawayU-DEC R3
    Close +1254y 1mo before
Menifield — win / loss by method
Record: 10-2-0

Bar length is fight count (largest bar = full width); shading splits finishes by round and decisions by unanimous vs split — tap a bar for the round-by-round count.

KO/TKO
8 wins, 1 loss
W
80% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 0 losses
W
20% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
3win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (67%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
1 (33%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
7win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (86%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (14%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Herman — win / loss by method
Record: 26-14-0, 1 NC

Bar length is fight count (largest bar = full width); shading splits finishes by round and decisions by unanimous vs split — tap a bar for the round-by-round count.

KO/TKO
7 wins, 3 losses
W
27% of wins
L
21% of losses
Submission
14 wins, 6 losses
W
54% of wins
L
43% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 5 losses
W
19% of wins
L
36% of losses
UFC
13win10loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
4 (31%)KO/TKO(30%) 3
5 (38%)Submission(20%) 2
4 (31%)Decision(50%) 5
Non-UFC
13win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (23%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
9 (69%)Submission(100%) 4
1 (8%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Menifield
Herman
5
UFC fights
24
32.5 min · 6.5 avg
Octagon time
227.5 min · 9.5 avg
10y 8m
Career length
23y 3m
UFC schedule strength

Opponents' records on fight night — toggle their full cross-promotional record vs UFC bouts only.

Menifield
Herman
62W–23L · 72.9%
Overall
321W–101L · 76.1%
27W–5L · 84.4%
Wins
191W–57L · 77.0%
35W–18L · 66.0%
Losses
130W–44L · 74.7%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Menifield
Herman
32W–12L · 72.7%
Overall
178W–65L · 73.3%
32W–12L · 72.7%
Wins
121W–52L · 69.9%
0W–0L
Losses
57W–13L · 81.4%
Distance striking
Menifield
Herman
4.40
Landed / min
5.00
40.3%
Accuracy
37.3%
60.5%
Defense
50.6%
0.46
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.26
41.9%
Time at distance
29.8%
Grappling & control
Menifield
Herman
0.46
Takedowns / 15 min
2.24
20.0%
Takedown accuracy
48.6%
93.3%
Takedown defense
62.3%
0.46
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.12
74.4%
Control share
49.7%
Strike target map
Menifield
  • Head82%(84)div 64%
  • Body10%(10)div 19%
  • Legs8%(8)div 16%
Herman
  • Head62%(471)div 64%
  • Body26%(200)div 19%
  • Legs11%(85)div 16%

Where each fighter lands significant strikes (career). “div” = the weight-class average.

Alonzo Menifield
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

Per-fight: SS & TD shown landed/attempted; Close = consensus closing line.

Ed Herman
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

Per-fight: SS & TD shown landed/attempted; Close = consensus closing line.