Menifield vs Cherant

Who won Menifield vs Cherant?

Alonzo Menifield beat Fabio Cherant by submission in the 1st round during the prelims of UFC 260, on Saturday 27th March 2021 at UFC APEX in Las Vegas.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Light Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 205 pounds (14.6 stone or 93 KG).

Menifield vs Cherant stats

Alonzo Menifield stepped into the octagon with a record of 9 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Fabio Cherant made his way to the cage with a record of 7 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws and 5 by submission.

This was Alonzo Menifield's 14th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2019.

Alonzo Menifield's UFC record stood at 8-5-1, while Fabio Cherant's came in at 0-3-0.

The stats suggested Menifield had a massive power advantage over Cherant, boasting a 89% knock out percentage over Cherant's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Cherant had a massive advantage over Menifield, boasting a 71% submission rate over Menifield's 11%.

Alonzo Menifield was the older man by 7 years, at 36 years old.

Cherant had a height advantage of 1 inch over Menifield. Despite this, both fighters had a equal reach.

Menifield was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 3 more fights, and made his debut in 2015, 2 years and 2 months earlier than Cherant, whose first professional fight was in 2018. He had fought 15 more professional rounds, 36 to Cherant's 21.

Menifield vs Cherant form

Menifield had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to William Knight at UFC Fight Night on 4th December 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Ed Herman at UFC 265 on 7th August 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Toyota Center, Houston.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Fabio Cherant at UFC 260 on 27th March 2021 by submission in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had been beaten by Ovince St. Preux at UFC Vegas 9 on 5th September 2020 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He had defeated Paul Craig at UFC on ESPN 3 on 29th June 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Target Center, Minneapolis.

Activity check

Menifield's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 2 months and 13 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 15 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

Cherant's last 2 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 1 month and 18 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years and 25 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

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