Preux vs Menifield

Who won Preux vs Menifield?

Ovince St. Preux beat Alonzo Menifield by knockout in the 2nd round during the co-main event of UFC Vegas 9, on Saturday 5th September 2020 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).

Preux vs Menifield stats

Ovince St. Preux stepped into the octagon with a record of 24 wins, 14 losses and 0 draws, 11 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 8 by submission.

Alonzo Menifield made his way to the cage with a record of 9 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

This was Ovince St. Preux's 28th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2013. Alonzo Menifield marked his 16th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2019.

Ovince St. Preux's UFC record stood at 15-13-0, while Alonzo Menifield's came in at 10-5-1.

The stats suggested Menifield had a massive power advantage over St. Preux, boasting a 89% knock out percentage over St. Preux's 46%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested St. Preux had a large advantage over Menifield, boasting a 33% submission rate over Menifield's 11%.

Ovince St. Preux was the older man by 5 years, at 42 years old.

St. Preux had a height advantage of 3 inches over Menifield. That also extended to a 4-inch reach advantage.

St. Preux was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 28 more fights, and made his debut in 2008, 7 years and 1 month earlier than Menifield, whose first professional fight was in 2015. He had fought 53 more professional rounds, 95 to Menifield's 42.

Preux vs Menifield form

Ovince St. Preux had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Tyson Pedro at UFC Fight Night 132 on 23rd June 2018 by submission in the 1st round at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore.

Previous to that, he had lost to Ilir Latifi at UFC on FOX 28 on 24th February 2018 by submission in the 1st round at Amway Center, Orlando, United States.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Yushin Okami at UFC Fight Night 117 on 22nd September 2017 by submission in the 1st round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan.

Before that, he had defeated Marcos Rogerio de Lima at UFC Fight Night 108 on 22nd April 2017 by submission in the 2nd round at Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, United States.

He had been beaten by Volkan Oezdemir at UFC Fight Night 104 on 4th February 2017 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Toyota Center, Houston.

Activity check

St. Preux's last 5 fights had come over a period of 8 years, 5 months and 12 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 8 months and 8 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 8 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.6 rounds on average.

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