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The Clinch

El Salvador “The Pride of El Salvador” 2002-2014 · 23 rounds on file

Ivan Menjivar

4-7-0 W-L-D in this database

No photograph on file
Strike accuracy 299/790
Takedown accuracy 4/14
Sig. strikes / round 13.0
Control / round 0:12
Inside the distance 75% 3 of 4 wins
Height
5′6″167.6 cm
Reach
64″162.6 cm
Leg reach
--
Stance
Orthodox
Age
4430 MAY 1982
Listed weight
145 lb65.8 kg
Pressure Striker Automatically assigned from data across 11 fights - 1.8 takedown attempts and 4% control time per 15 minutes.

Who they have fought

Every completed bout, grouped by the opponent's style.

Grappling 8 2-6-0 vs 1525 avg
Positional Controller 6 1-5-0
Submission Grappler 2 1-1-0
Hybrid 2 1-1-0 vs 1523 avg
Well-Rounded 2 1-1-0
-- Not classified 1 1-0-0 --

Opponent styles are assigned from their own fight data, not from a training background. They describe how those opponents have fought. Bars scale against 8 bouts, the largest group.

The career, in order

One bar per bout, oldest on the left. Height is the significant strikes landed in that fight.

25 JAN 2002 - lost to Georges St-Pierre · Technical Knockout 19 JUN 2004 - lost to Matt Serra · Decision (Unanimous) 16 DEC 2010 - lost to Brad Pickett · Decision (Unanimous) 30 APR 2011 - beat Charlie Valencia · Technical Knockout 06 AUG 2011 - beat Nick Pace · Decision (Unanimous) 15 FEB 2012 - beat John Albert · Submission 07 JUL 2012 - lost to Mike Easton · Decision (Unanimous) 17 NOV 2012 - beat Azamat Gashimov · Submission 23 FEB 2013 - lost to Urijah Faber · Submission 21 SEP 2013 - lost to Wilson Reis · Decision (Unanimous) 01 MAR 2014 - lost to Hatsu Hioki · Decision (Unanimous)

Won Lost Draw / no contest

What they do with a round

Summed over 23 rounds across 11 of 11 bouts - the ones the corpus has per-round observations for.

Per round

Sig. strikes landed 13.0
Sig. strikes absorbed 12.9
Takedowns landed 0.2
Knockdowns 0.1
Sub. attempts 0.3
Control time 0:12 of each 5:00 round

Accuracy

Sig. strikes 38% 299/790
Takedowns 29% 4/14
Opponents’ accuracy 34% 296/858

Where the strikes land

Head 58% 172
Body 24% 71
Leg 19% 56

And from where

At distance 68% 204
In the clinch 18% 55
On the ground 13% 40

How the bouts ended

KO / TKO 1 won Technical Knockout · 1-1
Submission 2 won Submission · 2-1
Decision 1 won Decision (Unanimous) · 1-5

Every bout

Most recent first. Struck and absorbed are significant strikes.

Date Opponent Result Method End Struck Absorbed Event
01 MAR 2014 Hatsu Hioki Lost Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 27 29 UFC Fight Night: Kim vs Hathaway
21 SEP 2013 Wilson Reis Lost Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 29 33 UFC 165: Jones vs Gustafsson
23 FEB 2013 Urijah Faber Lost Submission R1 4:34 3 17 UFC 157: Rousey vs Carmouche
17 NOV 2012 Azamat Gashimov Won Submission R1 2:44 6 4 UFC 154: St-Pierre vs Condit
07 JUL 2012 Mike Easton Lost Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 40 46 UFC 148: Silva vs Sonnen 2
15 FEB 2012 John Albert Won Submission R1 3:45 25 31 UFC on FUEL TV: Sanchez vs Ellenberger
06 AUG 2011 Nick Pace Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 61 31 UFC 133: Evans vs Ortiz 2
30 APR 2011 Charlie Valencia Won Technical Knockout R1 1:30 8 5 UFC 129: St-Pierre vs Shields
16 DEC 2010 Brad Pickett Lost Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 84 69 WEC 53: Henderson vs. Pettis
19 JUN 2004 Matt Serra Lost Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 8 14 UFC 48: Payback
25 JAN 2002 Georges St-Pierre Lost Technical Knockout R1 4:50 8 17 UCC 7