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Benson Henderson vs Gilbert Melendez

UFC on FOX: Henderson vs Melendez

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Lightweight

Benson Henderson

“Smooth”

Benson Henderson

🇺🇸 United States

win

VS

Gilbert Melendez

“El Niño”

Gilbert Melendez

🇺🇸 United States

loss

S-DEC · ROUND 5 · 5:00

Current profile tapeFight totals ↓

Benson Henderson	TALE OF THE TAPE	Gilbert Melendez
W W W W W	Last 5 fightsNewest first · supplied history	Unavailable
United States	Country	United States
24–7–0	MMA record	22–8–0
39	Age	41
69 in	Height	69 in
70 in	Reach	73 in
170 lb	Weight	145.5 lb
Southpaw	Stance	Orthodox

Tape uses current supplied profiles, not measurements reconstructed for the bout date.

Fight totals

Benson Henderson	FIGHT STATISTICS	Gilbert Melendez
68 of 166	Significant strikes	43 of 191
92 of 191	Total strikes	56 of 204
0	Knockdowns	0
0 of 4	Takedowns	1 of 1
0	Sub. attempts	0
0	Reversals	0
1:28	Control	0:52
20 of 110	Head	16 of 155
20 of 22	Body	16 of 20
28 of 34	Leg	11 of 16
58 of 150	Distance	34 of 174
8 of 13	Clinch	8 of 14
2 of 3	Ground	1 of 3

Round by round

Round 1

Benson Henderson	FIGHT STATISTICS	Gilbert Melendez
9 of 17	Significant strikes	7 of 29
23 of 32	Total strikes	10 of 32
0	Knockdowns	0
0 of 0	Takedowns	1 of 1
0	Sub. attempts	0
0	Reversals	0
0:38	Control	0:44
1 of 7	Head	1 of 19
1 of 1	Body	1 of 3
7 of 9	Leg	5 of 7
9 of 17	Distance	5 of 23
0 of 0	Clinch	1 of 3
0 of 0	Ground	1 of 3

Round 2

Benson Henderson	FIGHT STATISTICS	Gilbert Melendez
15 of 41	Significant strikes	13 of 47
15 of 41	Total strikes	15 of 49
0	Knockdowns	0
0 of 1	Takedowns	0 of 0
0	Sub. attempts	0
0	Reversals	0
0:00	Control	0:00
6 of 31	Head	5 of 38
6 of 6	Body	4 of 4
3 of 4	Leg	4 of 5
13 of 38	Distance	9 of 42
2 of 3	Clinch	4 of 5
0 of 0	Ground	0 of 0

Round 3

Benson Henderson	FIGHT STATISTICS	Gilbert Melendez
15 of 29	Significant strikes	7 of 32
17 of 31	Total strikes	13 of 38
0	Knockdowns	0
0 of 1	Takedowns	0 of 0
0	Sub. attempts	0
0	Reversals	0
0:45	Control	0:00
5 of 18	Head	2 of 27
5 of 6	Body	3 of 3
5 of 5	Leg	2 of 2
10 of 22	Distance	6 of 29
3 of 4	Clinch	1 of 3
2 of 3	Ground	0 of 0

Round 4

Benson Henderson	FIGHT STATISTICS	Gilbert Melendez
15 of 38	Significant strikes	8 of 30
23 of 46	Total strikes	10 of 32
0	Knockdowns	0
0 of 2	Takedowns	0 of 0
0	Sub. attempts	0
0	Reversals	0
0:05	Control	0:07
3 of 24	Head	2 of 23
4 of 4	Body	6 of 6
8 of 10	Leg	0 of 1
13 of 33	Distance	6 of 27
2 of 5	Clinch	2 of 3
0 of 0	Ground	0 of 0

Round 5

Benson Henderson	FIGHT STATISTICS	Gilbert Melendez
14 of 41	Significant strikes	8 of 53
14 of 41	Total strikes	8 of 53
0	Knockdowns	0
0 of 0	Takedowns	0 of 0
0	Sub. attempts	0
0	Reversals	0
0:00	Control	0:01
5 of 30	Head	6 of 48
4 of 5	Body	2 of 4
5 of 6	Leg	0 of 1
13 of 40	Distance	8 of 53
1 of 1	Clinch	0 of 0
0 of 0	Ground	0 of 0

UFC profile statistics and overall MMA records have different coverage. A dash means unavailable, not zero.

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