At UFC Fight Night 143, Alonzo Menifield made his Ultimate Fighting Championship debut. He was undefeated as a pro (7-0) and coming off of a first-round win in Dana White’s Tuesday Night Contender Series.
Right away Menifield, a heavy-handed striker, was given a grappler in Vinicius Alves Moreira, who was also making his Octagon debut. Ultimately, from the get-go, the plan for Menifield was to land a big shot early to dictate the fight.
“For me personally it was like, get a big shot in the first 10 seconds and get all the grappling out of the way as he would be out of there,” Menifield told Sherdog.