Alonzo Menifield vs Iwo Baraniewski: light heavyweight main card preview at UFC 331

Alonzo Menifield and Iwo Baraniewski meet at light heavyweight on the main card when UFC 331 arrives at crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on Saturday, September 19, 2026, scheduled for 3 rounds. The card carries 13 bouts in our tables, with this pairing on the main card.

Tale of the tape

Alonzo Menifield ("Atomic"), 38, comes in at 18-6-1, listed at 6'0", with a 76-inch reach, fighting orthodox. Across the cage, Iwo Baraniewski ("Rudy"), 27, comes in at 9-0-0, listed at 6'0", with a 73.5-inch reach, fighting orthodox. On the tape, they are level on height and Menifield holds 2.5 inches of reach. Baraniewski is the younger by 11 years. Both fight orthodox.

• Record: Alonzo Menifield 18-6-1 · Iwo Baraniewski 9-0-0
• Age: Alonzo Menifield 38 · Iwo Baraniewski 27
• Height: Alonzo Menifield 6'0" · Iwo Baraniewski 6'0"
• Reach: Alonzo Menifield 76" · Iwo Baraniewski 73.5"
• Stance: Alonzo Menifield Orthodox · Iwo Baraniewski Orthodox

What the archive says

Alonzo Menifield has 4 completed UFC bouts in the PropBetEdge archive: 3 wins and 1 loss. 1 of those wins came inside the distance. Most recently he beat Zhang Mingyang by KO/TKO in round 1 on May 30, 2026.

• W vs Zhang Mingyang — KO/TKO, R1 (May 30, 2026)
• L vs Volkan Oezdemir — KO/TKO, R1 (Nov 22, 2025)
• W vs Oumar Sy — unanimous decision, R3 (Jun 14, 2025)
• W vs Julius Walker — split decision, R3 (Feb 22, 2025)

Iwo Baraniewski has 4 completed UFC bouts in the PropBetEdge archive: 4 wins. All of them came inside the distance. Most recently he beat Junior Tafa by KO/TKO in round 1 on Jun 6, 2026.

• W vs Junior Tafa — KO/TKO, R1 (Jun 6, 2026)
• W vs Austen Lane — KO/TKO, R1 (Mar 21, 2026)
• W vs Ibo Aslan — KO/TKO, R1 (Dec 6, 2025)
• W vs Mahamed Aly — KO/TKO, R1 (Sep 17, 2025)

What to watch

Range is the first thing the tape flags: Alonzo Menifield owns a 2.5-inch reach advantage, which sets the distance Iwo Baraniewski has to cross to land. From our archive, Alonzo Menifield has finished 1 of 3 archived wins and Iwo Baraniewski has finished 4 of 4 archived wins. It is scheduled for 3 rounds.

Algo lean: locked. PropBetEdge model pricing for this bout ships with UFC Pro; no pick is shown until the model has produced one.