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Clay Guida
Clay Guida
35-20 · USA
VS
Michael Johnson
Michael Johnson
19-16 · USA
February 6, 2021 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Lightweight · 3 rounds
155.0lb
Weigh-in
154.5lb
Clay Guida def. Michael Johnson by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Guida29/441/201:24
Johnson31/660/000:33
R2
Guida13/241/402:50
Johnson14/270/001:04
R3
Guida7/211/102:39
Johnson13/330/001:26
Total
Guida49/893/706:53
Johnson58/1260/003:03

Scorecards

Guida vs Johnson

RdChris LeeJunichiro KamijoTony WeeksCommunity
R110-910-910-99.9-9.1
R210-910-910-99.4-9.7
R310-910-910-99.9-9
Total30-2730-2730-2729.2-27.8

Media (20 cards) · avg 29.227.8 · 20 Guida · 0 Johnson

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Guida-Johnson.

Pre-fight

The model's read going in

The walk-forward model's call at the time of the bout — persisted out-of-sample, with no hindsight about the result.

Prediction
GuidaWin probabilityJohnson
45.9%54.1%
KO / TKO
15%
Submission
3%
Decision
82%
Expected fight time: 13.5 min
Retrospective pick: the walk-forward model's call at the time of the fight — persisted out-of-sample, with no hindsight about the result.
What drives the pick

Each bar is a feature's push on the model from the center axis. Red pushes toward Guida, blue toward Johnson. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Guida46%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO5%11%7%
Submission3%5%7%
Decision38%84%23%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes39 (1653)act 49
Takedowns1.4 (0.04.1)act 3
Johnson54%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO10%18%27%
Submission0%1%5%
Decision44%81%30%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes58 (2479)act 58
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.0)act 0
Combined totals~97 sig strikes~1.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R17%
R27%
R34%
Distance82%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.0%
Guida
36.9%+168
Johnson
-16862.1%
Most takedownstie 30.3%
Guida
66.8%-2264
Johnson
+22642.9%
Significant strikes — over/under
Guida
Expected: 39.4
39.5
Over 39.5
39.7%
+152
Under 39.5
60.3%
-152
05099
Johnson
Expected: 57.9
58
Over 58
39.3%
+152
Exactly 58
0.8%
push
Under 58
59.9%
-152
073145
Takedowns — over/under
Guida
Expected: 1.4
1.5
Over 1.5
46.4%
+116
Under 1.5
53.6%
-116
035
Johnson
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
6.9%
Exactly 0
93.1%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035

Odds are model-implied (no real prop market is priced for these). The “most” prices are draw-no-bet — a tie (for takedowns, usually 0–0) is a push, so each side is priced off its chance of winning given a result, while the % shown is the raw chance of landing strictly more. Drag a line in half-point steps: a half line (e.g. 2.5) is a clean over/under, while a whole number adds a third outcome — landing exactly on it, a push — so over, exact and under sum to 100%. On a whole number the over/under odds are draw-no-bet (priced off the decisive mass, since the push refunds), so the two sides stay mirror images rather than implying an arbitrage.

Expected fight time 13.5 min. Predicted-output ranges are percentiles of the model’s simulated fights: sig strikes the middle 50% (25th–75th); takedowns the wider 10th–90th, since they’re 0 in most fights so a narrow band would collapse to 0. Win-by-method = win probability × that fighter’s own method split: the model forecasts how the fight ends, and that forecast is divided between the corners by each fighter’s finishing record — UFC wins in full, earlier-career wins at half weight, as of fight night — reconciled so the fighters’ totals still equal their win probabilities and the methods still total the fight-level forecast above. “Equity” is each of those over that fighter’s win % — how they win given that they win — so a column adds to 100%, and it differs by corner. A fighter with no classifiable wins at any level leans on the fight-level split. “How it ends” is the model’s round-of-finish split. “Mkt” is the de-vigged market prop (consensus across books), shown for context, not as a betting signal; rounds & totals slots fill as that data lands. Percentages are apportioned by largest remainder, so each set adds to its total exactly and an individual figure can sit a point off its own rounding.

Model vs market
Final
ModelMarketGapLine
To win
Guida45.9%34.4%+11.5+175
Johnson54.1%65.6%−11.5-225
By method
Guida by KO/TKO6.9%7.2%−0.3+1000
Guida by submission1.3%7.2%−5.9+1000
Guida by decision37.6%23.4%+14.2+240
Johnson by KO/TKO8.2%26.5%−18.3+200
Johnson by submission1.6%5.3%−3.7+1399
Johnson by decision44.3%30.3%+14.0+163
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds92.4%72.6%+19.8-350
Over 2.5 rds85.7%64.5%+21.2-225
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision81.9%62.5%+19.4-200

Market % is the de-vigged (no-vig) consensus across the books that price both fighters; the line is the average across books with the min–max range in parentheses. Gap is the model minus the market in points (+ = the model rates that outcome above the market). Thin or one-sided markets are flagged or left blank rather than shown as a fabricated %. Shown for context, not as a bet — the closing line is the sharpest public price and the model trails it on average. For 5-round bouts the model splits its round-3+ finish mass into rounds 3–5 by the historical within-bucket rate, so the over-3.5 / 4.5 lines carry a model estimate.

Trait web
62.1Striking63.7
Johnson +1.7
59.1Grappling45.8
Guida +13.4
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
GuidaJohnson
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1550
Pound-for-pound
1515
1561
Divisional
1511
1454
Striking offense
1526
1518
Striking defense
1540
1528
Grappling offense
1437
1517
Grappling defense
1558
Physical
39 yrs
Age
34 yrs
5'7"
Height
5'10"
70"
Reach
73"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
2.50
Strikes landed / min
4.23
33%
Strike accuracy
38%
2.65
Strikes absorbed / min
3.85
64%
Strike defense
59%
Grappling (UFC career)
3.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.51
36%
Takedown accuracy
45%
72%
Takedown defense
79%
0.6
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.1
Form & résumé
52%
UFC win rate
48%
-2
Win/loss streak
-3
40%
Last-5 win rate
40%
40%
Finish rate
36%
Recent opp. quality
231
Days since last fight
269
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Clay Guida
  • LKing GreenU-DEC R3
    Close +2158mo before
  • LJim MillerSUB R1
    Close +1301y 6mo before
  • WBJ PennU-DEC R3
    Close -7501y 9mo before
  • LCharles OliveiraSUB R1
    Close +1202y 8mo before
  • WJoe LauzonKO/TKO R1
    Close -1253y 3mo before
Michael Johnson
  • LThiago MoisesSUB R2
    Close -1109mo before
  • LStevie RayM-DEC R3
    Close -2751y 3mo before
  • LJosh EmmettKO/TKO R3
    Close -1501y 10mo before
  • WArtem LobovU-DEC R3
    Close -7002y 3mo before
  • WAndre FiliS-DEC R3
    Close +1002y 5mo before
Guida — win / loss by method
Record: 35-20-0

Bar length is fight count (largest bar = full width); shading splits finishes by round and decisions by unanimous vs split — tap a bar for the round-by-round count.

KO/TKO
6 wins, 2 losses
W
17% of wins
L
10% of losses
Submission
14 wins, 10 losses
W
40% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
14 wins, 7 losses
W
40% of wins
L
35% of losses
DQ / other
1 win, 1 loss
W
3% of wins
L
5% of losses
UFC
15win14loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (13%)KO/TKO(14%) 2
4 (27%)Submission(43%) 6
9 (60%)Decision(43%) 6
Non-UFC
20win6loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (20%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
10 (50%)Submission(67%) 4
5 (25%)Decision(17%) 1
1 (5%)DQ / other(17%) 1
Johnson — win / loss by method
Record: 19-16-0

Bar length is fight count (largest bar = full width); shading splits finishes by round and decisions by unanimous vs split — tap a bar for the round-by-round count.

KO/TKO
8 wins, 2 losses
W
42% of wins
L
13% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 9 losses
W
11% of wins
L
56% of losses
Decision
9 wins, 5 losses
W
47% of wins
L
31% of losses
UFC
11win12loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (36%)KO/TKO(17%) 2
0 (0%)Submission(42%) 5
7 (64%)Decision(42%) 5
Non-UFC
8win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (50%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (25%)Submission(100%) 4
2 (25%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Guida
Johnson
29
UFC fights
23
335.2 min · 11.6 avg
Octagon time
262.8 min · 11.4 avg
23y 0m
Career length
18y 6m
UFC schedule strength

Opponents' records on fight night — toggle their full cross-promotional record vs UFC bouts only.

Guida
Johnson
504W–139L · 78.4%
Overall
369W–103L · 78.2%
269W–81L · 76.9%
Wins
187W–66L · 73.9%
235W–58L · 80.2%
Losses
182W–37L · 83.1%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Guida
Johnson
162W–82L · 66.4%
Overall
104W–60L · 63.4%
135W–71L · 65.5%
Wins
65W–47L · 58.0%
27W–11L · 71.1%
Losses
39W–13L · 75.0%
Distance striking
Guida
Johnson
3.10
Landed / min
5.34
24.6%
Accuracy
36.3%
70.2%
Defense
65.3%
0.27
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.51
47.1%
Time at distance
70.3%
Grappling & control
Guida
Johnson
3.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.51
35.8%
Takedown accuracy
45.0%
72.1%
Takedown defense
79.3%
0.63
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.06
82.8%
Control share
23.2%
Strike target map
Guida
  • Head62%(520)div 63%
  • Body14%(120)div 20%
  • Legs24%(197)div 17%
Johnson
  • Head53%(593)div 63%
  • Body29%(325)div 20%
  • Legs17%(194)div 17%

Where each fighter lands significant strikes (career). “div” = the weight-class average.

Clay Guida
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

Per-fight: SS & TD shown landed/attempted; Close = consensus closing line.

Michael Johnson
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

Per-fight: SS & TD shown landed/attempted; Close = consensus closing line.