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UFC Fight Night: Poirier vs. Pettis
Clay Guida
Clay Guida
33-17 · USA
VS
Joe Lauzon
Joe Lauzon
27-13 · USA
November 11, 2017 · Norfolk, Virginia, USA
Lightweight · 3 rounds
155.0lb
Weigh-in
155.0lb
Clay Guida def. Joe Lauzon by KO/TKO (Punch), R1 1:07
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 1:07
Guida24/400/010:33
Lauzon1/70/000:00
Total
Guida24/400/010:33
Lauzon1/70/000:00

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 probabilityLauzon
47.5%52.5%
KO / TKO
30%
Submission
15%
Decision
55%
Expected fight time: 10.8 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Guida47%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO9%19%
Submission5%10%
Decision33%71%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes47 (2661)act 24
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.5)act 0
Lauzon53%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO21%41%
Submission10%18%
Decision22%41%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes40 (2252)act 1
Takedowns0.9 (0.03.1)act 0
Combined totals~87 sig strikes~1.3 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R126%
R210%
R39%
Distance55%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.3%
Guida
56.4%-133
Lauzon
+13342.4%
Most takedownstie 46.9%
Guida
16.1%+230
Lauzon
-23037.0%
Significant strikes — over/under
Guida
Expected: 47.0
47
Over 47
41.7%
+136
Exactly 47
1.4%
push
Under 47
56.8%
-136
059118
Lauzon
Expected: 40.3
40.5
Over 40.5
42.2%
+137
Under 40.5
57.8%
-137
051101
Takedowns — over/under
Guida
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
23.2%
+331
Under 0.5
76.8%
-331
035
Lauzon
Expected: 0.9
1
Over 1
29.5%
+196
Exactly 1
12.5%
push
Under 1
58.0%
-196
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 10.8 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
Guida47.5%53.2%−5.7-125
Lauzon52.5%46.8%+5.7+105

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
62.2Striking52.9
Guida +9.3
61.7Grappling73.7
Lauzon +12.0
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
GuidaLauzon
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1570
Pound-for-pound
1570
1583
Divisional
1568
1447
Striking offense
1472
1518
Striking defense
1467
1539
Grappling offense
1546
1515
Grappling defense
1544
Physical
35 yrs
Age
33 yrs
5'7"
Height
5'10"
70"
Reach
71"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.32
Strikes landed / min
2.65
32%
Strike accuracy
39%
2.40
Strikes absorbed / min
4.93
66%
Strike defense
57%
Grappling (UFC career)
3.14
Takedowns / 15 min
2.47
37%
Takedown accuracy
46%
74%
Takedown defense
55%
0.7
Sub attempts / 15 min
2.2
Form & résumé
54%
UFC win rate
58%
+1
Win/loss streak
-1
40%
Last-5 win rate
40%
38%
Finish rate
86%
Recent opp. quality
139
Days since last fight
203
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Clay Guida
  • WErik KochU-DEC R3
    Close +2905mo before
  • LBrian OrtegaKO/TKO R3
    Close +1951y 5mo before
  • LThiago TavaresSUB R1
    Close -1702y before
  • WRobert PeraltaU-DEC R3
    Close -2452y 7mo before
  • LDennis BermudezSUB R2
    Close +1553y 4mo before
Joe Lauzon
  • LStevie RayM-DEC R3
    Close +1457mo before
  • WMarcin HeldS-DEC R3
    Close -14010mo before
  • LJim MillerS-DEC R3
    Close -1401y 2mo before
  • WDiego SanchezKO/TKO R1
    Close +1051y 4mo before
  • LEvan DunhamU-DEC R3
    Close +1651y 11mo before
Guida — win / loss by method
Record: 33-17-0

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
5 wins, 2 losses
W
15% of wins
L
12% of losses
Submission
14 wins, 8 losses
W
42% of wins
L
47% of losses
Decision
13 wins, 6 losses
W
39% of wins
L
35% of losses
DQ / other
1 win, 1 loss
W
3% of wins
L
6% of losses
UFC
13win11loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (8%)KO/TKO(18%) 2
4 (31%)Submission(36%) 4
8 (62%)Decision(45%) 5
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
Lauzon — win / loss by method
Record: 27-13-0

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, 4 losses
W
30% of wins
L
31% of losses
Submission
17 wins, 3 losses
W
63% of wins
L
23% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 6 losses
W
7% of wins
L
46% of losses
UFC
14win10loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (36%)KO/TKO(30%) 3
7 (50%)Submission(10%) 1
2 (14%)Decision(60%) 6
Non-UFC
13win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (23%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
10 (77%)Submission(67%) 2
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Guida
Lauzon
24
UFC fights
24
300.9 min · 12.5 avg
Octagon time
200.3 min · 8.3 avg
23y 0m
Career length
22y 5m
UFC schedule strength

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

Guida
Lauzon
385W–82L · 82.4%
Overall
424W–128L · 76.8%
226W–55L · 80.4%
Wins
270W–81L · 76.9%
159W–27L · 85.5%
Losses
154W–47L · 76.6%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Guida
Lauzon
162W–82L · 66.4%
Overall
63W–21L · 75.0%
135W–71L · 65.5%
Wins
36W–16L · 69.2%
27W–11L · 71.1%
Losses
27W–5L · 84.4%
1 of Lauzon's non-UFC opponents have no record in our data, so this is understated. Refresh data to fill them in.
Distance striking
Guida
Lauzon
2.84
Landed / min
2.79
22.7%
Accuracy
27.5%
71.8%
Defense
60.2%
0.25
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.22
45.2%
Time at distance
50.4%
Grappling & control
Guida
Lauzon
3.14
Takedowns / 15 min
2.47
36.6%
Takedown accuracy
46.5%
74.1%
Takedown defense
54.8%
0.70
Sub attempts / 15 min
2.17
82.4%
Control share
58.6%
Strike target map
Guida
  • Head62%(433)div 63%
  • Body15%(102)div 20%
  • Legs23%(164)div 17%
Lauzon
  • Head89%(472)div 63%
  • Body9%(48)div 20%
  • Legs2%(11)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.

Joe Lauzon
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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