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UFC Fight Night: Minotauro vs Nelson
Clay Guida
Clay Guida
30-14 · USA
VS
Tatsuya Kawajiri
Tatsuya Kawajiri
33-7-2 · JPN
April 11, 2014 · Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Featherweight · 3 rounds
146.0lb
Weigh-in
145.0lb
Clay Guida def. Tatsuya Kawajiri by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Guida15/201/113:18
Kawajiri4/121/201:06
R2
Guida14/211/704:00
Kawajiri11/160/200:04
R3
Guida18/271/201:41
Kawajiri4/230/101:36
Total
Guida47/683/1018:59
Kawajiri19/511/502:46

Scorecards

Guida vs Kawajiri

RdAndy RobertsBen CartlidgeDean WeirCommunity
R110-910-910-99.9-9.1
R210-910-910-99.8-9.3
R310-910-910-99.9-9.1
Total30-2730-2730-2729.6-27.5

Media (12 cards) · avg 29.927.2 · 12 Guida · 0 Kawajiri

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

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 probabilityKawajiri
39.5%60.5%
KO / TKO
17%
Submission
47%
Decision
36%
Expected fight time: 7.7 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 Kawajiri. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Guida39%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO4%11%
Submission20%51%
Decision15%38%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes19 (1025)act 47
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.7)act 3
Kawajiri61%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO13%21%
Submission27%44%
Decision21%35%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes25 (1433)act 19
Takedowns0.5 (0.02.0)act 1
Combined totals~45 sig strikes~1.0 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R154%
R26%
R34%
Distance36%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 2.3%
Guida
37.1%+164
Kawajiri
-16460.6%
Most takedownstie 39.7%
Guida
26.3%+129
Kawajiri
-12934.0%
Significant strikes — over/under
Guida
Expected: 19.4
19.5
Over 19.5
42.1%
+137
Under 19.5
57.9%
-137
02549
Kawajiri
Expected: 25.3
25.5
Over 25.5
42.0%
+138
Under 25.5
58.0%
-138
03264
Takedowns — over/under
Guida
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
38.8%
+158
Under 0.5
61.2%
-158
035
Kawajiri
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
45.7%
+119
Under 0.5
54.3%
-119
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 7.7 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
Guida39.5%57.3%−17.8-140
Kawajiri60.5%42.7%+17.8+130

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
60.3Striking67.9
Kawajiri +7.6
64.9Grappling61.4
Guida +3.5
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
GuidaKawajiri
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1572
Pound-for-pound
1594
1536
Divisional
1594
1454
Striking offense
1498
1523
Striking defense
1500
1536
Grappling offense
1507
1519
Grappling defense
1496
Physical
32 yrs
Age
35 yrs
5'7"
Height
5'7"
70"
Reach
69"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.12
Strikes landed / min
5.49
29%
Strike accuracy
89%
2.38
Strikes absorbed / min
3.26
66%
Strike defense
27%
Grappling (UFC career)
3.29
Takedowns / 15 min
7.71
38%
Takedown accuracy
25%
74%
Takedown defense
0.8
Sub attempts / 15 min
2.6
Form & résumé
56%
UFC win rate
100%
-1
Win/loss streak
+1
40%
Last-5 win rate
100%
50%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
223
Days since last fight
97
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Clay Guida
  • LChad MendesKO/TKO R3
    Close +4357mo before
  • WHatsu HiokiS-DEC R3
    Close -2101y 2mo before
  • LGray MaynardS-DEC R5
    Close +2001y 10mo before
  • LBenson HendersonU-DEC R3
    Close +2452y 5mo before
  • WAnthony PettisU-DEC R3
    Close +2002y 10mo before
Tatsuya Kawajiri
  • WSean SorianoSUB R2
    Close -1023mo before
Guida — win / loss by method
Record: 30-14-0

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, 1 loss
W
17% of wins
L
7% of losses
Submission
14 wins, 6 losses
W
47% of wins
L
43% of losses
Decision
10 wins, 6 losses
W
33% of wins
L
43% of losses
DQ / other
1 win, 1 loss
W
3% of wins
L
7% of losses
UFC
10win8loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (10%)KO/TKO(13%) 1
4 (40%)Submission(25%) 2
5 (50%)Decision(63%) 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
Kawajiri — win / loss by method
Record: 33-7-2

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
12 wins, 2 losses
W
36% of wins
L
29% of losses
Submission
10 wins, 3 losses
W
30% of wins
L
43% of losses
Decision
10 wins, 2 losses
W
30% of wins
L
29% of losses
DQ / other
1 win, 0 losses
W
3% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (100%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
32win7loss2draw0NC
WinsLosses
12 (38%)KO/TKO(29%) 2
9 (28%)Submission(43%) 3
10 (31%)Decision(29%) 2
1 (3%)DQ / other(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Guida
Kawajiri
18
UFC fights
1
232.6 min · 12.9 avg
Octagon time
5.8 min · 5.8 avg
23y 0m
Career length
26y 3m
UFC schedule strength

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

Guida
Kawajiri
277W–57L · 82.9%
Overall
8W–0L · 100.0%
160W–39L · 80.4%
Wins
8W–0L · 100.0%
117W–18L · 86.7%
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Guida
Kawajiri
162W–82L · 66.4%
Overall
444W–158L · 73.8%
135W–71L · 65.5%
Wins
353W–148L · 70.5%
27W–11L · 71.1%
Losses
91W–10L · 90.1%
Distance striking
Guida
Kawajiri
2.59
Landed / min
4.80
20.9%
Accuracy
60.0%
72.9%
Defense
42.9%
0.19
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
45.9%
Time at distance
21.4%
Grappling & control
Guida
Kawajiri
3.29
Takedowns / 15 min
7.71
38.3%
Takedown accuracy
25.0%
73.9%
Takedown defense
0.84
Sub attempts / 15 min
2.57
81.7%
Control share
96.9%
Strike target map
Guida
  • Head63%(310)div 63%
  • Body14%(69)div 20%
  • Legs23%(115)div 17%
Kawajiri
  • Head94%(30)div 63%
  • Body0%(0)div 20%
  • Legs6%(2)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.

Tatsuya Kawajiri
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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