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UFC 164: Henderson vs Pettis 2
Chad Mendes
Chad Mendes
14-1 · USA
VS
Clay Guida
Clay Guida
30-13 · USA
August 31, 2013 · Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Featherweight · 3 rounds
145.0lb
Weigh-in
146.0lb
Chad Mendes def. Clay Guida by KO/TKO (Punch), R3 0:30
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Mendes9/291/201:13
Guida5/420/100:00
R2
Mendes13/242/301:35
Guida9/480/200:05
R3 · 0:30
Mendes10/130/010:19
Guida3/90/100:00
Total
Mendes32/663/513:07
Guida17/990/400:05

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
MendesWin probabilityGuida
82.6%17.4%
KO / TKO
47%
Submission
7%
Decision
46%
Expected fight time: 10.6 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Mendes83%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO41%50%
Submission4%4%
Decision38%46%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes48 (2762)act 32
Takedowns0.8 (0.02.6)act 3
Guida17%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO6%33%
Submission3%20%
Decision8%47%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes30 (1739)act 17
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.4)act 0
Combined totals~78 sig strikes~1.1 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R110%
R241%
R33%
Distance46%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.3%
Mendes
69.5%-238
Guida
+23829.2%
Most takedownstie 38.7%
Mendes
43.4%-242
Guida
+24217.9%
Significant strikes — over/under
Mendes
Expected: 47.7
47.5
Over 47.5
42.7%
+134
Under 47.5
57.3%
-134
060120
Guida
Expected: 30.1
30
Over 30
41.7%
+135
Exactly 30
2.2%
push
Under 30
56.1%
-135
03876
Takedowns — over/under
Mendes
Expected: 0.8
1
Over 1
30.4%
+156
Exactly 1
22.0%
push
Under 1
47.6%
-156
035
Guida
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
29.4%
+240
Under 0.5
70.6%
-240
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 10.6 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
Mendes82.6%81.7%+0.9-500
Guida17.4%18.3%−0.9+435

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
78.8Striking60.8
Mendes +18.0
61.1Grappling67.8
Guida +6.7
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
MendesGuida
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1596
Pound-for-pound
1587
1596
Divisional
1550
1506
Striking offense
1457
1517
Striking defense
1531
1501
Grappling offense
1544
1510
Grappling defense
1524
Physical
28 yrs
Age
31 yrs
5'6"
Height
5'7"
66"
Reach
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.35
Strikes landed / min
2.15
51%
Strike accuracy
30%
1.27
Strikes absorbed / min
2.35
81%
Strike defense
67%
Grappling (UFC career)
3.50
Takedowns / 15 min
3.44
41%
Takedown accuracy
40%
100%
Takedown defense
78%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.9
Form & résumé
83%
UFC win rate
59%
+3
Win/loss streak
+1
80%
Last-5 win rate
60%
60%
Finish rate
50%
Recent opp. quality
133
Days since last fight
217
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Chad Mendes
  • WDarren ElkinsKO/TKO R1
    Close -6154mo before
  • WYaotzin MezaKO/TKO R1
    Close -16509mo before
  • WCody McKenzieKO/TKO R1
    Close -7051y 2mo before
  • LJose AldoKO/TKO R1
    Close +2101y 8mo before
  • WRani YahyaU-DEC R3
    Close -5402y 1mo before
Clay Guida
  • WHatsu HiokiS-DEC R3
    Close -2107mo before
  • LGray MaynardS-DEC R5
    Close +2001y 2mo before
  • LBenson HendersonU-DEC R3
    Close +2451y 10mo before
  • WAnthony PettisU-DEC R3
    Close +2002y 3mo before
  • WTakanori GomiSUB R2
    Close -1372y 8mo before
Mendes — win / loss by method
Record: 14-1-0

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
36% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 0 losses
W
14% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
7 wins, 0 losses
W
50% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
5win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (60%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (40%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
9win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (22%)KO/TKO() 0
2 (22%)Submission() 0
5 (56%)Decision() 0
Guida — win / loss by method
Record: 30-13-0

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
5 wins, 0 losses
W
17% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
14 wins, 6 losses
W
47% of wins
L
46% of losses
Decision
10 wins, 6 losses
W
33% of wins
L
46% of losses
DQ / other
1 win, 1 loss
W
3% of wins
L
8% of losses
UFC
10win7loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (10%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
4 (40%)Submission(29%) 2
5 (50%)Decision(71%) 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

Profiles

Experience
Mendes
Guida
6
UFC fights
17
38.5 min · 6.4 avg
Octagon time
222.1 min · 13.1 avg
17y 10m
Career length
23y 0m
UFC schedule strength

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

Mendes
Guida
97W–26L · 78.9%
Overall
263W–56L · 82.4%
77W–25L · 75.5%
Wins
160W–39L · 80.4%
20W–1L · 95.2%
Losses
103W–17L · 85.8%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Mendes
Guida
87W–35L · 71.3%
Overall
162W–82L · 66.4%
87W–35L · 71.3%
Wins
135W–71L · 65.5%
0W–0L
Losses
27W–11L · 71.1%
Distance striking
Mendes
Guida
3.53
Landed / min
2.62
44.0%
Accuracy
21.3%
82.6%
Defense
73.1%
1.17
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.20
64.7%
Time at distance
44.9%
Grappling & control
Mendes
Guida
3.50
Takedowns / 15 min
3.44
40.9%
Takedown accuracy
39.5%
100.0%
Takedown defense
78.0%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.88
95.4%
Control share
83.9%
Strike target map
Mendes
  • Head57%(74)div 64%
  • Body9%(12)div 19%
  • Legs33%(43)div 17%
Guida
  • Head63%(299)div 64%
  • Body14%(68)div 19%
  • Legs23%(110)div 17%

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

Chad Mendes
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Clay Guida
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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