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UFC 155: Dos Santos vs Velasquez II
Jamie Varner
Jamie Varner
20-7-1 · USA
VS
Melvin Guillard
Melvin Guillard
30-11-2 · USA
December 29, 2012 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Lightweight · 3 rounds
155.0lb
Weigh-in
155.0lb
Jamie Varner def. Melvin Guillard by S-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Varner18/471/200:12
Guillard19/380/000:00
R2
Varner11/392/201:13
Guillard26/480/100:04
R3
Varner3/114/602:26
Guillard12/260/000:55
Total
Varner32/977/1003:51
Guillard57/1120/100:59

Scorecards

Varner vs Guillard

RdAdalaide ByrdCecil PeoplesMark SmithCommunity
R19-1010-910-99.9-9.1
R29-1010-910-99.7-9.3
R39-1010-910-99.9-9.1
Total27-3030-2730-2729.5-27.5

Media (10 cards) · avg 29.227.8 · 10 Varner · 0 Guillard

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Varner-Guillard.

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
VarnerWin probabilityGuillard
63.3%36.7%
KO / TKO
22%
Submission
11%
Decision
67%
Expected fight time: 12.1 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Varner63%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO12%20%
Submission10%16%
Decision41%64%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes29 (1637)act 32
Takedowns1.6 (0.04.0)act 7
Guillard37%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO10%26%
Submission1%3%
Decision26%71%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes44 (2557)act 57
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.5)act 0
Combined totals~73 sig strikes~1.7 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R113%
R214%
R36%
Distance67%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.4%
Varner
30.3%+226
Guillard
-22668.4%
Most takedownstie 26.2%
Varner
68.0%-1175
Guillard
+11755.8%
Significant strikes — over/under
Varner
Expected: 28.6
28.5
Over 28.5
42.7%
+134
Under 28.5
57.3%
-134
03672
Guillard
Expected: 44.0
44
Over 44
41.8%
+136
Exactly 44
1.5%
push
Under 44
56.7%
-136
056111
Takedowns — over/under
Varner
Expected: 1.6
1.5
Over 1.5
51.1%
-105
Under 1.5
48.9%
+105
035
Guillard
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
14.2%
Exactly 0
85.8%
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 12.1 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
Varner63.3%42.7%+20.6+130
Guillard36.7%57.3%−20.6-140

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
68.6Striking72.1
Guillard +3.5
83.9Grappling55.8
Varner +28.1
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
VarnerGuillard
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1536
Pound-for-pound
1577
1535
Divisional
1579
1494
Striking offense
1524
1503
Striking defense
1562
1543
Grappling offense
1501
1525
Grappling defense
1465
Physical
28 yrs
Age
29 yrs
5'8"
Height
5'9"
71"
Reach
71"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.07
Strikes landed / min
3.01
38%
Strike accuracy
40%
2.47
Strikes absorbed / min
1.51
58%
Strike defense
70%
Grappling (UFC career)
6.73
Takedowns / 15 min
1.97
64%
Takedown accuracy
78%
57%
Takedown defense
69%
1.4
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.1
Form & résumé
50%
UFC win rate
61%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
50%
Last-5 win rate
40%
100%
Finish rate
64%
Recent opp. quality
147
Days since last fight
140
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Jamie Varner
  • LJoe LauzonSUB R3
    Close +1055mo before
  • WEdson BarbozaKO/TKO R1
    Close +4607mo before
  • WJason GilliamSUB R1
    5y 10mo before
  • LHermes FrancaSUB R3
    Close +4006y 4mo before
Melvin Guillard
  • LDonald CerroneKO/TKO R1
    missedClose +3055mo before
  • WFabricio CamoesU-DEC R3
    Close -2906mo before
  • LJim MillerSUB R1
    Close +14011mo before
  • LJoe LauzonSUB R1
    Close -5001y 3mo before
  • WShane RollerKO/TKO R1
    Close -2801y 6mo before
Varner — win / loss by method
Record: 20-7-1, 2 NC

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
9 wins, 0 losses
W
45% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
9 wins, 4 losses
W
45% of wins
L
57% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 3 losses
W
10% of wins
L
43% of losses
UFC
2win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (50%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (50%)Submission(100%) 2
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
18win5loss1draw2NC
WinsLosses
8 (44%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
8 (44%)Submission(40%) 2
2 (11%)Decision(60%) 3
Guillard — win / loss by method
Record: 30-11-2, 1 NC

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
19 wins, 1 loss
W
63% of wins
L
9% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 9 losses
W
7% of wins
L
82% of losses
Decision
9 wins, 1 loss
W
30% of wins
L
9% of losses
UFC
11win7loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (64%)KO/TKO(14%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(86%) 6
4 (36%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
19win4loss2draw1NC
WinsLosses
12 (63%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (11%)Submission(75%) 3
5 (26%)Decision(25%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Varner
Guillard
4
UFC fights
18
31.2 min · 7.8 avg
Octagon time
106.6 min · 5.9 avg
23y 4m
Career length
23y 8m
UFC schedule strength

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

Varner
Guillard
57W–12L · 82.6%
Overall
261W–71L · 78.6%
21W–0L · 100.0%
Wins
122W–32L · 79.2%
36W–12L · 75.0%
Losses
139W–39L · 78.1%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Varner
Guillard
169W–55L · 75.4%
Overall
86W–59L · 59.3%
129W–47L · 73.3%
Wins
59W–49L · 54.6%
40W–8L · 83.3%
Losses
27W–10L · 73.0%
Distance striking
Varner
Guillard
5.85
Landed / min
3.56
39.9%
Accuracy
35.6%
61.0%
Defense
71.6%
0.96
Knockdowns / 15 min
1.69
49.9%
Time at distance
56.7%
Grappling & control
Varner
Guillard
6.73
Takedowns / 15 min
1.97
63.6%
Takedown accuracy
77.8%
57.1%
Takedown defense
68.9%
1.44
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.14
77.6%
Control share
28.0%
Strike target map
Varner
  • Head71%(90)div 64%
  • Body24%(30)div 19%
  • Legs6%(7)div 17%
Guillard
  • Head68%(219)div 64%
  • Body21%(67)div 19%
  • Legs11%(35)div 17%

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

Jamie Varner
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Melvin Guillard
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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