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UFC on FX: Guillard vs Miller
Jim Miller
Jim Miller
20-3 · USA
VS
Melvin Guillard
Melvin Guillard
29-9-2 · USA
January 20, 2012 · Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Lightweight · 3 rounds · Main event
155.0lb
Weigh-in
156.0lb
Jim Miller def. Melvin Guillard by SUB (Rear Naked Choke), R1 3:04
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 3:04
Miller4/121/300:59
Guillard16/260/000:01
Total
Miller4/121/300:59
Guillard16/260/000:01

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
MillerWin probabilityGuillard
59.8%40.2%
KO / TKO
18%
Submission
29%
Decision
53%
Expected fight time: 10.4 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Miller60%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO5%9%
Submission24%39%
Decision31%52%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes30 (1639)act 4
Takedowns1.3 (0.03.5)act 1
Guillard40%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO12%31%
Submission6%14%
Decision22%55%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes48 (2762)act 16
Takedowns0.0 (0.00.0)act 0
Combined totals~78 sig strikes~1.3 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R132%
R26%
R39%
Distance53%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.3%
Miller
29.0%+240
Guillard
-24069.7%
Most takedownstie 28.0%
Miller
69.9%-3458
Guillard
+34582.0%
Significant strikes — over/under
Miller
Expected: 30.1
30
Over 30
41.5%
+135
Exactly 30
2.2%
push
Under 30
56.3%
-135
03876
Guillard
Expected: 47.7
47.5
Over 47.5
42.8%
+134
Under 47.5
57.2%
-134
060120
Takedowns — over/under
Miller
Expected: 1.3
1.5
Over 1.5
46.0%
+117
Under 1.5
54.0%
-117
035
Guillard
Expected: 0.0
0
Over 0
5.5%
Exactly 0
94.5%
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 10.4 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
Miller59.8%59.0%+0.8-150
Guillard40.2%41.0%−0.8+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
65.4Striking71.7
Guillard +6.3
67.8Grappling56.4
Miller +11.4
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
MillerGuillard
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1625
Pound-for-pound
1595
1625
Divisional
1597
1499
Striking offense
1526
1528
Striking defense
1562
1519
Grappling offense
1500
1528
Grappling defense
1467
Physical
28 yrs
Age
28 yrs
5'8"
Height
5'9"
71"
Reach
71"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.26
Strikes landed / min
2.96
34%
Strike accuracy
40%
1.81
Strikes absorbed / min
1.55
68%
Strike defense
69%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.15
Takedowns / 15 min
2.24
47%
Takedown accuracy
76%
38%
Takedown defense
65%
3.1
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.2
Form & résumé
82%
UFC win rate
67%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
80%
Last-5 win rate
80%
56%
Finish rate
70%
Recent opp. quality
159
Days since last fight
104
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Jim Miller
  • LBenson HendersonU-DEC R3
    Close -1705mo before
  • WKamal ShalorusKO/TKO R3
    Close -25510mo before
  • WCharles OliveiraSUB R1
    Close +1401y 1mo before
  • WGleison TibauU-DEC R3
    Close -1251y 4mo before
  • WMark BocekU-DEC R3
    Close -3201y 10mo before
Melvin Guillard
  • LJoe LauzonSUB R1
    Close -5003mo before
  • WShane RollerKO/TKO R1
    Close -2807mo before
  • WEvan DunhamKO/TKO R1
    Close +2051y before
  • WJeremy StephensS-DEC R3
    Close -1051y 4mo before
  • WWaylon LoweKO/TKO R1
    Close -3701y 8mo before
Miller — win / loss by method
Record: 20-3-0

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
3 wins, 0 losses
W
15% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
11 wins, 0 losses
W
55% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 3 losses
W
30% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
9win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (22%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (33%)Submission(0%) 0
4 (44%)Decision(100%) 2
Non-UFC
11win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (9%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
8 (73%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (18%)Decision(100%) 1
Guillard — win / loss by method
Record: 29-9-2, 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, 0 losses
W
66% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 8 losses
W
7% of wins
L
89% of losses
Decision
8 wins, 1 loss
W
28% of wins
L
11% of losses
UFC
10win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (70%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(100%) 5
3 (30%)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
Miller
Guillard
11
UFC fights
15
125.9 min · 11.4 avg
Octagon time
87.2 min · 5.8 avg
20y 8m
Career length
23y 8m
UFC schedule strength

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

Miller
Guillard
147W–31L · 82.6%
Overall
210W–58L · 78.4%
128W–29L · 81.5%
Wins
109W–26L · 80.7%
19W–2L · 90.5%
Losses
101W–32L · 75.9%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Miller
Guillard
80W–44L · 64.5%
Overall
86W–59L · 59.3%
75W–44L · 63.0%
Wins
59W–49L · 54.6%
5W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
27W–10L · 73.0%
Distance striking
Miller
Guillard
3.37
Landed / min
3.75
26.2%
Accuracy
35.8%
75.0%
Defense
71.3%
0.36
Knockdowns / 15 min
1.89
37.3%
Time at distance
53.8%
Grappling & control
Miller
Guillard
2.15
Takedowns / 15 min
2.24
47.4%
Takedown accuracy
76.5%
37.9%
Takedown defense
65.0%
3.10
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.17
60.3%
Control share
27.5%
Strike target map
Miller
  • Head65%(185)div 65%
  • Body17%(48)div 19%
  • Legs18%(51)div 17%
Guillard
  • Head67%(172)div 65%
  • Body21%(53)div 19%
  • Legs13%(33)div 17%

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

Jim Miller
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.