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UFC 136: Edgar vs Maynard 3
Joe Lauzon
Joe Lauzon
20-6 · USA
VS
Melvin Guillard
Melvin Guillard
29-8-2 · USA
October 8, 2011 · Houston, Texas, USA
Lightweight · 3 rounds
155.5lb
Weigh-in
155.5lb
Joe Lauzon def. Melvin Guillard by SUB (Rear Naked Choke), R1 0:47
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 0:47
Lauzon2/60/000:19
Guillard3/60/000:00
Total
Lauzon2/60/000:19
Guillard3/60/000:00

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
LauzonWin probabilityGuillard
38.3%61.7%
KO / TKO
24%
Submission
21%
Decision
55%
Expected fight time: 11.1 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Lauzon38%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO6%16%
Submission16%43%
Decision16%41%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes29 (1637)act 2
Takedowns2.0 (0.04.8)act 0
Guillard62%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO18%29%
Submission4%7%
Decision40%64%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes65 (3784)act 3
Takedowns0.0 (0.00.0)act 0
Combined totals~94 sig strikes~2.1 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R120%
R214%
R311%
Distance55%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.9%
Lauzon
17.0%+483
Guillard
-48382.2%
Most takedownstie 25.6%
Lauzon
72.2%-3164
Guillard
+31642.3%
Significant strikes — over/under
Lauzon
Expected: 28.7
28.5
Over 28.5
42.9%
+133
Under 28.5
57.1%
-133
03672
Guillard
Expected: 64.9
65
Over 65
41.8%
+137
Exactly 65
1.0%
push
Under 65
57.1%
-137
082163
Takedowns — over/under
Lauzon
Expected: 2.0
2
Over 2
39.4%
+110
Exactly 2
17.3%
push
Under 2
43.3%
-110
047
Guillard
Expected: 0.0
0
Over 0
6.5%
Exactly 0
93.5%
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 11.1 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
Lauzon38.3%18.3%+20.0+435
Guillard61.7%81.7%−20.0-500

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
61.1Striking71.7
Guillard +10.6
84.2Grappling56.5
Lauzon +27.7
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
LauzonGuillard
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1577
Pound-for-pound
1613
1576
Divisional
1615
Striking offense
Striking defense
1553
Grappling offense
1507
1509
Grappling defense
1474
Physical
27 yrs
Age
28 yrs
5'10"
Height
5'9"
71"
Reach
71"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.14
Strikes landed / min
2.95
39%
Strike accuracy
40%
3.20
Strikes absorbed / min
1.54
65%
Strike defense
69%
Grappling (UFC career)
3.96
Takedowns / 15 min
2.26
48%
Takedown accuracy
76%
63%
Takedown defense
65%
4.7
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.2
Form & résumé
70%
UFC win rate
71%
+1
Win/loss streak
+5
60%
Last-5 win rate
100%
100%
Finish rate
70%
Recent opp. quality
104
Days since last fight
98
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Joe Lauzon
  • WCurt WarburtonSUB R1
    Close -3203mo before
  • LGeorge SotiropoulosSUB R2
    Close +20511mo before
  • WGabe RuedigerSUB R1
    Close -3201y 1mo before
  • LSam StoutU-DEC R3
    Close -2981y 9mo before
  • WJeremy StephensSUB R2
    Close -2002y 8mo before
Melvin Guillard
  • WShane RollerKO/TKO R1
    Close -2803mo before
  • WEvan DunhamKO/TKO R1
    Close +2059mo before
  • WJeremy StephensS-DEC R3
    Close -1051y before
  • WWaylon LoweKO/TKO R1
    Close -3701y 4mo before
  • WRonys TorresU-DEC R3
    Close +1071y 8mo before
Lauzon — win / loss by method
Record: 20-6-0

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
25% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
15 wins, 3 losses
W
75% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
17% of losses
UFC
7win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (29%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
5 (71%)Submission(33%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(33%) 1
Non-UFC
13win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (23%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
10 (77%)Submission(67%) 2
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Guillard — win / loss by method
Record: 29-8-2, 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, 7 losses
W
7% of wins
L
88% of losses
Decision
8 wins, 1 loss
W
28% of wins
L
13% of losses
UFC
10win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (70%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(100%) 4
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
Lauzon
Guillard
10
UFC fights
14
60.6 min · 6.1 avg
Octagon time
86.5 min · 6.2 avg
22y 5m
Career length
23y 8m
UFC schedule strength

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

Lauzon
Guillard
145W–42L · 77.5%
Overall
190W–52L · 78.5%
110W–32L · 77.5%
Wins
109W–26L · 80.7%
35W–10L · 77.8%
Losses
81W–26L · 75.7%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Lauzon
Guillard
63W–21L · 75.0%
Overall
86W–59L · 59.3%
36W–16L · 69.2%
Wins
59W–49L · 54.6%
27W–5L · 84.4%
Losses
27W–10L · 73.0%
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
Lauzon
Guillard
1.86
Landed / min
3.72
21.2%
Accuracy
35.7%
68.9%
Defense
71.4%
0.49
Knockdowns / 15 min
1.91
40.8%
Time at distance
53.8%
Grappling & control
Lauzon
Guillard
3.96
Takedowns / 15 min
2.26
48.5%
Takedown accuracy
76.5%
62.5%
Takedown defense
65.0%
4.70
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.17
55.1%
Control share
27.8%
Strike target map
Lauzon
  • Head92%(119)div 65%
  • Body7%(9)div 18%
  • Legs2%(2)div 17%
Guillard
  • Head67%(170)div 65%
  • Body20%(52)div 18%
  • Legs13%(33)div 17%

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

Joe Lauzon
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.