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UFC Fight Night: Fight for the Troops 2
Melvin Guillard
Melvin Guillard
27-8-2 · USA
VS
Evan Dunham
Evan Dunham
11-1 · USA
January 22, 2011 · Killeen, Texas, USA
Lightweight · 3 rounds · Main event
155.0lb
Weigh-in
156.0lb
Melvin Guillard def. Evan Dunham by KO/TKO (Knees), R1 2:58
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 2:58
Guillard17/330/020:05
Dunham2/101/600:58
Total
Guillard17/330/020:05
Dunham2/101/600:58

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
GuillardWin probabilityDunham
45.0%55.0%
KO / TKO
36%
Submission
14%
Decision
50%
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 Guillard, blue toward Dunham. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Guillard45%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO22%49%
Submission2%5%
Decision21%46%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes46 (2660)act 17
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.3)act 0
Dunham55%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO14%26%
Submission11%20%
Decision30%54%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes33 (1842)act 2
Takedowns0.9 (0.02.9)act 1
Combined totals~79 sig strikes~1.0 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R123%
R222%
R35%
Distance50%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.3%
Guillard
65.1%-194
Dunham
+19433.5%
Most takedownstie 41.4%
Guillard
6.6%+782
Dunham
-78252.0%
Significant strikes — over/under
Guillard
Expected: 46.3
46.5
Over 46.5
42.3%
+137
Under 46.5
57.7%
-137
058116
Dunham
Expected: 32.6
32.5
Over 32.5
42.7%
+134
Under 32.5
57.3%
-134
04182
Takedowns — over/under
Guillard
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
12.1%
Exactly 0
87.9%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Dunham
Expected: 0.9
1
Over 1
33.8%
+132
Exactly 1
21.6%
push
Under 1
44.5%
-132
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
Guillard45.0%32.1%+12.9+205
Dunham55.0%67.9%−12.9-225

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
70.2Striking70.0
Guillard +0.2
56.8Grappling79.9
Dunham +23.1
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
GuillardDunham
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1584
Pound-for-pound
1571
1586
Divisional
1570
1512
Striking offense
1509
1548
Striking defense
1500
1502
Grappling offense
1517
1475
Grappling defense
1497
Physical
27 yrs
Age
29 yrs
5'9"
Height
5'10"
71"
Reach
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
2.72
Strikes landed / min
3.31
39%
Strike accuracy
39%
1.60
Strikes absorbed / min
2.13
68%
Strike defense
66%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.40
Takedowns / 15 min
1.77
76%
Takedown accuracy
64%
63%
Takedown defense
76%
0.2
Sub attempts / 15 min
2.5
Form & résumé
67%
UFC win rate
80%
+3
Win/loss streak
-1
80%
Last-5 win rate
80%
63%
Finish rate
50%
Recent opp. quality
119
Days since last fight
119
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Melvin Guillard
  • WJeremy StephensS-DEC R3
    Close -1054mo before
  • WWaylon LoweKO/TKO R1
    Close -3708mo before
  • WRonys TorresU-DEC R3
    Close +10711mo before
  • LNate DiazSUB R2
    Close +2031y 4mo before
  • WGleison TibauS-DEC R3
    Close +2201y 7mo before
Evan Dunham
  • LSean SherkS-DEC R3
    Close -1784mo before
  • WTyson GriffinS-DEC R3
    Close +1687mo before
  • WEfrain EscuderoSUB R3
    Close +2091y before
  • WMarcus AurelioS-DEC R3
    Close +1401y 5mo before
  • WPer EklundKO/TKO R1
    Close +1261y 11mo before
Guillard — win / loss by method
Record: 27-8-2, 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
17 wins, 0 losses
W
63% 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
30% of wins
L
13% of losses
UFC
8win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (63%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(100%) 4
3 (38%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
19win4loss2draw1NC
WinsLosses
12 (63%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (11%)Submission(75%) 3
5 (26%)Decision(25%) 1
Dunham — win / loss by method
Record: 11-1-0

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
2 wins, 0 losses
W
18% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 0 losses
W
55% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 1 loss
W
27% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
4win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (25%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (25%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (50%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
7win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (14%)KO/TKO() 0
5 (71%)Submission() 0
1 (14%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Guillard
Dunham
12
UFC fights
5
81.3 min · 6.8 avg
Octagon time
59.2 min · 11.8 avg
23y 8m
Career length
19y 3m
UFC schedule strength

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

Guillard
Dunham
169W–48L · 77.9%
Overall
93W–16L · 85.3%
88W–22L · 80.0%
Wins
58W–12L · 82.9%
81W–26L · 75.7%
Losses
35W–4L · 89.7%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Guillard
Dunham
86W–59L · 59.3%
Overall
26W–14L · 65.0%
59W–49L · 54.6%
Wins
26W–14L · 65.0%
27W–10L · 73.0%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Guillard
Dunham
3.58
Landed / min
6.00
35.4%
Accuracy
36.6%
70.3%
Defense
67.5%
1.29
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.51
53.0%
Time at distance
45.3%
Grappling & control
Guillard
Dunham
2.40
Takedowns / 15 min
1.77
76.5%
Takedown accuracy
63.6%
63.0%
Takedown defense
75.7%
0.18
Sub attempts / 15 min
2.53
28.2%
Control share
47.4%
Strike target map
Guillard
  • Head65%(144)div 65%
  • Body21%(47)div 18%
  • Legs14%(30)div 17%
Dunham
  • Head85%(166)div 65%
  • Body12%(23)div 18%
  • Legs4%(7)div 17%

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

Melvin Guillard
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Evan Dunham
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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