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The Ultimate Fighter: United States vs. United Kingdom Finale
Diego Sanchez
Diego Sanchez
20-2 · USA
VS
Clay Guida
Clay Guida
25-9 · USA
June 20, 2009 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Lightweight · 3 rounds · Main event
156.0lb
Weigh-in
155.0lb
Diego Sanchez def. Clay Guida by S-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Sanchez40/811/211:05
Guida10/331/401:41
R2
Sanchez17/330/000:00
Guida5/211/104:27
R3
Sanchez11/300/000:00
Guida14/420/201:49
Total
Sanchez68/1441/211:05
Guida29/962/707:57

Scorecards

Sanchez vs Guida

RdGlenn TrowbridgeNelson HamiltonPatricia Morse JarmanCommunity
R1---10-8.4
R2---9.3-9.7
R3---9.5-9.6
Total29-2729-2828-2928.8-27.7

Media (6 cards) · avg 29.327.5 · 5 Sanchez · 0 Guida · 1 draw

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Sanchez-Guida.

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
SanchezWin probabilityGuida
34.0%66.0%
KO / TKO
25%
Submission
4%
Decision
71%
Expected fight time: 13.1 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Sanchez34%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO12%34%
Submission1%3%
Decision21%63%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes45 (2558)act 68
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.5)act 1
Guida66%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO14%21%
Submission3%5%
Decision49%74%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes44 (2558)act 29
Takedowns0.5 (0.01.9)act 2
Combined totals~89 sig strikes~0.6 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R14%
R215%
R310%
Distance71%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.2%
Sanchez
49.4%-100
Guida
+10049.4%
Most takedownstie 62.8%
Sanchez
10.1%+269
Guida
-26927.1%
Significant strikes — over/under
Sanchez
Expected: 44.5
44.5
Over 44.5
42.5%
+135
Under 44.5
57.5%
-135
056112
Guida
Expected: 44.5
44.5
Over 44.5
42.5%
+135
Under 44.5
57.5%
-135
056112
Takedowns — over/under
Sanchez
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
12.6%
Exactly 0
87.4%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Guida
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
29.3%
+241
Under 0.5
70.7%
-241
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 13.1 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
Sanchez34.0%73.6%−39.6-347
Guida66.0%26.4%+39.6+260

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
72.1Striking67.2
Sanchez +4.9
49.5Grappling77.0
Guida +27.5
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
SanchezGuida
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1631
Pound-for-pound
1569
1560
Divisional
1569
1496
Striking offense
1493
1531
Striking defense
1507
1507
Grappling offense
1528
1518
Grappling defense
1518
Physical
27 yrs
Age
27 yrs
5'10"
Height
5'7"
72"
Reach
70"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.99
Strikes landed / min
2.90
42%
Strike accuracy
40%
1.65
Strikes absorbed / min
2.57
66%
Strike defense
65%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.12
Takedowns / 15 min
4.81
28%
Takedown accuracy
42%
38%
Takedown defense
81%
1.2
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.9
Form & résumé
82%
UFC win rate
63%
+3
Win/loss streak
+3
60%
Last-5 win rate
80%
56%
Finish rate
40%
Recent opp. quality
119
Days since last fight
140
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Diego Sanchez
  • WJoe StevensonU-DEC R3
    Close -3164mo before
  • WLuigi FioravantiKO/TKO R3
    Close -5601y before
  • WDavid BielkhedenKO/TKO R1
    Close -5751y 4mo before
  • LJon FitchS-DEC R3
    Close +1051y 9mo before
  • LJosh KoscheckU-DEC R3
    Close -1902y 2mo before
Clay Guida
  • WNate DiazS-DEC R3
    Close +1065mo before
  • WMac DanzigU-DEC R3
    Close -1359mo before
  • WSamy SchiavoKO/TKO R1
    Close -6751y 3mo before
  • LRoger HuertaSUB R3
    Close -1291y 6mo before
  • WMarcus AurelioS-DEC R3
    Close -1251y 10mo before
Sanchez — win / loss by method
Record: 20-2-0

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
9 wins, 0 losses
W
45% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 0 losses
W
30% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 2 losses
W
25% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
9win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (56%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
4 (44%)Decision(100%) 2
Non-UFC
11win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (36%)KO/TKO() 0
6 (55%)Submission() 0
1 (9%)Decision() 0
Guida — win / loss by method
Record: 25-9-0

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
20% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
11 wins, 5 losses
W
44% of wins
L
56% of losses
Decision
8 wins, 3 losses
W
32% of wins
L
33% of losses
DQ / other
1 win, 1 loss
W
4% of wins
L
11% of losses
UFC
5win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (20%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (20%)Submission(33%) 1
3 (60%)Decision(67%) 2
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
Sanchez
Guida
11
UFC fights
8
120.3 min · 10.9 avg
Octagon time
99.8 min · 12.5 avg
24y 1m
Career length
23y 0m
UFC schedule strength

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

Sanchez
Guida
171W–52L · 76.7%
Overall
113W–27L · 80.7%
146W–49L · 74.9%
Wins
65W–19L · 77.4%
25W–3L · 89.3%
Losses
48W–8L · 85.7%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Sanchez
Guida
54W–57L · 48.6%
Overall
162W–82L · 66.4%
54W–57L · 48.6%
Wins
135W–71L · 65.5%
0W–0L
Losses
27W–11L · 71.1%
Distance striking
Sanchez
Guida
2.82
Landed / min
3.28
31.0%
Accuracy
27.8%
71.1%
Defense
70.4%
0.50
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.45
47.4%
Time at distance
40.0%
Grappling & control
Sanchez
Guida
2.12
Takedowns / 15 min
4.81
27.9%
Takedown accuracy
42.1%
38.5%
Takedown defense
81.3%
1.25
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.90
67.2%
Control share
90.6%
Strike target map
Sanchez
  • Head76%(272)div 66%
  • Body22%(79)div 18%
  • Legs3%(9)div 16%
Guida
  • Head61%(177)div 66%
  • Body16%(47)div 18%
  • Legs22%(65)div 16%

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

Diego Sanchez
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.