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The Ultimate Fighter: United States vs. United Kingdom Finale
Melvin Guillard
Melvin Guillard
23-7-2 · USA
VS
Gleison Tibau
Gleison Tibau
21-5 · BRA
June 20, 2009 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Lightweight · 3 rounds
155.0lb
Weigh-in
155.0lb
Melvin Guillard def. Gleison Tibau by S-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Guillard5/240/100:09
Tibau3/153/401:48
R2
Guillard6/171/200:01
Tibau5/211/602:15
R3
Guillard2/90/100:00
Tibau6/142/404:28
Total
Guillard13/501/400:10
Tibau14/506/1408:31

Scorecards

Guillard vs Tibau

RdDave HagenGlenn TrowbridgeNelson HamiltonCommunity
R1---9-10
R2---9.8-9.2
R3---9-10
Total29-2829-2828-2927.8-29.2

Media (3 cards) · avg 29.728 · 3 Guillard · 0 Tibau

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

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 probabilityTibau
38.4%61.6%
KO / TKO
18%
Submission
8%
Decision
74%
Expected fight time: 12.9 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 Tibau. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Guillard38%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO13%33%
Submission1%3%
Decision24%64%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes40 (2352)act 13
Takedowns0.0 (0.00.0)act 1
Tibau62%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO5%8%
Submission7%11%
Decision50%81%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes25 (1332)act 14
Takedowns2.4 (0.05.1)act 6
Combined totals~65 sig strikes~2.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R18%
R214%
R34%
Distance74%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.5%
Guillard
70.8%-255
Tibau
+25527.7%
Most takedownstie 10.9%
Guillard
1.0%+9274
Tibau
-927488.1%
Significant strikes — over/under
Guillard
Expected: 40.4
40.5
Over 40.5
42.3%
+137
Under 40.5
57.7%
-137
051101
Tibau
Expected: 24.5
24.5
Over 24.5
42.6%
+135
Under 24.5
57.4%
-135
03162
Takedowns — over/under
Guillard
Expected: 0.0
0
Over 0
5.2%
Exactly 0
94.8%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Tibau
Expected: 2.4
2.5
Over 2.5
47.5%
+111
Under 2.5
52.5%
-111
048

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 12.9 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
Guillard38.4%30.1%+8.3+220
Tibau61.6%69.9%−8.3-265

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
72.6Striking57.2
Guillard +15.3
75.3Grappling89.9
Tibau +14.6
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
GuillardTibau
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1537
Pound-for-pound
1566
1539
Divisional
1577
1515
Striking offense
1462
1525
Striking defense
1527
1507
Grappling offense
1535
1478
Grappling defense
1516
Physical
26 yrs
Age
25 yrs
5'9"
Height
5'10"
71"
Reach
71"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
2.97
Strikes landed / min
1.15
38%
Strike accuracy
35%
1.02
Strikes absorbed / min
1.83
63%
Strike defense
54%
Grappling (UFC career)
5.27
Takedowns / 15 min
5.50
100%
Takedown accuracy
63%
65%
Takedown defense
78%
0.6
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.5
Form & résumé
57%
UFC win rate
63%
+1
Win/loss streak
+2
60%
Last-5 win rate
60%
100%
Finish rate
40%
Recent opp. quality
350
Days since last fight
80
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Melvin Guillard
  • WDennis SiverKO/TKO R1
    Close -20511mo before
  • LRich ClementiSUB R1
    Close -1931y 6mo before
  • LJoe StevensonSUB R1
    Close +1402y 3mo before
  • WGabe RuedigerKO/TKO R2
    Close -1202y 9mo before
  • WRick DavisKO/TKO R1
    Close -3303y 1mo before
Gleison Tibau
  • WJeremy StephensU-DEC R3
    Close -1703mo before
  • WRich ClementiSUB R1
    Close -1104mo before
  • LJoe StevensonSUB R2
    Close +19011mo before
  • LTyson GriffinU-DEC R3
    Close +3031y 5mo before
  • WTerry EtimU-DEC R3
    Close -1831y 9mo before
Guillard — win / loss by method
Record: 23-7-2, 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
16 wins, 0 losses
W
70% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 6 losses
W
9% of wins
L
86% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 1 loss
W
22% of wins
L
14% of losses
UFC
4win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (100%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(100%) 3
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
19win4loss2draw1NC
WinsLosses
12 (63%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (11%)Submission(75%) 3
5 (26%)Decision(25%) 1
Tibau — win / loss by method
Record: 21-5-0

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, 2 losses
W
14% of wins
L
40% of losses
Submission
10 wins, 1 loss
W
48% of wins
L
20% of losses
Decision
8 wins, 2 losses
W
38% of wins
L
40% of losses
UFC
5win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
2 (40%)Submission(33%) 1
3 (60%)Decision(33%) 1
Non-UFC
16win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (19%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
8 (50%)Submission(0%) 0
5 (31%)Decision(50%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Guillard
Tibau
7
UFC fights
8
25.6 min · 3.7 avg
Octagon time
81.8 min · 10.2 avg
23y 8m
Career length
26y 7m
UFC schedule strength

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

Guillard
Tibau
98W–31L · 76.0%
Overall
132W–41L · 76.3%
27W–9L · 75.0%
Wins
81W–26L · 75.7%
71W–22L · 76.3%
Losses
51W–15L · 77.3%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Guillard
Tibau
86W–59L · 59.3%
Overall
42W–26L · 61.8%
59W–49L · 54.6%
Wins
37W–25L · 59.7%
27W–10L · 73.0%
Losses
5W–1L · 83.3%
Distance striking
Guillard
Tibau
3.66
Landed / min
1.45
31.6%
Accuracy
20.0%
70.4%
Defense
60.8%
2.93
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
39.4%
Time at distance
26.1%
Grappling & control
Guillard
Tibau
5.27
Takedowns / 15 min
5.50
100.0%
Takedown accuracy
62.5%
64.7%
Takedown defense
77.8%
0.59
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.47
49.1%
Control share
83.6%
Strike target map
Guillard
  • Head78%(59)div 66%
  • Body11%(8)div 18%
  • Legs12%(9)div 16%
Tibau
  • Head86%(81)div 66%
  • Body9%(8)div 18%
  • Legs5%(5)div 16%

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.

Gleison Tibau
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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