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UFC 79: Nemesis
Rich Clementi
Rich Clementi
30-12-1 · USA
VS
Melvin Guillard
Melvin Guillard
21-6-2 · USA
December 29, 2007 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Lightweight · 3 rounds
155.0lb
Weigh-in
156.0lb
Rich Clementi def. Melvin Guillard by SUB (Rear Naked Choke), R1 4:40
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 4:40
Clementi6/92/201:48
Guillard5/181/100:27
Total
Clementi6/92/201:48
Guillard5/181/100:27

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
ClementiWin probabilityGuillard
23.5%76.5%
KO / TKO
14%
Submission
20%
Decision
66%
Expected fight time: 12.5 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Clementi24%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO2%9%
Submission9%36%
Decision13%55%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes22 (1228)act 6
Takedowns1.0 (0.03.0)act 2
Guillard76%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO12%16%
Submission11%15%
Decision53%69%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes42 (2354)act 5
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.8)act 1
Combined totals~64 sig strikes~1.1 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R19%
R214%
R311%
Distance66%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.4%
Clementi
22.2%+345
Guillard
-34576.4%
Most takedownstie 41.3%
Clementi
48.5%-475
Guillard
+47510.2%
Significant strikes — over/under
Clementi
Expected: 21.8
22
Over 22
40.3%
+141
Exactly 22
2.9%
push
Under 22
56.7%
-141
02855
Guillard
Expected: 41.8
42
Over 42
41.5%
+137
Exactly 42
1.6%
push
Under 42
57.0%
-137
053105
Takedowns — over/under
Clementi
Expected: 1.0
1
Over 1
34.0%
+137
Exactly 1
19.4%
push
Under 1
46.6%
-137
035
Guillard
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
17.2%
Exactly 0
82.8%
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 12.5 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
Clementi23.5%36.2%−12.7+168
Guillard76.5%63.8%+12.7-193

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
58.9Striking72.8
Guillard +13.9
39.5Grappling79.6
Guillard +40.1
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
ClementiGuillard
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1497
Pound-for-pound
1540
1479
Divisional
1542
1480
Striking offense
1516
1507
Striking defense
1523
1501
Grappling offense
1521
1483
Grappling defense
1497
Physical
31 yrs
Age
24 yrs
5'9"
Height
5'9"
72"
Reach
71"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
1.76
Strikes landed / min
3.00
39%
Strike accuracy
37%
2.73
Strikes absorbed / min
0.98
58%
Strike defense
67%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.36
Takedowns / 15 min
5.90
38%
Takedown accuracy
100%
18%
Takedown defense
73%
0.8
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.7
Form & résumé
40%
UFC win rate
60%
+1
Win/loss streak
-1
40%
Last-5 win rate
60%
100%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
98
Days since last fight
268
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Rich Clementi
  • WAnthony JohnsonSUB R2
    opp missedClose +1843mo before
  • LRoan CarneiroU-DEC R3
    Close -1159mo before
  • WRoss PointonSUB R2
    Close -45011mo before
  • LDin ThomasSUB R2
    Close +2901y 2mo before
  • LYves EdwardsSUB R3
    Close +3504y 10mo before
Melvin Guillard
  • LJoe StevensonSUB R1
    Close +1409mo before
  • WGabe RuedigerKO/TKO R2
    Close -1201y 3mo before
  • WRick DavisKO/TKO R1
    Close -3301y 7mo before
  • LJosh NeerSUB R1
    Close +1901y 11mo before
  • WMarcus DavisKO/TKO R2
    2y 2mo before
Clementi — win / loss by method
Record: 30-12-1

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
13 wins, 2 losses
W
43% of wins
L
17% of losses
Submission
12 wins, 4 losses
W
40% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 6 losses
W
17% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
2win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (100%)Submission(67%) 2
0 (0%)Decision(33%) 1
Non-UFC
28win9loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
13 (46%)KO/TKO(22%) 2
10 (36%)Submission(22%) 2
5 (18%)Decision(56%) 5
Guillard — win / loss by method
Record: 21-6-2, 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
15 wins, 0 losses
W
71% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 5 losses
W
10% of wins
L
83% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 1 loss
W
19% of wins
L
17% of losses
UFC
3win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (100%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(100%) 2
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
18win4loss2draw1NC
WinsLosses
12 (67%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (11%)Submission(75%) 3
4 (22%)Decision(25%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Clementi
Guillard
5
UFC fights
5
55.3 min · 11.1 avg
Octagon time
20.3 min · 4.1 avg
26y 10m
Career length
23y 8m
UFC schedule strength

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

Clementi
Guillard
59W–23L · 72.0%
Overall
57W–14L · 80.3%
8W–7L · 53.3%
Wins
16W–4L · 80.0%
51W–16L · 76.1%
Losses
41W–10L · 80.4%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Clementi
Guillard
233W–106L · 68.7%
Overall
78W–52L · 60.0%
174W–85L · 67.2%
Wins
51W–42L · 54.8%
59W–21L · 73.8%
Losses
27W–10L · 73.0%
Distance striking
Clementi
Guillard
2.63
Landed / min
3.69
30.8%
Accuracy
29.5%
68.8%
Defense
77.8%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
2.21
42.7%
Time at distance
37.3%
Grappling & control
Clementi
Guillard
1.36
Takedowns / 15 min
5.90
38.5%
Takedown accuracy
100.0%
18.2%
Takedown defense
73.3%
0.81
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.74
26.8%
Control share
53.3%
Strike target map
Clementi
  • Head49%(48)div 68%
  • Body22%(21)div 19%
  • Legs29%(28)div 13%
Guillard
  • Head72%(44)div 68%
  • Body13%(8)div 19%
  • Legs15%(9)div 13%

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

Rich Clementi
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.