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UFC Fight Night: Stevenson vs Guillard
Joe Stevenson
Joe Stevenson
26-7 · USA
VS
Melvin Guillard
Melvin Guillard
21-5-2 · USA
April 5, 2007 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Lightweight · 3 rounds · Main event
153.0lb
Weigh-in
156.0lb
Joe Stevenson def. Melvin Guillard by SUB (Guillotine Choke), R1 0:27
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 0:27
Stevenson2/31/100:11
Guillard1/70/000:03
Total
Stevenson2/31/100:11
Guillard1/70/000:03

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
StevensonWin probabilityGuillard
43.0%57.0%
KO / TKO
23%
Submission
27%
Decision
50%
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 Stevenson, blue toward Guillard. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Stevenson43%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO5%12%
Submission16%37%
Decision22%51%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes24 (1331)act 2
Takedowns1.4 (0.03.8)act 1
Guillard57%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO18%31%
Submission11%20%
Decision28%49%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes41 (2353)act 1
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.5)act 0
Combined totals~65 sig strikes~1.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R113%
R226%
R311%
Distance50%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.5%
Stevenson
25.8%+282
Guillard
-28272.8%
Most takedownstie 30.1%
Stevenson
63.8%-1032
Guillard
+10326.2%
Significant strikes — over/under
Stevenson
Expected: 23.7
23.5
Over 23.5
43.0%
+133
Under 23.5
57.0%
-133
03060
Guillard
Expected: 41.0
41
Over 41
41.7%
+136
Exactly 41
1.6%
push
Under 41
56.6%
-136
052103
Takedowns — over/under
Stevenson
Expected: 1.4
1.5
Over 1.5
46.6%
+114
Under 1.5
53.4%
-114
035
Guillard
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
13.9%
Exactly 0
86.1%
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
Stevenson43.0%59.6%−16.6-160
Guillard57.0%40.4%+16.6+140

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
70.3Striking73.7
Guillard +3.3
67.8Grappling81.3
Guillard +13.4
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
StevensonGuillard
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1575
Pound-for-pound
1555
1579
Divisional
1558
Striking offense
Striking defense
1537
Grappling offense
1537
1518
Grappling defense
1516
Physical
24 yrs
Age
24 yrs
5'7"
Height
5'9"
70"
Reach
71"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
1.90
Strikes landed / min
3.02
54%
Strike accuracy
38%
2.02
Strikes absorbed / min
0.91
62%
Strike defense
69%
Grappling (UFC career)
3.56
Takedowns / 15 min
6.04
59%
Takedown accuracy
100%
0%
Takedown defense
79%
3.2
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.8
Form & résumé
75%
UFC win rate
75%
+2
Win/loss streak
+2
75%
Last-5 win rate
75%
67%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
138
Days since last fight
194
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Joe Stevenson
  • WDokonjonosuke MishimaSUB R1
    5mo before
  • WYves EdwardsKO/TKO R2
    Close +1609mo before
  • LJosh NeerU-DEC R3
    Close -5001y before
  • WLuke CummoU-DEC R3
    1y 5mo before
Melvin Guillard
  • WGabe RuedigerKO/TKO R2
    Close -1206mo before
  • WRick DavisKO/TKO R1
    Close -33010mo before
  • LJosh NeerSUB R1
    Close +1901y 3mo before
  • WMarcus DavisKO/TKO R2
    1y 5mo before
Stevenson — win / loss by method
Record: 26-7-0

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
7 wins, 1 loss
W
27% of wins
L
14% of losses
Submission
11 wins, 2 losses
W
42% of wins
L
29% of losses
Decision
8 wins, 4 losses
W
31% of wins
L
57% of losses
UFC
3win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (33%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (33%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (33%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
23win6loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (26%)KO/TKO(17%) 1
10 (43%)Submission(33%) 2
7 (30%)Decision(50%) 3
Guillard — win / loss by method
Record: 21-5-2, 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, 4 losses
W
10% of wins
L
80% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 1 loss
W
19% of wins
L
20% of losses
UFC
3win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (100%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(100%) 1
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
Stevenson
Guillard
4
UFC fights
4
42.1 min · 10.5 avg
Octagon time
19.9 min · 5.0 avg
27y 2m
Career length
23y 8m
UFC schedule strength

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

Stevenson
Guillard
67W–18L · 78.8%
Overall
31W–7L · 81.6%
51W–15L · 77.3%
Wins
16W–4L · 80.0%
16W–3L · 84.2%
Losses
15W–3L · 83.3%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Stevenson
Guillard
104W–62L · 62.7%
Overall
78W–52L · 60.0%
75W–52L · 59.1%
Wins
51W–42L · 54.8%
29W–10L · 74.4%
Losses
27W–10L · 73.0%
Distance striking
Stevenson
Guillard
2.31
Landed / min
3.66
41.4%
Accuracy
30.7%
71.8%
Defense
81.4%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
2.26
24.7%
Time at distance
37.1%
Grappling & control
Stevenson
Guillard
3.56
Takedowns / 15 min
6.04
58.8%
Takedown accuracy
100.0%
0.0%
Takedown defense
78.6%
3.21
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.75
59.2%
Control share
53.9%
Strike target map
Stevenson
  • Head74%(59)div 63%
  • Body14%(11)div 21%
  • Legs13%(10)div 16%
Guillard
  • Head72%(43)div 63%
  • Body13%(8)div 21%
  • Legs15%(9)div 16%

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

Joe Stevenson
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.