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UFC 64: Unstoppable
Clay Guida
Clay Guida
20-6 · USA
VS
Justin James
Justin James
13-5 · USA
October 14, 2006 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Lightweight · 3 rounds
154.5lb
Weigh-in
155.0lb
Clay Guida def. Justin James by SUB (Rear Naked Choke), R2 4:42
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Guida9/271/303:13
James10/300/000:26
R2 · 4:42
Guida17/251/104:16
James3/60/000:00
Total
Guida26/522/407:29
James13/360/000:26

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
GuidaWin probabilityJames
73.2%26.8%
KO / TKO
5%
Submission
85%
Decision
10%
Expected fight time: 4.0 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Guida73%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO3%4%
Submission61%84%
Decision9%12%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes17 (923)act 26
Takedowns0.7 (0.12.0)act 2
James27%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO2%6%
Submission24%88%
Decision1%6%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes18 (1024)act 13
Takedowns0.0 (0.00.2)act 0
Combined totals~36 sig strikes~0.7 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R187%
R21%
R32%
Distance10%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 3.0%
Guida
46.7%+108
James
-10850.4%
Most takedownstie 11.5%
Guida
86.9%-5370
James
+53701.6%
Significant strikes — over/under
Guida
Expected: 17.4
17.5
Over 17.5
42.1%
+137
Under 17.5
57.9%
-137
02244
James
Expected: 18.2
18
Over 18
41.3%
+134
Exactly 18
3.5%
push
Under 18
55.2%
-134
02346
Takedowns — over/under
Guida
Expected: 0.7
0.5
Over 0.5
94.5%
-1722
Under 0.5
5.5%
+1722
035
James
Expected: 0.0
0
Over 0
11.6%
Exactly 0
88.4%
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 4.0 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
Guida73.2%68.4%+4.8-260
James26.8%31.6%−4.8+200

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.

Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1532
Pound-for-pound
1512
1532
Divisional
1512
1482
Striking offense
1500
1500
Striking defense
1500
1561
Grappling offense
1500
1558
Grappling defense
1500
Physical
24 yrs
Age
29 yrs
5'7"
Height
5'10"
70"
Reach
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
Strikes landed / min
Strike accuracy
Strikes absorbed / min
Strike defense
Grappling (UFC career)
Takedowns / 15 min
Takedown accuracy
Takedown defense
Sub attempts / 15 min
Form & résumé
UFC win rate
Win/loss streak
Last-5 win rate
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
Days since last fight
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Clay Guida
No prior UFC fights.
Justin James
No prior UFC fights.
Guida — win / loss by method
Record: 20-6-0

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
4 wins, 0 losses
W
20% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
10 wins, 4 losses
W
50% of wins
L
67% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 1 loss
W
25% of wins
L
17% of losses
DQ / other
1 win, 1 loss
W
5% of wins
L
17% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
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
James — win / loss by method
Record: 13-5-0

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
5 wins, 0 losses
W
38% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
7 wins, 5 losses
W
54% of wins
L
100% of losses
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
8% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
13win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (38%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
7 (54%)Submission(100%) 5
1 (8%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Guida
James
0
UFC fights
0
Octagon time
Career length
UFC schedule strength

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

Guida
James
Overall
Wins
Losses
Non-UFC schedule strength
Guida
James
162W–82L · 66.4%
Overall
99W–39L · 71.7%
135W–71L · 65.5%
Wins
65W–27L · 70.7%
27W–11L · 71.1%
Losses
34W–12L · 73.9%
Distance striking
Guida
James
Landed / min
Accuracy
Defense
Knockdowns / 15 min
Time at distance
Grappling & control
Guida
James
Takedowns / 15 min
Takedown accuracy
Takedown defense
Sub attempts / 15 min
Control share
Strike target map
Guida
  • Head0%(0)div 60%
  • Body0%(0)div 22%
  • Legs0%(0)div 18%
  • No strike data on record.
James
  • Head0%(0)div 60%
  • Body0%(0)div 22%
  • Legs0%(0)div 18%
  • No strike data on record.

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

Clay Guida

No UFC fights on record.

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

Justin James

No UFC fights on record.

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