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UFC 60: Hughes vs Gracie
Melvin Guillard
Melvin Guillard
19-5-2 · USA
VS
Rick Davis
Rick Davis
3-0-1 · USA
May 27, 2006 · Los Angeles, California, USA
Lightweight · 3 rounds
156.0lb
Weigh-in
155.0lb
Melvin Guillard def. Rick Davis by KO/TKO (Punch), R1 1:37
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 1:37
Guillard10/280/010:02
Davis5/100/000:00
Total
Guillard10/280/010:02
Davis5/100/000:00

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 probabilityDavis
71.7%28.3%
KO / TKO
23%
Submission
35%
Decision
42%
Expected fight time: 8.7 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 Davis. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Guillard72%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO19%26%
Submission24%33%
Decision29%41%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes53 (3069)act 10
Takedowns1.9 (0.14.1)act 0
Davis28%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO4%14%
Submission11%39%
Decision13%47%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes37 (2149)act 5
Takedowns0.0 (0.00.4)act 0
Combined totals~91 sig strikes~1.9 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R146%
R26%
R36%
Distance42%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.1%
Guillard
65.4%-196
Davis
+19633.5%
Most takedownstie 10.3%
Guillard
88.0%-5202
Davis
+52021.7%
Significant strikes — over/under
Guillard
Expected: 53.4
53.5
Over 53.5
42.4%
+136
Under 53.5
57.6%
-136
067134
Davis
Expected: 37.5
37.5
Over 37.5
42.4%
+136
Under 37.5
57.6%
-136
04794
Takedowns — over/under
Guillard
Expected: 1.9
2
Over 2
37.7%
-102
Exactly 2
25.3%
push
Under 2
37.1%
+102
036
Davis
Expected: 0.0
0
Over 0
14.7%
Exactly 0
85.3%
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 8.7 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
Guillard71.7%73.4%−1.7-330
Davis28.3%26.6%+1.7+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
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
GuillardDavis
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1524
Pound-for-pound
1508
1527
Divisional
1508
1492
Striking offense
1500
1514
Striking defense
1500
Grappling offense
Grappling defense
Physical
23 yrs
Age
5'9"
Height
5'9"
71"
Reach
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.45
Strikes landed / min
33%
Strike accuracy
0.49
Strikes absorbed / min
76%
Strike defense
Grappling (UFC career)
6.12
Takedowns / 15 min
100%
Takedown accuracy
50%
Takedown defense
1.2
Sub attempts / 15 min
Form & résumé
50%
UFC win rate
-1
Win/loss streak
50%
Last-5 win rate
100%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
131
Days since last fight
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Melvin Guillard
  • LJosh NeerSUB R1
    Close +1904mo before
  • WMarcus DavisKO/TKO R2
    7mo before
Rick Davis
No prior UFC fights.
Guillard — win / loss by method
Record: 19-5-2, 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
13 wins, 0 losses
W
68% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 4 losses
W
11% of wins
L
80% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 1 loss
W
21% of wins
L
20% of losses
UFC
1win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (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
Davis — win / loss by method
Record: 3-0-1

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
2 wins, 0 losses
W
67% of wins
L
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
33% of wins
L
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
3win0loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (67%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (33%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Guillard
Davis
2
UFC fights
0
12.3 min · 6.1 avg
Octagon time
23y 8m
Career length
UFC schedule strength

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

Guillard
Davis
18W–5L · 78.3%
Overall
3W–2L · 60.0%
Wins
15W–3L · 83.3%
Losses
Non-UFC schedule strength
Guillard
Davis
78W–52L · 60.0%
Overall
14W–7L · 66.7%
51W–42L · 54.8%
Wins
14W–7L · 66.7%
27W–10L · 73.0%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Guillard
Davis
2.76
Landed / min
23.4%
Accuracy
85.0%
Defense
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
32.6%
Time at distance
Grappling & control
Guillard
Davis
6.12
Takedowns / 15 min
100.0%
Takedown accuracy
50.0%
Takedown defense
1.22
Sub attempts / 15 min
61.1%
Control share
Strike target map
Guillard
  • Head70%(21)div 58%
  • Body7%(2)div 23%
  • Legs23%(7)div 19%
Davis
  • Head0%(0)div 58%
  • Body0%(0)div 23%
  • Legs0%(0)div 19%
  • No strike data on record.

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.

Rick Davis

No UFC fights on record.

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