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The Ultimate Fighter: Team Hughes vs. Team Franklin Finale
Melvin Guillard
Melvin Guillard
18-4-2 · USA
VS
Marcus Davis
Marcus Davis
3-2 · USA
November 5, 2005 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Welterweight · 3 rounds
169.0lb
Weigh-in
167.0lb
Melvin Guillard def. Marcus Davis by KO/TKO (Facial Cuts), R2 2:55
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Guillard7/172/201:10
Davis3/100/102:19
R2 · 2:55
Guillard12/221/102:05
Davis0/60/000:00
Total
Guillard19/393/303:15
Davis3/160/102:19

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
75.3%24.7%
KO / TKO
29%
Submission
22%
Decision
49%
Expected fight time: 10.1 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
Guillard75%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO24%32%
Submission15%20%
Decision36%48%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes39 (2251)act 19
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.6)act 3
Davis25%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO5%21%
Submission7%27%
Decision13%52%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes23 (1230)act 3
Takedowns0.8 (0.02.5)act 0
Combined totals~62 sig strikes~0.9 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R129%
R214%
R38%
Distance49%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.5%
Guillard
72.4%-278
Davis
+27826.1%
Most takedownstie 41.2%
Guillard
9.3%+533
Davis
-53349.5%
Significant strikes — over/under
Guillard
Expected: 39.2
39
Over 39
42.1%
+134
Exactly 39
1.7%
push
Under 39
56.2%
-134
05099
Davis
Expected: 22.8
23
Over 23
40.6%
+139
Exactly 23
2.8%
push
Under 23
56.6%
-139
02958
Takedowns — over/under
Guillard
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
16.2%
Exactly 0
83.8%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Davis
Expected: 0.8
1
Over 1
30.1%
+151
Exactly 1
24.6%
push
Under 1
45.3%
-151
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 10.1 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

No market on record for this bout.

Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1527
Pound-for-pound
1498
1527
Divisional
1498
1482
Striking offense
1500
1500
Striking defense
1533
1561
Grappling offense
1480
1558
Grappling defense
1500
Physical
22 yrs
Age
32 yrs
5'9"
Height
5'10"
71"
Reach
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
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)
Melvin Guillard
No prior UFC fights.
Marcus Davis
No prior UFC fights.
Guillard — win / loss by method
Record: 18-4-2, 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
12 wins, 0 losses
W
67% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 3 losses
W
11% of wins
L
75% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 1 loss
W
22% of wins
L
25% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 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: 3-2-0

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
2 wins, 0 losses
W
67% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
1 win, 1 loss
W
33% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
3win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (67%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (33%)Submission(50%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(50%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Guillard
Davis
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.

Guillard
Davis
Overall
Wins
Losses
Non-UFC schedule strength
Guillard
Davis
78W–52L · 60.0%
Overall
16W–36L · 30.8%
51W–42L · 54.8%
Wins
8W–25L · 24.2%
27W–10L · 73.0%
Losses
8W–11L · 42.1%
Distance striking
Guillard
Davis
Landed / min
Accuracy
Defense
Knockdowns / 15 min
Time at distance
Grappling & control
Guillard
Davis
Takedowns / 15 min
Takedown accuracy
Takedown defense
Sub attempts / 15 min
Control share
Strike target map
Guillard
  • Head0%(0)div 70%
  • Body0%(0)div 20%
  • Legs0%(0)div 10%
  • No strike data on record.
Davis
  • Head0%(0)div 70%
  • Body0%(0)div 20%
  • Legs0%(0)div 10%
  • No strike data on record.

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

Melvin Guillard

No UFC fights on record.

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

Marcus Davis

No UFC fights on record.

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