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Melvin Guillard

32-18-2 (3 NC)
43y·5' 9"·71" reach·Orthodox
1:19
Control / 15m
time on top
+1.11
Striking diff.
landed minus absorbed
67%
Finish rate
wins inside the distance
2.9
Power
knockdowns per 100 landed

How they fight

Every significant strike they have landed across 22 recorded bouts, 448 in total. Target and position are two readings of the same strikes, so each adds to 100.

Target
Head 67%Body 20%Legs 13%
Position
Distance 70%Clinch 13%Ground 17%
And how often each lands
Head32%
Body67%
Legs88%
Distance35%
Clinch60%
Ground57%

How fights end

UFC bouts only, so these will not add up to the record above. Counts rather than rates: two knockouts in three wins is not a 67% finisher.

12Wins8 KO · 4 DEC
9Losses1 KO · 6 SUB · 2 DEC

Control, bout by bout

Seconds spent controlling the opponent in each fight, oldest on the left. UFCStats records this per bout and never adds it up; this is what that looks like added up.

41%
Davis
40%
Neer
2%
Davis
20%
Ruediger
11%
Stevenson
10%
Clementi
56%
Siver
1%
Tibau
10%
Diaz
11%
Torres
1%
Lowe
0%
Stephens
3%
Dunham
5%
Roller
0%
Lauzon
1%
Miller
9%
Camoes
5%
Cerrone
7%
Varner
9%
Danzig
3%
Pearson
0%
Johnson

As the fight goes on

Which measure to show

Significant strikes landed, per minute fought. Every round is measured against round one, except rounds reached by fewer than 3 bouts, which are dimmed and left uncompared.

Landed / minvs R1Bouts
R13.19100%22
R23.29103%10
R32.4376%6

Only fights that reached a round count towards it, so later rounds are a smaller sample.

Career numbers

Strikes landed / min2.96
Strikes absorbed / min1.85
Striking accuracyof everything thrown40%
Striking defenceof what comes back, missed66%
Takedowns / 15 min1.3
Takedown accuracyof attempts that land63%
Takedown defenceof attempts stuffed61%
Sub attempts / 15 min0.2
Pacestrikes landed and absorbed, added together4.81
Average bout lengthhow long their fights actually last, across 22 bouts6.7m

Earned Accuracy

How hard the opponents on this record were to hit at distance, and whether they beat it. Distance strikes only, so nobody gets credit for accuracy they picked up hammering someone already flat on the floor.

34.8%
Landed at range
896 thrown over 22 bouts
Expected
against these opponents
Gap
below the cutoffs
Coverage
from real records

Too much of this record was set against opponents who had no distance history of their own yet. The expected number would mostly be the division average wearing a disguise, so it's held back.

The fine print

Distance strikes only

Nothing thrown in the clinch or on the ground counts. Those land at about 72% and 71%, against 44% at distance, so a blended accuracy mostly measures where a fight happened. Rank the sport that way and its best strikers are all wrestlers.

One pass, not a rating

How much each opponent lets through is taken raw. It isn't adjusted for who they fought, so a fighter whose opponents all had soft schedules comes out looking better here than they are. Running it to convergence is a later job.

Coverage, and who gets ranked

Coverage is how much of the expected number came from the opponents' own records instead of the division average. Under 65% it's mostly the division talking, so the comparison gets hidden. Same for anyone under 5 qualifying bouts, or under 300 distance strikes of their own, which is where an accuracy still moves on a single exchange. Miss any of the three and you'll see what they landed, nothing else, and they stay out of any ranking.

Short records get pulled to the middle

An opponent who hasn't been shot at much gets dragged toward their division's average, and the drag fades as their record fills in. At 60 distance strikes faced, their own record and the division average count for the same.

Bout log

LMichael JohnsonMar 2014U-DEC0:00 ctrl22 str0 td
Significant strikes
22 of 103 · 21%
Total strikes
22 of 103 · 21%
Takedowns
0 of 1 · 0%
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 68%Body 18%Legs 14%
Position
Distance 59%Clinch 36%Ground 5%
This fight on UFCStats
NCRoss PearsonOct 2013NC R10:04 ctrl9 str0 td
Significant strikes
9 of 29 · 31%
Total strikes
9 of 29 · 31%
Takedowns
0 of 1 · 0%
Control
0:04
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Could not continue, R1 1:57
Illegal Knee on Ground by Guillard
Target
Head 89%Body 11%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 56%Clinch 44%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WMac DanzigJul 2013KO R20:40 ctrl39 str0 td
Significant strikes
39 of 88 · 44%
Total strikes
43 of 92 · 47%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:40
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R2 2:47
Punch to Head At Distance
Target
Head 69%Body 21%Legs 10%
Position
Distance 77%Clinch 8%Ground 15%
This fight on UFCStats
LJamie VarnerDec 2012S-DEC0:59 ctrl57 str0 td
Significant strikes
57 of 112 · 51%
Total strikes
62 of 117 · 53%
Takedowns
0 of 1 · 0%
Control
0:59
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
0
Ended
Split decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 54%Body 18%Legs 28%
Position
Distance 86%Clinch 5%Ground 9%
This fight on UFCStats
LDonald CerroneAug 2012KO R10:04 ctrl10 str0 td
Significant strikes
10 of 28 · 36%
Total strikes
10 of 28 · 36%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:04
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 1:16
Kick to Head At Distance
Target
Head 80%Body 20%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 40%Clinch 60%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WFabricio CamoesJul 2012U-DEC1:22 ctrl37 str1 td
Significant strikes
37 of 101 · 37%
Total strikes
57 of 125 · 46%
Takedowns
1 of 1 · 100%
Control
1:22
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 73%Body 22%Legs 5%
Position
Distance 76%Clinch 3%Ground 22%
This fight on UFCStats
LJim MillerJan 2012SUB R10:01 ctrl16 str0 td
Significant strikes
16 of 26 · 62%
Total strikes
21 of 31 · 68%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:01
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R1 3:04
Rear Naked Choke
Target
Head 75%Body 25%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 44%Clinch 25%Ground 31%
This fight on UFCStats
LJoe LauzonOct 2011SUB R10:00 ctrl3 str0 td
Significant strikes
3 of 6 · 50%
Total strikes
3 of 6 · 50%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R1 0:47
Rear Naked Choke
Target
Head 67%Body 33%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 100%Clinch 0%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WShane RollerJul 2011KO R10:06 ctrl17 str0 td
Significant strikes
17 of 42 · 40%
Total strikes
17 of 42 · 40%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:06
Knockdowns
2
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 2:12
Punch to Head At Distance
Target
Head 65%Body 18%Legs 18%
Position
Distance 65%Clinch 12%Ground 24%
This fight on UFCStats
WEvan DunhamJan 2011KO R10:05 ctrl17 str0 td
Significant strikes
17 of 33 · 52%
Total strikes
28 of 44 · 64%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:05
Knockdowns
2
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 2:58
Knees to Head In Clinch
Target
Head 88%Body 12%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 47%Clinch 35%Ground 18%
This fight on UFCStats
WJeremy StephensSep 2010S-DEC0:00 ctrl73 str0 td
Significant strikes
73 of 168 · 43%
Total strikes
73 of 168 · 43%
Takedowns
0 of 1 · 0%
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Split decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 58%Body 32%Legs 11%
Position
Distance 99%Clinch 1%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WWaylon LoweMay 2010KO R10:02 ctrl14 str0 td
Significant strikes
14 of 21 · 67%
Total strikes
20 of 27 · 74%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:02
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 3:28
Knee to Body In Clinch
Target
Head 79%Body 7%Legs 14%
Position
Distance 29%Clinch 36%Ground 36%
This fight on UFCStats
WRonys TorresFeb 2010U-DEC1:36 ctrl34 str0 td
Significant strikes
34 of 81 · 42%
Total strikes
39 of 86 · 45%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
1:36
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
2
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 68%Body 18%Legs 15%
Position
Distance 71%Clinch 6%Ground 24%
This fight on UFCStats
LNate DiazSep 2009SUB R20:43 ctrl11 str3 td
Significant strikes
11 of 42 · 26%
Total strikes
12 of 43 · 28%
Takedowns
3 of 3 · 100%
Control
0:43
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R2 2:13
Guillotine Choke From Bottom Half Guard
Target
Head 45%Body 45%Legs 9%
Position
Distance 73%Clinch 27%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WGleison TibauJun 2009S-DEC0:10 ctrl13 str1 td
Significant strikes
13 of 50 · 26%
Total strikes
19 of 56 · 34%
Takedowns
1 of 4 · 25%
Control
0:10
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Split decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 31%Body 31%Legs 38%
Position
Distance 69%Clinch 31%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WDennis SiverJul 2008KO R10:20 ctrl10 str0 td
Significant strikes
10 of 15 · 67%
Total strikes
10 of 15 · 67%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:20
Knockdowns
2
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 0:36
Punches to Head On Ground
Target
Head 100%Body 0%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 40%Clinch 0%Ground 60%
This fight on UFCStats
LRich ClementiDec 2007SUB R10:27 ctrl5 str1 td
Significant strikes
5 of 18 · 28%
Total strikes
5 of 18 · 28%
Takedowns
1 of 1 · 100%
Control
0:27
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R1 4:40
Rear Naked Choke
Target
Head 100%Body 0%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 100%Clinch 0%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
LJoe StevensonApr 2007SUB R10:03 ctrl1 str0 td
Significant strikes
1 of 7 · 14%
Total strikes
1 of 7 · 14%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:03
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R1 0:27
Guillotine Choke From Bottom Guard
Target
Head 100%Body 0%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 100%Clinch 0%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WGabe RuedigerSep 2006KO R21:13 ctrl20 str3 td
Significant strikes
20 of 40 · 50%
Total strikes
25 of 45 · 56%
Takedowns
3 of 3 · 100%
Control
1:13
Knockdowns
2
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R2 1:01
Punch to Body At Distance
Target
Head 75%Body 20%Legs 5%
Position
Distance 50%Clinch 5%Ground 45%
This fight on UFCStats
WRick DavisMay 2006KO R10:02 ctrl10 str0 td
Significant strikes
10 of 28 · 36%
Total strikes
10 of 28 · 36%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:02
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 1:37
Punch to Head At Distance
Target
Head 70%Body 20%Legs 10%
Position
Distance 60%Clinch 40%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
LJosh NeerJan 2006SUB R11:43 ctrl11 str2 td
Significant strikes
11 of 51 · 22%
Total strikes
12 of 53 · 23%
Takedowns
2 of 2 · 100%
Control
1:43
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R1 4:20
Triangle Choke From Bottom Guard
Target
Head 45%Body 9%Legs 45%
Position
Distance 55%Clinch 9%Ground 36%
This fight on UFCStats
WMarcus DavisNov 2005DOC R23:15 ctrl19 str3 td
Significant strikes
19 of 39 · 49%
Total strikes
21 of 41 · 51%
Takedowns
3 of 3 · 100%
Control
3:15
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
0
Ended
Doctor's stoppage, R2 2:55
Facial Cuts
Target
Head 84%Body 5%Legs 11%
Position
Distance 26%Clinch 0%Ground 74%
This fight on UFCStats

Numbers from UFCStats. Control time and strike placement are summed from each bout, everything else is as published.