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Clay Guida vs. Dennis Bermudez

UFC 18-19-0 vs. 10-7-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
18-19-0
UFC record
10-7-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
44
AgeΔ 5 yrs
39
5'7"
HeightΔ 1"
5'6"
70"
ReachΔ 4"
66"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
22.4
Layoff (months)Δ 70.6 mo
93
LLLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
WLLLL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Dennis Bermudez hunts takedowns — 3.89 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.17 Featherweight norm.
Dennis Bermudez is a submission threat — 1.07 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.45 Featherweight norm.
Clay Guida hunts takedowns — 2.76 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.34 Lightweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Clay Guida

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 1819
Tier 3 — regional circuit 195

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.66 · 18 tier-1/2 wins · 22 finish wins over 61 documented bouts

In the UFC: 10-16 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.3 wins over .500

Dennis Bermudez

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 107
Tier 3 — regional circuit 72

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.81 · 10 tier-1/2 wins · 7 finish wins over 26 documented bouts

In the UFC: 7-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.6 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

11562.73/min · norm 3.44
Sig. strikes landed
8704.42/min · norm 3.52
13443.18/min · norm 3.38
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
6053.07/min · norm 3.50
33.2%norm 43.65%
Striking accuracy
46.3%norm 44.7%
60.9%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
59.0%norm 54.8%
60.21/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
50.38/15 · norm 0.29

Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)

Clay Guida

Distance 82.1% (norm 83.1%) · Clinch 6.4% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 11.5% (norm 8.0%)

Dennis Bermudez

Distance 66.3% (norm 85.9%) · Clinch 13.7% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 20.0% (norm 6.5%)

What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)

Clay Guida

Head 82.6% (norm 78.0%) · Body 8.3% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 9.0% (norm 8.0%)

Dennis Bermudez

Head 80.0% (norm 77.5%) · Body 10.3% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 9.7% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.

Zone Guida L/AAccLightweight med Bermudez L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 753 / 2862 26.3% 38.3% 461 / 1248 36.9% 40.5%
In the clinch 158 / 223 70.9% 67.5% 159 / 257 61.9% 70.5%
On the ground 245 / 401 61.1% 68.8% 250 / 376 66.5% 69.3%
BY TARGET
To the head 691 / 2881 24.0% 35.1% 583 / 1505 38.7% 37.1%
To the body 186 / 291 63.9% 69.1% 127 / 194 65.5% 68.0%
To the legs 279 / 314 88.9% 81.8% 160 / 182 87.9% 80.3%

Zones with fewer than 25 attempts are marked "too few to rate". Each fighter is measured against the median of leaderboard-eligible fighters in his own division (Lightweight: 204 fighters · Featherweight: 127 fighters).

What lands on them Opponents' accuracy against each man

Green ≤ division median — harder to hit than the typical man in his division.

Zone vs Guida L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Bermudez L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 1018 / 3003 33.9% 38.8% 411 / 1183 34.7% 39.3%
In the clinch 208 / 287 72.5% 68.6% 145 / 217 66.8% 70.3%
On the ground 118 / 147 80.3% 68.0% 49 / 76 64.5% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 1031 / 3003 34.3% 35.2% 422 / 1215 34.7% 35.9%
To the body 211 / 309 68.3% 68.2% 125 / 180 69.4% 68.0%
To the legs 102 / 125 81.6% 81.5% 58 / 81 71.6% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
7833.6% acc · 2.76/15 · norm 1.34
Takedowns landed
5140.2% acc · 3.89/15 · norm 1.17
5069.4% def · norm 63.7%
Takedowns stopped
4882.8% def · norm 61.5%
156:2737.0% of cage time · norm 18.95%
Control time
71:3236.4% of cage time · norm 16.5%
38:511:22 per 15 · norm 2:50
Time under control lower is better
29:402:15 per 15 · norm 3:11
160.57/15 · norm 0.48
Submission attempts
141.07/15 · norm 0.45

Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Guida has more cage time on record.