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Hatsu Hioki vs.
Clay Guida

Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.

3-5-0 Hatsu Hioki · UFC
18-19-0 Clay Guida · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.

3-5-0
UFC record
18-19-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
43
AgeΔ 1 yrs
44
5'11"
HeightΔ 4"
5'7"
73"
ReachΔ 3"
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
134.9
Layoff (months)Δ 115 mo
19.9
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Last 5 (newest first)
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The read

What the numbers say.

Scouting notes, auto-generated — only stats deviating more than 25% from the division median make this list. No narratives, just deviations.

Hatsu Hioki hunts takedowns — 2.48 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 Featherweight norm.
Hatsu Hioki owns the mat — in control 35% of cage time, vs a 17% Featherweight norm.
Clay Guida hunts takedowns — 2.76 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.38 Lightweight norm.
Level of competition

Who did they actually beat?

Full-career records re-graded by the tier of opposition — the same grading the Contender Series pick model uses. Records built on tier-4 competition are worth less than records built on killers.

Hatsu Hioki

Full career not yet synced for Hatsu Hioki — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 1-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.1 wins over .500

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

Striking

The stand-up battle.

Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2522.32/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes landed
11562.73/min · norm 3.42
2432.23/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
13443.18/min · norm 3.37
43.6%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
33.2%norm 43.5%
65.0%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
60.9%norm 56.3%
00.00/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
60.21/15 · norm 0.25

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

Hatsu Hioki

Distance 83.0% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 5.7% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 11.2% (norm 6.5%)

Clay Guida

Distance 82.1% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 6.4% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 11.5% (norm 8.0%)

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

Hatsu Hioki

Head 70.6% (norm 77.4%) · Body 25.8% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 3.6% (norm 7.8%)

Clay Guida

Head 82.6% (norm 78.2%) · Body 8.3% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 9.0% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Hioki L/AAccFeatherweight med Guida L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 178 / 480 37.1% 40.9% 753 / 2862 26.3% 37.9%
In the clinch 22 / 33 66.7% 70.8% 158 / 223 70.9% 67.3%
On the ground 52 / 65 80.0% 69.2% 245 / 401 61.1% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 152 / 408 37.3% 37.2% 691 / 2881 24.0% 35.0%
To the body 82 / 149 55.0% 68.2% 186 / 291 63.9% 69.1%
To the legs 18 / 21 too few to rate 80.7% 279 / 314 88.9% 81.9%

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 (Featherweight: 126 fighters · Lightweight: 201 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 Hioki L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Guida L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 160 / 565 28.3% 39.2% 1018 / 3003 33.9% 38.9%
In the clinch 43 / 65 66.2% 70.3% 208 / 287 72.5% 68.6%
On the ground 40 / 65 61.5% 69.4% 118 / 147 80.3% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 137 / 502 27.3% 35.9% 1031 / 3003 34.3% 35.1%
To the body 61 / 103 59.2% 67.9% 211 / 309 68.3% 68.1%
To the legs 45 / 90 50.0% 81.5% 102 / 125 81.6% 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.

1854.5% acc · 2.48/15 · norm 1.19
Takedowns landed
7833.6% acc · 2.76/15 · norm 1.38
1050.0% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
5069.4% def · norm 64.0%
37:5034.8% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
156:2737.0% of cage time · norm 19.5%
24:513:25 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
38:511:22 per 15 · norm 2:46
50.69/15 · norm 0.46
Submission attempts
160.57/15 · norm 0.49

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

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