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King Green vs. Clay Guida

UFC 17-13-1 (1 NC) vs. 18-19-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
17-13-1 (1 NC)
UFC record
18-19-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
40
AgeΔ 4 yrs
44
5'10"
HeightΔ 3"
5'7"
71"
ReachΔ 1"
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
0.6
Layoff (months)Δ 21.8 mo
22.4
LWWWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Clay Guida hunts takedowns — 2.76 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.34 Lightweight norm.
Clay Guida owns the mat — in control 37% of cage time, vs a 19% Lightweight norm.
King Green outworks the Lightweight division — 6.59 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.44 norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

King Green

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 1712
Tier 3 — regional circuit 175

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.85 · 17 tier-1/2 wins · 22 finish wins over 53 documented bouts

In the UFC: 11-12 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.9 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

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

21516.59/min · norm 3.44
Sig. strikes landed
11562.73/min · norm 3.44
12273.76/min · norm 3.38
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
13443.18/min · norm 3.38
53.6%norm 43.65%
Striking accuracy
33.2%norm 43.65%
61.4%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
60.9%norm 56.3%
70.32/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
60.21/15 · norm 0.25

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

King Green

Distance 87.4% (norm 83.1%) · Clinch 5.3% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 7.3% (norm 8.0%)

Clay Guida

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

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

King Green

Head 70.2% (norm 78.0%) · Body 18.6% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 11.2% (norm 8.0%)

Clay Guida

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

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Green L/AAccLightweight med Guida L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 1747 / 3505 49.8% 38.3% 753 / 2862 26.3% 38.3%
In the clinch 182 / 212 85.8% 67.5% 158 / 223 70.9% 67.5%
On the ground 222 / 293 75.8% 68.8% 245 / 401 61.1% 68.8%
BY TARGET
To the head 1252 / 2815 44.5% 35.1% 691 / 2881 24.0% 35.1%
To the body 541 / 747 72.4% 69.1% 186 / 291 63.9% 69.1%
To the legs 358 / 448 79.9% 81.8% 279 / 314 88.9% 81.8%

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 · Lightweight: 204 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 Green L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Guida L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 1057 / 2910 36.3% 38.8% 1018 / 3003 33.9% 38.8%
In the clinch 73 / 127 57.5% 68.6% 208 / 287 72.5% 68.6%
On the ground 97 / 145 66.9% 68.0% 118 / 147 80.3% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 741 / 2402 30.8% 35.2% 1031 / 3003 34.3% 35.2%
To the body 242 / 432 56.0% 68.2% 211 / 309 68.3% 68.2%
To the legs 244 / 348 70.1% 81.5% 102 / 125 81.6% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
2745.0% acc · 1.24/15 · norm 1.34
Takedowns landed
7833.6% acc · 2.76/15 · norm 1.34
5269.3% def · norm 63.7%
Takedowns stopped
5069.4% def · norm 63.7%
46:1514.2% of cage time · norm 18.95%
Control time
156:2737.0% of cage time · norm 18.95%
29:381:21 per 15 · norm 2:50
Time under control lower is better
38:511:22 per 15 · norm 2:50
60.28/15 · norm 0.48
Submission attempts
160.57/15 · norm 0.48

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