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Mac Danzig 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.

5-8-0 Mac Danzig · 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.

5-8-0
UFC record
18-19-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
46.6
AgeΔ 1.9 yrs
44.7
5'8"
HeightΔ 1"
5'7"
70"
ReachΔ 0"
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
151.7
Layoff (months)Δ 131.8 mo
19.9
LLLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWL
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.

Clay Guida hunts takedowns — 2.76 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.38 Lightweight norm.
Clay Guida owns the mat — in control 37% of cage time, vs a 20% Lightweight norm.
Mac Danzig is a submission threat — 0.64 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.49 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.

Mac Danzig

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

In the UFC: 1-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.8 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

4923.49/min · norm 3.42
Sig. strikes landed
11562.73/min · norm 3.42
4773.39/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed
13443.18/min · norm 3.37
49.9%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
33.2%norm 43.5%
57.2%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
60.9%norm 56.3%
30.32/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
60.21/15 · norm 0.25

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

Mac Danzig

Distance 77.3% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 13.4% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 9.3% (norm 8.0%)

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)

Mac Danzig

Head 81.3% (norm 78.2%) · Body 11.8% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 6.9% (norm 7.9%)

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 Danzig L/AAccLightweight med Guida L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 338 / 762 44.4% 37.9% 753 / 2862 26.3% 37.9%
In the clinch 97 / 132 73.5% 67.3% 158 / 223 70.9% 67.3%
On the ground 57 / 92 62.0% 69.1% 245 / 401 61.1% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 337 / 802 42.0% 35.0% 691 / 2881 24.0% 35.0%
To the body 95 / 116 81.9% 69.1% 186 / 291 63.9% 69.1%
To the legs 60 / 68 88.2% 81.9% 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 (Lightweight: 201 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 Danzig L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Guida L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 243 / 780 31.2% 38.9% 1018 / 3003 33.9% 38.9%
In the clinch 139 / 189 73.5% 68.6% 208 / 287 72.5% 68.6%
On the ground 95 / 146 65.1% 68.0% 118 / 147 80.3% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 289 / 893 32.4% 35.1% 1031 / 3003 34.3% 35.1%
To the body 100 / 128 78.1% 68.1% 211 / 309 68.3% 68.1%
To the legs 88 / 94 93.6% 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.

1237.5% acc · 1.28/15 · norm 1.38
Takedowns landed
7833.6% acc · 2.76/15 · norm 1.38
2347.9% def · norm 64.0%
Takedowns stopped
5069.4% def · norm 64.0%
30:3321.7% of cage time · norm 19.5%
Control time
156:2737.0% of cage time · norm 19.5%
46:294:57 per 15 · norm 2:46
Time under control
38:511:22 per 15 · norm 2:46
60.64/15 · norm 0.49
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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