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Melvin Guillard vs. Rick Davis

UFC 12-9-0 (1 NC) vs. 0-1-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
12-9-0 (1 NC)
UFC record
0-1-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
43
Age
—
5'9"
HeightΔ 0"
5'9"
71"
Reach
—
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
151.4
Layoff (months)Δ 93.4 mo
244.8
LNCWLL
Last 5 (newest first)
L

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Melvin Guillard carries real power — 1.33 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.25 Lightweight norm.
Rick Davis rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.34 Lightweight norm.
Rick Davis absorbs 6.19 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.38 Lightweight norm — hittable.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Melvin Guillard

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 1213
Tier 3 — regional circuit 2111

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.38 · 12 tier-1/2 wins · 24 finish wins over 62 documented bouts

In the UFC: 4-6 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.3 wins over .500

Rick Davis

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

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.0 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

4483.06/min · norm 3.44
Sig. strikes landed
53.09/min · norm 3.44
2671.83/min · norm 3.38
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
106.19/min · norm 3.38
39.7%norm 43.65%
Striking accuracy
50.0%norm 43.65%
68.1%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
64.3%norm 56.3%
131.33/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.25

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

Melvin Guillard

Distance 79.4% (norm 83.1%) · Clinch 8.5% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 12.1% (norm 8.0%)

Rick Davis

Distance 100.0% (norm 83.1%) · Clinch 0.0% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 8.0%)

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

Melvin Guillard

Head 82.3% (norm 78.0%) · Body 11.9% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 5.9% (norm 8.0%)

Rick Davis

Head 30.0% (norm 78.0%) · Body 50.0% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 20.0% (norm 8.0%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Guillard L/AAccLightweight med Davis L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 312 / 896 34.8% 38.3% 5 / 10 too few to rate 38.3%
In the clinch 58 / 96 60.4% 67.5% 0 / 0 too few to rate 67.5%
On the ground 78 / 136 57.4% 68.8% 0 / 0 too few to rate 68.8%
BY TARGET
To the head 300 / 928 32.3% 35.1% 2 / 3 too few to rate 35.1%
To the body 90 / 134 67.2% 69.1% 2 / 5 too few to rate 69.1%
To the legs 58 / 66 87.9% 81.8% 1 / 2 too few to rate 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 Guillard L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Davis L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 219 / 732 29.9% 38.8% 6 / 20 too few to rate 38.8%
In the clinch 36 / 75 48.0% 68.6% 4 / 8 too few to rate 68.6%
On the ground 12 / 31 38.7% 68.0% 0 / 0 too few to rate 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 123 / 604 20.4% 35.2% 7 / 24 too few to rate 35.2%
To the body 59 / 111 53.2% 68.2% 2 / 2 too few to rate 68.2%
To the legs 85 / 123 69.1% 81.5% 1 / 2 too few to rate 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1466.7% acc · 1.44/15 · norm 1.34
Takedowns landed
0— acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.34
5865.2% def · norm 63.7%
Takedowns stopped
0— def · norm 63.7%
12:558.8% of cage time · norm 18.95%
Control time
0:000.0% of cage time · norm 18.95%
34:063:29 per 15 · norm 2:50
Time under control lower is better
0:020:18 per 15 · norm 2:50
20.21/15 · norm 0.48
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.48

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