Rick Davis vs. Melvin Guillard
Tale of the tape
The read
Level of competition
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
Melvin Guillard
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 12 | 13 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 21 | 11 |
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
Striking
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Rick Davis
Distance 100.0% (norm 83.1%) · Clinch 0.0% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 8.0%)
Melvin Guillard
Distance 79.4% (norm 83.1%) · Clinch 8.5% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 12.1% (norm 8.0%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Rick Davis
Head 30.0% (norm 78.0%) · Body 50.0% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 20.0% (norm 8.0%)
Melvin Guillard
Head 82.3% (norm 78.0%) · Body 11.9% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 5.9% (norm 8.0%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Davis L/A | Acc | Lightweight med | Guillard L/A | Acc | Lightweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 5 / 10 | too few to rate | 38.3% | 312 / 896 | 34.8% | 38.3% |
| In the clinch | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 67.5% | 58 / 96 | 60.4% | 67.5% |
| On the ground | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 68.8% | 78 / 136 | 57.4% | 68.8% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 2 / 3 | too few to rate | 35.1% | 300 / 928 | 32.3% | 35.1% |
| To the body | 2 / 5 | too few to rate | 69.1% | 90 / 134 | 67.2% | 69.1% |
| To the legs | 1 / 2 | too few to rate | 81.8% | 58 / 66 | 87.9% | 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 Davis L/A | Opp acc | Lightweight med | vs Guillard L/A | Opp acc | Lightweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 6 / 20 | too few to rate | 38.8% | 219 / 732 | 29.9% | 38.8% |
| In the clinch | 4 / 8 | too few to rate | 68.6% | 36 / 75 | 48.0% | 68.6% |
| On the ground | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 68.0% | 12 / 31 | 38.7% | 68.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 7 / 24 | too few to rate | 35.2% | 123 / 604 | 20.4% | 35.2% |
| To the body | 2 / 2 | too few to rate | 68.2% | 59 / 111 | 53.2% | 68.2% |
| To the legs | 1 / 2 | too few to rate | 81.5% | 85 / 123 | 69.1% | 81.5% |
Grappling
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Guillard has more cage time on record.