Chase Hooper vs. Clay Guida

UFC 9-5-0 vs. 18-19-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
9-5-0
UFC record
18-19-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
26
AgeΔ 18 yrs
44
6'1"
HeightΔ 6"
5'7"
74"
ReachΔ 4"
70"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
0.7
Layoff (months)Δ 19.3 mo
20
WLLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Chase Hooper is a submission threat — 2.05 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.49 Lightweight norm.
Chase Hooper hunts takedowns — 2.82 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.38 Lightweight norm.
Clay Guida hunts takedowns — 2.76 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.38 Lightweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Chase Hooper

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 105
Tier 3 — regional circuit 70

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.38 · 10 tier-1/2 wins · 13 finish wins over 23 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.2 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

5054.32/min · norm 3.42
Sig. strikes landed
11562.73/min · norm 3.42
3573.05/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed
13443.18/min · norm 3.37
47.6%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
33.2%norm 43.5%
40.6%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
60.9%norm 56.3%
10.13/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
60.21/15 · norm 0.25

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

Chase Hooper

Distance 72.4% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 9.5% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 18.1% (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)

Chase Hooper

Head 81.9% (norm 78.2%) · Body 11.9% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 6.2% (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 Hooper L/AAccLightweight med Guida L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 311 / 768 40.5% 37.9% 753 / 2862 26.3% 37.9%
In the clinch 59 / 101 58.4% 67.3% 158 / 223 70.9% 67.3%
On the ground 135 / 192 70.3% 69.1% 245 / 401 61.1% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 357 / 869 41.1% 35.0% 691 / 2881 24.0% 35.0%
To the body 93 / 126 73.8% 69.1% 186 / 291 63.9% 69.1%
To the legs 55 / 66 83.3% 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 Hooper L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Guida L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 254 / 475 53.5% 38.9% 1018 / 3003 33.9% 38.9%
In the clinch 33 / 44 75.0% 68.6% 208 / 287 72.5% 68.6%
On the ground 70 / 82 85.4% 68.0% 118 / 147 80.3% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 255 / 482 52.9% 35.1% 1031 / 3003 34.3% 35.1%
To the body 51 / 63 81.0% 68.1% 211 / 309 68.3% 68.1%
To the legs 51 / 56 91.1% 81.5% 102 / 125 81.6% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
2234.4% acc · 2.82/15 · norm 1.38
Takedowns landed
7833.6% acc · 2.76/15 · norm 1.38
950.0% def · norm 64.0%
Takedowns stopped
5069.4% def · norm 64.0%
41:4035.6% of cage time · norm 19.5%
Control time
156:2737.0% of cage time · norm 19.5%
24:193:07 per 15 · norm 2:46
Time under control
38:511:22 per 15 · norm 2:46
162.05/15 · 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.