Clay Guida vs. Dennis Bermudez

UFC 18-19-0 vs. 10-7-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
18-19-0
UFC record
10-7-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
44
AgeΔ 5 yrs
39
5'7"
HeightΔ 1"
5'6"
70"
ReachΔ 4"
66"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
20
Layoff (months)Δ 70.6 mo
90.6
LLLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
WLLLL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Dennis Bermudez hunts takedowns — 3.89 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 Featherweight norm.
Dennis Bermudez is a submission threat — 1.07 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.46 Featherweight 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

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

Dennis Bermudez

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 107
Tier 3 — regional circuit 72

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.81 · 10 tier-1/2 wins · 7 finish wins over 26 documented bouts

In the UFC: 7-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.6 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

11562.73/min · norm 3.42
Sig. strikes landed
8704.42/min · norm 3.54
13443.18/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed
6053.07/min · norm 3.47
33.2%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
46.3%norm 45.0%
60.9%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
59.0%norm 54.85%
60.21/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
50.38/15 · norm 0.29

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

Clay Guida

Distance 82.1% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 6.4% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 11.5% (norm 8.0%)

Dennis Bermudez

Distance 66.3% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 13.7% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 20.0% (norm 6.5%)

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

Clay Guida

Head 82.6% (norm 78.2%) · Body 8.3% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 9.0% (norm 7.9%)

Dennis Bermudez

Head 80.0% (norm 77.4%) · Body 10.3% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 9.7% (norm 7.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Guida L/AAccLightweight med Bermudez L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 753 / 2862 26.3% 37.9% 461 / 1248 36.9% 40.9%
In the clinch 158 / 223 70.9% 67.3% 159 / 257 61.9% 70.8%
On the ground 245 / 401 61.1% 69.1% 250 / 376 66.5% 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 691 / 2881 24.0% 35.0% 583 / 1505 38.7% 37.2%
To the body 186 / 291 63.9% 69.1% 127 / 194 65.5% 68.2%
To the legs 279 / 314 88.9% 81.9% 160 / 182 87.9% 80.7%

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 · Featherweight: 126 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 Guida L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Bermudez L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 1018 / 3003 33.9% 38.9% 411 / 1183 34.7% 39.2%
In the clinch 208 / 287 72.5% 68.6% 145 / 217 66.8% 70.3%
On the ground 118 / 147 80.3% 68.0% 49 / 76 64.5% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 1031 / 3003 34.3% 35.1% 422 / 1215 34.7% 35.9%
To the body 211 / 309 68.3% 68.1% 125 / 180 69.4% 67.9%
To the legs 102 / 125 81.6% 81.5% 58 / 81 71.6% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
7833.6% acc · 2.76/15 · norm 1.38
Takedowns landed
5140.2% acc · 3.89/15 · norm 1.19
5069.4% def · norm 64.0%
Takedowns stopped
4882.8% def · norm 61.5%
156:2737.0% of cage time · norm 19.5%
Control time
71:3236.4% of cage time · norm 16.7%
38:511:22 per 15 · norm 2:46
Time under control
29:402:15 per 15 · norm 3:12
160.57/15 · norm 0.49
Submission attempts
141.07/15 · norm 0.46

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