Clay Guida vs. Hatsu Hioki

UFC 18-19-0 vs. 3-5-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
18-19-0
UFC record
3-5-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
44
AgeΔ 1 yrs
43
5'7"
HeightΔ 4"
5'11"
70"
ReachΔ 3"
73"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
20
Layoff (months)Δ 115 mo
135
LLLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Hatsu Hioki hunts takedowns — 2.48 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 Featherweight norm.
Hatsu Hioki owns the mat — in control 35% of cage time, vs a 17% 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

Hatsu Hioki

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 36
Tier 3 — regional circuit 276

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.6 · 3 tier-1/2 wins · 17 finish wins over 44 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.1 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

11562.73/min · norm 3.42
Sig. strikes landed
2522.32/min · norm 3.54
13443.18/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed
2432.23/min · norm 3.47
33.2%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
43.6%norm 45.0%
60.9%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
65.0%norm 54.85%
60.21/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · 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%)

Hatsu Hioki

Distance 83.0% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 5.7% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 11.2% (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%)

Hatsu Hioki

Head 70.6% (norm 77.4%) · Body 25.8% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 3.6% (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 Hioki L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 753 / 2862 26.3% 37.9% 178 / 480 37.1% 40.9%
In the clinch 158 / 223 70.9% 67.3% 22 / 33 66.7% 70.8%
On the ground 245 / 401 61.1% 69.1% 52 / 65 80.0% 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 691 / 2881 24.0% 35.0% 152 / 408 37.3% 37.2%
To the body 186 / 291 63.9% 69.1% 82 / 149 55.0% 68.2%
To the legs 279 / 314 88.9% 81.9% 18 / 21 too few to rate 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 Hioki L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 1018 / 3003 33.9% 38.9% 160 / 565 28.3% 39.2%
In the clinch 208 / 287 72.5% 68.6% 43 / 65 66.2% 70.3%
On the ground 118 / 147 80.3% 68.0% 40 / 65 61.5% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 1031 / 3003 34.3% 35.1% 137 / 502 27.3% 35.9%
To the body 211 / 309 68.3% 68.1% 61 / 103 59.2% 67.9%
To the legs 102 / 125 81.6% 81.5% 45 / 90 50.0% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
7833.6% acc · 2.76/15 · norm 1.38
Takedowns landed
1854.5% acc · 2.48/15 · norm 1.19
5069.4% def · norm 64.0%
Takedowns stopped
1050.0% def · norm 61.5%
156:2737.0% of cage time · norm 19.5%
Control time
37:5034.8% of cage time · norm 16.7%
38:511:22 per 15 · norm 2:46
Time under control
24:513:25 per 15 · norm 3:12
160.57/15 · norm 0.49
Submission attempts
50.69/15 · 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.