Melvin Guillard vs. Marcus Davis

UFC 12-9-0 (1 NC) vs. 9-6-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
12-9-0 (1 NC)
UFC record
9-6-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
43
AgeΔ 9 yrs
52
5'9"
HeightΔ 1"
5'10"
71"
ReachΔ 1"
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
149
Layoff (months)Δ 38.2 mo
187.2
LNCWLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLL

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.
Marcus Davis is a submission threat — 1.37 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.45 Welterweight norm.
Marcus Davis carries real power — 0.69 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.38 Welterweight norm.

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

Marcus Davis

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 87
Tier 3 — regional circuit 154

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.77 · 8 tier-1/2 wins · 16 finish wins over 35 documented bouts

In the UFC: 6-4 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

4483.06/min · norm 3.42
Sig. strikes landed
3562.72/min · norm 3.17
2671.83/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed
3662.79/min · norm 3.06
39.7%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
39.7%norm 44.9%
68.1%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
65.7%norm 55.25%
131.33/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
60.69/15 · norm 0.38

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

Melvin Guillard

Distance 79.4% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 8.5% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 12.1% (norm 8.0%)

Marcus Davis

Distance 81.8% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 10.5% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 7.7% (norm 8.1%)

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

Melvin Guillard

Head 82.3% (norm 78.2%) · Body 11.9% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 5.9% (norm 7.9%)

Marcus Davis

Head 81.2% (norm 78.2%) · Body 10.9% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 7.8% (norm 8.4%)

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/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 312 / 896 34.8% 37.9% 242 / 733 33.0% 38.6%
In the clinch 58 / 96 60.4% 67.3% 67 / 94 71.3% 67.8%
On the ground 78 / 136 57.4% 69.1% 47 / 69 68.1% 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 300 / 928 32.3% 35.0% 232 / 728 31.9% 37.2%
To the body 90 / 134 67.2% 69.1% 65 / 98 66.3% 70.7%
To the legs 58 / 66 87.9% 81.9% 59 / 70 84.3% 82.9%

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 · Welterweight: 182 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 accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 219 / 732 29.9% 38.9% 233 / 808 28.8% 39.0%
In the clinch 36 / 75 48.0% 68.6% 77 / 136 56.6% 68.9%
On the ground 12 / 31 38.7% 68.0% 56 / 123 45.5% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 123 / 604 20.4% 35.1% 205 / 856 23.9% 35.6%
To the body 59 / 111 53.2% 68.1% 73 / 107 68.2% 69.6%
To the legs 85 / 123 69.1% 81.5% 88 / 104 84.6% 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1466.7% acc · 1.44/15 · norm 1.38
Takedowns landed
1448.3% acc · 1.60/15 · norm 1.27
5865.2% def · norm 64.0%
Takedowns stopped
1147.8% def · norm 63.9%
12:558.8% of cage time · norm 19.5%
Control time
29:4722.7% of cage time · norm 18.5%
34:063:29 per 15 · norm 2:46
Time under control
27:553:11 per 15 · norm 3:15
20.21/15 · norm 0.49
Submission attempts
121.37/15 · norm 0.45

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