Mike Guymon vs. Yoshiyuki Yoshida

UFC 1-3-0 vs. 2-3-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
1-3-0
UFC record
2-3-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
51
AgeΔ 1 yrs
52
6'0"
HeightΔ 1"
5'11"
74"
ReachΔ 4"
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
186.5
Layoff (months)Δ 8.5 mo
195
LLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Yoshiyuki Yoshida is a submission threat — 2.82 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.45 Welterweight norm.
Mike Guymon is a submission threat — 1.25 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.45 Welterweight norm.
Mike Guymon owns the mat — in control 32% of cage time, vs a 18% Welterweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Mike Guymon

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 24
Tier 3 — regional circuit 132

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.68 · 2 tier-1/2 wins · 13 finish wins over 22 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.0 wins over .500

Yoshiyuki Yoshida

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 34
Tier 3 — regional circuit 155

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.66 · 3 tier-1/2 wins · 14 finish wins over 27 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.4 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

662.75/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
180.85/min · norm 3.17
190.79/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
783.67/min · norm 3.06
65.3%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
36.0%norm 44.9%
66.1%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
36.1%norm 55.25%
00.00/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.38

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

Mike Guymon

Distance 47.5% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 12.9% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 39.6% (norm 8.1%)

Yoshiyuki Yoshida

Distance 80.0% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 14.0% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 6.0% (norm 8.1%)

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

Mike Guymon

Head 78.2% (norm 78.2%) · Body 15.8% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 5.9% (norm 8.4%)

Yoshiyuki Yoshida

Head 58.0% (norm 78.2%) · Body 26.0% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 16.0% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Guymon L/AAccWelterweight med Yoshida L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 13 / 48 27.1% 38.6% 9 / 40 22.5% 38.6%
In the clinch 13 / 13 too few to rate 67.8% 6 / 7 too few to rate 67.8%
On the ground 40 / 40 100.0% 67.2% 3 / 3 too few to rate 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 45 / 79 57.0% 37.2% 8 / 29 27.6% 37.2%
To the body 15 / 16 too few to rate 70.7% 7 / 13 too few to rate 70.7%
To the legs 6 / 6 too few to rate 82.9% 3 / 8 too few to rate 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 (Welterweight: 182 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 Guymon L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Yoshida L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 10 / 46 21.7% 39.0% 21 / 58 36.2% 39.0%
In the clinch 2 / 2 too few to rate 68.9% 20 / 27 74.1% 68.9%
On the ground 7 / 8 too few to rate 68.0% 37 / 37 100.0% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 16 / 49 32.7% 35.6% 58 / 102 56.9% 35.6%
To the body 2 / 5 too few to rate 69.6% 15 / 15 too few to rate 69.6%
To the legs 1 / 2 too few to rate 82.1% 5 / 5 too few to rate 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
337.5% acc · 1.87/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
228.6% acc · 1.41/15 · norm 1.27
654.5% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
125.0% def · norm 63.9%
7:4632.3% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
6:4631.8% of cage time · norm 18.5%
11:006:51 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
7:525:32 per 15 · norm 3:15
21.25/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
42.82/15 · norm 0.45

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