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Clay Guida vs Nate Diaz

Clay Guida is 38-22-0; Nate Diaz is 22-13-0. Clay Guida is 3 years older than Nate Diaz. Nate Diaz has a 6" · 15 cm reach advantage over Clay Guida. Nate Diaz is 5" · 13 cm taller than Clay Guida. They have met once: Clay Guida 1, Nate Diaz 0.

Clay Guida
United States
Clay Guida
“The Carpenter” · 38-22-0
SUBUDUD
Met once
Nate Diaz
United States
Nate Diaz
22-13-0
TKOSUBUD

Style & credentials

Clay Guida
Folkstyle Wrestling
  • 2006Strikeforce Lightweight Championship (inaugural)Strikeforce
  • —XFO Lightweight Championship (2x)XFO (Xtreme Fighting Organization)
  • —XKK Lightweight ChampionshipXtreme Kage Kombat
  • —Combat-Do Lightweight ChampionshipCombat-Do
Camp · Team Alpha Male · Sacramento, California, US
Nate Diaz
BJJBoxing
  • 2012Black belt · BJJCesar Gracie
  • —WEC Lightweight ChampionshipWEC
  • 2007Champion · The Ultimate Fighterlightweight
Camp · Cesar Gracie Jiu-Jitsu / Gracie Fighter · Stockton, US

Sig. strikes by zone

Where each fighter lands, as a share of significant strikes

60%
Head
74%
16%
Body
17%
24%
Leg
9%

Time in position

Share of fight time at distance, in the clinch and on the ground

Clay Guidalast 5 fights
65%25%10%
Nate Diazlast 1 fight
63%36%
■ Distance■ Clinch■ Ground

How good, really

Each stat against every UFC fighter, in plain words

Clay Guida Nate Diaz
Strikes landed / min
2.634.57
PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite
Clay Guida · Below avg · better than 25% of UFC fightersNate Diaz · Good · better than 80% of UFC fighters
Strikes taken / minfewer is better
3.003.77
PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite
Clay Guida · Good · better than 63% of UFC fightersNate Diaz · Below avg · better than 38% of UFC fighters
Takedowns landed / 15 min
3.101.05
PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite
Clay Guida · Elite · better than 88% of UFC fightersNate Diaz · Average · better than 44% of UFC fighters
Takedown accuracy
35%30%
PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite
Clay Guida · Average · better than 44% of UFC fightersNate Diaz · Below avg · better than 31% of UFC fighters
Takedown defence
66%41%
PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite
Clay Guida · Average · better than 55% of UFC fightersNate Diaz · Poor · better than 16% of UFC fighters
Submission attempts / 15 min
0.601.30
PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite
Clay Guida · Good · better than 60% of UFC fightersNate Diaz · Elite · better than 88% of UFC fighters

Ranked against 1498 UFC fighters with five or more UFC fights.

Striking & grappling

Same scale left and right on every row

2.63
Strikes landed / min
4.57
3.00
Strikes taken / minfewer is better
3.77
3.10 / 8.9
Takedowns landed / 15 min
1.05 / 3.5
35%
Takedown accuracy
30%
66%
Takedown defence
41%
4:14
Control time / fight
1:45
0.60
Submission attempts / 15 min
1.30

Bars in a row share one scale. The stronger side is solid; the pale tail behind takedowns is attempts.

Where the strikes land

Range × target

Clay Guida37 UFC fights · 1156 landed
Head
Body
Leg
Distance
40%458/2440
8%88/183
18%207/239
Clinch
5%60/115
3%38/45
5%60/63
Ground
15%173/326
5%60/63
1%12/12
Nate Diaz27 UFC fights · 1544 landed
Head
Body
Leg
Distance
59%908/2518
10%152/259
5%72/106
Clinch
11%175/276
7%108/135
4%59/66
Ground
4%63/97
0%3/3
0%4/4

Share of significant strikes landed by range and target · landed / attempted in each cell.

Head-to-Head History

Common Opponents

How each fared against the same opponents.

Clay GuidaNate Diaz

Frequently asked questions

Have Clay Guida and Nate Diaz ever fought?

Yes, once. Most recently at UFC 94: ST-PIERRE VS PENN 2 (Sat, Jan 31, 2009), where Clay Guida won by Split Decision.

What are the records of Clay Guida and Nate Diaz?

Clay Guida is 38-22-0 and Nate Diaz is 22-13-0.

Who has the longer reach, Clay Guida or Nate Diaz?

Nate Diaz has the longer reach: 76" · 193 cm against 70" · 178 cm for Clay Guida, a 6" · 15 cm advantage.

Who is taller, Clay Guida or Nate Diaz?

Nate Diaz is taller at 6'0" · 183 cm; Clay Guida stands 5'7" · 170 cm.

Who is older, Clay Guida or Nate Diaz?

Clay Guida is 44 and Nate Diaz is 41.

Who has more finishes, Clay Guida or Nate Diaz?

Clay Guida has 21 wins inside the distance (5 by KO/TKO, 16 by submission); Nate Diaz has 17 wins (4 by KO/TKO, 13 by submission).

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