Clay Guida
37 UFC Fights | 49% Win Rate | 7 Finishes (39%)
Clay Guida UFC Record & Pro MMA Record
Clay Guida is 18-19 in the UFC across 37 fights, with 2 wins by knockout, 5 by submission and 11 by decision. The full pro MMA record is 38-25, 20-6 of it outside the UFC. Guida competes at lightweight as an orthodox complete fighter, standing 5'7" with a 70" reach at 44 years old. The last bout was a loss to Chase Hooper by submission in Dec 2024.
Best attribute: takedown offense (takedowns landed per fight) — 86th percentile among 300 lightweight fighters (2.1/fight).
Clay Guida's UFC win rate is 49% (18 of 37 fights), and 39% of those wins came by finish. Guida averages 2.1 takedowns per fight at 34% accuracy and stops 69% of opponents' takedown attempts.
- Pro MMA Record
- 38-25
- UFC Record
- 18-19
- Height
- 5'7"
- Reach
- 70"
- Age
- 44
- Stance
- Orthodox
- Last Fight
- L vs Chase Hooper · Submission · Dec 2024
Pro record from Sherdog (snapshot 2026-07-03) plus every UFC bout since; UFC record from UFCStats.
Clay Guida's Last 5 Fights
Guida is 1-4 in the last five UFC fights.
- Loss vs Chase Hooper · Submission · R1 3:41 · UFC 310: Pantoja vs. Asakura · Dec 2024
- Loss vs Joaquim Silva · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Dariush vs. Tsarukyan · Dec 2023
- Loss vs Rafa Garcia · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Allen · Apr 2023
- Win vs Scott Holtzman · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs. Holland · Dec 2022
- Loss vs Claudio Puelles · Submission · R1 3:01 · UFC Fight Night: Lemos vs. Andrade · Apr 2022
Striking
Fighter Profile
Offensive Output
Defensive
Strike Targets
Position Breakdown
Grappling
Takedowns & Control
Win Methods
Finish Probability by Round
Round-by-Round Output
Sig. Strikes Landed per Round — Clay Guida vs Average
Clay Guida lands 11.6 strikes in R1 but 12.7 in R3+ — output increases in later rounds.
Clay Guida's UFC Fight History
37 UFC fights on record (18-19), most recent first.
| Result | Opponent | Method | Rd · Time | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Chase Hooper | Submission | R1 · 3:41 | UFC 310: Pantoja vs. Asakura | 2024-12-07 |
| L | Joaquim Silva | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Dariush vs. Tsarukyan | 2023-12-02 |
| L | Rafa Garcia | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Allen | 2023-04-15 |
| W | Scott Holtzman | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs. Holland | 2022-12-03 |
| L | Claudio Puelles | Submission | R1 · 3:01 | UFC Fight Night: Lemos vs. Andrade | 2022-04-23 |
| W | Leonardo Santos | Submission | R2 · 1:21 | UFC Fight Night: Font vs. Aldo | 2021-12-04 |
| L | Mark Madsen | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Gastelum | 2021-08-21 |
| W | Michael Johnson | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Volkov | 2021-02-06 |
| L | King Green | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Volkov | 2020-06-20 |
| L | Jim Miller | Submission | R1 · 0:58 | UFC Fight Night: Covington vs. Lawler | 2019-08-03 |
| W | BJ Penn | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 237: Namajunas vs. Andrade | 2019-05-11 |
| L | Charles Oliveira | Submission | R1 · 2:18 | UFC 225: Whittaker vs. Romero 2 | 2018-06-09 |
| W | Joe Lauzon | KO/TKO | R1 · 1:07 | UFC Fight Night: Poirier vs. Pettis | 2017-11-11 |
| W | Erik Koch | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Chiesa vs. Lee | 2017-06-25 |
| L | Brian Ortega | KO/TKO | R3 · 4:40 | UFC 199: Rockhold vs. Bisping 2 | 2016-06-04 |
| L | Thiago Tavares | Submission | R1 · 0:39 | UFC Fight Night: Belfort vs Henderson 3 | 2015-11-07 |
| W | Robert Peralta | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Mendes vs Lamas | 2015-04-04 |
| L | Dennis Bermudez | Submission | R2 · 2:57 | UFC on FOX: Lawler vs Brown | 2014-07-26 |
| W | Tatsuya Kawajiri | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Minotauro vs Nelson | 2014-04-11 |
| L | Chad Mendes | KO/TKO | R3 · 0:30 | UFC 164: Henderson vs Pettis 2 | 2013-08-31 |
| W | Hatsu Hioki | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC on FOX: Johnson vs Dodson | 2013-01-26 |
| L | Gray Maynard | Decision | R5 · 5:00 | UFC on FX: Maynard vs Guida | 2012-06-22 |
| L | Benson Henderson | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC on FOX: Velasquez vs Dos Santos | 2011-11-12 |
| W | Anthony Pettis | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | The Ultimate Fighter: Team Lesnar vs Team dos Santos Finale | 2011-06-04 |
| W | Takanori Gomi | Submission | R2 · 4:27 | UFC 125: Resolution | 2011-01-01 |
| W | Rafael Dos Anjos | Submission | R3 · 1:51 | UFC 117: Silva vs Sonnen | 2010-08-07 |
| W | Shannon Gugerty | Submission | R2 · 3:40 | UFC Live: Vera vs Jones | 2010-03-21 |
| L | Kenny Florian | Submission | R2 · 2:19 | UFC 107: Penn vs Sanchez | 2009-12-12 |
| L | Diego Sanchez | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | The Ultimate Fighter: United States vs. United Kingdom Finale | 2009-06-20 |
| W | Nate Diaz | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 94: St-Pierre vs Penn 2 | 2009-01-31 |
| W | Mac Danzig | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Diaz vs Neer | 2008-09-17 |
| W | Samy Schiavo | KO/TKO | R1 · 4:15 | UFC Fight Night: Florian vs Lauzon | 2008-04-02 |
| L | Roger Huerta | Submission | R3 · 0:51 | The Ultimate Fighter: Team Hughes vs. Team Serra Finale | 2007-12-08 |
| W | Marcus Aurelio | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 74: Respect | 2007-08-25 |
| L | Tyson Griffin | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 72: Victory | 2007-06-16 |
| L | Din Thomas | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Evans vs Salmon | 2007-01-25 |
| W | Justin James | Submission | R2 · 4:42 | UFC 64: Unstoppable | 2006-10-14 |
How Guida Ranks at Lightweight
Percentile among the 300 lightweight fighters in our database (higher is better; absorbed strikes are inverted).
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