Guida vs Madsen

Who won Guida vs Madsen?

Mark O Madsen beat Clay Guida by split decision in their 3 round contest during the co-main event of UFC Vegas 34, on Saturday 21st August 2021 at UFC APEX in Enterprise.

The scorecards were announced as 30-27, 29-28, 29-28 in favor of the winner Mark O Madsen.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Lightweight division, which meant the weight limit was 155 pounds (11.1 stone or 70.3 KG).

Guida vs Madsen stats

Clay Guida stepped into the octagon with a record of 36 wins, 20 losses and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 13 by submission.

Mark O Madsen made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 10 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

This was Clay Guida's 37th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2006.

Clay Guida's UFC record stood at 18-19-0, while Mark O Madsen's came in at 4-2-0.

The stats suggested Madsen had an advantage in power over Guida, with a 30% knock out percentage over Guida's 19%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Guida had a slight advantage over Madsen, with a 36% submission rate over Madsen's 30%.

Clay Guida was the older man by 3 years, at 43 years old.

Madsen had a height advantage of 1 inch over Guida. That also extended to a 2-inch reach advantage.

Guida was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 46 more fights, and made his debut in 2003, 10 years and 2 months earlier than Madsen, whose first professional fight was in 2013. He had fought 110 more professional rounds, 138 to Madsen's 28.

Guida vs Madsen form

Madsen had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance 3 times.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Grant Dawson at UFC Fight Night: Mitchell vs. Evloev on 5th November 2022 by submission in the 3rd round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Vinc Pichel at UFC 273 on 9th April 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Clay Guida at UFC Vegas 34 on 21st August 2021 by split decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Enterprise.

Before that, he had defeated Danilo Belluardo at UFC on ESPN+ 18 on 28th September 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Royal Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark.

He was victorious against Thibaud Larchet at Cage Warriors 103 on 9th March 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at K.B Hallen, Copenhagen.

Activity check

Guida's last 3 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 5 months and 26 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 5 months and 29 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 5 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.7 rounds on average.

Madsen's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 1 month and 28 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 26 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

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