Guida vs Puelles

Who won Guida vs Puelles?

Claudio Puelles beat Clay Guida by submission in the 1st round during the co-main event of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 23rd April 2022 at UFC APEX in Las Vegas.

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 Puelles stats

Clay Guida stepped into the octagon with a record of 37 wins, 21 losses and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 14 by submission.

Claudio Puelles made his way to the cage with a record of 11 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by knock out and 6 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 Claudio Puelles' came in at 5-3-0.

The stats suggested Guida had a slight advantage in power over Puelles, with a 19% knock out percentage over Puelles' 18%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Puelles had an advantage over Guida, with a 55% submission rate over Guida's 38%.

Clay Guida was the older man by 15 years, at 43 years old.

Puelles had a height advantage of 4 inches over Guida. That also extended to a 2-inch reach advantage.

Guida was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 45 more fights, and made his debut in 2003, 9 years and 11 months earlier than Puelles, whose first professional fight was in 2013. He had fought 100 more professional rounds, 138 to Puelles' 38.

Guida vs Puelles form

Guida had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Leonardo Santos at UFC Fight Night on 4th December 2021 by submission in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Mark O Madsen at UFC Vegas 34 on 21st August 2021 by split decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Enterprise.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Michael Johnson at UFC Vegas 18 on 6th February 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had been beaten by Jim Miller at UFC on ESPN 5 on 3rd August 2019 by submission in the 1st round at Prudential Center, Newark.

He had defeated Joe Lauzon at UFC Fight Night 120 on 11th November 2017 by knockout in the 1st round at Ted Constant Convocation Center, Norfolk.

Activity check

Guida's last 5 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 2 months and 2 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 5 months and 8 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

Puelles' last 2 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 7 months and 8 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 9 months and 21 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

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