Home Events UFC 5: The Return of the Beast Guy Mezger vs John Dowdy Guy Mezger vs John Dowdy · UFC 5: The Return of the Beast Openweight · 1 rounds · Card
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UFC 5: The Return of the Beast
Friday, April 7, 1995 · Charlotte · North Carolina
Full card → Result Guy Mezger def. John Dowdy Method KO/TKO (Punches to Head From Mount) Round · time Round 1 · 2:02 · 1 Rnd (20) Referee John McCarthy Sig. strikes Guy Mezger 12/17 · John Dowdy 0/4 · PropSports · round totals Total strikes Guy Mezger 15/20 · John Dowdy 2/7 Scorecards None — the fight ended by KO/TKO Analysis Round-by-round (1 round) Result Guy Mezger def. John Dowdy
KO/TKO (Punches to Head From Mount) · Round 1 · 2:02 · 1 Rnd (20)
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Round-by-Round Analysis Fight progression reconstructed from verified round-level observations.
KO/TKO · R1 · 2:02
R1
Guy Mezger Round 1 John Dowdy
12 / 17 Sig. strikes 0 / 4
71% Accuracy 0%
15 / 20 Total strikes 2 / 7
1 Knockdowns 0
0 / 0 Takedowns 0 / 0
0 Sub. attempts 0
— Control —
5.9 Pace / min 0.0
— Control share —
Guy Mezger
Target head 83% · body 8% · leg 8%
Phase distance 17% · clinch 17% · ground 67%
John Dowdy
Target No strikes landed this round
Phase No strikes landed this round
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Fight summary
12 Guy Mezger sig. strikes
0 John Dowdy sig. strikes
1 rounds observed
Pace is significant strikes landed per minute of observed round time. A round with no recorded observation is left empty rather than drawn as zero.
Fight stats 1 round · PropSports round stats 12 / 17 Sig. strikes 0 / 4
71% Accuracy 0%
15 / 20 Total strikes 2 / 7
1 Knockdowns 0
0 / 0 Takedowns 0 / 0
0 Sub attempts 0
0:00 Control 0:00
10 Head 0
1 Body 0
1 Leg 0
Guy Mezger John Dowdy
Round Fighter KD Sig. str. Total TD Sub Ctrl Head Body Leg R1 Guy Mezger 1 12/17
Tale of the tape 30-14-2 Record 0-1-0
27 Age —
6'1" Height —
— Reach —
Orthodox Stance —
2.30 Sig. str./min 0.00
0.39 TD / 15 min 0.00
Guy Mezger 3-1 in archive
1 KO/TKO wins
1 Sub wins
67% Finish rate
John Dowdy archive pending
0 KO/TKO wins
0 Sub wins
— Finish rate
