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David Martinez
David Martinez
13-1 · MEX
VS
Marlon Vera
Marlon Vera
23-11-1 · ECU
February 28, 2026 · Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
Bantamweight · 3 rounds
135.0lb
Weigh-in
136.0lb
David Martinez def. Marlon Vera by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Martinez19/411/100:45
Vera5/390/000:00
R2
Martinez21/431/200:45
Vera13/400/000:00
R3
Martinez31/710/100:13
Vera24/660/000:04
Total
Martinez71/1552/401:43
Vera42/1450/000:04

Scorecards

Martinez vs Vera

RdDave TirelliMichael BellSal D'AmatoCommunity
R110-910-910-910-9
R210-910-910-99.8-9.2
R39-109-109-109.1-9.9
Total29-2829-2829-2828.9-28.1

Media (15 cards) · avg 2928 · 15 Martinez · 0 Vera

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Martinez-Vera.

Pre-fight

The model's read going in

The walk-forward model's call at the time of the bout — persisted out-of-sample, with no hindsight about the result.

Prediction
MartinezWin probabilityVera
70.7%29.3%
KO / TKO
30%
Submission
14%
Decision
56%
Expected fight time: 11.1 min
Retrospective pick: the walk-forward model's call at the time of the fight — persisted out-of-sample, with no hindsight about the result.
What drives the pick

Each bar is a feature's push on the model from the center axis. Red pushes toward Martinez, blue toward Vera. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Martinez71%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO23%32%12%
Submission5%8%3%
Decision43%60%55%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes54 (2374)act 71
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.8)act 2
Vera29%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO7%23%9%
Submission9%30%6%
Decision13%47%14%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes42 (1756)act 42
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.7)act 0
Combined totals~96 sig strikes~0.8 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R122%
R213%
R39%
Distance56%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.0%
Martinez
58.1%-142
Vera
+14241.0%
Most takedownstie 47.4%
Martinez
27.8%-112
Vera
+11224.8%
Significant strikes — over/under
Martinez
Expected: 54.3
54.5
Over 54.5
39.6%
+153
Under 54.5
60.4%
-153
068136
Vera
Expected: 41.6
41.5
Over 41.5
39.8%
+151
Under 41.5
60.2%
-151
052104
Takedowns — over/under
Martinez
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
35.4%
+183
Under 0.5
64.6%
-183
035
Vera
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
32.8%
+205
Under 0.5
67.2%
-205
035

Odds are model-implied (no real prop market is priced for these). The “most” prices are draw-no-bet — a tie (for takedowns, usually 0–0) is a push, so each side is priced off its chance of winning given a result, while the % shown is the raw chance of landing strictly more. Drag a line in half-point steps: a half line (e.g. 2.5) is a clean over/under, while a whole number adds a third outcome — landing exactly on it, a push — so over, exact and under sum to 100%. On a whole number the over/under odds are draw-no-bet (priced off the decisive mass, since the push refunds), so the two sides stay mirror images rather than implying an arbitrage.

Expected fight time 11.1 min. Predicted-output ranges are percentiles of the model’s simulated fights: sig strikes the middle 50% (25th–75th); takedowns the wider 10th–90th, since they’re 0 in most fights so a narrow band would collapse to 0. Win-by-method = win probability × that fighter’s own method split: the model forecasts how the fight ends, and that forecast is divided between the corners by each fighter’s finishing record — UFC wins in full, earlier-career wins at half weight, as of fight night — reconciled so the fighters’ totals still equal their win probabilities and the methods still total the fight-level forecast above. “Equity” is each of those over that fighter’s win % — how they win given that they win — so a column adds to 100%, and it differs by corner. A fighter with no classifiable wins at any level leans on the fight-level split. “How it ends” is the model’s round-of-finish split. “Mkt” is the de-vigged market prop (consensus across books), shown for context, not as a betting signal; rounds & totals slots fill as that data lands. Percentages are apportioned by largest remainder, so each set adds to its total exactly and an individual figure can sit a point off its own rounding.

Model vs market
Final
ModelMarketGapLine
To win
Martinez70.7%72.6%−1.9-321
Vera29.3%27.4%+1.9+247
By method
Martinez by KO/TKO20.9%12.0%+8.9+610
Martinez by submission10.0%3.4%+6.6+2381
Martinez by decision39.8%55.3%−15.5-185
Vera by KO/TKO8.6%9.5%−0.9+795
Vera by submission4.2%5.9%−1.7+1341
Vera by decision16.5%13.9%+2.6+510
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds78.1%83.6%−5.5-871
Over 2.5 rds65.0%76.4%−11.4-451
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision56.3%73.0%−16.7-352

Market % is the de-vigged (no-vig) consensus across the books that price both fighters; the line is the average across books with the min–max range in parentheses. Gap is the model minus the market in points (+ = the model rates that outcome above the market). Thin or one-sided markets are flagged or left blank rather than shown as a fabricated %. Shown for context, not as a bet — the closing line is the sharpest public price and the model trails it on average. For 5-round bouts the model splits its round-3+ finish mass into rounds 3–5 by the historical within-bucket rate, so the over-3.5 / 4.5 lines carry a model estimate.

Trait web
74.5Striking58.4
Martinez +16.1
25.0Grappling50.5
Vera +25.5
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
MartinezVera
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1565
Pound-for-pound
1595
1565
Divisional
1580
1507
Striking offense
1530
1533
Striking defense
1502
1487
Grappling offense
1482
1513
Grappling defense
1532
Physical
27 yrs
Age
33 yrs
5'5"
Height
5'8"
67"
Reach
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Switch
Striking (UFC career)
4.53
Strikes landed / min
4.25
45%
Strike accuracy
48%
2.85
Strikes absorbed / min
5.37
69%
Strike defense
50%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.49
0%
Takedown accuracy
39%
100%
Takedown defense
73%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.8
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
60%
+2
Win/loss streak
-3
100%
Last-5 win rate
20%
50%
Finish rate
73%
Recent opp. quality
168
Days since last fight
133
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
David Martinez
  • WRob FontU-DEC R3
    Close +1086mo before
  • WSaimon OliveiraKO/TKO R1
    Close -77011mo before
Marlon Vera
  • LAiemann ZahabiS-DEC R3
    Close +1114mo before
  • LDeiveson FigueiredoU-DEC R3
    Close +1221y 7mo before
  • LSean O'MalleyU-DEC R5
    Close +2162y before
  • WPedro MunhozU-DEC R3
    Close -1662y 6mo before
  • LCory SandhagenS-DEC R5
    Close +1242y 11mo before
Martinez — win / loss by method
Record: 13-1-0

Bar length is fight count (largest bar = full width); shading splits finishes by round and decisions by unanimous vs split — tap a bar for the round-by-round count.

KO/TKO
10 wins, 0 losses
W
77% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 1 loss
W
23% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
2win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (50%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (50%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
11win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
9 (82%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (18%)Decision(100%) 1
Vera — win / loss by method
Record: 23-11-1

Bar length is fight count (largest bar = full width); shading splits finishes by round and decisions by unanimous vs split — tap a bar for the round-by-round count.

KO/TKO
8 wins, 0 losses
W
35% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
10 wins, 0 losses
W
43% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 11 losses
W
22% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
15win10loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (47%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
4 (27%)Submission(0%) 0
4 (27%)Decision(100%) 10
Non-UFC
8win1loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (13%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
6 (75%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (13%)Decision(100%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Martinez
Vera
2
UFC fights
25
19.6 min · 9.8 avg
Octagon time
338.7 min · 13.5 avg
10y 5m
Career length
16y 0m
UFC schedule strength

Opponents' records on fight night — toggle their full cross-promotional record vs UFC bouts only.

Martinez
Vera
40W–13L · 75.5%
Overall
413W–111L · 78.8%
40W–13L · 75.5%
Wins
229W–74L · 75.6%
0W–0L
Losses
184W–37L · 83.3%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Martinez
Vera
69W–33L · 67.6%
Overall
50W–46L · 52.1%
64W–29L · 68.8%
Wins
27W–31L · 46.6%
5W–4L · 55.6%
Losses
23W–15L · 60.5%
Distance striking
Martinez
Vera
4.48
Landed / min
4.95
42.2%
Accuracy
44.7%
69.1%
Defense
52.4%
0.76
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.58
86.4%
Time at distance
68.1%
Grappling & control
Martinez
Vera
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.49
0.0%
Takedown accuracy
39.3%
100.0%
Takedown defense
72.7%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.80
56.0%
Control share
32.4%
Strike target map
Martinez
  • Head61%(54)div 62%
  • Body12%(11)div 21%
  • Legs27%(24)div 17%
Vera
  • Head54%(775)div 62%
  • Body21%(308)div 21%
  • Legs25%(355)div 17%

Where each fighter lands significant strikes (career). “div” = the weight-class average.

David Martinez
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

Per-fight: SS & TD shown landed/attempted; Close = consensus closing line.

Marlon Vera
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

Per-fight: SS & TD shown landed/attempted; Close = consensus closing line.