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UFC 282: Blachowicz vs. Ankalaev
VS
Darren Till
Darren Till
18-4-1 · GBR
December 10, 2022 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Middleweight · 3 rounds
185.0lb
Weigh-in
184.5lb
Dricus Du Plessis def. Darren Till by SUB (Neck Crank), R3 2:43
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Du Plessis60/853/303:56
Till6/121/100:23
R2
Du Plessis10/282/201:27
Till18/330/000:00
R3 · 2:43
Du Plessis16/341/100:10
Till11/250/000:00
Total
Du Plessis86/1476/605:33
Till35/701/100:23

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
Du PlessisWin probabilityTill
63.2%36.8%
KO / TKO
28%
Submission
12%
Decision
60%
Expected fight time: 11.3 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 Du Plessis, blue toward Till. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Du Plessis63%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO18%29%29%
Submission10%16%15%
Decision35%55%19%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes42 (1757)act 86
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.5)act 6
Till37%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO10%26%18%
Submission1%4%3%
Decision26%70%16%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes31 (1343)act 35
Takedowns0.5 (0.02.0)act 1
Combined totals~74 sig strikes~0.8 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R120%
R215%
R35%
Distance60%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.3%
Du Plessis
58.7%-147
Till
+14740.0%
Most takedownstie 49.3%
Du Plessis
20.3%+150
Till
-15030.4%
Significant strikes — over/under
Du Plessis
Expected: 42.1
42
Over 42
39.3%
+151
Exactly 42
1.2%
push
Under 42
59.5%
-151
053106
Till
Expected: 31.4
31.5
Over 31.5
39.7%
+152
Under 31.5
60.3%
-152
04079
Takedowns — over/under
Du Plessis
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
27.3%
+267
Under 0.5
72.7%
-267
035
Till
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
36.7%
+172
Under 0.5
63.3%
-172
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 11.3 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
Du Plessis63.2%63.4%−0.2-198
Till36.8%36.6%+0.2+161
By method
Du Plessis by KO/TKO17.5%29.5%−12.0+184
Du Plessis by submission7.5%14.9%−7.4+459
Du Plessis by decision38.2%18.6%+19.6+349
Till by KO/TKO10.2%17.7%−7.5+373
Till by submission4.4%3.4%+1.0+2348
Till by decision22.2%15.9%+6.3+424
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds79.8%57.0%+22.8-156
Over 2.5 rds65.0%42.9%+22.1+118
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision60.4%36.7%+23.7+155

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
74.2Striking62.9
Du Plessis +11.3
39.3Grappling43.3
Till +4.0
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
Du PlessisTill
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1595
Pound-for-pound
1580
1595
Divisional
1533
1518
Striking offense
1484
1521
Striking defense
1533
1486
Grappling offense
1475
1505
Grappling defense
1518
Physical
28 yrs
Age
29 yrs
6'1"
Height
6'0"
76"
Reach
74"
Switch
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
6.55
Strikes landed / min
2.26
52%
Strike accuracy
47%
4.23
Strikes absorbed / min
3.02
53%
Strike defense
58%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.20
Takedowns / 15 min
0.50
18%
Takedown accuracy
42%
100%
Takedown defense
79%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
60%
+3
Win/loss streak
-2
100%
Last-5 win rate
20%
67%
Finish rate
33%
Recent opp. quality
161
Days since last fight
462
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Dricus Du Plessis
  • WBrad TavaresU-DEC R3
    Close -1765mo before
  • WTrevin GilesKO/TKO R2
    Close -1161y 5mo before
  • WMarkus PerezKO/TKO R1
    Close -1672y 2mo before
Darren Till
  • LDerek BrunsonSUB R3
    Close -1611y 3mo before
  • LRobert WhittakerU-DEC R5
    Close +1072y 5mo before
  • WKelvin GastelumS-DEC R3
    Close +1703y 1mo before
  • LJorge MasvidalKO/TKO R2
    Close -2253y 9mo before
  • LTyron WoodleySUB R2
    Close -1154y 3mo before
Du Plessis — win / loss by method
Record: 17-2-0

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
7 wins, 1 loss
W
41% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
9 wins, 1 loss
W
53% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
6% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
3win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (67%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (33%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
14win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (36%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
9 (64%)Submission(50%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Till — win / loss by method
Record: 18-4-1

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
10 wins, 1 loss
W
56% of wins
L
25% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 2 losses
W
11% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 1 loss
W
33% of wins
L
25% of losses
UFC
6win4loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (33%)KO/TKO(25%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(50%) 2
4 (67%)Decision(25%) 1
Non-UFC
12win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
8 (67%)KO/TKO() 0
2 (17%)Submission() 0
2 (17%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Du Plessis
Till
3
UFC fights
11
25.1 min · 8.3 avg
Octagon time
150.6 min · 13.7 avg
13y 0m
Career length
13y 5m
UFC schedule strength

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

Du Plessis
Till
45W–11L · 80.4%
Overall
209W–59L · 78.0%
45W–11L · 80.4%
Wins
117W–31L · 79.1%
0W–0L
Losses
92W–28L · 76.7%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Du Plessis
Till
135W–46L · 74.6%
Overall
27W–16L · 62.8%
111W–41L · 73.0%
Wins
27W–16L · 62.8%
24W–5L · 82.8%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Du Plessis
Till
7.64
Landed / min
2.48
49.1%
Accuracy
41.9%
55.6%
Defense
69.3%
1.20
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.50
74.2%
Time at distance
68.2%
Grappling & control
Du Plessis
Till
1.20
Takedowns / 15 min
0.50
18.2%
Takedown accuracy
41.7%
100.0%
Takedown defense
78.7%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
56.7%
Control share
28.6%
Strike target map
Du Plessis
  • Head57%(93)div 63%
  • Body17%(28)div 20%
  • Legs26%(43)div 17%
Till
  • Head68%(232)div 63%
  • Body14%(46)div 20%
  • Legs18%(62)div 17%

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

Dricus Du Plessis
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Darren Till
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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