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UFC Fight Night: Gane vs. Tuivasa
Robert Whittaker
Robert Whittaker
23-6 · AUS
VS
Marvin Vettori
Marvin Vettori
18-5-1 · ITA
September 3, 2022 · Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Middleweight · 3 rounds
186.0lb
Weigh-in
186.0lb
Robert Whittaker def. Marvin Vettori by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Whittaker22/560/000:00
Vettori14/410/000:09
R2
Whittaker25/530/000:00
Vettori10/450/000:07
R3
Whittaker27/571/100:12
Vettori9/300/100:12
Total
Whittaker74/1661/100:12
Vettori33/1160/100:28

Scorecards

Whittaker vs Vettori

RdClemens WernerHoward HughesMark CollettCommunity
R19-1010-910-99.9-9.2
R210-910-910-910-8.9
R310-910-910-910-8.9
Total29-2830-2730-2729.9-27

Media (20 cards) · avg 3027 · 20 Whittaker · 0 Vettori

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Whittaker-Vettori.

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
WhittakerWin probabilityVettori
50.8%49.2%
KO / TKO
22%
Submission
4%
Decision
74%
Expected fight time: 12.9 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 Whittaker, blue toward Vettori. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Whittaker51%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO16%31%16%
Submission1%2%4%
Decision34%67%46%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes64 (2787)act 74
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.2)act 1
Vettori49%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO7%14%7%
Submission3%6%8%
Decision39%80%19%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes54 (2273)act 33
Takedowns0.8 (0.02.9)act 0
Combined totals~118 sig strikes~1.1 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R17%
R214%
R35%
Distance74%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.8%
Whittaker
55.1%-125
Vettori
+12544.1%
Most takedownstie 40.2%
Whittaker
14.5%+313
Vettori
-31345.4%
Significant strikes — over/under
Whittaker
Expected: 64.2
64
Over 64
39.5%
+151
Exactly 64
0.8%
push
Under 64
59.7%
-151
081161
Vettori
Expected: 53.9
54
Over 54
39.2%
+153
Exactly 54
0.9%
push
Under 54
59.9%
-153
068135
Takedowns — over/under
Whittaker
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
23.3%
+328
Under 0.5
76.7%
-328
035
Vettori
Expected: 0.8
1
Over 1
31.0%
+153
Exactly 1
21.5%
push
Under 1
47.5%
-153
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 12.9 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
Whittaker50.8%65.8%−15.0-221
Vettori49.2%34.2%+15.0+180
By method
Whittaker by KO/TKO11.4%15.6%−4.2+441
Whittaker by submission1.9%4.0%−2.1+2036
Whittaker by decision37.5%45.9%−8.4-119
Vettori by KO/TKO11.0%7.0%+4.0+1114
Vettori by submission1.8%8.1%−6.3+941
Vettori by decision36.3%19.5%+16.8+333
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds92.6%78.3%+14.3-501
Over 2.5 rds79.1%70.3%+8.8-296
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision73.9%68.1%+5.8-267

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
69.1Striking69.2
Vettori +0.2
43.7Grappling59.4
Vettori +15.8
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
WhittakerVettori
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1671
Pound-for-pound
1609
1659
Divisional
1594
1535
Striking offense
1499
1517
Striking defense
1507
1470
Grappling offense
1507
1568
Grappling defense
1553
Physical
31 yrs
Age
28 yrs
6'0"
Height
6'0"
73"
Reach
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
4.45
Strikes landed / min
4.35
42%
Strike accuracy
46%
3.32
Strikes absorbed / min
3.48
61%
Strike defense
60%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.81
Takedowns / 15 min
2.04
36%
Takedown accuracy
45%
84%
Takedown defense
76%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.6
Form & résumé
78%
UFC win rate
73%
-1
Win/loss streak
+1
60%
Last-5 win rate
80%
36%
Finish rate
25%
Recent opp. quality
203
Days since last fight
315
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Robert Whittaker
  • LIsrael AdesanyaU-DEC R5
    Close +2367mo before
  • WKelvin GastelumU-DEC R5
    Close -2641y 5mo before
  • WJared CannonierU-DEC R3
    Close -1101y 10mo before
  • WDarren TillU-DEC R5
    Close -1302y 1mo before
  • LIsrael AdesanyaKO/TKO R2
    Close +1102y 11mo before
Marvin Vettori
  • WPaulo CostaU-DEC R5
    Close -19510mo before
  • LIsrael AdesanyaU-DEC R5
    Close +1951y 3mo before
  • WKevin HollandU-DEC R5
    Close -3141y 5mo before
  • WJack HermanssonU-DEC R5
    Close -1341y 9mo before
  • WKarl RobersonSUB R1
    opp missedClose -2302y 3mo before
Whittaker — win / loss by method
Record: 23-6-0

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
9 wins, 2 losses
W
39% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 1 loss
W
22% of wins
L
17% of losses
Decision
9 wins, 3 losses
W
39% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
14win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (36%)KO/TKO(50%) 2
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
9 (64%)Decision(50%) 2
Non-UFC
9win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (44%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
5 (56%)Submission(50%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(50%) 1
Vettori — win / loss by method
Record: 18-5-1

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
2 wins, 0 losses
W
11% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
9 wins, 0 losses
W
50% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
7 wins, 5 losses
W
39% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
8win3loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (25%)Submission(0%) 0
6 (75%)Decision(100%) 3
Non-UFC
10win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (20%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
7 (70%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (10%)Decision(100%) 2

Profiles

Experience
Whittaker
Vettori
18
UFC fights
12
259.0 min · 14.4 avg
Octagon time
198.8 min · 16.6 avg
17y 4m
Career length
14y 0m
UFC schedule strength

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

Whittaker
Vettori
248W–48L · 83.8%
Overall
147W–34L · 81.2%
187W–43L · 81.3%
Wins
109W–31L · 77.9%
61W–5L · 92.4%
Losses
38W–3L · 92.7%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Whittaker
Vettori
64W–29L · 68.8%
Overall
96W–45L · 68.1%
39W–13L · 75.0%
Wins
92W–45L · 67.2%
25W–16L · 61.0%
Losses
4W–0L · 100.0%
Distance striking
Whittaker
Vettori
4.85
Landed / min
5.61
39.8%
Accuracy
42.2%
63.7%
Defense
61.1%
0.58
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.08
77.7%
Time at distance
62.9%
Grappling & control
Whittaker
Vettori
0.81
Takedowns / 15 min
2.04
35.9%
Takedown accuracy
45.0%
83.8%
Takedown defense
76.5%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.60
55.5%
Control share
80.3%
Strike target map
Whittaker
  • Head70%(806)div 64%
  • Body12%(137)div 20%
  • Legs18%(210)div 17%
Vettori
  • Head81%(704)div 64%
  • Body12%(102)div 20%
  • Legs7%(58)div 17%

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

Robert Whittaker
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Marvin Vettori
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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