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UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Aspinall
Nicolas Dalby
Nicolas Dalby
19-4-1 · DNK
VS
Claudio Silva
Claudio Silva
14-3 · BRA
July 23, 2022 · London, England, United Kingdom
Welterweight · 3 rounds
170.0lb
Weigh-in
170.5lb
Nicolas Dalby def. Claudio Silva by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Dalby0/10/000:00
Silva0/21/404:11
R2
Dalby31/570/001:58
Silva6/102/601:50
R3
Dalby14/361/102:19
Silva5/91/201:16
Total
Dalby45/941/104:17
Silva11/214/1207:17

Scorecards

Dalby vs Silva

RdAnders OhlssonBen CartlidgeDavid LethabyCommunity
R19-109-109-108.9-10
R210-810-910-910-8.8
R310-910-910-99.9-9.1
Total29-2729-2829-2828.8-27.9

Media (11 cards) · avg 28.927.9 · 10 Dalby · 0 Silva · 1 draw

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Dalby-Silva.

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
DalbyWin probabilitySilva
50.6%49.4%
KO / TKO
24%
Submission
20%
Decision
57%
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 Dalby, blue toward Silva. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Dalby51%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO14%27%28%
Submission5%11%3%
Decision32%62%34%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes35 (1448)act 45
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.6)act 1
Silva49%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO10%20%5%
Submission14%28%14%
Decision25%52%16%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes36 (1549)act 11
Takedowns1.2 (0.03.8)act 4
Combined totals~72 sig strikes~1.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R120%
R213%
R310%
Distance57%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.3%
Dalby
48.4%+104
Silva
-10450.3%
Most takedownstie 34.5%
Dalby
14.6%+348
Silva
-34850.9%
Significant strikes — over/under
Dalby
Expected: 35.4
35.5
Over 35.5
39.6%
+153
Under 35.5
60.4%
-153
04589
Silva
Expected: 36.2
36
Over 36
39.4%
+151
Exactly 36
1.3%
push
Under 36
59.3%
-151
04691
Takedowns — over/under
Dalby
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
25.0%
+299
Under 0.5
75.0%
-299
035
Silva
Expected: 1.2
1
Over 1
39.4%
+104
Exactly 1
19.4%
push
Under 1
41.2%
-104
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
Dalby50.6%65.5%−14.9-218
Silva49.4%34.5%+14.9+177
By method
Dalby by KO/TKO11.9%27.5%−15.6+211
Dalby by submission9.9%3.4%+6.5+2442
Dalby by decision28.8%33.7%−4.9+154
Silva by KO/TKO11.7%4.7%+7.0+1731
Silva by submission9.7%14.4%−4.7+493
Silva by decision28.1%16.3%+11.8+425
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds79.9%68.8%+11.1-277
Over 2.5 rds67.1%55.9%+11.2-147
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision56.9%51.5%+5.4-122

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
59.6Striking57.8
Dalby +1.8
37.6Grappling55.1
Silva +17.5
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
DalbySilva
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1546
Pound-for-pound
1568
1544
Divisional
1555
1493
Striking offense
1494
1495
Striking defense
1515
1476
Grappling offense
1518
1505
Grappling defense
1501
Physical
37 yrs
Age
39 yrs
5'11"
Height
5'11"
74"
Reach
71"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
3.26
Strikes landed / min
2.81
39%
Strike accuracy
42%
3.56
Strikes absorbed / min
3.00
54%
Strike defense
45%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.25
Takedowns / 15 min
2.63
29%
Takedown accuracy
25%
65%
Takedown defense
50%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.3
Form & résumé
43%
UFC win rate
71%
-1
Win/loss streak
-2
40%
Last-5 win rate
60%
0%
Finish rate
60%
Recent opp. quality
392
Days since last fight
427
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Nicolas Dalby
  • LTim MeansU-DEC R3
    Close +1341y 1mo before
  • WDaniel RodriguezU-DEC R3
    Close +2501y 8mo before
  • WAlex OliveiraU-DEC R3
    Close +1352y 10mo before
  • LPeter SobottaU-DEC R3
    Close -2005y 11mo before
  • LZak CummingsU-DEC R3
    Close -1056y 3mo before
Claudio Silva
  • LCourt McGeeU-DEC R3
    Close -1121y 2mo before
  • LJames KrauseU-DEC R3
    Close +1201y 9mo before
  • WCole WilliamsSUB R1
    Close -5503y before
  • WDanny RobertsSUB R3
    Close -1503y 4mo before
  • WNordine TalebSUB R1
    Close +3254y 2mo before
Dalby — win / loss by method
Record: 19-4-1, 2 NC

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
6 wins, 0 losses
W
32% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 0 losses
W
21% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
9 wins, 4 losses
W
47% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
3win3loss1draw1NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (100%)Decision(100%) 3
Non-UFC
16win1loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
6 (38%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
4 (25%)Submission(0%) 0
6 (38%)Decision(100%) 1
Silva — win / loss by method
Record: 14-3-0

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
2 wins, 0 losses
W
14% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
9 wins, 0 losses
W
64% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 2 losses
W
21% of wins
L
67% of losses
DQ / other
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
5win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (60%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (40%)Decision(100%) 2
Non-UFC
9win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (22%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
6 (67%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (11%)Decision(0%) 0
0 (0%)DQ / other(100%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Dalby
Silva
8
UFC fights
7
107.8 min · 13.5 avg
Octagon time
79.7 min · 11.4 avg
16y 5m
Career length
18y 9m
UFC schedule strength

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

Dalby
Silva
111W–33L · 77.1%
Overall
104W–29L · 78.2%
47W–12L · 79.7%
Wins
58W–11L · 84.1%
64W–21L · 75.3%
Losses
46W–18L · 71.9%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Dalby
Silva
157W–87L · 64.3%
Overall
138W–122L · 53.1%
148W–86L · 63.2%
Wins
130W–116L · 52.8%
9W–1L · 90.0%
Losses
8W–6L · 57.1%
Distance striking
Dalby
Silva
4.14
Landed / min
4.08
31.9%
Accuracy
36.3%
58.2%
Defense
49.1%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
51.1%
Time at distance
48.2%
Grappling & control
Dalby
Silva
1.25
Takedowns / 15 min
2.63
29.0%
Takedown accuracy
25.5%
65.2%
Takedown defense
50.0%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.32
38.2%
Control share
63.2%
Strike target map
Dalby
  • Head59%(208)div 63%
  • Body19%(67)div 20%
  • Legs22%(76)div 16%
Silva
  • Head56%(125)div 63%
  • Body21%(46)div 20%
  • Legs24%(53)div 16%

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

Nicolas Dalby
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Claudio Silva
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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