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UFC 323: Dvalishvili vs. Yan 2
Payton Talbott
Payton Talbott
10-1 · USA
VS
Henry Cejudo
Henry Cejudo
16-5 · USA
December 6, 2025 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Bantamweight · 3 rounds
136.0lb
Weigh-in
136.0lb
Payton Talbott def. Henry Cejudo by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Talbott40/572/201:37
Cejudo22/440/200:00
R2
Talbott50/881/110:36
Cejudo18/381/102:13
R3
Talbott44/720/201:18
Cejudo20/340/400:26
Total
Talbott134/2173/513:31
Cejudo60/1161/702:39

Scorecards

Talbott vs Cejudo

RdDavid LethabyEric ColónSal D'AmatoCommunity
R110-910-910-99.9-9.1
R210-910-910-910-9
R310-910-910-910-9
Total30-2730-2730-2729.9-27.1

Media (17 cards) · avg 3027 · 17 Talbott · 0 Cejudo

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Talbott-Cejudo.

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
TalbottWin probabilityCejudo
75.6%24.4%
KO / TKO
28%
Submission
12%
Decision
59%
Expected fight time: 11.5 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 Talbott, blue toward Cejudo. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Talbott76%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO23%29%
Submission11%15%
Decision42%56%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes54 (2374)act 134
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.8)act 3
Cejudo24%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO6%24%
Submission1%5%
Decision17%71%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes41 (1756)act 60
Takedowns1.3 (0.03.8)act 1
Combined totals~95 sig strikes~1.7 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R118%
R214%
R39%
Distance59%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.0%
Talbott
58.5%-145
Cejudo
+14540.5%
Most takedownstie 26.3%
Talbott
16.3%+353
Cejudo
-35357.4%
Significant strikes — over/under
Talbott
Expected: 54.4
54.5
Over 54.5
39.6%
+152
Under 54.5
60.4%
-152
068136
Cejudo
Expected: 41.0
41
Over 41
39.2%
+152
Exactly 41
1.2%
push
Under 41
59.6%
-152
052103
Takedowns — over/under
Talbott
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
32.2%
+210
Under 0.5
67.8%
-210
035
Cejudo
Expected: 1.3
1.5
Over 1.5
44.7%
+124
Under 1.5
55.3%
-124
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 11.5 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
Talbott75.6%68.5%+7.1-250
Cejudo24.4%31.5%−7.1+205

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
73.3Striking67.8
Talbott +5.4
40.2Grappling46.4
Cejudo +6.3
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
TalbottCejudo
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1569
Pound-for-pound
1616
1568
Divisional
1537
1513
Striking offense
1502
1505
Striking defense
1513
1513
Grappling offense
1500
1499
Grappling defense
1563
Physical
27 yrs
Age
38 yrs
5'10"
Height
5'4"
70"
Reach
64"
Switch
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.89
Strikes landed / min
3.82
57%
Strike accuracy
47%
2.68
Strikes absorbed / min
3.46
43%
Strike defense
60%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.32
Takedowns / 15 min
1.84
33%
Takedown accuracy
31%
70%
Takedown defense
76%
0.3
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.1
Form & résumé
80%
UFC win rate
67%
+1
Win/loss streak
-3
80%
Last-5 win rate
40%
75%
Finish rate
40%
Recent opp. quality
161
Days since last fight
287
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Payton Talbott
  • WFelipe LimaU-DEC R3
    Close +1365mo before
  • LRaoni BarcelosU-DEC R3
    Close -120011mo before
  • WYanis GhemmouriKO/TKO R1
    Close -16111y 5mo before
  • WCameron SaaimanKO/TKO R2
    Close -1651y 8mo before
  • WNick AguirreSUB R3
    Close -7842y 1mo before
Henry Cejudo
  • LSong YadongU-DEC R3
    Close +2089mo before
  • LMerab DvalishviliU-DEC R3
    Close +2341y 10mo before
  • LAljamain SterlingS-DEC R5
    Close -1192y 7mo before
  • WDominick CruzKO/TKO R2
    Close -2255y 7mo before
  • WMarlon MoraesKO/TKO R3
    Close +1456y 6mo before
Talbott — win / loss by method
Record: 10-1-0

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
7 wins, 0 losses
W
70% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
10% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 1 loss
W
20% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
4win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (50%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (25%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (25%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
6win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (83%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (17%)Decision() 0
Cejudo — win / loss by method
Record: 16-5-0

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
8 wins, 1 loss
W
50% of wins
L
20% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
8 wins, 4 losses
W
50% of wins
L
80% of losses
UFC
10win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (40%)KO/TKO(20%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
6 (60%)Decision(80%) 4
Non-UFC
6win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (67%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
2 (33%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Talbott
Cejudo
5
UFC fights
15
46.6 min · 9.3 avg
Octagon time
203.6 min · 13.6 avg
4y 8m
Career length
13y 5m
UFC schedule strength

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

Talbott
Cejudo
60W–10L · 85.7%
Overall
277W–58L · 82.7%
42W–5L · 89.4%
Wins
178W–37L · 82.8%
18W–5L · 78.3%
Losses
99W–21L · 82.5%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Talbott
Cejudo
25W–10L · 71.4%
Overall
14W–19L · 42.4%
25W–10L · 71.4%
Wins
14W–19L · 42.4%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Talbott
Cejudo
8.72
Landed / min
3.94
49.8%
Accuracy
40.9%
51.9%
Defense
62.8%
0.64
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.37
35.4%
Time at distance
65.6%
Grappling & control
Talbott
Cejudo
0.32
Takedowns / 15 min
1.84
33.3%
Takedown accuracy
31.3%
69.8%
Takedown defense
76.2%
0.32
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.15
35.0%
Control share
79.7%
Strike target map
Talbott
  • Head76%(173)div 62%
  • Body16%(37)div 21%
  • Legs8%(18)div 17%
Cejudo
  • Head54%(424)div 62%
  • Body30%(230)div 21%
  • Legs16%(124)div 17%

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

Payton Talbott
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Henry Cejudo
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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