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UFC 264: Poirier vs. McGregor 3
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Trevin Giles
Trevin Giles
14-2 · USA
July 10, 2021 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Middleweight · 3 rounds
185.5lb
Weigh-in
185.5lb
Dricus Du Plessis def. Trevin Giles by KO/TKO (Punch), R2 1:41
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Du Plessis14/292/301:31
Giles6/200/000:12
R2 · 1:41
Du Plessis11/190/110:03
Giles4/120/000:00
Total
Du Plessis25/482/411:34
Giles10/320/000:12

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 probabilityGiles
38.0%62.0%
KO / TKO
39%
Submission
13%
Decision
49%
Expected fight time: 10.2 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 Giles. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Du Plessis38%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO16%41%23%
Submission7%18%14%
Decision15%41%15%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes35 (1447)act 25
Takedowns0.2 (0.01.0)act 2
Giles62%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO23%38%15%
Submission6%9%7%
Decision33%53%26%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes32 (1343)act 10
Takedowns0.8 (0.02.8)act 0
Combined totals~67 sig strikes~1.0 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R128%
R214%
R39%
Distance49%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.4%
Du Plessis
51.8%-111
Giles
+11146.8%
Most takedownstie 42.0%
Du Plessis
13.1%+343
Giles
-34344.9%
Significant strikes — over/under
Du Plessis
Expected: 34.8
35
Over 35
38.8%
+154
Exactly 35
1.4%
push
Under 35
59.8%
-154
04487
Giles
Expected: 32.0
32
Over 32
39.1%
+152
Exactly 32
1.5%
push
Under 32
59.4%
-152
04181
Takedowns — over/under
Du Plessis
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
20.8%
Exactly 0
79.2%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Giles
Expected: 0.8
1
Over 1
30.0%
+163
Exactly 1
21.1%
push
Under 1
48.9%
-163
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 10.2 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 Plessis38.0%51.0%−13.0-116
Giles62.0%49.0%+13.0-107
By method
Du Plessis by KO/TKO14.7%22.8%−8.1+256
Du Plessis by submission4.8%13.5%−8.7+500
Du Plessis by decision18.5%15.1%+3.4+439
Giles by KO/TKO24.0%14.8%+9.2+448
Giles by submission7.9%7.4%+0.5+1000
Giles by decision30.1%26.4%+3.7+208
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds71.9%64.5%+7.4-225
Over 2.5 rds57.9%47.9%+10.0-104
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision48.6%44.4%+4.2+111

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
76.4Striking77.1
Giles +0.7
0.0Grappling58.1
Giles +58.1
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
Du PlessisGiles
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1560
Pound-for-pound
1579
1560
Divisional
1562
1507
Striking offense
1505
1528
Striking defense
1518
1483
Grappling offense
1495
1500
Grappling defense
1503
Physical
27 yrs
Age
28 yrs
6'1"
Height
6'0"
76"
Reach
74"
Switch
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
7.72
Strikes landed / min
3.26
45%
Strike accuracy
56%
4.16
Strikes absorbed / min
1.88
67%
Strike defense
62%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
1.37
Takedown accuracy
80%
Takedown defense
79%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.3
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
71%
+1
Win/loss streak
+3
100%
Last-5 win rate
60%
100%
Finish rate
60%
Recent opp. quality
273
Days since last fight
112
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Dricus Du Plessis
  • WMarkus PerezKO/TKO R1
    Close -1679mo before
Trevin Giles
  • WRoman DolidzeU-DEC R3
    Close -1134mo before
  • WBevon LewisKO/TKO R3
    Close +1008mo before
  • WJames KrauseS-DEC R3
    Close -1701y 5mo before
  • LGerald MeerschaertSUB R3
    Close -1701y 11mo before
  • LZak CummingsSUB R3
    Close -2002y 2mo before
Du Plessis — win / loss by method
Record: 15-2-0

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
6 wins, 1 loss
W
40% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
9 wins, 1 loss
W
60% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (100%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
14win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (36%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
9 (64%)Submission(50%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Giles — win / loss by method
Record: 14-2-0

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
6 wins, 0 losses
W
43% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 2 losses
W
36% of wins
L
100% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 0 losses
W
21% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
5win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (60%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(100%) 2
2 (40%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
9win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (33%)KO/TKO() 0
5 (56%)Submission() 0
1 (11%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Du Plessis
Giles
1
UFC fights
7
3.4 min · 3.4 avg
Octagon time
87.6 min · 12.5 avg
13y 0m
Career length
12y 6m
UFC schedule strength

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

Du Plessis
Giles
12W–3L · 80.0%
Overall
110W–29L · 79.1%
12W–3L · 80.0%
Wins
59W–12L · 83.1%
0W–0L
Losses
51W–17L · 75.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Du Plessis
Giles
135W–46L · 74.6%
Overall
52W–33L · 61.2%
111W–41L · 73.0%
Wins
52W–33L · 61.2%
24W–5L · 82.8%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Du Plessis
Giles
6.90
Landed / min
4.10
42.6%
Accuracy
50.4%
67.4%
Defense
65.1%
4.46
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.51
99.0%
Time at distance
53.5%
Grappling & control
Du Plessis
Giles
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
1.37
Takedown accuracy
80.0%
Takedown defense
79.2%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.34
100.0%
Control share
49.1%
Strike target map
Du Plessis
  • Head27%(7)div 63%
  • Body15%(4)div 19%
  • Legs58%(15)div 17%
Giles
  • Head85%(244)div 63%
  • Body11%(31)div 19%
  • Legs4%(11)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.

Trevin Giles
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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