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Marlon Vera
Marlon Vera
18-7-1 · ECU
VS
Davey Grant
Davey Grant
13-4 · GBR
June 19, 2021 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Bantamweight · 3 rounds
136.0lb
Weigh-in
135.5lb
Marlon Vera def. Davey Grant by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Vera30/521/100:27
Grant41/840/000:00
R2
Vera43/670/001:00
Grant31/571/101:54
R3
Vera32/431/103:48
Grant11/270/100:00
Total
Vera105/1622/205:15
Grant83/1681/201:54

Scorecards

Vera vs Grant

RdDerek ClearyMichael BellRick WinterCommunity
R110-99-109-109.1-9.9
R210-910-910-99.8-9.2
R310-810-810-910-8.2
Total30-2629-2729-2828.9-27.3

Media (17 cards) · avg 28.927.2 · 15 Vera · 0 Grant · 2 draws

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Vera-Grant.

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
VeraWin probabilityGrant
71.8%28.2%
KO / TKO
29%
Submission
20%
Decision
51%
Expected fight time: 10.4 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 Vera, blue toward Grant. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Vera72%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO22%31%19%
Submission16%22%17%
Decision34%47%29%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes40 (1755)act 105
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.3)act 2
Grant28%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO6%23%14%
Submission5%17%6%
Decision17%60%15%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes38 (1551)act 83
Takedowns0.5 (0.02.0)act 1
Combined totals~78 sig strikes~1.0 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R125%
R218%
R36%
Distance51%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.2%
Vera
51.4%-108
Grant
+10847.4%
Most takedownstie 42.7%
Vera
29.6%-107
Grant
+10727.7%
Significant strikes — over/under
Vera
Expected: 40.4
40.5
Over 40.5
39.6%
+152
Under 40.5
60.4%
-152
051101
Grant
Expected: 37.8
38
Over 38
38.8%
+154
Exactly 38
1.3%
push
Under 38
59.9%
-154
04895
Takedowns — over/under
Vera
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
38.6%
+159
Under 0.5
61.4%
-159
035
Grant
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
37.6%
+166
Under 0.5
62.4%
-166
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 10.4 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
Vera71.8%66.0%+5.8-228
Grant28.2%34.0%−5.8+180
By method
Vera by KO/TKO20.7%18.7%+2.0+337
Vera by submission14.5%17.0%−2.5+380
Vera by decision36.5%28.9%+7.6+183
Grant by KO/TKO8.2%14.2%−6.0+474
Grant by submission5.7%6.4%−0.7+1185
Grant by decision14.3%14.8%−0.5+450
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds75.4%64.5%+10.9-225
Over 2.5 rds57.4%36.4%+21.0-134
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision50.9%47.2%+3.7-102

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
63.0Striking73.9
Grant +10.9
54.7Grappling53.5
Vera +1.3
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
VeraGrant
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1580
Pound-for-pound
1543
1572
Divisional
1543
1520
Striking offense
1510
1517
Striking defense
1515
1499
Grappling offense
1487
1510
Grappling defense
1496
Physical
28 yrs
Age
35 yrs
5'8"
Height
5'8"
70"
Reach
69"
Switch
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.64
Strikes landed / min
3.93
49%
Strike accuracy
48%
3.95
Strikes absorbed / min
2.47
52%
Strike defense
63%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.78
Takedowns / 15 min
2.30
38%
Takedown accuracy
46%
71%
Takedown defense
67%
1.1
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.2
Form & résumé
63%
UFC win rate
57%
-1
Win/loss streak
+3
60%
Last-5 win rate
60%
90%
Finish rate
50%
Recent opp. quality
182
Days since last fight
98
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Marlon Vera
  • LJose AldoU-DEC R3
    Close +1206mo before
  • WSean O'MalleyKO/TKO R1
    Close +24010mo before
  • LSong YadongU-DEC R3
    Close +1701y 1mo before
  • WAndre EwellKO/TKO R3
    Close -1401y 8mo before
  • WNohelin HernandezSUB R2
    Close -4701y 11mo before
Davey Grant
  • WJonathan MartinezKO/TKO R2
    Close +2453mo before
  • WMartin DayKO/TKO R3
    Close +13011mo before
  • WGrigory PopovS-DEC R3
    Close +1301y 7mo before
  • LManny BermudezSUB R1
    Close +2602y 11mo before
  • LDamian StasiakSUB R3
    Close -1904y 8mo before
Vera — win / loss by method
Record: 18-7-1

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
6 wins, 0 losses
W
33% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
10 wins, 0 losses
W
56% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 7 losses
W
11% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
10win6loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (50%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
4 (40%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (10%)Decision(100%) 6
Non-UFC
8win1loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (13%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
6 (75%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (13%)Decision(100%) 1
Grant — win / loss by method
Record: 13-4-0

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
3 wins, 0 losses
W
23% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
8 wins, 4 losses
W
62% of wins
L
100% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 0 losses
W
15% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
4win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (50%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(100%) 3
2 (50%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
9win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (11%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
8 (89%)Submission(100%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Vera
Grant
16
UFC fights
7
172.6 min · 10.8 avg
Octagon time
71.8 min · 10.3 avg
16y 0m
Career length
17y 8m
UFC schedule strength

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

Vera
Grant
245W–73L · 77.0%
Overall
68W–14L · 82.9%
129W–46L · 73.7%
Wins
43W–11L · 79.6%
116W–27L · 81.1%
Losses
25W–3L · 89.3%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Vera
Grant
50W–46L · 52.1%
Overall
29W–62L · 31.9%
27W–31L · 46.6%
Wins
29W–62L · 31.9%
23W–15L · 60.5%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Vera
Grant
4.73
Landed / min
5.80
43.3%
Accuracy
43.9%
57.6%
Defense
65.4%
0.43
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.42
54.2%
Time at distance
51.0%
Grappling & control
Vera
Grant
0.78
Takedowns / 15 min
2.30
37.5%
Takedown accuracy
45.8%
70.7%
Takedown defense
66.7%
1.13
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.21
32.9%
Control share
59.9%
Strike target map
Vera
  • Head48%(300)div 62%
  • Body25%(158)div 21%
  • Legs27%(171)div 17%
Grant
  • Head51%(143)div 62%
  • Body30%(86)div 21%
  • Legs19%(53)div 17%

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

Marlon Vera
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Davey Grant
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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