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UFC 263: Adesanya vs. Vettori 2
Israel Adesanya
Israel Adesanya
20-1 · NGA
VS
Marvin Vettori
Marvin Vettori
17-4-1 · ITA
June 12, 2021 · Glendale, Arizona, USA
Middleweight · 5 rounds · Main event
183.5lb
Weigh-in
184.5lb
Israel Adesanya def. Marvin Vettori by U-DEC, R5 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Adesanya18/320/000:00
Vettori11/291/201:08
R2
Adesanya28/490/000:00
Vettori16/500/300:59
R3
Adesanya19/350/000:32
Vettori6/321/101:18
R4
Adesanya20/380/000:04
Vettori16/421/401:31
R5
Adesanya11/270/000:00
Vettori9/231/401:59
Total
Adesanya96/1810/000:36
Vettori58/1764/1406:55

Scorecards

Adesanya vs Vettori

RdChris FloresDerek ClearySal D'AmatoCommunity
R110-910-910-99.8-9.3
R210-910-910-99.9-9.1
R310-910-910-99.8-9.2
R410-910-910-99.9-9.1
R510-910-910-99.9-9.1
Total50-4550-4550-4549.3-45.8

Media (19 cards) · avg 49.945.1 · 19 Adesanya · 0 Vettori

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Adesanya-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
AdesanyaWin probabilityVettori
56.8%43.2%
KO / TKO
29%
Submission
6%
Decision
65%
Expected fight time: 19.5 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 Adesanya, blue toward Vettori. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Adesanya57%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO23%40%28%
Submission0%1%5%
Decision34%59%33%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes79 (33107)act 96
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.5)act 0
Vettori43%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO6%13%8%
Submission5%13%8%
Decision32%74%18%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes63 (2685)act 58
Takedowns1.7 (0.04.9)act 4
Combined totals~142 sig strikes~1.8 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R111%
R213%
R36%
R43%
R52%
Distance65%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.7%
Adesanya
57.0%-135
Vettori
+13542.3%
Most takedownstie 33.3%
Adesanya
6.8%+887
Vettori
-88759.9%
Significant strikes — over/under
Adesanya
Expected: 79.0
79
Over 79
39.4%
+152
Exactly 79
0.6%
push
Under 79
59.9%
-152
099198
Vettori
Expected: 62.7
62.5
Over 62.5
39.9%
+150
Under 62.5
60.1%
-150
079157
Takedowns — over/under
Adesanya
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
13.2%
Exactly 0
86.8%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Vettori
Expected: 1.7
1.5
Over 1.5
47.0%
+113
Under 1.5
53.0%
-113
036

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 19.5 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
Adesanya56.8%68.1%−11.3-251
Vettori43.2%31.9%+11.3+198
By method
Adesanya by KO/TKO16.2%27.9%−11.7+188
Adesanya by submission3.4%4.7%−1.3+1601
Adesanya by decision37.2%33.5%+3.7+140
Vettori by KO/TKO12.3%8.0%+4.3+900
Vettori by submission2.6%8.0%−5.4+900
Vettori by decision28.2%17.8%+10.4+350
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds88.8%72.6%+16.2-350
Over 2.5 rds76.2%64.5%+11.7-225
Over 3.5 rds70.8%57.7%+13.1-163
Over 4.5 rds67.6%54.3%+13.3-138
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision65.4%52.0%+13.4-125

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
73.7Striking72.5
Adesanya +1.2
26.4Grappling67.4
Vettori +41.0
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
AdesanyaVettori
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1665
Pound-for-pound
1607
1680
Divisional
1607
1529
Striking offense
1495
1537
Striking defense
1510
1482
Grappling offense
1512
1526
Grappling defense
1550
Physical
31 yrs
Age
27 yrs
6'4"
Height
6'0"
80"
Reach
74"
Switch
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
3.95
Strikes landed / min
4.14
50%
Strike accuracy
45%
2.63
Strikes absorbed / min
2.90
62%
Strike defense
66%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
2.22
0%
Takedown accuracy
54%
82%
Takedown defense
79%
0.3
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.8
Form & résumé
90%
UFC win rate
78%
-1
Win/loss streak
+5
80%
Last-5 win rate
100%
44%
Finish rate
29%
Recent opp. quality
98
Days since last fight
63
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Israel Adesanya
  • LJan BlachowiczU-DEC R5
    Close -2513mo before
  • WPaulo CostaKO/TKO R2
    Close -1869mo before
  • WYoel RomeroU-DEC R5
    Close -2601y 3mo before
  • WRobert WhittakerKO/TKO R2
    Close -1301y 8mo before
  • WKelvin GastelumU-DEC R5
    Close -1702y 2mo before
Marvin Vettori
  • WKevin HollandU-DEC R5
    Close -3142mo before
  • WJack HermanssonU-DEC R5
    Close -1346mo before
  • WKarl RobersonSUB R1
    opp missedClose -2301y before
  • WAndrew SanchezU-DEC R3
    Close -3701y 8mo before
  • WCezar FerreiraU-DEC R3
    Close -2201y 11mo before
Adesanya — win / loss by method
Record: 20-1-0

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
15 wins, 0 losses
W
75% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 1 loss
W
25% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
9win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (44%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
5 (56%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
11win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
11 (100%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Vettori — win / loss by method
Record: 17-4-1

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
12% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
9 wins, 0 losses
W
53% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 4 losses
W
35% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
7win2loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (29%)Submission(0%) 0
5 (71%)Decision(100%) 2
Non-UFC
10win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (20%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
7 (70%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (10%)Decision(100%) 2

Profiles

Experience
Adesanya
Vettori
10
UFC fights
10
161.0 min · 16.1 avg
Octagon time
148.8 min · 14.9 avg
14y 4m
Career length
14y 0m
UFC schedule strength

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

Adesanya
Vettori
181W–41L · 81.5%
Overall
114W–32L · 78.1%
154W–33L · 82.4%
Wins
96W–30L · 76.2%
27W–8L · 77.1%
Losses
18W–2L · 90.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Adesanya
Vettori
139W–55L · 71.6%
Overall
96W–45L · 68.1%
139W–55L · 71.6%
Wins
92W–45L · 67.2%
0W–0L
Losses
4W–0L · 100.0%
Distance striking
Adesanya
Vettori
4.24
Landed / min
5.37
47.7%
Accuracy
40.6%
64.1%
Defense
67.5%
1.02
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.10
82.7%
Time at distance
59.4%
Grappling & control
Adesanya
Vettori
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
2.22
0.0%
Takedown accuracy
53.7%
82.5%
Takedown defense
78.8%
0.28
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.81
12.8%
Control share
78.6%
Strike target map
Adesanya
  • Head52%(330)div 64%
  • Body17%(110)div 19%
  • Legs31%(196)div 17%
Vettori
  • Head82%(508)div 64%
  • Body10%(62)div 19%
  • Legs7%(46)div 17%

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

Israel Adesanya
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.