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Timur Valiev
Timur Valiev
16-2 · RUS
VS
Martin Day
Martin Day
8-5 · USA
February 6, 2021 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Featherweight · 3 rounds
145.5lb
Weigh-in
146.0lb
Timur Valiev def. Martin Day by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Valiev12/181/302:58
Day3/160/000:00
R2
Valiev21/251/104:05
Day4/60/000:15
R3
Valiev22/332/204:16
Day1/60/000:00
Total
Valiev55/764/6011:19
Day8/280/000:15

Scorecards

Valiev vs Day

RdJerin ValelRick WinterTony WeeksCommunity
R110-910-910-99.9-9
R210-810-810-89.9-8.6
R310-810-810-99.9-8.7
Total30-2530-2530-2629.7-26.3

Media (16 cards) · avg 3026.7 · 16 Valiev · 0 Day

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Valiev-Day.

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
ValievWin probabilityDay
72.4%27.6%
KO / TKO
38%
Submission
17%
Decision
45%
Expected fight time: 9.7 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 Valiev, blue toward Day. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Valiev72%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO27%37%34%
Submission11%15%9%
Decision34%48%29%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes35 (1447)act 55
Takedowns2.6 (0.06.2)act 4
Day28%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO11%40%9%
Submission6%20%5%
Decision11%40%13%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes35 (1447)act 8
Takedowns0.2 (0.01.0)act 0
Combined totals~70 sig strikes~2.8 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R130%
R219%
R36%
Distance45%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.4%
Valiev
49.0%+101
Day
-10149.6%
Most takedownstie 11.4%
Valiev
83.2%-1549
Day
+15495.4%
Significant strikes — over/under
Valiev
Expected: 34.9
35
Over 35
38.9%
+154
Exactly 35
1.4%
push
Under 35
59.7%
-154
04488
Day
Expected: 35.0
35
Over 35
39.0%
+153
Exactly 35
1.4%
push
Under 35
59.6%
-153
04488
Takedowns — over/under
Valiev
Expected: 2.6
2.5
Over 2.5
49.9%
+100
Under 2.5
50.1%
-100
048
Day
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
21.8%
Exactly 0
78.2%
push
Under 0
0.0%
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 9.7 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
Valiev72.4%73.7%−1.3-350
Day27.6%26.3%+1.3+302
By method
Valiev by KO/TKO27.5%33.7%−6.2+140
Valiev by submission12.2%9.0%+3.2+800
Valiev by decision32.8%29.4%+3.4+175
Day by KO/TKO10.5%9.0%+1.5+800
Day by submission4.6%5.4%−0.8+1399
Day by decision12.5%13.5%−1.0+500
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds70.3%61.0%+9.3-188
Over 2.5 rds51.4%48.0%+3.4-105
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision45.3%45.7%−0.4+105

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
77.9Striking69.5
Valiev +8.5
13.9Grappling63.1
Day +49.2
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
ValievDay
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1543
Pound-for-pound
1468
1543
Divisional
1514
1489
Striking offense
1509
1504
Striking defense
1508
1545
Grappling offense
1497
1550
Grappling defense
1494
Physical
31 yrs
Age
32 yrs
5'6"
Height
5'10"
67"
Reach
73"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
9.45
Strikes landed / min
5.31
71%
Strike accuracy
48%
3.72
Strikes absorbed / min
4.35
48%
Strike defense
58%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.93
Takedown accuracy
67%
50%
Takedown defense
79%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.9
Form & résumé
0%
UFC win rate
0%
-1
Win/loss streak
-3
0%
Last-5 win rate
0%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
168
Days since last fight
70
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Timur Valiev
No prior UFC fights.
Martin Day
  • LAnderson Dos SantosSUB R1
    Close -1672mo before
  • LDavey GrantKO/TKO R3
    Close -1627mo before
  • LPingyuan LiuS-DEC R3
    Close +1502y 2mo before
Valiev — win / loss by method
Record: 16-2-0, 1 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
5 wins, 0 losses
W
31% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 0 losses
W
13% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
9 wins, 2 losses
W
56% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
16win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (31%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (13%)Submission(0%) 0
9 (56%)Decision(100%) 2
Day — win / loss by method
Record: 8-5-0

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
3 wins, 2 losses
W
38% of wins
L
40% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 1 loss
W
25% of wins
L
20% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 2 losses
W
38% of wins
L
40% of losses
UFC
0win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(33%) 1
0 ()Submission(33%) 1
0 ()Decision(33%) 1
Non-UFC
8win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (38%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
2 (25%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (38%)Decision(50%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Valiev
Day
1
UFC fights
3
7.0 min · 7.0 avg
Octagon time
32.2 min · 10.7 avg
15y 11m
Career length
11y 6m
UFC schedule strength

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

Valiev
Day
Overall
45W–16L · 73.8%
Wins
0W–0L
Losses
45W–16L · 73.8%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Valiev
Day
164W–42L · 79.6%
Overall
25W–14L · 64.1%
156W–41L · 79.2%
Wins
17W–12L · 58.6%
8W–1L · 88.9%
Losses
8W–2L · 80.0%
Distance striking
Valiev
Day
10.32
Landed / min
8.39
69.8%
Accuracy
45.6%
65.6%
Defense
58.9%
2.15
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.93
83.2%
Time at distance
55.9%
Grappling & control
Valiev
Day
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.93
Takedown accuracy
66.7%
50.0%
Takedown defense
78.6%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.93
2.1%
Control share
28.5%
Strike target map
Valiev
  • Head42%(28)div 64%
  • Body38%(25)div 20%
  • Legs20%(13)div 16%
Day
  • Head60%(102)div 64%
  • Body33%(56)div 20%
  • Legs8%(13)div 16%

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

Timur Valiev
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Martin Day
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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