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UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. Till
Robert Whittaker
Robert Whittaker
20-5 · AUS
VS
Darren Till
Darren Till
18-2-1 · GBR
July 25, 2020 · Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Middleweight · 5 rounds · Main event
186.0lb
Weigh-in
186.0lb
Robert Whittaker def. Darren Till by U-DEC, R5 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Whittaker11/300/200:00
Till12/240/000:35
R2
Whittaker15/300/011:48
Till3/120/000:00
R3
Whittaker13/320/200:06
Till6/210/000:00
R4
Whittaker13/340/200:02
Till8/190/000:00
R5
Whittaker17/312/700:33
Till12/230/000:00
Total
Whittaker69/1572/1312:29
Till41/990/000:35

Scorecards

Whittaker vs Till

RdAnders OhlssonBen CartlidgeClemens WernerCommunity
R19-109-109-109-10
R210-910-910-910-9
R310-910-910-99.9-9.1
R410-99-109-109.4-9.6
R59-1010-910-99.5-9.5
Total48-4748-4748-4747.8-47.2

Media (20 cards) · avg 48.246.9 · 20 Whittaker · 0 Till

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Whittaker-Till.

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
WhittakerWin probabilityTill
45.7%54.3%
KO / TKO
47%
Submission
5%
Decision
49%
Expected fight time: 19.3 min
What drives the pick

Each bar is a feature's push on the model from the center axis. Red pushes toward Whittaker, blue toward Till. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Whittaker46%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO21%46%
Submission3%6%
Decision22%48%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes94 (54122)act 69
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.5)act 2
Till54%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO25%47%
Submission2%3%
Decision27%50%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes70 (4091)act 41
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.8)act 0
Combined totals~164 sig strikes~0.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R16%
R210%
R318%
R410%
R57%
Distance49%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.7%
Whittaker
63.3%-176
Till
+17636.0%
Most takedownstie 65.3%
Whittaker
20.9%-151
Till
+15113.8%
Significant strikes — over/under
Whittaker
Expected: 93.9
94
Over 94
42.1%
+136
Exactly 94
0.7%
push
Under 94
57.2%
-136
0118235
Till
Expected: 69.8
70
Over 70
41.8%
+137
Exactly 70
1.0%
push
Under 70
57.2%
-137
088175
Takedowns — over/under
Whittaker
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
23.3%
+329
Under 0.5
76.7%
-329
035
Till
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
16.5%
Exactly 0
83.5%
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 19.3 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
Whittaker45.7%53.9%−8.2-130
Till54.3%46.1%+8.2+107

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
68.1Striking64.0
Whittaker +4.1
50.1Grappling45.1
Whittaker +5.1
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
WhittakerTill
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1648
Pound-for-pound
1608
1638
Divisional
1557
1538
Striking offense
1489
1507
Striking defense
1526
1478
Grappling offense
1480
1553
Grappling defense
1522
Physical
29 yrs
Age
27 yrs
6'0"
Height
6'0"
73"
Reach
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
4.77
Strikes landed / min
2.41
40%
Strike accuracy
47%
3.70
Strikes absorbed / min
3.03
61%
Strike defense
59%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.36
Takedowns / 15 min
0.66
57%
Takedown accuracy
42%
84%
Takedown defense
82%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
79%
UFC win rate
75%
-1
Win/loss streak
+1
80%
Last-5 win rate
60%
45%
Finish rate
33%
Recent opp. quality
294
Days since last fight
266
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Robert Whittaker
  • LIsrael AdesanyaKO/TKO R2
    Close +11010mo before
  • WYoel RomeroS-DEC R5
    Close -2752y 2mo before
  • WYoel RomeroU-DEC R5
    Close -1303y 1mo before
  • WJacare SouzaKO/TKO R2
    Close +2253y 3mo before
  • WDerek BrunsonKO/TKO R1
    Close +1003y 8mo before
Darren Till
  • WKelvin GastelumS-DEC R3
    Close +1709mo before
  • LJorge MasvidalKO/TKO R2
    Close -2251y 4mo before
  • LTyron WoodleySUB R2
    Close -1151y 11mo before
  • WStephen ThompsonU-DEC R5
    missedClose +1302y 2mo before
  • WDonald CerroneKO/TKO R1
    Close +1302y 9mo before
Whittaker — win / loss by method
Record: 20-5-0

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
9 wins, 2 losses
W
45% of wins
L
40% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 1 loss
W
25% of wins
L
20% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 2 losses
W
30% of wins
L
40% of losses
UFC
11win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (45%)KO/TKO(67%) 2
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
6 (55%)Decision(33%) 1
Non-UFC
9win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (44%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
5 (56%)Submission(50%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(50%) 1
Till — win / loss by method
Record: 18-2-1

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
10 wins, 1 loss
W
56% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 1 loss
W
11% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 0 losses
W
33% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
6win2loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (33%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(50%) 1
4 (67%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
12win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
8 (67%)KO/TKO() 0
2 (17%)Submission() 0
2 (17%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Whittaker
Till
14
UFC fights
9
169.0 min · 12.1 avg
Octagon time
113.3 min · 12.6 avg
17y 4m
Career length
13y 5m
UFC schedule strength

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

Whittaker
Till
179W–35L · 83.6%
Overall
167W–47L · 78.0%
139W–31L · 81.8%
Wins
117W–31L · 79.1%
40W–4L · 90.9%
Losses
50W–16L · 75.8%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Whittaker
Till
64W–29L · 68.8%
Overall
27W–16L · 62.8%
39W–13L · 75.0%
Wins
27W–16L · 62.8%
25W–16L · 61.0%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Whittaker
Till
5.17
Landed / min
2.62
37.3%
Accuracy
42.7%
65.0%
Defense
71.3%
0.71
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.66
76.1%
Time at distance
69.1%
Grappling & control
Whittaker
Till
0.36
Takedowns / 15 min
0.66
57.1%
Takedown accuracy
41.7%
84.1%
Takedown defense
82.1%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
40.4%
Control share
37.8%
Strike target map
Whittaker
  • Head70%(562)div 63%
  • Body13%(104)div 19%
  • Legs17%(140)div 17%
Till
  • Head69%(189)div 63%
  • Body11%(31)div 19%
  • Legs19%(53)div 17%

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

Robert Whittaker
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Darren Till
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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