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UFC Fight Night: Woodley vs. Burns
Brandon Royval
Brandon Royval
10-4 · USA
VS
Tim Elliott
Tim Elliott
15-10-1 · USA
May 30, 2020 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Flyweight · 3 rounds
125.5lb
Weigh-in
126.0lb
Brandon Royval def. Tim Elliott by SUB (Arm Triangle), R2 3:18
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Royval12/181/100:24
Elliott12/193/803:08
R2 · 3:18
Royval4/150/001:40
Elliott5/131/200:53
Total
Royval16/331/102:04
Elliott17/324/1004:01

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
RoyvalWin probabilityElliott
50.2%49.8%
KO / TKO
51%
Submission
33%
Decision
16%
Expected fight time: 7.2 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Royval50%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO28%56%
Submission18%35%
Decision4%9%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes37 (2048)act 16
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.1)act 1
Elliott50%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO23%45%
Submission15%31%
Decision12%24%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes30 (1639)act 17
Takedowns0.9 (0.02.8)act 4
Combined totals~66 sig strikes~1.2 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R142%
R231%
R311%
Distance16%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.6%
Royval
58.7%-148
Elliott
+14839.7%
Most takedownstie 34.1%
Royval
12.6%+424
Elliott
-42453.3%
Significant strikes — over/under
Royval
Expected: 36.5
36.5
Over 36.5
42.5%
+135
Under 36.5
57.5%
-135
04692
Elliott
Expected: 29.6
29.5
Over 29.5
42.8%
+134
Under 29.5
57.2%
-134
03875
Takedowns — over/under
Royval
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
23.0%
+335
Under 0.5
77.0%
-335
035
Elliott
Expected: 0.9
1
Over 1
36.0%
+106
Exactly 1
25.8%
push
Under 1
38.3%
-106
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 7.2 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
Royval50.2%40.1%+10.1+142
Elliott49.8%59.9%−10.1-162

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
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
RoyvalElliott
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1514
Pound-for-pound
1477
1514
Divisional
1460
1500
Striking offense
1504
1500
Striking defense
1512
1500
Grappling offense
1519
1500
Grappling defense
1493
Physical
27 yrs
Age
33 yrs
5'9"
Height
5'7"
68"
Reach
66"
Southpaw
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
Strikes landed / min
3.49
Strike accuracy
46%
Strikes absorbed / min
2.57
Strike defense
61%
Grappling (UFC career)
Takedowns / 15 min
4.14
Takedown accuracy
58%
Takedown defense
60%
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.2
Form & résumé
UFC win rate
33%
Win/loss streak
-2
Last-5 win rate
40%
Finish rate
25%
Recent opp. quality
Days since last fight
133
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Brandon Royval
No prior UFC fights.
Tim Elliott
  • LAskar AskarovU-DEC R3
    Close +1304mo before
  • LDeiveson FigueiredoSUB R1
    Close +1558mo before
  • WMark De La RosaSUB R2
    Close -1902y 5mo before
  • LBen NguyenSUB R1
    Close -1703y before
  • WLouis SmolkaU-DEC R3
    Close -1853y 1mo before
Royval — win / loss by method
Record: 10-4-0

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
30% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 0 losses
W
60% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
1 win, 4 losses
W
10% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
10win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (30%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
6 (60%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (10%)Decision(100%) 4
Elliott — win / loss by method
Record: 15-10-1

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
3 wins, 1 loss
W
20% of wins
L
10% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 4 losses
W
40% of wins
L
40% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 5 losses
W
40% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
4win8loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (25%)Submission(38%) 3
3 (75%)Decision(63%) 5
Non-UFC
11win2loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (27%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
5 (45%)Submission(50%) 1
3 (27%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Royval
Elliott
0
UFC fights
12
Octagon time
144.8 min · 12.1 avg
Career length
17y 3m
UFC schedule strength

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

Royval
Elliott
Overall
159W–38L · 80.7%
Wins
40W–13L · 75.5%
Losses
119W–25L · 82.6%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Royval
Elliott
96W–46L · 67.6%
Overall
115W–53L · 68.5%
71W–41L · 63.4%
Wins
112W–48L · 70.0%
25W–5L · 83.3%
Losses
3W–5L · 37.5%
Distance striking
Royval
Elliott
Landed / min
5.09
Accuracy
38.6%
Defense
64.1%
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.10
Time at distance
40.8%
Grappling & control
Royval
Elliott
Takedowns / 15 min
4.14
Takedown accuracy
58.0%
Takedown defense
60.0%
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.24
Control share
50.1%
Strike target map
Royval
  • Head0%(0)div 63%
  • Body0%(0)div 22%
  • Legs0%(0)div 15%
  • No strike data on record.
Elliott
  • Head63%(319)div 63%
  • Body20%(103)div 22%
  • Legs16%(83)div 15%

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

Brandon Royval

No UFC fights on record.

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

Tim Elliott
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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