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Song Yadong
Song Yadong
15-5-1 · CHN
VS
Marlon Vera
Marlon Vera
17-5-1 · ECU
May 16, 2020 · Jacksonville, Florida, USA
Featherweight · 3 rounds
145.5lb
Weigh-in
145.5lb
Song Yadong def. Marlon Vera by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Yadong17/400/000:39
Vera21/320/000:38
R2
Yadong44/890/100:03
Vera37/740/100:26
R3
Yadong40/720/000:18
Vera34/582/202:11
Total
Yadong101/2010/101:00
Vera92/1642/303:15

Scorecards

Yadong vs Vera

RdDave TirelliHoward ReichbachSal D'AmatoCommunity
R110-910-910-99.8-9.2
R210-910-910-99.5-9.5
R39-109-109-109-10
Total29-2829-2829-2828.3-28.7

Media (17 cards) · avg 29.127.9 · 17 Yadong · 0 Vera

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

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
YadongWin probabilityVera
75.6%24.4%
KO / TKO
36%
Submission
4%
Decision
60%
Expected fight time: 11.8 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Yadong76%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO26%35%
Submission2%2%
Decision48%63%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes79 (45103)act 101
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.1)act 0
Vera24%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO10%40%
Submission2%8%
Decision12%52%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes55 (3172)act 92
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.6)act 2
Combined totals~135 sig strikes~0.7 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R111%
R221%
R38%
Distance60%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.8%
Yadong
66.1%-200
Vera
+20033.1%
Most takedownstie 49.4%
Yadong
40.7%-407
Vera
+40710.0%
Significant strikes — over/under
Yadong
Expected: 79.4
79.5
Over 79.5
42.4%
+136
Under 79.5
57.6%
-136
0100199
Vera
Expected: 55.2
55
Over 55
42.2%
+134
Exactly 55
1.2%
push
Under 55
56.6%
-134
070139
Takedowns — over/under
Yadong
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
44.8%
+123
Under 0.5
55.2%
-123
035
Vera
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
15.3%
Exactly 0
84.7%
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 11.8 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
Yadong75.6%64.3%+11.3-200
Vera24.4%35.7%−11.3+170

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
67.5Striking62.4
Yadong +5.1
56.5Grappling58.2
Vera +1.7
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
YadongVera
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1572
Pound-for-pound
1596
1522
Divisional
1534
1511
Striking offense
1512
1527
Striking defense
1515
1505
Grappling offense
1500
1525
Grappling defense
1504
Physical
22 yrs
Age
27 yrs
5'8"
Height
5'8"
67"
Reach
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Switch
Striking (UFC career)
3.54
Strikes landed / min
3.43
38%
Strike accuracy
47%
2.74
Strikes absorbed / min
3.82
63%
Strike defense
53%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.97
Takedowns / 15 min
0.76
100%
Takedown accuracy
39%
67%
Takedown defense
68%
0.6
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.4
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
69%
0
Win/loss streak
+5
80%
Last-5 win rate
100%
75%
Finish rate
89%
Recent opp. quality
161
Days since last fight
217
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Song Yadong
  • DCody StamannM-DEC R3
    !Close -2255mo before
  • WAlejandro PerezKO/TKO R1
    Close -22510mo before
  • WVince MoralesU-DEC R3
    Close -5501y 6mo before
  • WFelipe ArantesKO/TKO R2
    Close -1151y 11mo before
  • WBharat KandareSUB R1
    Close -1602y 6mo before
Marlon Vera
  • WAndre EwellKO/TKO R3
    Close -1407mo before
  • WNohelin HernandezSUB R2
    Close -47010mo before
  • WFrankie SaenzKO/TKO R1
    Close -1701y 2mo before
  • WGuido CannettiSUB R2
    Close -3201y 6mo before
  • WLijiburen WulijiburenKO/TKO R2
    Close -4701y 9mo before
Yadong — win / loss by method
Record: 15-5-1, 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
6 wins, 1 loss
W
40% of wins
L
20% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 0 losses
W
20% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 3 losses
W
40% of wins
L
60% of losses
DQ / other
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
20% of losses
UFC
4win0loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (50%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (25%)Submission() 0
1 (25%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
11win5loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
4 (36%)KO/TKO(20%) 1
2 (18%)Submission(0%) 0
5 (45%)Decision(60%) 3
0 (0%)DQ / other(20%) 1
Vera — win / loss by method
Record: 17-5-1

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
5 wins, 0 losses
W
29% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
10 wins, 0 losses
W
59% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 5 losses
W
12% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
9win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (44%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
4 (44%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (11%)Decision(100%) 4
Non-UFC
8win1loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (13%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
6 (75%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (13%)Decision(100%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Yadong
Vera
5
UFC fights
13
46.3 min · 9.3 avg
Octagon time
137.9 min · 10.6 avg
13y 2m
Career length
16y 0m
UFC schedule strength

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

Yadong
Vera
55W–20L · 73.3%
Overall
190W–61L · 75.7%
55W–20L · 73.3%
Wins
117W–46L · 71.8%
0W–0L
Losses
73W–15L · 83.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Yadong
Vera
83W–34L · 70.9%
Overall
50W–46L · 52.1%
42W–15L · 73.7%
Wins
27W–31L · 46.6%
41W–19L · 68.3%
Losses
23W–15L · 60.5%
Distance striking
Yadong
Vera
4.47
Landed / min
4.45
34.6%
Accuracy
41.0%
67.3%
Defense
59.6%
0.97
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.54
62.3%
Time at distance
53.6%
Grappling & control
Yadong
Vera
0.97
Takedowns / 15 min
0.76
100.0%
Takedown accuracy
38.9%
66.7%
Takedown defense
68.4%
0.65
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.41
59.2%
Control share
28.9%
Strike target map
Yadong
  • Head70%(114)div 65%
  • Body15%(24)div 19%
  • Legs16%(26)div 16%
Vera
  • Head52%(246)div 65%
  • Body24%(114)div 19%
  • Legs24%(113)div 16%

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

Song Yadong
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Marlon Vera
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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