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UFC Fight Night: Joanna vs. Waterson
Marlon Vera
Marlon Vera
16-5-1 · ECU
VS
Andre Ewell
Andre Ewell
15-5 · USA
October 12, 2019 · Tampa, Florida, USA
Bantamweight · 3 rounds
135.0lb
Weigh-in
135.0lb
Marlon Vera def. Andre Ewell by KO/TKO (Elbows), R3 3:17
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Vera9/210/100:00
Ewell14/370/002:33
R2
Vera28/560/000:34
Ewell19/480/100:00
R3 · 3:17
Vera43/560/000:38
Ewell17/460/000:00
Total
Vera80/1330/101:12
Ewell50/1310/102:33

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
VeraWin probabilityEwell
76.1%23.9%
KO / TKO
39%
Submission
8%
Decision
53%
Expected fight time: 11.0 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Vera76%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO30%40%
Submission7%9%
Decision39%51%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes60 (3478)act 80
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.6)act 0
Ewell24%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO9%37%
Submission1%3%
Decision14%60%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes55 (3172)act 50
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.7)act 0
Combined totals~115 sig strikes~0.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R121%
R214%
R312%
Distance53%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.0%
Vera
52.9%-115
Ewell
+11546.1%
Most takedownstie 63.9%
Vera
23.4%-184
Ewell
+18412.7%
Significant strikes — over/under
Vera
Expected: 59.7
59.5
Over 59.5
42.7%
+134
Under 59.5
57.3%
-134
075150
Ewell
Expected: 55.5
55.5
Over 55.5
42.5%
+136
Under 55.5
57.5%
-136
070139
Takedowns — over/under
Vera
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
25.9%
+286
Under 0.5
74.1%
-286
035
Ewell
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
15.7%
Exactly 0
84.3%
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 11.0 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
Vera76.1%56.2%+19.9-140
Ewell23.9%43.8%−19.9+120

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
60.0Striking63.6
Ewell +3.6
58.2Grappling43.0
Vera +15.2
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
VeraEwell
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1582
Pound-for-pound
1540
1559
Divisional
1542
1505
Striking offense
1499
1516
Striking defense
1506
1502
Grappling offense
1488
1498
Grappling defense
1491
Physical
26 yrs
Age
31 yrs
5'8"
Height
5'8"
70"
Reach
75"
Switch
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
3.15
Strikes landed / min
3.19
45%
Strike accuracy
40%
3.83
Strikes absorbed / min
3.17
52%
Strike defense
60%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.84
Takedowns / 15 min
0.34
41%
Takedown accuracy
100%
68%
Takedown defense
59%
1.3
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
67%
UFC win rate
67%
+4
Win/loss streak
+1
80%
Last-5 win rate
67%
88%
Finish rate
0%
Recent opp. quality
98
Days since last fight
112
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Marlon Vera
  • WNohelin HernandezSUB R2
    Close -4703mo before
  • WFrankie SaenzKO/TKO R1
    Close -1707mo before
  • WGuido CannettiSUB R2
    Close -32011mo before
  • WLijiburen WulijiburenKO/TKO R2
    Close -4701y 2mo before
  • LDouglas Silva de AndradeU-DEC R3
    Close -1901y 8mo before
Andre Ewell
  • WAnderson Dos SantosU-DEC R3
    Close -1404mo before
  • LNathaniel WoodSUB R3
    Close +1009mo before
  • WRenan BaraoS-DEC R3
    Close +1701y 1mo before
Vera — win / loss by method
Record: 16-5-1

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
4 wins, 0 losses
W
25% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
10 wins, 0 losses
W
63% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 5 losses
W
13% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
8win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (38%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
4 (50%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (13%)Decision(100%) 4
Non-UFC
8win1loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (13%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
6 (75%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (13%)Decision(100%) 1
Ewell — win / loss by method
Record: 15-5-0

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
7 wins, 0 losses
W
47% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 3 losses
W
27% of wins
L
60% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 2 losses
W
27% of wins
L
40% of losses
UFC
2win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(100%) 1
2 (100%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
13win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (54%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
4 (31%)Submission(50%) 2
2 (15%)Decision(50%) 2

Profiles

Experience
Vera
Ewell
12
UFC fights
3
124.6 min · 10.4 avg
Octagon time
44.2 min · 14.7 avg
16y 0m
Career length
10y 11m
UFC schedule strength

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

Vera
Ewell
175W–56L · 75.8%
Overall
67W–16L · 80.7%
102W–41L · 71.3%
Wins
54W–13L · 80.6%
73W–15L · 83.0%
Losses
13W–3L · 81.3%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Vera
Ewell
50W–46L · 52.1%
Overall
63W–87L · 42.0%
27W–31L · 46.6%
Wins
46W–85L · 35.1%
23W–15L · 60.5%
Losses
17W–2L · 89.5%
Distance striking
Vera
Ewell
4.25
Landed / min
5.30
39.3%
Accuracy
39.6%
59.5%
Defense
70.0%
0.60
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.34
52.5%
Time at distance
58.5%
Grappling & control
Vera
Ewell
0.84
Takedowns / 15 min
0.34
41.2%
Takedown accuracy
100.0%
67.6%
Takedown defense
58.8%
1.32
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
28.7%
Control share
2.8%
Strike target map
Vera
  • Head52%(205)div 63%
  • Body24%(95)div 21%
  • Legs24%(93)div 16%
Ewell
  • Head84%(118)div 63%
  • Body15%(21)div 21%
  • Legs1%(2)div 16%

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

Marlon Vera
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Andre Ewell
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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