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JJ Aldrich
JJ Aldrich
5-2 · USA
VS
Danielle Taylor
Danielle Taylor
9-2 · USA
January 14, 2018 · St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Strawweight · 3 rounds
115.5lb
Weigh-in
113.5lb
JJ Aldrich def. Danielle Taylor by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Aldrich8/341/301:47
Taylor7/380/000:00
R2
Aldrich20/520/100:04
Taylor17/560/000:00
R3
Aldrich26/640/100:00
Taylor14/420/100:00
Total
Aldrich54/1501/501:51
Taylor38/1360/100:00

Scorecards

Aldrich vs Taylor

RdRob FrancisSal D'AmatoTravis BueskingCommunity
R110-910-910-910-9
R29-109-109-1010-9
R310-910-910-910-9
Total29-2829-2829-2830-27

Media (14 cards) · avg 29.927.1 · 14 Aldrich · 0 Taylor

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Aldrich-Taylor.

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
AldrichWin probabilityTaylor
53.7%46.3%
KO / TKO
21%
Submission
6%
Decision
72%
Expected fight time: 13.4 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Aldrich54%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO12%22%
Submission2%5%
Decision40%73%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes58 (3376)act 54
Takedowns0.5 (0.01.9)act 1
Taylor46%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO10%21%
Submission3%8%
Decision33%71%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes49 (2864)act 38
Takedowns0.2 (0.01.1)act 0
Combined totals~107 sig strikes~0.7 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R18%
R22%
R317%
Distance73%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.0%
Aldrich
57.2%-137
Taylor
+13741.8%
Most takedownstie 51.6%
Aldrich
30.9%-177
Taylor
+17717.5%
Significant strikes — over/under
Aldrich
Expected: 58.1
58
Over 58
42.0%
+135
Exactly 58
1.2%
push
Under 58
56.8%
-135
073146
Taylor
Expected: 49.2
49
Over 49
42.1%
+134
Exactly 49
1.4%
push
Under 49
56.6%
-134
062123
Takedowns — over/under
Aldrich
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
36.3%
+175
Under 0.5
63.7%
-175
035
Taylor
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
23.9%
Exactly 0
76.1%
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 13.4 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
Aldrich53.7%54.3%−0.6-130
Taylor46.3%45.7%+0.6+110

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
60.7Striking63.3
Taylor +2.6
9.3Grappling35.3
Taylor +26.1
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
AldrichTaylor
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1514
Pound-for-pound
1539
1514
Divisional
1539
1494
Striking offense
1488
1501
Striking defense
1514
1495
Grappling offense
1474
1496
Grappling defense
1524
Physical
25 yrs
Age
28 yrs
5'5"
Height
5'0"
67"
Reach
60"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.30
Strikes landed / min
2.98
40%
Strike accuracy
30%
4.93
Strikes absorbed / min
2.60
60%
Strike defense
78%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.33
Takedown accuracy
33%
33%
Takedown defense
67%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
50%
UFC win rate
67%
+1
Win/loss streak
+2
50%
Last-5 win rate
67%
0%
Finish rate
0%
Recent opp. quality
218
Days since last fight
267
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
JJ Aldrich
  • WChan-Mi JeonU-DEC R3
    opp missedClose -2007mo before
  • LJuliana LimaU-DEC R3
    Close +1901y 1mo before
Danielle Taylor
  • WJessica PenneU-DEC R3
    Close -1109mo before
  • WSeo Hee HamS-DEC R3
    Close -1101y 2mo before
  • LMaryna MorozS-DEC R3
    Close +2351y 5mo before
Aldrich — win / loss by method
Record: 5-2-0

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
2 wins, 0 losses
W
40% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 1 loss
W
60% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
1win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (100%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
4win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (50%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(100%) 1
2 (50%)Decision(0%) 0
Taylor — win / loss by method
Record: 9-2-0

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, 1 loss
W
33% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
11% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 1 loss
W
56% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
2win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (100%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
7win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (43%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
1 (14%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (43%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Aldrich
Taylor
2
UFC fights
3
30.0 min · 15.0 avg
Octagon time
45.0 min · 15.0 avg
11y 11m
Career length
12y 5m
UFC schedule strength

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

Aldrich
Taylor
13W–3L · 81.3%
Overall
36W–12L · 75.0%
5W–0L · 100.0%
Wins
29W–11L · 72.5%
8W–3L · 72.7%
Losses
7W–1L · 87.5%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Aldrich
Taylor
18W–13L · 58.1%
Overall
13W–9L · 59.1%
17W–13L · 56.7%
Wins
12W–9L · 57.1%
1W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
1W–0L · 100.0%
Distance striking
Aldrich
Taylor
5.07
Landed / min
2.98
34.5%
Accuracy
29.9%
66.2%
Defense
79.9%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
65.1%
Time at distance
96.2%
Grappling & control
Aldrich
Taylor
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.33
Takedown accuracy
33.3%
33.3%
Takedown defense
66.7%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
9.9%
Control share
2.6%
Strike target map
Aldrich
  • Head65%(84)div 63%
  • Body19%(25)div 22%
  • Legs16%(20)div 16%
Taylor
  • Head65%(87)div 63%
  • Body12%(16)div 22%
  • Legs23%(31)div 16%

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

JJ Aldrich
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Danielle Taylor
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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