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Nordine Taleb
Nordine Taleb
13-4 · CAN
VS
Danny Roberts
Danny Roberts
14-2 · GBR
December 16, 2017 · Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Welterweight · 3 rounds
Nordine Taleb def. Danny Roberts by KO/TKO (Kick), R1 0:59
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 0:59
Taleb5/50/010:00
Roberts1/40/000:00
Total
Taleb5/50/010:00
Roberts1/40/000:00

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
TalebWin probabilityRoberts
52.6%47.4%
KO / TKO
27%
Submission
7%
Decision
67%
Expected fight time: 12.1 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Taleb53%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO13%24%
Submission1%2%
Decision39%74%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes50 (2865)act 5
Takedowns0.7 (0.02.4)act 0
Roberts47%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO13%29%
Submission6%12%
Decision28%59%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes38 (2150)act 1
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.7)act 0
Combined totals~88 sig strikes~0.9 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R112%
R216%
R35%
Distance67%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.2%
Taleb
61.5%-165
Roberts
+16537.3%
Most takedownstie 53.5%
Taleb
35.3%-317
Roberts
+31711.1%
Significant strikes — over/under
Taleb
Expected: 50.1
50
Over 50
41.9%
+135
Exactly 50
1.3%
push
Under 50
56.8%
-135
063126
Roberts
Expected: 38.4
38.5
Over 38.5
42.4%
+136
Under 38.5
57.6%
-136
04997
Takedowns — over/under
Taleb
Expected: 0.7
0.5
Over 0.5
38.8%
+157
Under 0.5
61.2%
-157
035
Roberts
Expected: 0.2
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 12.1 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
Taleb52.6%58.8%−6.2-155
Roberts47.4%41.2%+6.2+135

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
77.1Striking63.4
Taleb +13.7
57.5Grappling19.8
Taleb +37.7
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
TalebRoberts
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1565
Pound-for-pound
1561
1552
Divisional
1562
1497
Striking offense
1505
1524
Striking defense
1510
Grappling offense
Grappling defense
Physical
36 yrs
Age
30 yrs
6'1"
Height
6'1"
74"
Reach
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
3.28
Strikes landed / min
4.13
54%
Strike accuracy
39%
1.97
Strikes absorbed / min
3.86
69%
Strike defense
58%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.48
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
79%
Takedown accuracy
0%
72%
Takedown defense
55%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.4
Form & résumé
71%
UFC win rate
75%
+1
Win/loss streak
+1
60%
Last-5 win rate
75%
20%
Finish rate
67%
Recent opp. quality
202
Days since last fight
153
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Nordine Taleb
  • WOliver EnkampU-DEC R3
    Close -3357mo before
  • LSantiago PonzinibbioU-DEC R3
    Close +26510mo before
  • WErick SilvaKO/TKO R2
    Close +1851y 9mo before
  • LWarlley AlvesSUB R2
    Close +2802y 5mo before
  • WChris ClementsU-DEC R3
    Close -2102y 8mo before
Danny Roberts
  • WBobby NashKO/TKO R2
    Close -1905mo before
  • LMike PerryKO/TKO R3
    Close +1101y 2mo before
  • WDominique SteeleU-DEC R3
    Close -3551y 8mo before
  • WNathan CoySUB R1
    Close -1502y before
Taleb — win / loss by method
Record: 13-4-0

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
6 wins, 1 loss
W
46% of wins
L
25% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
25% of losses
Decision
7 wins, 2 losses
W
54% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
5win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (20%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(50%) 1
4 (80%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
8win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (63%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (38%)Decision(50%) 1
Roberts — win / loss by method
Record: 14-2-0

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
6 wins, 1 loss
W
43% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 1 loss
W
36% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 0 losses
W
21% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
3win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (33%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
1 (33%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (33%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
11win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (45%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
4 (36%)Submission(100%) 1
2 (18%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Taleb
Roberts
7
UFC fights
4
90.8 min · 13.0 avg
Octagon time
41.4 min · 10.4 avg
18y 8m
Career length
15y 8m
UFC schedule strength

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

Taleb
Roberts
82W–18L · 82.0%
Overall
44W–13L · 77.2%
51W–15L · 77.3%
Wins
36W–13L · 73.5%
31W–3L · 91.2%
Losses
8W–0L · 100.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Taleb
Roberts
56W–30L · 65.1%
Overall
130W–124L · 51.2%
37W–24L · 60.7%
Wins
121W–122L · 49.8%
19W–6L · 76.0%
Losses
9W–2L · 81.8%
Distance striking
Taleb
Roberts
4.07
Landed / min
5.75
48.5%
Accuracy
34.6%
71.9%
Defense
64.8%
0.17
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.36
55.2%
Time at distance
54.2%
Grappling & control
Taleb
Roberts
2.48
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
78.9%
Takedown accuracy
0.0%
72.2%
Takedown defense
55.0%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.36
78.8%
Control share
8.6%
Strike target map
Taleb
  • Head57%(170)div 63%
  • Body21%(63)div 20%
  • Legs22%(65)div 16%
Roberts
  • Head61%(104)div 63%
  • Body22%(37)div 20%
  • Legs18%(30)div 16%

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

Nordine Taleb
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Danny Roberts
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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