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UFC Fight Night: Iaquinta vs. Cowboy
Nordine Taleb
Nordine Taleb
14-6 · CAN
VS
Kyle Prepolec
Kyle Prepolec
14-5 · CAN
May 4, 2019 · Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Welterweight · 3 rounds
170.5lb
Weigh-in
170.3lb
Nordine Taleb def. Kyle Prepolec by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Taleb25/640/000:00
Prepolec23/560/000:00
R2
Taleb31/810/000:00
Prepolec20/590/100:00
R3
Taleb34/560/000:03
Prepolec9/380/100:00
Total
Taleb90/2010/000:03
Prepolec52/1530/200:00

Scorecards

Taleb vs Prepolec

RdEric ColónJason RodgersSaleem HaniffCommunity
R110-910-910-910-9
R210-910-910-910-9
R310-910-910-910-8.9
Total30-2730-2730-2730-26.9

Media (13 cards) · avg 3026.9 · 13 Taleb · 0 Prepolec

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Taleb-Prepolec.

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 probabilityPrepolec
70.0%30.0%
KO / TKO
25%
Submission
4%
Decision
71%
Expected fight time: 12.5 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 Prepolec. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Taleb70%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO17%24%
Submission1%1%
Decision52%75%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes59 (3477)act 90
Takedowns0.9 (0.02.9)act 0
Prepolec30%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO8%26%
Submission3%11%
Decision19%63%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes41 (2354)act 52
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.5)act 0
Combined totals~101 sig strikes~1.0 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R110%
R217%
R32%
Distance71%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.0%
Taleb
65.8%-199
Prepolec
+19933.1%
Most takedownstie 45.6%
Taleb
46.1%-555
Prepolec
+5558.3%
Significant strikes — over/under
Taleb
Expected: 59.3
59.5
Over 59.5
42.2%
+137
Under 59.5
57.8%
-137
075149
Prepolec
Expected: 41.2
41
Over 41
42.1%
+134
Exactly 41
1.6%
push
Under 41
56.3%
-134
052104
Takedowns — over/under
Taleb
Expected: 0.9
1
Over 1
31.4%
+160
Exactly 1
18.3%
push
Under 1
50.3%
-160
035
Prepolec
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
13.3%
Exactly 0
86.7%
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 12.5 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
Taleb70.0%77.8%−7.8-420
Prepolec30.0%22.2%+7.8+335

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
TalebPrepolec
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1549
Pound-for-pound
1517
1536
Divisional
1517
1501
Striking offense
1500
1527
Striking defense
1500
1483
Grappling offense
1500
1537
Grappling defense
1500
Physical
37 yrs
Age
29 yrs
6'1"
Height
5'10"
74"
Reach
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
3.42
Strikes landed / min
54%
Strike accuracy
2.52
Strikes absorbed / min
67%
Strike defense
Grappling (UFC career)
2.30
Takedowns / 15 min
76%
Takedown accuracy
71%
Takedown defense
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
Form & résumé
60%
UFC win rate
-2
Win/loss streak
40%
Last-5 win rate
33%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
189
Days since last fight
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Nordine Taleb
  • LSean StricklandKO/TKO R2
    Close -1206mo before
  • LClaudio SilvaSUB R1
    Close -40011mo before
  • WDanny RobertsKO/TKO R1
    Close -1551y 5mo before
  • WOliver EnkampU-DEC R3
    Close -3351y 11mo before
  • LSantiago PonzinibbioU-DEC R3
    Close +2652y 2mo before
Kyle Prepolec
No prior UFC fights.
Taleb — win / loss by method
Record: 14-6-0

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, 2 losses
W
50% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 2 losses
W
0% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
7 wins, 2 losses
W
50% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
6win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (33%)KO/TKO(25%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(50%) 2
4 (67%)Decision(25%) 1
Non-UFC
8win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (63%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (38%)Decision(50%) 1
Prepolec — win / loss by method
Record: 14-5-0

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
50% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 2 losses
W
29% of wins
L
40% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 3 losses
W
21% of wins
L
60% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
14win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (50%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
4 (29%)Submission(40%) 2
3 (21%)Decision(60%) 3

Profiles

Experience
Taleb
Prepolec
10
UFC fights
0
104.4 min · 10.4 avg
Octagon time
18y 8m
Career length
UFC schedule strength

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

Taleb
Prepolec
126W–24L · 84.0%
Overall
65W–17L · 79.3%
Wins
61W–7L · 89.7%
Losses
Non-UFC schedule strength
Taleb
Prepolec
56W–30L · 65.1%
Overall
84W–35L · 70.6%
37W–24L · 60.7%
Wins
58W–29L · 66.7%
19W–6L · 76.0%
Losses
26W–6L · 81.3%
Distance striking
Taleb
Prepolec
4.30
Landed / min
49.2%
Accuracy
70.6%
Defense
0.29
Knockdowns / 15 min
57.9%
Time at distance
Grappling & control
Taleb
Prepolec
2.30
Takedowns / 15 min
76.2%
Takedown accuracy
71.4%
Takedown defense
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
74.1%
Control share
Strike target map
Taleb
  • Head52%(185)div 63%
  • Body22%(79)div 20%
  • Legs26%(93)div 16%
Prepolec
  • Head0%(0)div 63%
  • Body0%(0)div 20%
  • Legs0%(0)div 16%
  • No strike data on record.

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.

Kyle Prepolec

No UFC fights on record.

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