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Gian Villante
Gian Villante
17-10 · USA
February 23, 2019 · Prague, Czech Republic
Light Heavyweight · 3 rounds
204.0lb
Weigh-in
206.0lb
Michal Oleksiejczuk def. Gian Villante by KO/TKO (Punch), R1 1:34
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 1:34
Oleksiejczuk14/220/010:02
Villante9/200/000:00
Total
Oleksiejczuk14/220/010:02
Villante9/200/000:00

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
OleksiejczukWin probabilityVillante
72.6%27.4%
KO / TKO
71%
Submission
5%
Decision
25%
Expected fight time: 10.0 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Oleksiejczuk73%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO53%72%
Submission3%5%
Decision17%23%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes90 (51117)act 14
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.2)act 0
Villante27%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO18%67%
Submission1%5%
Decision8%28%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes47 (2661)act 9
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.5)act 0
Combined totals~137 sig strikes~0.4 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R122%
R218%
R335%
Distance25%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.7%
Oleksiejczuk
77.1%-346
Villante
+34622.3%
Most takedownstie 70.7%
Oleksiejczuk
17.8%-154
Villante
+15411.6%
Significant strikes — over/under
Oleksiejczuk
Expected: 89.7
89.5
Over 89.5
42.7%
+134
Under 89.5
57.3%
-134
0113225
Villante
Expected: 47.1
47
Over 47
42.0%
+135
Exactly 47
1.4%
push
Under 47
56.6%
-135
059118
Takedowns — over/under
Oleksiejczuk
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
19.4%
+416
Under 0.5
80.6%
-416
035
Villante
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
13.4%
Exactly 0
86.6%
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 10.0 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
Oleksiejczuk72.6%65.8%+6.8-220
Villante27.4%34.2%−6.8+180

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
79.4Striking56.3
Oleksiejczuk +23.1
35.0Grappling36.3
Villante +1.3
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
OleksiejczukVillante
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1527
Pound-for-pound
1531
1527
Divisional
1528
1500
Striking offense
1521
1502
Striking defense
1475
Grappling offense
Grappling defense
Physical
24 yrs
Age
33 yrs
6'0"
Height
6'3"
74"
Reach
76"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
5.07
Strikes landed / min
4.48
58%
Strike accuracy
42%
3.47
Strikes absorbed / min
5.73
71%
Strike defense
53%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.46
67%
Takedown accuracy
23%
Takedown defense
85%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
0%
UFC win rate
50%
-1
Win/loss streak
+1
0%
Last-5 win rate
40%
Finish rate
57%
Recent opp. quality
420
Days since last fight
119
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Michal Oleksiejczuk
No prior UFC fights.
Gian Villante
  • WEd HermanS-DEC R3
    Close -2354mo before
  • LSam AlveyS-DEC R3
    Close +1359mo before
  • WFrancimar BarrosoS-DEC R3
    Close -1551y 1mo before
  • LPatrick CumminsS-DEC R3
    Close -2101y 7mo before
  • LMauricio RuaKO/TKO R3
    Close +1351y 11mo before
Oleksiejczuk — win / loss by method
Record: 12-2-0, 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
8 wins, 1 loss
W
67% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
1 win, 1 loss
W
8% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 0 losses
W
25% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
12win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
8 (67%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
1 (8%)Submission(50%) 1
3 (25%)Decision(0%) 0
Villante — win / loss by method
Record: 17-10-0

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
10 wins, 4 losses
W
59% of wins
L
40% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 0 losses
W
12% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 6 losses
W
29% of wins
L
60% of losses
UFC
7win7loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (57%)KO/TKO(29%) 2
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (43%)Decision(71%) 5
Non-UFC
10win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (60%)KO/TKO(67%) 2
2 (20%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (20%)Decision(33%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Oleksiejczuk
Villante
1
UFC fights
14
15.0 min · 15.0 avg
Octagon time
163.5 min · 11.7 avg
12y 7m
Career length
17y 5m
UFC schedule strength

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

Oleksiejczuk
Villante
Overall
210W–80L · 72.4%
Wins
93W–36L · 72.1%
Losses
117W–44L · 72.7%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Oleksiejczuk
Villante
79W–75L · 51.3%
Overall
95W–40L · 70.4%
73W–70L · 51.0%
Wins
72W–38L · 65.5%
6W–5L · 54.5%
Losses
23W–2L · 92.0%
Distance striking
Oleksiejczuk
Villante
4.61
Landed / min
4.85
55.8%
Accuracy
40.1%
74.3%
Defense
53.9%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.28
96.9%
Time at distance
82.3%
Grappling & control
Oleksiejczuk
Villante
2.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.46
66.7%
Takedown accuracy
22.7%
Takedown defense
85.4%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
Control share
39.6%
Strike target map
Oleksiejczuk
  • Head53%(40)div 66%
  • Body38%(29)div 19%
  • Legs9%(7)div 16%
Villante
  • Head68%(496)div 66%
  • Body12%(88)div 19%
  • Legs20%(148)div 16%

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

Michal Oleksiejczuk
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Gian Villante
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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