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UFC 234: Adesanya vs. Silva
Israel Adesanya
Israel Adesanya
15-0 · NGA
VS
Anderson Silva
Anderson Silva
34-8 · BRA
February 9, 2019 · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Middleweight · 3 rounds · Main event
185.0lb
Weigh-in
186.0lb
Israel Adesanya def. Anderson Silva by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Adesanya20/440/000:00
Silva6/210/000:00
R2
Adesanya20/390/000:00
Silva20/350/000:00
R3
Adesanya25/490/000:00
Silva5/160/000:00
Total
Adesanya65/1320/000:00
Silva31/720/000:00

Scorecards

Adesanya vs Silva

RdAlbert ShenCharlie KeechGarth HarrimanCommunity
R110-910-9-9.9-9.1
R210-910-9-9.3-9.7
R310-910-9-9.9-9.1
Total30-2730-2729-2829.1-27.9

Media (25 cards) · avg 29.327.7 · 25 Adesanya · 0 Silva

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Adesanya-Silva.

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
AdesanyaWin probabilitySilva
89.2%10.8%
KO / TKO
35%
Submission
4%
Decision
61%
Expected fight time: 12.8 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Adesanya89%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO31%35%
Submission2%3%
Decision56%62%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes64 (3683)act 65
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.4)act 0
Silva11%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO4%34%
Submission2%16%
Decision5%50%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes48 (2762)act 31
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.7)act 0
Combined totals~112 sig strikes~0.3 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R18%
R28%
R323%
Distance61%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.0%
Adesanya
63.2%-176
Silva
+17635.9%
Most takedownstie 73.7%
Adesanya
11.3%+132
Silva
-13215.0%
Significant strikes — over/under
Adesanya
Expected: 64.1
64
Over 64
42.1%
+135
Exactly 64
1.1%
push
Under 64
56.8%
-135
081161
Silva
Expected: 47.6
47.5
Over 47.5
42.6%
+135
Under 47.5
57.4%
-135
060119
Takedowns — over/under
Adesanya
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
12.8%
Exactly 0
87.2%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Silva
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
16.5%
Exactly 0
83.5%
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 12.8 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
Adesanya89.2%81.0%+8.2-515
Silva10.8%19.0%−8.2+410

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
81.7Striking76.0
Adesanya +5.7
27.1Grappling52.0
Silva +24.8
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
AdesanyaSilva
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1602
Pound-for-pound
1677
1602
Divisional
1668
1516
Striking offense
1546
1530
Striking defense
1549
Grappling offense
Grappling defense
Physical
29 yrs
Age
43 yrs
6'4"
Height
6'2"
80"
Reach
77"
Switch
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
4.51
Strikes landed / min
3.15
55%
Strike accuracy
61%
2.08
Strikes absorbed / min
2.37
71%
Strike defense
62%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.19
0%
Takedown accuracy
75%
85%
Takedown defense
76%
0.3
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.4
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
77%
+4
Win/loss streak
+1
100%
Last-5 win rate
20%
50%
Finish rate
82%
Recent opp. quality
98
Days since last fight
728
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Israel Adesanya
  • WDerek BrunsonKO/TKO R1
    Close -2903mo before
  • WBrad TavaresU-DEC R5
    Close -1157mo before
  • WMarvin VettoriS-DEC R3
    Close -24510mo before
  • WRob WilkinsonKO/TKO R2
    Close -3651y before
Anderson Silva
  • WDerek BrunsonU-DEC R3
    Close +1002y before
  • LDaniel CormierU-DEC R3
    Close +3452y 7mo before
  • LMichael BispingU-DEC R5
    Close -2752y 11mo before
  • LChris WeidmanKO/TKO R2
    Close -1755y 1mo before
  • LChris WeidmanKO/TKO R2
    Close -2305y 7mo before
Adesanya — win / loss by method
Record: 15-0-0

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
13 wins, 0 losses
W
87% of wins
L
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
Decision
2 wins, 0 losses
W
13% of wins
L
UFC
4win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (50%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
2 (50%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
11win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
11 (100%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Silva — win / loss by method
Record: 34-8-0, 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
22 wins, 2 losses
W
65% of wins
L
25% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 2 losses
W
12% of wins
L
25% of losses
Decision
8 wins, 3 losses
W
24% of wins
L
38% of losses
DQ / other
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
13% of losses
UFC
17win4loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
11 (65%)KO/TKO(50%) 2
3 (18%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (18%)Decision(50%) 2
Non-UFC
17win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
11 (65%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (6%)Submission(50%) 2
5 (29%)Decision(25%) 1
0 (0%)DQ / other(25%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Adesanya
Silva
4
UFC fights
22
53.5 min · 13.4 avg
Octagon time
234.7 min · 10.7 avg
14y 4m
Career length
29y 1m
UFC schedule strength

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

Adesanya
Silva
58W–14L · 80.6%
Overall
378W–88L · 81.1%
58W–14L · 80.6%
Wins
315W–80L · 79.7%
0W–0L
Losses
63W–8L · 88.7%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Adesanya
Silva
139W–55L · 71.6%
Overall
200W–78L · 71.9%
139W–55L · 71.6%
Wins
174W–64L · 73.1%
0W–0L
Losses
26W–14L · 65.0%
Distance striking
Adesanya
Silva
5.28
Landed / min
3.44
51.5%
Accuracy
54.1%
74.6%
Defense
68.6%
1.12
Knockdowns / 15 min
1.15
69.1%
Time at distance
59.8%
Grappling & control
Adesanya
Silva
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.19
0.0%
Takedown accuracy
75.0%
85.0%
Takedown defense
76.3%
0.28
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.38
14.9%
Control share
16.4%
Strike target map
Adesanya
  • Head56%(136)div 63%
  • Body20%(48)div 19%
  • Legs24%(57)div 18%
Silva
  • Head56%(416)div 63%
  • Body21%(152)div 19%
  • Legs23%(172)div 18%

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

Israel Adesanya
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Anderson Silva
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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