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Gian Villante
Gian Villante
16-10 · USA
VS
Ed Herman
Ed Herman
23-13 · USA
October 27, 2018 · Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada
Light Heavyweight · 3 rounds
205.5lb
Weigh-in
205.5lb
Gian Villante def. Ed Herman by S-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Villante26/680/000:00
Herman24/780/000:00
R2
Villante32/820/000:00
Herman39/840/000:00
R3
Villante23/670/100:04
Herman21/610/100:06
Total
Villante81/2170/100:04
Herman84/2230/100:06

Scorecards

Villante vs Herman

RdBob LeBlancDavid TherienHubert EarleCommunity
R110-910-910-910-9
R29-109-109-109.2-9.8
R39-1010-910-99.6-9.5
Total28-2929-2829-2828.8-28.3

Media (14 cards) · avg 29.128.1 · 12 Villante · 0 Herman · 2 draws

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Villante-Herman.

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
VillanteWin probabilityHerman
54.5%45.5%
KO / TKO
70%
Submission
4%
Decision
27%
Expected fight time: 9.3 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Villante54%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO40%74%
Submission1%1%
Decision13%25%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes51 (2967)act 81
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.0)act 0
Herman46%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO29%64%
Submission3%7%
Decision14%29%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes48 (2763)act 84
Takedowns0.5 (0.01.9)act 0
Combined totals~100 sig strikes~0.6 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R119%
R240%
R314%
Distance27%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.1%
Villante
52.1%-111
Herman
+11146.8%
Most takedownstie 69.4%
Villante
6.7%+360
Herman
-36023.9%
Significant strikes — over/under
Villante
Expected: 51.2
51
Over 51
42.1%
+134
Exactly 51
1.3%
push
Under 51
56.6%
-134
065129
Herman
Expected: 48.3
48.5
Over 48.5
42.3%
+137
Under 48.5
57.7%
-137
061121
Takedowns — over/under
Villante
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
8.1%
Exactly 0
91.9%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Herman
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
25.1%
+299
Under 0.5
74.9%
-299
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 9.3 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
Villante54.5%67.4%−12.9-235
Herman45.5%32.6%+12.9+195

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
55.8Striking62.1
Herman +6.3
37.0Grappling70.9
Herman +34.0
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
VillanteHerman
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1513
Pound-for-pound
1541
1512
Divisional
1510
1521
Striking offense
1468
1476
Striking defense
1484
1478
Grappling offense
1530
1545
Grappling defense
1489
Physical
33 yrs
Age
38 yrs
6'3"
Height
6'1"
76"
Reach
77"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.38
Strikes landed / min
2.98
43%
Strike accuracy
52%
5.74
Strikes absorbed / min
2.83
52%
Strike defense
40%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.51
Takedowns / 15 min
2.65
24%
Takedown accuracy
52%
85%
Takedown defense
62%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.3
Form & résumé
46%
UFC win rate
50%
-1
Win/loss streak
-2
40%
Last-5 win rate
40%
67%
Finish rate
70%
Recent opp. quality
148
Days since last fight
477
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Gian Villante
  • LSam AlveyS-DEC R3
    Close +1355mo before
  • WFrancimar BarrosoS-DEC R3
    Close -1559mo before
  • LPatrick CumminsS-DEC R3
    Close -2101y 3mo before
  • LMauricio RuaKO/TKO R3
    Close +1351y 8mo before
  • WSaparbeg SafarovKO/TKO R2
    Close -1901y 11mo before
Ed Herman
  • LCB DollawayU-DEC R3
    Close +1251y 4mo before
  • LNikita KrylovKO/TKO R2
    Close +2002y 3mo before
  • WTim BoetschKO/TKO R2
    Close +1502y 9mo before
  • LDerek BrunsonKO/TKO R1
    Close +5403y 9mo before
  • WRafael NatalU-DEC R3
    Close +1354y 6mo before
Villante — win / loss by method
Record: 16-10-0

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
63% of wins
L
40% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 0 losses
W
13% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 6 losses
W
25% of wins
L
60% of losses
UFC
6win7loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (67%)KO/TKO(29%) 2
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (33%)Decision(71%) 5
Non-UFC
10win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (60%)KO/TKO(67%) 2
2 (20%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (20%)Decision(33%) 1
Herman — win / loss by method
Record: 23-13-0, 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
6 wins, 3 losses
W
26% of wins
L
23% of losses
Submission
13 wins, 6 losses
W
57% of wins
L
46% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 4 losses
W
17% of wins
L
31% of losses
UFC
10win9loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
3 (30%)KO/TKO(33%) 3
4 (40%)Submission(22%) 2
3 (30%)Decision(44%) 4
Non-UFC
13win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (23%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
9 (69%)Submission(100%) 4
1 (8%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Villante
Herman
13
UFC fights
20
148.5 min · 11.4 avg
Octagon time
181.2 min · 9.1 avg
17y 5m
Career length
23y 3m
UFC schedule strength

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

Villante
Herman
187W–67L · 73.6%
Overall
276W–80L · 77.5%
70W–23L · 75.3%
Wins
162W–46L · 77.9%
117W–44L · 72.7%
Losses
114W–34L · 77.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Villante
Herman
95W–40L · 70.4%
Overall
178W–65L · 73.3%
72W–38L · 65.5%
Wins
121W–52L · 69.9%
23W–2L · 92.0%
Losses
57W–13L · 81.4%
Distance striking
Villante
Herman
4.76
Landed / min
4.57
40.6%
Accuracy
35.7%
52.8%
Defense
47.5%
0.30
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.25
80.7%
Time at distance
23.3%
Grappling & control
Villante
Herman
0.51
Takedowns / 15 min
2.65
23.8%
Takedown accuracy
52.5%
85.0%
Takedown defense
62.3%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.32
39.6%
Control share
50.9%
Strike target map
Villante
  • Head66%(427)div 66%
  • Body12%(80)div 18%
  • Legs22%(144)div 16%
Herman
  • Head62%(334)div 66%
  • Body30%(160)div 18%
  • Legs9%(46)div 16%

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

Gian Villante
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Ed Herman
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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