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UFC 228: Woodley vs. Till
Tyron Woodley
Tyron Woodley
18-3-1 · USA
VS
Darren Till
Darren Till
17-0-1 · GBR
September 8, 2018 · Dallas, Texas, USA
Welterweight · 5 rounds · Main event
Tyron Woodley def. Darren Till by SUB (D'Arce Choke), R2 4:19
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Woodley11/230/401:23
Till0/30/000:12
R2 · 4:19
Woodley46/560/014:06
Till0/30/000:00
Total
Woodley57/790/415:29
Till0/60/000:12

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
WoodleyWin probabilityTill
42.4%57.6%
KO / TKO
14%
Submission
11%
Decision
75%
Expected fight time: 21.6 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Woodley42%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO6%13%
Submission5%13%
Decision31%74%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes59 (3376)act 57
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.5)act 0
Till58%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO9%15%
Submission5%9%
Decision44%76%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes69 (3990)act 0
Takedowns0.2 (0.01.0)act 0
Combined totals~127 sig strikes~0.9 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R16%
R26%
R36%
R44%
R53%
Distance75%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.9%
Woodley
42.1%+136
Till
-13657.1%
Most takedownstie 54.7%
Woodley
32.2%-246
Till
+24613.1%
Significant strikes — over/under
Woodley
Expected: 58.6
58.5
Over 58.5
42.6%
+135
Under 58.5
57.4%
-135
074147
Till
Expected: 68.8
69
Over 69
41.9%
+137
Exactly 69
1.0%
push
Under 69
57.2%
-137
087173
Takedowns — over/under
Woodley
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
35.9%
+179
Under 0.5
64.1%
-179
035
Till
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
17.5%
Exactly 0
82.5%
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 21.6 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
Woodley42.4%48.9%−6.5-105
Till57.6%51.1%+6.5-115

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
69.0Striking68.7
Woodley +0.3
55.5Grappling41.1
Woodley +14.5
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
WoodleyTill
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1651
Pound-for-pound
1622
1648
Divisional
1616
1496
Striking offense
1501
1537
Striking defense
1529
1491
Grappling offense
1482
1565
Grappling defense
1526
Physical
36 yrs
Age
25 yrs
5'9"
Height
6'0"
74"
Reach
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
2.64
Strikes landed / min
2.67
44%
Strike accuracy
46%
2.29
Strikes absorbed / min
2.62
68%
Strike defense
66%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.55
Takedowns / 15 min
0.56
63%
Takedown accuracy
33%
98%
Takedown defense
83%
0.2
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
80%
UFC win rate
100%
+2
Win/loss streak
+4
80%
Last-5 win rate
80%
63%
Finish rate
40%
Recent opp. quality
406
Days since last fight
104
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Tyron Woodley
  • WDemian MaiaU-DEC R5
    Close -2201y 1mo before
  • WStephen ThompsonM-DEC R5
    Close +1201y 6mo before
  • DStephen ThompsonM-DEC R5
    Close +1701y 10mo before
  • WRobbie LawlerKO/TKO R1
    Close +1002y 1mo before
  • WKelvin GastelumS-DEC R3
    Close -1853y 7mo before
Darren Till
  • WStephen ThompsonU-DEC R5
    missedClose +1303mo before
  • WDonald CerroneKO/TKO R1
    Close +13011mo before
  • WBojan VelickovicU-DEC R3
    Close -1901y before
  • WJessin AyariU-DEC R3
    missedClose -2751y 3mo before
  • DNicolas DalbyM-DEC R3
    Close +1202y 10mo before
Woodley — win / loss by method
Record: 18-3-1

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, 1 loss
W
39% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 0 losses
W
22% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
7 wins, 2 losses
W
39% of wins
L
67% of losses
UFC
8win2loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (63%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (38%)Decision(100%) 2
Non-UFC
10win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (20%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
4 (40%)Submission(0%) 0
4 (40%)Decision(0%) 0
Till — win / loss by method
Record: 17-0-1

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, 0 losses
W
59% of wins
L
Submission
2 wins, 0 losses
W
12% of wins
L
Decision
5 wins, 0 losses
W
29% of wins
L
UFC
5win0loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (40%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
3 (60%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
12win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
8 (67%)KO/TKO() 0
2 (17%)Submission() 0
2 (17%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Woodley
Till
11
UFC fights
6
135.4 min · 12.3 avg
Octagon time
81.0 min · 13.5 avg
17y 6m
Career length
13y 5m
UFC schedule strength

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

Woodley
Till
207W–47L · 81.5%
Overall
101W–27L · 78.9%
164W–39L · 80.8%
Wins
101W–27L · 78.9%
43W–8L · 84.3%
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Woodley
Till
139W–81L · 63.2%
Overall
27W–16L · 62.8%
108W–71L · 60.3%
Wins
27W–16L · 62.8%
31W–10L · 75.6%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Woodley
Till
2.01
Landed / min
2.53
32.5%
Accuracy
40.4%
71.9%
Defense
75.7%
1.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.74
72.3%
Time at distance
73.8%
Grappling & control
Woodley
Till
0.55
Takedowns / 15 min
0.56
62.5%
Takedown accuracy
33.3%
97.6%
Takedown defense
83.3%
0.22
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
56.9%
Control share
53.2%
Strike target map
Woodley
  • Head56%(201)div 63%
  • Body32%(115)div 20%
  • Legs11%(41)div 16%
Till
  • Head71%(153)div 63%
  • Body12%(26)div 20%
  • Legs17%(37)div 16%

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

Tyron Woodley
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Darren Till
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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