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Sam Alvey
Sam Alvey
32-10 · USA
VS
Gian Villante
Gian Villante
16-9 · USA
June 1, 2018 · Utica, New York, USA
Light Heavyweight · 3 rounds
Sam Alvey def. Gian Villante by S-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Alvey18/400/010:00
Villante16/410/000:00
R2
Alvey21/410/000:00
Villante18/390/000:00
R3
Alvey14/410/000:00
Villante16/530/000:06
Total
Alvey53/1220/010:00
Villante50/1330/000:06

Scorecards

Alvey vs Villante

RdDave TirelliEric ColónTim CorradoCommunity
R110-910-910-99.9-9.1
R210-910-99-109.5-9.6
R39-109-109-109.1-9.9
Total29-2829-2828-2928.5-28.6

Media (16 cards) · avg 28.928 · 15 Alvey · 0 Villante · 1 draw

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

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
AlveyWin probabilityVillante
35.3%64.7%
KO / TKO
54%
Submission
2%
Decision
44%
Expected fight time: 10.4 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Alvey35%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO18%53%
Submission1%2%
Decision16%45%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes57 (3274)act 53
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.0)act 0
Villante65%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO36%55%
Submission1%2%
Decision28%43%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes59 (3377)act 50
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.6)act 0
Combined totals~116 sig strikes~0.3 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R124%
R217%
R315%
Distance44%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.0%
Alvey
47.6%+108
Villante
-10851.4%
Most takedownstie 80.2%
Alvey
7.1%+181
Villante
-18112.7%
Significant strikes — over/under
Alvey
Expected: 56.6
56.5
Over 56.5
42.6%
+135
Under 56.5
57.4%
-135
071142
Villante
Expected: 58.9
59
Over 59
41.9%
+136
Exactly 59
1.1%
push
Under 59
57.0%
-136
074148
Takedowns — over/under
Alvey
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
7.8%
Exactly 0
92.2%
push
Under 0
0.0%
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 10.4 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
Alvey35.3%58.8%−23.5-155
Villante64.7%41.2%+23.5+135

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
63.7Striking55.3
Alvey +8.4
36.7Grappling37.2
Villante +0.5
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
AlveyVillante
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1596
Pound-for-pound
1526
1560
Divisional
1527
1505
Striking offense
1523
1511
Striking defense
1475
Grappling offense
Grappling defense
Physical
32 yrs
Age
32 yrs
6'2"
Height
6'3"
75"
Reach
76"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.05
Strikes landed / min
4.50
46%
Strike accuracy
43%
3.19
Strikes absorbed / min
5.99
55%
Strike defense
52%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.11
Takedowns / 15 min
0.56
25%
Takedown accuracy
24%
84%
Takedown defense
85%
0.1
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
64%
UFC win rate
50%
+1
Win/loss streak
+1
60%
Last-5 win rate
40%
67%
Finish rate
67%
Recent opp. quality
97
Days since last fight
132
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Sam Alvey
  • WMarcin PrachnioKO/TKO R1
    Close +1803mo before
  • LRamazan EmeevU-DEC R3
    Close +1307mo before
  • WRashad EvansS-DEC R3
    Close -13010mo before
  • LThales LeitesU-DEC R3
    Close +1051y 1mo before
  • WNate MarquardtU-DEC R3
    Close -1401y 4mo before
Gian Villante
  • WFrancimar BarrosoS-DEC R3
    Close -1554mo before
  • LPatrick CumminsS-DEC R3
    Close -21010mo before
  • LMauricio RuaKO/TKO R3
    Close +1351y 3mo before
  • WSaparbeg SafarovKO/TKO R2
    Close -1901y 6mo before
  • LIlir LatifiU-DEC R3
    Close +1602y 3mo before
Alvey — win / loss by method
Record: 32-10-0, 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
19 wins, 1 loss
W
59% of wins
L
10% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 1 loss
W
9% of wins
L
10% of losses
Decision
10 wins, 8 losses
W
31% of wins
L
80% of losses
UFC
9win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (56%)KO/TKO(20%) 1
1 (11%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (33%)Decision(80%) 4
Non-UFC
23win5loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
14 (61%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (9%)Submission(20%) 1
7 (30%)Decision(80%) 4
Villante — win / loss by method
Record: 16-9-0

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
44% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 0 losses
W
13% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 5 losses
W
25% of wins
L
56% of losses
UFC
6win6loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (67%)KO/TKO(33%) 2
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (33%)Decision(67%) 4
Non-UFC
10win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (60%)KO/TKO(67%) 2
2 (20%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (20%)Decision(33%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Alvey
Villante
14
UFC fights
12
131.0 min · 9.4 avg
Octagon time
133.5 min · 11.1 avg
18y 0m
Career length
17y 5m
UFC schedule strength

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

Alvey
Villante
201W–58L · 77.6%
Overall
155W–57L · 73.1%
120W–37L · 76.4%
Wins
70W–23L · 75.3%
81W–21L · 79.4%
Losses
85W–34L · 71.4%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Alvey
Villante
265W–160L · 62.4%
Overall
95W–40L · 70.4%
220W–153L · 59.0%
Wins
72W–38L · 65.5%
45W–7L · 86.5%
Losses
23W–2L · 92.0%
Distance striking
Alvey
Villante
2.94
Landed / min
4.94
38.6%
Accuracy
40.9%
57.2%
Defense
52.6%
0.69
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.34
66.4%
Time at distance
79.0%
Grappling & control
Alvey
Villante
0.11
Takedowns / 15 min
0.56
25.0%
Takedown accuracy
23.8%
84.1%
Takedown defense
85.0%
0.11
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
26.2%
Control share
39.3%
Strike target map
Alvey
  • Head65%(261)div 66%
  • Body21%(84)div 19%
  • Legs14%(55)div 16%
Villante
  • Head68%(407)div 66%
  • Body11%(68)div 19%
  • Legs21%(126)div 16%

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

Sam Alvey
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.