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UFC Fight Night: Poirier vs. Gaethje
Israel Adesanya
Israel Adesanya
12-0 · NGA
VS
Marvin Vettori
Marvin Vettori
12-3-1 · ITA
April 14, 2018 · Glendale, Arizona, USA
Middleweight · 3 rounds
184.0lb
Weigh-in
186.0lb
Israel Adesanya def. Marvin Vettori by S-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Adesanya24/470/000:00
Vettori18/580/200:16
R2
Adesanya23/550/000:00
Vettori15/580/200:13
R3
Adesanya10/210/100:00
Vettori13/382/202:50
Total
Adesanya57/1230/100:00
Vettori46/1542/603:19

Scorecards

Adesanya vs Vettori

RdChris HayesChris LeeDerek ClearyCommunity
R110-99-1010-99.7-9.4
R210-910-910-910-9
R39-109-109-109-9.9
Total29-2828-2929-2828.7-28.3

Media (17 cards) · avg 2928 · 17 Adesanya · 0 Vettori

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

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 probabilityVettori
56.5%43.5%
KO / TKO
29%
Submission
1%
Decision
69%
Expected fight time: 12.9 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 Vettori. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Adesanya57%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO23%40%
Submission0%0%
Decision34%60%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes72 (4194)act 57
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.0)act 0
Vettori43%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO7%16%
Submission1%3%
Decision35%81%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes56 (3273)act 46
Takedowns0.5 (0.02.0)act 2
Combined totals~128 sig strikes~0.6 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R16%
R215%
R310%
Distance69%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.8%
Adesanya
61.5%-163
Vettori
+16337.7%
Most takedownstie 58.2%
Adesanya
6.6%+536
Vettori
-53635.2%
Significant strikes — over/under
Adesanya
Expected: 72.2
72
Over 72
42.2%
+135
Exactly 72
0.9%
push
Under 72
56.8%
-135
091181
Vettori
Expected: 55.8
56
Over 56
41.7%
+137
Exactly 56
1.2%
push
Under 56
57.1%
-137
070140
Takedowns — over/under
Adesanya
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
9.2%
Exactly 0
90.8%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Vettori
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
37.2%
+169
Under 0.5
62.8%
-169
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 12.9 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
Adesanya56.5%68.4%−11.9-245
Vettori43.5%31.6%+11.9+205

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
82.6Striking70.1
Adesanya +12.5
22.2Grappling65.5
Vettori +43.3
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
AdesanyaVettori
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1551
Pound-for-pound
1538
1551
Divisional
1538
1507
Striking offense
1497
1534
Striking defense
1507
1480
Grappling offense
1507
1496
Grappling defense
1508
Physical
28 yrs
Age
24 yrs
6'4"
Height
6'0"
80"
Reach
74"
Switch
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
6.03
Strikes landed / min
3.52
69%
Strike accuracy
43%
2.55
Strikes absorbed / min
2.71
52%
Strike defense
68%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
1.52
Takedown accuracy
50%
80%
Takedown defense
72%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.2
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
67%
+1
Win/loss streak
0
100%
Last-5 win rate
50%
100%
Finish rate
50%
Recent opp. quality
63
Days since last fight
105
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Israel Adesanya
  • WRob WilkinsonKO/TKO R2
    Close -3652mo before
Marvin Vettori
  • DOmari AkhmedovM-DEC R3
    !Close -2503mo before
  • WVitor MirandaU-DEC R3
    Close -38010mo before
  • LAntonio Carlos JuniorU-DEC R3
    Close +1001y 3mo before
  • WAlberto UdaSUB R1
    Close -1651y 8mo before
Adesanya — win / loss by method
Record: 12-0-0

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
12 wins, 0 losses
W
100% of wins
L
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
Decision
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (100%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
11win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
11 (100%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Vettori — win / loss by method
Record: 12-3-1

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
2 wins, 0 losses
W
17% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
8 wins, 0 losses
W
67% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 3 losses
W
17% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
2win1loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (50%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (50%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
10win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (20%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
7 (70%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (10%)Decision(100%) 2

Profiles

Experience
Adesanya
Vettori
1
UFC fights
4
8.6 min · 8.6 avg
Octagon time
49.5 min · 12.4 avg
14y 4m
Career length
14y 0m
UFC schedule strength

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

Adesanya
Vettori
11W–1L · 91.7%
Overall
27W–8L · 77.1%
11W–1L · 91.7%
Wins
21W–6L · 77.8%
0W–0L
Losses
6W–2L · 75.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Adesanya
Vettori
139W–55L · 71.6%
Overall
96W–45L · 68.1%
139W–55L · 71.6%
Wins
92W–45L · 67.2%
0W–0L
Losses
4W–0L · 100.0%
Distance striking
Adesanya
Vettori
10.61
Landed / min
4.79
62.2%
Accuracy
38.6%
73.1%
Defense
70.5%
1.74
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
30.6%
Time at distance
56.6%
Grappling & control
Adesanya
Vettori
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
1.52
Takedown accuracy
50.0%
80.0%
Takedown defense
72.2%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.21
0.0%
Control share
45.9%
Strike target map
Adesanya
  • Head67%(35)div 63%
  • Body25%(13)div 19%
  • Legs8%(4)div 18%
Vettori
  • Head79%(137)div 63%
  • Body10%(18)div 19%
  • Legs11%(19)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.

Marvin Vettori
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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