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UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs. Struve
Darren Till
Darren Till
14-0-1 · GBR
VS
Bojan Velickovic
Bojan Velickovic
15-4-1 · SRB
September 2, 2017 · Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
Welterweight · 3 rounds
170.0lb
Weigh-in
170.0lb
Darren Till def. Bojan Velickovic by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Till20/300/000:40
Velickovic10/350/100:00
R2
Till11/221/101:47
Velickovic11/410/100:00
R3
Till18/350/000:24
Velickovic13/680/100:02
Total
Till49/871/102:51
Velickovic34/1440/300:02

Scorecards

Till vs Velickovic

RdBen CartlidgePaul SutherlandTakeo KobayashiCommunity
R110-910-910-910-8.7
R210-910-910-99.9-9
R310-910-910-910-8.8
Total30-2730-2730-2729.9-26.5

Media (15 cards) · avg 3026.4 · 15 Till · 0 Velickovic

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Till-Velickovic.

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
TillWin probabilityVelickovic
62.7%37.3%
KO / TKO
23%
Submission
13%
Decision
65%
Expected fight time: 11.9 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Till63%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO17%26%
Submission5%9%
Decision41%65%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes33 (1843)act 49
Takedowns0.5 (0.02.1)act 1
Velickovic37%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO6%16%
Submission8%20%
Decision23%64%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes31 (1740)act 34
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.3)act 0
Combined totals~64 sig strikes~0.8 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R118%
R27%
R310%
Distance65%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.7%
Till
52.5%-115
Velickovic
+11545.8%
Most takedownstie 51.9%
Till
29.8%-162
Velickovic
+16218.4%
Significant strikes — over/under
Till
Expected: 33.3
33.5
Over 33.5
42.2%
+137
Under 33.5
57.8%
-137
04284
Velickovic
Expected: 31.0
31
Over 31
41.4%
+137
Exactly 31
2.1%
push
Under 31
56.5%
-137
03978
Takedowns — over/under
Till
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
34.9%
+187
Under 0.5
65.1%
-187
035
Velickovic
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
24.5%
+309
Under 0.5
75.5%
-309
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 11.9 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
Till62.7%63.5%−0.8-190
Velickovic37.3%36.5%+0.8+165

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
65.3Striking63.7
Till +1.6
38.6Grappling36.1
Till +2.5
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
TillVelickovic
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1570
Pound-for-pound
1539
1570
Divisional
1524
1501
Striking offense
1499
1535
Striking defense
1517
1492
Grappling offense
1485
1503
Grappling defense
1499
Physical
24 yrs
Age
28 yrs
6'0"
Height
6'0"
74"
Reach
76"
Southpaw
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
2.87
Strikes landed / min
2.30
53%
Strike accuracy
37%
3.66
Strikes absorbed / min
2.31
58%
Strike defense
62%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.82
Takedowns / 15 min
0.75
25%
Takedown accuracy
25%
83%
Takedown defense
53%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.5
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
67%
+1
Win/loss streak
+1
67%
Last-5 win rate
50%
50%
Finish rate
50%
Recent opp. quality
97
Days since last fight
97
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Darren Till
  • WJessin AyariU-DEC R3
    missedClose -2753mo before
  • DNicolas DalbyM-DEC R3
    Close +1201y 10mo before
  • WWendell Oliveira MarquesKO/TKO R2
    Close +1102y 3mo before
Bojan Velickovic
  • WNicholas MusokeKO/TKO R3
    Close +1103mo before
  • LSultan AlievS-DEC R3
    Close -1609mo before
  • DMichael GravesM-DEC R3
    !Close +2001y 1mo before
  • WAlessio Di ChiricoU-DEC R3
    Close -1751y 5mo before
Till — win / loss by method
Record: 14-0-1

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
9 wins, 0 losses
W
64% of wins
L
Submission
2 wins, 0 losses
W
14% of wins
L
Decision
3 wins, 0 losses
W
21% of wins
L
UFC
2win0loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (50%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (50%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
12win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
8 (67%)KO/TKO() 0
2 (17%)Submission() 0
2 (17%)Decision() 0
Velickovic — win / loss by method
Record: 15-4-1

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
4 wins, 0 losses
W
27% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
8 wins, 0 losses
W
53% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 4 losses
W
20% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
2win1loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (50%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (50%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
13win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (23%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
8 (62%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (15%)Decision(100%) 3

Profiles

Experience
Till
Velickovic
3
UFC fights
4
36.6 min · 12.2 avg
Octagon time
59.6 min · 14.9 avg
13y 5m
Career length
15y 11m
UFC schedule strength

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

Till
Velickovic
40W–12L · 76.9%
Overall
35W–6L · 85.4%
40W–12L · 76.9%
Wins
22W–4L · 84.6%
0W–0L
Losses
13W–2L · 86.7%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Till
Velickovic
27W–16L · 62.8%
Overall
121W–41L · 74.7%
27W–16L · 62.8%
Wins
89W–34L · 72.4%
0W–0L
Losses
32W–7L · 82.1%
Distance striking
Till
Velickovic
3.28
Landed / min
3.57
45.9%
Accuracy
35.7%
77.5%
Defense
66.3%
0.82
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.25
55.7%
Time at distance
58.8%
Grappling & control
Till
Velickovic
0.82
Takedowns / 15 min
0.75
25.0%
Takedown accuracy
25.0%
83.3%
Takedown defense
52.9%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.50
42.4%
Control share
13.3%
Strike target map
Till
  • Head67%(70)div 63%
  • Body19%(20)div 21%
  • Legs14%(15)div 16%
Velickovic
  • Head42%(57)div 63%
  • Body18%(25)div 21%
  • Legs40%(55)div 16%

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

Darren Till
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Bojan Velickovic
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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