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UFC Fight Night: Nelson vs. Ponzinibbio
Danny Roberts
Danny Roberts
13-2 · GBR
VS
Bobby Nash
Bobby Nash
8-2 · USA
July 16, 2017 · Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
Welterweight · 3 rounds
Danny Roberts def. Bobby Nash by KO/TKO (Punch), R2 3:59
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Roberts10/300/000:00
Nash11/352/201:46
R2 · 3:59
Roberts14/350/110:10
Nash14/280/301:15
Total
Roberts24/650/110:10
Nash25/632/503:01

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
RobertsWin probabilityNash
52.9%47.1%
KO / TKO
26%
Submission
28%
Decision
46%
Expected fight time: 9.8 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Roberts53%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO13%24%
Submission15%29%
Decision25%47%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes33 (1844)act 24
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.4)act 0
Nash47%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO13%28%
Submission13%27%
Decision21%45%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes40 (2353)act 25
Takedowns2.1 (0.04.9)act 2
Combined totals~74 sig strikes~2.2 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R136%
R26%
R312%
Distance46%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.5%
Roberts
40.6%+143
Nash
-14357.9%
Most takedownstie 22.0%
Roberts
4.7%+1565
Nash
-156573.3%
Significant strikes — over/under
Roberts
Expected: 33.5
33.5
Over 33.5
42.4%
+136
Under 33.5
57.6%
-136
04284
Nash
Expected: 40.4
40.5
Over 40.5
42.4%
+136
Under 40.5
57.6%
-136
051102
Takedowns — over/under
Roberts
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
12.6%
Exactly 0
87.4%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Nash
Expected: 2.1
2
Over 2
40.7%
+101
Exactly 2
18.3%
push
Under 2
41.0%
-101
047

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 9.8 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
Roberts52.9%63.5%−10.6-190
Nash47.1%36.5%+10.6+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
63.7Striking59.4
Roberts +4.3
20.6Grappling69.1
Nash +48.5
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
RobertsNash
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1547
Pound-for-pound
1505
1548
Divisional
1505
1498
Striking offense
1486
1514
Striking defense
1493
1492
Grappling offense
1553
1495
Grappling defense
1554
Physical
30 yrs
Age
27 yrs
6'1"
Height
6'0"
74"
Reach
74"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.53
Strikes landed / min
4.00
40%
Strike accuracy
37%
4.16
Strikes absorbed / min
3.79
57%
Strike defense
51%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
1.54
0%
Takedown accuracy
25%
53%
Takedown defense
100%
0.5
Sub attempts / 15 min
3.1
Form & résumé
67%
UFC win rate
0%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
67%
Last-5 win rate
0%
50%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
281
Days since last fight
169
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Danny Roberts
  • LMike PerryKO/TKO R3
    Close +1109mo before
  • WDominique SteeleU-DEC R3
    Close -3551y 3mo before
  • WNathan CoySUB R1
    Close -1501y 7mo before
Bobby Nash
  • LLi JingliangKO/TKO R2
    Close +1106mo before
Roberts — win / loss by method
Record: 13-2-0

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
5 wins, 1 loss
W
38% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 1 loss
W
38% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 0 losses
W
23% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
2win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
1 (50%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (50%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
11win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (45%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
4 (36%)Submission(100%) 1
2 (18%)Decision(0%) 0
Nash — win / loss by method
Record: 8-2-0

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
4 wins, 1 loss
W
50% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 0 losses
W
38% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
1 win, 1 loss
W
13% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
8win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (50%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (38%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (13%)Decision(100%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Roberts
Nash
3
UFC fights
1
32.4 min · 10.8 avg
Octagon time
9.8 min · 9.8 avg
15y 8m
Career length
11y 11m
UFC schedule strength

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

Roberts
Nash
36W–11L · 76.6%
Overall
11W–4L · 73.3%
28W–11L · 71.8%
Wins
0W–0L
8W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
11W–4L · 73.3%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Roberts
Nash
130W–124L · 51.2%
Overall
46W–29L · 61.3%
121W–122L · 49.8%
Wins
35W–17L · 67.3%
9W–2L · 81.8%
Losses
11W–12L · 47.8%
Distance striking
Roberts
Nash
6.35
Landed / min
5.08
34.8%
Accuracy
30.6%
64.5%
Defense
52.2%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
1.54
53.9%
Time at distance
52.5%
Grappling & control
Roberts
Nash
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
1.54
0.0%
Takedown accuracy
25.0%
53.3%
Takedown defense
100.0%
0.46
Sub attempts / 15 min
3.08
9.5%
Control share
95.2%
Strike target map
Roberts
  • Head61%(90)div 63%
  • Body20%(30)div 21%
  • Legs18%(27)div 16%
Nash
  • Head64%(25)div 63%
  • Body8%(3)div 21%
  • Legs28%(11)div 16%

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

Danny Roberts
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Bobby Nash
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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