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The Ultimate Fighter: Redemption Finale
Jesse Taylor
Jesse Taylor
30-15 · USA
VS
Dhiego Lima
Dhiego Lima
12-6 · BRA
July 7, 2017 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Welterweight · 3 rounds
Jesse Taylor def. Dhiego Lima by SUB (Rear Naked Choke), R2 0:43
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Taylor19/222/304:53
Lima2/20/000:00
R2 · 0:43
Taylor2/20/000:36
Lima2/20/010:00
Total
Taylor21/242/305:29
Lima4/40/010:00

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
TaylorWin probabilityLima
42.8%57.2%
KO / TKO
43%
Submission
16%
Decision
41%
Expected fight time: 9.5 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Taylor43%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO18%41%
Submission9%21%
Decision16%38%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes30 (1740)act 21
Takedowns3.2 (0.26.4)act 2
Lima57%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO25%45%
Submission7%11%
Decision25%44%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes28 (1537)act 4
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.3)act 0
Combined totals~59 sig strikes~3.3 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R128%
R224%
R37%
Distance41%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.9%
Taylor
52.5%-115
Lima
+11545.7%
Most takedownstie 7.9%
Taylor
89.9%-4002
Lima
+40022.2%
Significant strikes — over/under
Taylor
Expected: 30.4
30.5
Over 30.5
42.3%
+137
Under 30.5
57.7%
-137
03876
Lima
Expected: 28.2
28
Over 28
41.8%
+134
Exactly 28
2.3%
push
Under 28
55.9%
-134
03671
Takedowns — over/under
Taylor
Expected: 3.2
3
Over 3
42.2%
-103
Exactly 3
16.8%
push
Under 3
40.9%
+103
0510
Lima
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
12.0%
Exactly 0
88.0%
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 9.5 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
Taylor42.8%61.2%−18.4-170
Lima57.2%38.8%+18.4+150

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
54.0Striking66.8
Lima +12.8
59.1Grappling72.6
Lima +13.6
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
TaylorLima
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1492
Pound-for-pound
1488
1508
Divisional
1502
Striking offense
Striking defense
1556
Grappling offense
1486
1542
Grappling defense
1502
Physical
34 yrs
Age
28 yrs
6'0"
Height
6'2"
73"
Reach
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
1.01
Strikes landed / min
4.43
31%
Strike accuracy
47%
1.01
Strikes absorbed / min
4.07
43%
Strike defense
58%
Grappling (UFC career)
3.78
Takedowns / 15 min
4.53
33%
Takedown accuracy
67%
100%
Takedown defense
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
3.0
Form & résumé
0%
UFC win rate
25%
-1
Win/loss streak
-2
0%
Last-5 win rate
25%
Finish rate
0%
Recent opp. quality
3275
Days since last fight
783
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Jesse Taylor
  • LCB DollawaySUB R1
    Close +1039y before
Dhiego Lima
  • LLi JingliangKO/TKO R1
    Close -1402y 2mo before
  • LTim MeansKO/TKO R1
    Close +1502y 4mo before
  • WJorge de OliveiraU-DEC R3
    Close -4402y 8mo before
  • LEddie GordonKO/TKO R1
    Close -1503y before
Taylor — win / loss by method
Record: 30-15-0

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
6 wins, 0 losses
W
20% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
15 wins, 14 losses
W
50% of wins
L
93% of losses
Decision
9 wins, 1 loss
W
30% of wins
L
7% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 ()Submission(100%) 1
0 ()Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
30win14loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (20%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
15 (50%)Submission(93%) 13
9 (30%)Decision(7%) 1
Lima — win / loss by method
Record: 12-6-0

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
3 wins, 4 losses
W
25% of wins
L
67% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 0 losses
W
33% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 2 losses
W
42% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
1win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(100%) 3
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (100%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
11win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (27%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
4 (36%)Submission(0%) 0
4 (36%)Decision(67%) 2

Profiles

Experience
Taylor
Lima
1
UFC fights
4
4.0 min · 4.0 avg
Octagon time
19.9 min · 5.0 avg
20y 0m
Career length
16y 6m
UFC schedule strength

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

Taylor
Lima
6W–1L · 85.7%
Overall
43W–11L · 79.6%
0W–0L
Wins
6W–1L · 85.7%
6W–1L · 85.7%
Losses
37W–10L · 78.7%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Taylor
Lima
539W–167L · 76.3%
Overall
104W–37L · 73.8%
323W–122L · 72.6%
Wins
85W–29L · 74.6%
216W–45L · 82.8%
Losses
19W–8L · 70.4%
Distance striking
Taylor
Lima
0.00
Landed / min
4.10
0.0%
Accuracy
37.4%
100.0%
Defense
71.8%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
3.4%
Time at distance
41.7%
Grappling & control
Taylor
Lima
3.78
Takedowns / 15 min
4.53
33.3%
Takedown accuracy
66.7%
100.0%
Takedown defense
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
3.02
64.4%
Control share
91.7%
Strike target map
Taylor
  • Head50%(2)div 63%
  • Body25%(1)div 21%
  • Legs25%(1)div 16%
Lima
  • Head90%(79)div 63%
  • Body7%(6)div 21%
  • Legs3%(3)div 16%

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

Jesse Taylor
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Dhiego Lima
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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