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Vitor Belfort
Vitor Belfort
25-13 · BRA
VS
Nate Marquardt
Nate Marquardt
35-17-2 · USA
June 3, 2017 · Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Middleweight · 3 rounds
185.0lb
Weigh-in
186.0lb
Vitor Belfort def. Nate Marquardt by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Belfort3/100/000:00
Marquardt11/231/101:03
R2
Belfort16/330/000:00
Marquardt26/500/000:00
R3
Belfort18/350/000:00
Marquardt20/400/100:00
Total
Belfort37/780/000:00
Marquardt57/1131/201:03

Scorecards

Belfort vs Marquardt

RdChris LeeJeff MullenPhillipe IorioCommunity
R19-109-109-109-10
R210-910-910-99.4-9.6
R310-910-910-99.9-9.1
Total29-2829-2829-2828.3-28.7

Media (20 cards) · avg 2928 · 20 Belfort · 0 Marquardt

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Belfort-Marquardt.

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
BelfortWin probabilityMarquardt
38.0%62.0%
KO / TKO
21%
Submission
2%
Decision
77%
Expected fight time: 13.3 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Belfort38%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO12%30%
Submission0%1%
Decision26%69%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes43 (2456)act 37
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.6)act 0
Marquardt62%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO10%16%
Submission1%2%
Decision51%82%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes49 (2864)act 57
Takedowns0.7 (0.02.4)act 1
Combined totals~92 sig strikes~0.8 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R17%
R29%
R37%
Distance77%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.2%
Belfort
43.5%+127
Marquardt
-12755.3%
Most takedownstie 48.1%
Belfort
10.2%+410
Marquardt
-41041.7%
Significant strikes — over/under
Belfort
Expected: 43.1
43
Over 43
41.9%
+135
Exactly 43
1.5%
push
Under 43
56.5%
-135
054108
Marquardt
Expected: 48.9
49
Over 49
41.7%
+136
Exactly 49
1.4%
push
Under 49
56.9%
-136
062123
Takedowns — over/under
Belfort
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
15.4%
Exactly 0
84.6%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Marquardt
Expected: 0.7
0.5
Over 0.5
45.9%
+118
Under 0.5
54.1%
-118
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 13.3 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
Belfort38.0%62.4%−24.4-180
Marquardt62.0%37.6%+24.4+158

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
55.7Striking71.2
Marquardt +15.5
59.1Grappling69.2
Marquardt +10.1
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
BelfortMarquardt
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1591
Pound-for-pound
1560
1550
Divisional
1581
1513
Striking offense
1511
1537
Striking defense
1524
1485
Grappling offense
1515
1517
Grappling defense
1566
Physical
40 yrs
Age
38 yrs
6'0"
Height
6'0"
74"
Reach
74"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.01
Strikes landed / min
2.59
48%
Strike accuracy
51%
3.51
Strikes absorbed / min
1.97
46%
Strike defense
60%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.73
Takedowns / 15 min
2.29
75%
Takedown accuracy
62%
66%
Takedown defense
73%
1.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.0
Form & résumé
58%
UFC win rate
57%
-3
Win/loss streak
-1
20%
Last-5 win rate
40%
100%
Finish rate
69%
Recent opp. quality
84
Days since last fight
126
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Vitor Belfort
  • LGegard MousasiKO/TKO R2
    Close +3008mo before
  • LJacare SouzaKO/TKO R1
    Close +2401y 1mo before
  • WDan HendersonKO/TKO R1
    Close -3201y 7mo before
  • LChris WeidmanKO/TKO R1
    Close +3352y before
  • WDan HendersonKO/TKO R1
    Close -2203y 7mo before
Nate Marquardt
  • LSam AlveyU-DEC R3
    Close +1204mo before
  • WTamdan McCroryKO/TKO R2
    Close +1408mo before
  • LThiago SantosKO/TKO R1
    Close +3001y 1mo before
  • WCB DollawayKO/TKO R2
    Close +3501y 5mo before
  • LKelvin GastelumKO/TKO R2
    Close +4002y before
Belfort — win / loss by method
Record: 25-13-0, 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
18 wins, 6 losses
W
72% of wins
L
46% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 2 losses
W
12% of wins
L
15% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 5 losses
W
16% of wins
L
38% of losses
UFC
14win9loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
12 (86%)KO/TKO(67%) 6
2 (14%)Submission(11%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(22%) 2
Non-UFC
11win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (55%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (9%)Submission(25%) 1
4 (36%)Decision(75%) 3
Marquardt — win / loss by method
Record: 35-17-2

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
13 wins, 5 losses
W
37% of wins
L
29% of losses
Submission
14 wins, 2 losses
W
40% of wins
L
12% of losses
Decision
8 wins, 10 losses
W
23% of wins
L
59% of losses
UFC
13win10loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (46%)KO/TKO(50%) 5
3 (23%)Submission(0%) 0
4 (31%)Decision(50%) 5
Non-UFC
22win7loss2draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (32%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
11 (50%)Submission(29%) 2
4 (18%)Decision(71%) 5

Profiles

Experience
Belfort
Marquardt
24
UFC fights
23
123.4 min · 5.1 avg
Octagon time
209.3 min · 9.1 avg
29y 10m
Career length
27y 3m
UFC schedule strength

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

Belfort
Marquardt
333W–85L · 79.7%
Overall
456W–110L · 80.6%
180W–59L · 75.3%
Wins
250W–65L · 79.4%
153W–26L · 85.5%
Losses
206W–45L · 82.1%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Belfort
Marquardt
204W–69L · 74.7%
Overall
251W–114L · 68.8%
139W–51L · 73.2%
Wins
167W–72L · 69.9%
65W–18L · 78.3%
Losses
84W–42L · 66.7%
Distance striking
Belfort
Marquardt
1.88
Landed / min
3.23
34.6%
Accuracy
43.9%
64.2%
Defense
64.9%
1.34
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.79
43.2%
Time at distance
47.0%
Grappling & control
Belfort
Marquardt
0.73
Takedowns / 15 min
2.29
75.0%
Takedown accuracy
61.5%
65.8%
Takedown defense
72.7%
0.97
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.00
14.9%
Control share
65.7%
Strike target map
Belfort
  • Head80%(199)div 63%
  • Body11%(28)div 19%
  • Legs8%(21)div 18%
Marquardt
  • Head61%(331)div 63%
  • Body18%(100)div 19%
  • Legs20%(111)div 18%

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

Vitor Belfort
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Nate Marquardt
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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