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UFC Fight Night: Manuwa vs. Anderson
Marlon Vera
Marlon Vera
10-3-1 · ECU
VS
Brad Pickett
Brad Pickett
25-13 · GBR
March 18, 2017 · London, England, United Kingdom
Catch Weight · 140 lb · 3 rounds
140.0lb
Weigh-in
139.0lb
Marlon Vera def. Brad Pickett by KO/TKO (Kick), R3 3:50
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Vera24/500/000:01
Pickett17/351/300:52
R2
Vera12/260/000:00
Pickett17/291/102:40
R3 · 3:50
Vera31/670/010:03
Pickett17/490/000:00
Total
Vera67/1430/010:04
Pickett51/1132/403:32

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
VeraWin probabilityPickett
82.2%17.8%
KO / TKO
37%
Submission
25%
Decision
38%
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 Vera, blue toward Pickett. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Vera82%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO30%36%
Submission21%26%
Decision31%38%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes69 (3990)act 67
Takedowns0.2 (0.01.0)act 0
Pickett18%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO8%41%
Submission3%19%
Decision7%40%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes37 (2148)act 51
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.4)act 2
Combined totals~106 sig strikes~0.6 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R132%
R210%
R320%
Distance38%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.9%
Vera
75.8%-324
Pickett
+32423.4%
Most takedownstie 60.7%
Vera
15.9%+146
Pickett
-14623.3%
Significant strikes — over/under
Vera
Expected: 68.8
69
Over 69
41.8%
+137
Exactly 69
1.0%
push
Under 69
57.2%
-137
086172
Pickett
Expected: 37.2
37
Over 37
42.0%
+134
Exactly 37
1.8%
push
Under 37
56.2%
-134
04794
Takedowns — over/under
Vera
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
19.4%
Exactly 0
80.6%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Pickett
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
26.9%
+272
Under 0.5
73.1%
-272
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 9.8 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
Vera82.2%42.0%+40.2+130
Pickett17.8%58.0%−40.2-150

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
56.8Striking51.3
Vera +5.5
62.3Grappling47.8
Vera +14.5
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
VeraPickett
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1518
Pound-for-pound
1498
1518
Divisional
1538
1491
Striking offense
1476
1506
Striking defense
1474
1507
Grappling offense
1481
1498
Grappling defense
1496
Physical
24 yrs
Age
38 yrs
5'8"
Height
5'6"
70"
Reach
68"
Switch
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.09
Strikes landed / min
3.00
45%
Strike accuracy
31%
3.12
Strikes absorbed / min
4.79
47%
Strike defense
56%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.86
Takedowns / 15 min
2.06
30%
Takedown accuracy
40%
82%
Takedown defense
61%
1.7
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.2
Form & résumé
50%
UFC win rate
38%
+1
Win/loss streak
-2
50%
Last-5 win rate
20%
50%
Finish rate
40%
Recent opp. quality
112
Days since last fight
91
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Marlon Vera
  • WGuangyou NingU-DEC R3
    Close -1104mo before
  • LDavey GrantU-DEC R3
    Close +1601y 1mo before
  • WRoman SalazarSUB R2
    Close -1251y 7mo before
  • LMarco BeltranU-DEC R3
    Close -2252y 4mo before
Brad Pickett
  • LUrijah FaberU-DEC R3
    Close +2803mo before
  • LIuri AlcantaraSUB R1
    Close +1305mo before
  • WFrancisco RiveraS-DEC R3
    Close +1351y 1mo before
  • LThomas AlmeidaKO/TKO R2
    Close +5001y 8mo before
  • LChico CamusS-DEC R3
    Close -1752y 4mo before
Vera — win / loss by method
Record: 10-3-1

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
1 win, 0 losses
W
10% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
7 wins, 0 losses
W
70% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 3 losses
W
20% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
2win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (50%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (50%)Decision(100%) 2
Non-UFC
8win1loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (13%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
6 (75%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (13%)Decision(100%) 1
Pickett — win / loss by method
Record: 25-13-0

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
7 wins, 2 losses
W
28% of wins
L
15% of losses
Submission
10 wins, 5 losses
W
40% of wins
L
38% of losses
Decision
8 wins, 6 losses
W
32% of wins
L
46% of losses
UFC
5win8loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (20%)KO/TKO(13%) 1
1 (20%)Submission(38%) 3
3 (60%)Decision(50%) 4
Non-UFC
20win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (30%)KO/TKO(20%) 1
9 (45%)Submission(40%) 2
5 (25%)Decision(40%) 2

Profiles

Experience
Vera
Pickett
4
UFC fights
13
52.3 min · 13.1 avg
Octagon time
138.1 min · 10.6 avg
16y 0m
Career length
21y 8m
UFC schedule strength

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

Vera
Pickett
34W–11L · 75.6%
Overall
239W–66L · 78.4%
14W–6L · 70.0%
Wins
70W–29L · 70.7%
20W–5L · 80.0%
Losses
169W–37L · 82.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Vera
Pickett
50W–46L · 52.1%
Overall
164W–95L · 63.3%
27W–31L · 46.6%
Wins
100W–61L · 62.1%
23W–15L · 60.5%
Losses
64W–34L · 65.3%
Distance striking
Vera
Pickett
3.09
Landed / min
3.57
34.6%
Accuracy
27.5%
57.8%
Defense
60.3%
0.29
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.33
33.5%
Time at distance
63.4%
Grappling & control
Vera
Pickett
0.86
Takedowns / 15 min
2.06
30.0%
Takedown accuracy
39.6%
82.4%
Takedown defense
60.5%
1.72
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.22
31.5%
Control share
66.5%
Strike target map
Vera
  • Head61%(66)div 66%
  • Body30%(33)div 20%
  • Legs9%(10)div 13%
Pickett
  • Head63%(262)div 66%
  • Body15%(63)div 20%
  • Legs21%(89)div 13%

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

Marlon Vera
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Brad Pickett
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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