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Nordine Taleb
Nordine Taleb
12-3 · CAN
February 19, 2017 · Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Welterweight · 3 rounds
170.0lb
Weigh-in
171.0lb
Santiago Ponzinibbio def. Nordine Taleb by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Ponzinibbio7/370/000:00
Taleb14/370/000:00
R2
Ponzinibbio20/530/011:58
Taleb8/290/000:00
R3
Ponzinibbio26/810/000:00
Taleb26/550/000:00
Total
Ponzinibbio53/1710/011:58
Taleb48/1210/000:00

Scorecards

Ponzinibbio vs Taleb

RdCraig SmithIan BridgemanSal D'AmatoCommunity
R19-109-109-109-9.9
R210-910-910-910-8.9
R310-910-910-99.9-9.1
Total29-2829-2829-2828.9-27.9

Media (18 cards) · avg 29.127.9 · 18 Ponzinibbio · 0 Taleb

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Ponzinibbio-Taleb.

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
PonzinibbioWin probabilityTaleb
42.7%57.3%
KO / TKO
44%
Submission
3%
Decision
53%
Expected fight time: 13.0 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Ponzinibbio43%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO22%52%
Submission3%6%
Decision18%42%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes64 (3784)act 53
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.3)act 0
Taleb57%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO22%38%
Submission0%1%
Decision35%61%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes73 (4295)act 48
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.6)act 0
Combined totals~137 sig strikes~0.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R14%
R27%
R336%
Distance53%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.8%
Ponzinibbio
43.6%+127
Taleb
-12755.6%
Most takedownstie 62.9%
Ponzinibbio
9.6%+287
Taleb
-28727.5%
Significant strikes — over/under
Ponzinibbio
Expected: 64.2
64
Over 64
42.2%
+134
Exactly 64
1.1%
push
Under 64
56.7%
-134
081161
Taleb
Expected: 73.0
73
Over 73
42.0%
+136
Exactly 73
0.9%
push
Under 73
57.1%
-136
092183
Takedowns — over/under
Ponzinibbio
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
12.2%
Exactly 0
87.8%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Taleb
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
29.9%
+234
Under 0.5
70.1%
-234
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 13.0 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
Ponzinibbio42.7%73.6%−30.9-325
Taleb57.3%26.4%+30.9+265

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
64.2Striking79.7
Taleb +15.5
25.4Grappling60.3
Taleb +34.8
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
PonzinibbioTaleb
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1596
Pound-for-pound
1564
1596
Divisional
1551
1519
Striking offense
1499
1494
Striking defense
1521
1472
Grappling offense
1503
1513
Grappling defense
1527
Physical
30 yrs
Age
35 yrs
6'0"
Height
6'1"
73"
Reach
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.15
Strikes landed / min
3.18
41%
Strike accuracy
57%
4.36
Strikes absorbed / min
1.51
64%
Strike defense
70%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.24
Takedowns / 15 min
3.21
17%
Takedown accuracy
76%
60%
Takedown defense
69%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
71%
UFC win rate
80%
+3
Win/loss streak
+1
80%
Last-5 win rate
80%
60%
Finish rate
25%
Recent opp. quality
197
Days since last fight
351
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Santiago Ponzinibbio
  • WZak CummingsU-DEC R3
    Close -1106mo before
  • WCourt McGeeKO/TKO R1
    Close -12010mo before
  • WAndreas StahlKO/TKO R1
    Close -1701y 2mo before
  • LLorenz LarkinKO/TKO R2
    Close +1501y 8mo before
  • WSean StricklandU-DEC R3
    Close +1852y before
Nordine Taleb
  • WErick SilvaKO/TKO R2
    Close +1851y before
  • LWarlley AlvesSUB R2
    Close +2801y 7mo before
  • WChris ClementsU-DEC R3
    Close -2101y 10mo before
  • WLi JingliangS-DEC R3
    Close -4302y 5mo before
  • WVik GrujicU-DEC R3
    Close -2352y 10mo before
Ponzinibbio — win / loss by method
Record: 23-3-0

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
13 wins, 2 losses
W
57% of wins
L
67% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 0 losses
W
26% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 1 loss
W
17% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
5win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (60%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (40%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
18win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
10 (56%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
6 (33%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (11%)Decision(0%) 0
Taleb — win / loss by method
Record: 12-3-0

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, 1 loss
W
50% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 1 loss
W
50% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
4win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (25%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(100%) 1
3 (75%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
8win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (63%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (38%)Decision(50%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Ponzinibbio
Taleb
7
UFC fights
5
63.1 min · 9.0 avg
Octagon time
60.8 min · 12.2 avg
18y 0m
Career length
18y 8m
UFC schedule strength

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

Ponzinibbio
Taleb
108W–20L · 84.4%
Overall
52W–15L · 77.6%
85W–16L · 84.2%
Wins
44W–15L · 74.6%
23W–4L · 85.2%
Losses
8W–0L · 100.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Ponzinibbio
Taleb
50W–42L · 54.3%
Overall
56W–30L · 65.1%
47W–42L · 52.8%
Wins
37W–24L · 60.7%
3W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
19W–6L · 76.0%
Distance striking
Ponzinibbio
Taleb
4.91
Landed / min
4.07
39.8%
Accuracy
50.2%
67.8%
Defense
72.5%
0.95
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.25
77.8%
Time at distance
47.3%
Grappling & control
Ponzinibbio
Taleb
0.24
Takedowns / 15 min
3.21
16.7%
Takedown accuracy
76.5%
60.0%
Takedown defense
69.2%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
18.9%
Control share
83.0%
Strike target map
Ponzinibbio
  • Head77%(202)div 63%
  • Body10%(27)div 21%
  • Legs13%(33)div 16%
Taleb
  • Head61%(117)div 63%
  • Body24%(46)div 21%
  • Legs16%(30)div 16%

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

Santiago Ponzinibbio
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Nordine Taleb
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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