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Sam Alvey
Sam Alvey
29-8 · USA
VS
Nate Marquardt
Nate Marquardt
35-16-2 · USA
January 28, 2017 · Denver, Colorado, USA
Middleweight · 3 rounds
185.6lb
Weigh-in
185.6lb
Sam Alvey def. Nate Marquardt by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Alvey8/170/001:29
Marquardt10/140/000:20
R2
Alvey20/440/000:00
Marquardt12/330/000:22
R3
Alvey8/230/100:32
Marquardt6/181/201:10
Total
Alvey36/840/102:01
Marquardt28/651/201:52

Scorecards

Alvey vs Marquardt

RdJeff MullenRon MannSal D'AmatoCommunity
R19-1010-99-109.6-9.4
R210-910-910-910-9
R310-99-1010-99.2-9.8
Total29-2829-2829-2828.8-28.2

Media (15 cards) · avg 29.128.1 · 13 Alvey · 0 Marquardt · 2 draws

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Alvey-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
AlveyWin probabilityMarquardt
29.4%70.6%
KO / TKO
30%
Submission
2%
Decision
68%
Expected fight time: 13.4 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Alvey29%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO10%34%
Submission0%1%
Decision19%65%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes46 (2660)act 36
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.0)act 0
Marquardt71%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO20%28%
Submission2%2%
Decision49%70%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes64 (3683)act 28
Takedowns1.0 (0.03.1)act 1
Combined totals~110 sig strikes~1.1 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R15%
R26%
R320%
Distance69%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.0%
Alvey
34.6%+186
Marquardt
-18664.4%
Most takedownstie 45.2%
Alvey
4.1%+1250
Marquardt
-125050.7%
Significant strikes — over/under
Alvey
Expected: 45.9
46
Over 46
41.6%
+137
Exactly 46
1.4%
push
Under 46
56.9%
-137
058115
Marquardt
Expected: 63.7
63.5
Over 63.5
42.7%
+134
Under 63.5
57.3%
-134
080160
Takedowns — over/under
Alvey
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
7.0%
Exactly 0
93.0%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Marquardt
Expected: 1.0
1
Over 1
34.3%
+138
Exactly 1
18.2%
push
Under 1
47.4%
-138
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 13.4 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
Alvey29.4%56.2%−26.8-140
Marquardt70.6%43.8%+26.8+120

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
64.7Striking71.9
Marquardt +7.1
27.5Grappling70.5
Marquardt +43.0
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
AlveyMarquardt
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1584
Pound-for-pound
1576
1584
Divisional
1597
1516
Striking offense
1516
1497
Striking defense
1522
1485
Grappling offense
1518
1523
Grappling defense
1561
Physical
30 yrs
Age
37 yrs
6'2"
Height
6'0"
75"
Reach
74"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.87
Strikes landed / min
2.65
50%
Strike accuracy
52%
4.23
Strikes absorbed / min
1.94
56%
Strike defense
60%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
2.39
0%
Takedown accuracy
62%
89%
Takedown defense
72%
0.2
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.1
Form & résumé
67%
UFC win rate
59%
+3
Win/loss streak
+1
60%
Last-5 win rate
40%
83%
Finish rate
69%
Recent opp. quality
84
Days since last fight
119
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Sam Alvey
  • WAlex NicholsonU-DEC R3
    Close -1653mo before
  • WKevin CaseyKO/TKO R2
    Close -2705mo before
  • WEric SpicelySUB R1
    Close -2757mo before
  • LElias TheodorouU-DEC R3
    Close +1957mo before
  • LDerek BrunsonKO/TKO R1
    Close +3151y 6mo before
Nate Marquardt
  • WTamdan McCroryKO/TKO R2
    Close +1404mo before
  • LThiago SantosKO/TKO R1
    Close +3009mo before
  • WCB DollawayKO/TKO R2
    Close +3501y 1mo before
  • LKelvin GastelumKO/TKO R2
    Close +4001y 8mo before
  • LBrad TavaresU-DEC R3
    Close +1202y 1mo before
Alvey — win / loss by method
Record: 29-8-0, 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, 1 loss
W
62% of wins
L
13% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 1 loss
W
10% of wins
L
13% of losses
Decision
8 wins, 6 losses
W
28% of wins
L
75% of losses
UFC
6win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (67%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
1 (17%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (17%)Decision(67%) 2
Non-UFC
23win5loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
14 (61%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (9%)Submission(20%) 1
7 (30%)Decision(80%) 4
Marquardt — win / loss by method
Record: 35-16-2

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
31% of losses
Submission
14 wins, 2 losses
W
40% of wins
L
13% of losses
Decision
8 wins, 9 losses
W
23% of wins
L
56% of losses
UFC
13win9loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (46%)KO/TKO(56%) 5
3 (23%)Submission(0%) 0
4 (31%)Decision(44%) 4
Non-UFC
22win7loss2draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (32%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
11 (50%)Submission(29%) 2
4 (18%)Decision(71%) 5

Profiles

Experience
Alvey
Marquardt
9
UFC fights
22
66.6 min · 7.4 avg
Octagon time
194.3 min · 8.8 avg
18y 0m
Career length
27y 3m
UFC schedule strength

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

Alvey
Marquardt
93W–24L · 79.5%
Overall
427W–102L · 80.7%
53W–13L · 80.3%
Wins
250W–65L · 79.4%
40W–11L · 78.4%
Losses
177W–37L · 82.7%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Alvey
Marquardt
265W–160L · 62.4%
Overall
251W–114L · 68.8%
220W–153L · 59.0%
Wins
167W–72L · 69.9%
45W–7L · 86.5%
Losses
84W–42L · 66.7%
Distance striking
Alvey
Marquardt
3.44
Landed / min
3.33
43.0%
Accuracy
44.0%
58.8%
Defense
65.5%
0.90
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.85
70.6%
Time at distance
45.8%
Grappling & control
Alvey
Marquardt
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
2.39
0.0%
Takedown accuracy
62.0%
88.9%
Takedown defense
72.2%
0.23
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.08
27.5%
Control share
66.4%
Strike target map
Alvey
  • Head69%(177)div 63%
  • Body19%(50)div 19%
  • Legs12%(31)div 18%
Marquardt
  • Head62%(318)div 63%
  • Body18%(93)div 19%
  • Legs20%(103)div 18%

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

Sam Alvey
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.