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UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. Brunson
Marlon Vera
Marlon Vera
9-3-1 · ECU
VS
Guangyou Ning
Guangyou Ning
5-3-1 · CHN
November 26, 2016 · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Featherweight · 3 rounds
144.0lb
Weigh-in
146.0lb
Marlon Vera def. Guangyou Ning by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Vera3/101/101:42
Ning5/160/000:00
R2
Vera6/140/200:13
Ning27/470/002:22
R3
Vera27/480/010:49
Ning14/440/100:26
Total
Vera36/721/312:44
Ning46/1070/102:48

Scorecards

Vera vs Ning

RdAlbert ShenBarry FoleyCharlie KeechCommunity
R110-910-910-910-9
R29-109-109-109-10
R310-910-910-910-8.9
Total29-2829-2829-2829-27.9

Media (15 cards) · avg 2928.1 · 14 Vera · 0 Ning · 1 draw

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Vera-Ning.

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 probabilityNing
78.0%22.0%
KO / TKO
28%
Submission
32%
Decision
40%
Expected fight time: 9.6 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 Ning. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Vera78%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO19%25%
Submission28%36%
Decision31%39%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes45 (2558)act 36
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.9)act 1
Ning22%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO8%39%
Submission4%17%
Decision10%44%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes37 (2048)act 46
Takedowns0.8 (0.02.5)act 0
Combined totals~81 sig strikes~1.0 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R137%
R26%
R317%
Distance40%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.3%
Vera
58.4%-145
Ning
+14540.2%
Most takedownstie 34.9%
Vera
10.8%+503
Ning
-50354.3%
Significant strikes — over/under
Vera
Expected: 44.6
44.5
Over 44.5
42.7%
+134
Under 44.5
57.3%
-134
056112
Ning
Expected: 36.6
36.5
Over 36.5
42.6%
+135
Under 36.5
57.4%
-135
04692
Takedowns — over/under
Vera
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
20.2%
Exactly 0
79.8%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Ning
Expected: 0.8
1
Over 1
32.1%
+118
Exactly 1
30.1%
push
Under 1
37.8%
-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 9.6 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
Vera78.0%50.0%+28.0-110
Ning22.0%50.0%−28.0-110

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
53.3Striking69.5
Ning +16.2
59.7Grappling53.9
Vera +5.9
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
VeraNing
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1501
Pound-for-pound
1513
1518
Divisional
1512
1493
Striking offense
1486
1504
Striking defense
1514
1507
Grappling offense
1530
1494
Grappling defense
1553
Physical
23 yrs
Age
34 yrs
5'8"
Height
5'4"
70"
Reach
64"
Switch
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
1.96
Strikes landed / min
2.50
43%
Strike accuracy
41%
3.14
Strikes absorbed / min
1.73
42%
Strike defense
66%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.81
Takedowns / 15 min
1.50
29%
Takedown accuracy
57%
81%
Takedown defense
60%
1.6
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.4
Form & résumé
33%
UFC win rate
67%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
33%
Last-5 win rate
67%
100%
Finish rate
50%
Recent opp. quality
273
Days since last fight
364
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Marlon Vera
  • LDavey GrantU-DEC R3
    Close +1609mo before
  • WRoman SalazarSUB R2
    Close -1251y 4mo before
  • LMarco BeltranU-DEC R3
    Close -2252y before
Guangyou Ning
  • LMarco BeltranS-DEC R3
    Close -1601y before
  • WRoyston WeeKO/TKO R2
    Close -1401y 6mo before
  • WJianping YangU-DEC R3
    Close +2052y 3mo before
Vera — win / loss by method
Record: 9-3-1

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
11% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
7 wins, 0 losses
W
78% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
1 win, 3 losses
W
11% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
1win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (100%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(100%) 2
Non-UFC
8win1loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (13%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
6 (75%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (13%)Decision(100%) 1
Ning — win / loss by method
Record: 5-3-1

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
3 wins, 0 losses
W
60% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
1 win, 1 loss
W
20% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
1 win, 2 losses
W
20% of wins
L
67% of losses
UFC
2win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (50%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (50%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
3win2loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (67%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (33%)Submission(50%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(50%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Vera
Ning
3
UFC fights
3
37.3 min · 12.4 avg
Octagon time
40.0 min · 13.3 avg
16y 0m
Career length
18y 10m
UFC schedule strength

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

Vera
Ning
29W–8L · 78.4%
Overall
23W–6L · 79.3%
9W–3L · 75.0%
Wins
11W–3L · 78.6%
20W–5L · 80.0%
Losses
12W–3L · 80.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Vera
Ning
50W–46L · 52.1%
Overall
16W–11L · 59.3%
27W–31L · 46.6%
Wins
2W–4L · 33.3%
23W–15L · 60.5%
Losses
14W–7L · 66.7%
Distance striking
Vera
Ning
3.70
Landed / min
2.80
30.7%
Accuracy
37.2%
53.4%
Defense
68.5%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
22.5%
Time at distance
72.3%
Grappling & control
Vera
Ning
0.81
Takedowns / 15 min
1.50
28.6%
Takedown accuracy
57.1%
81.3%
Takedown defense
60.0%
1.61
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.38
27.9%
Control share
94.3%
Strike target map
Vera
  • Head63%(46)div 64%
  • Body34%(25)div 19%
  • Legs3%(2)div 17%
Ning
  • Head54%(54)div 64%
  • Body21%(21)div 19%
  • Legs25%(25)div 17%

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.

Guangyou Ning
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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