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David Teymur
David Teymur
4-1 · SWE
VS
Jason Novelli
Jason Novelli
11-1-1 · USA
August 6, 2016 · Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Lightweight · 3 rounds
David Teymur def. Jason Novelli by KO/TKO (Punches), R2 1:25
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Teymur20/520/000:01
Novelli6/220/000:07
R2 · 1:25
Teymur6/90/110:01
Novelli2/60/000:17
Total
Teymur26/610/110:02
Novelli8/280/000:24

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
TeymurWin probabilityNovelli
78.0%22.0%
KO / TKO
31%
Submission
12%
Decision
57%
Expected fight time: 11.1 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Teymur78%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO26%33%
Submission6%8%
Decision46%59%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes77 (44100)act 26
Takedowns1.0 (0.02.8)act 0
Novelli22%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO5%23%
Submission6%26%
Decision11%51%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes42 (2354)act 8
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.9)act 0
Combined totals~119 sig strikes~1.2 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R122%
R213%
R38%
Distance57%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.8%
Teymur
75.8%-324
Novelli
+32423.4%
Most takedownstie 20.3%
Teymur
71.9%-929
Novelli
+9297.7%
Significant strikes — over/under
Teymur
Expected: 77.2
77
Over 77
42.2%
+135
Exactly 77
0.9%
push
Under 77
56.9%
-135
097194
Novelli
Expected: 41.9
42
Over 42
41.5%
+137
Exactly 42
1.6%
push
Under 42
56.9%
-137
053105
Takedowns — over/under
Teymur
Expected: 1.0
1
Over 1
42.6%
-263
Exactly 1
41.3%
push
Under 1
16.2%
+263
035
Novelli
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
23.5%
Exactly 0
76.5%
push
Under 0
0.0%
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 11.1 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
Teymur78.0%56.2%+21.8-140
Novelli22.0%43.8%−21.8+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
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
TeymurNovelli
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1520
Pound-for-pound
1530
1520
Divisional
1530
1507
Striking offense
1500
1532
Striking defense
1500
1485
Grappling offense
1500
1510
Grappling defense
1500
Physical
27 yrs
Age
37 yrs
5'9"
Height
6'0"
73"
Reach
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
5.91
Strikes landed / min
61%
Strike accuracy
2.02
Strikes absorbed / min
62%
Strike defense
Grappling (UFC career)
2.33
Takedowns / 15 min
100%
Takedown accuracy
100%
Takedown defense
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
+1
Win/loss streak
100%
Last-5 win rate
100%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
161
Days since last fight
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
David Teymur
  • WMartin SvenssonKO/TKO R2
    Close -1155mo before
Jason Novelli
No prior UFC fights.
Teymur — win / loss by method
Record: 4-1-0

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
3 wins, 0 losses
W
75% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
1 win, 1 loss
W
25% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (100%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
3win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (67%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (33%)Decision(100%) 1
Novelli — win / loss by method
Record: 11-1-1

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
27% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 1 loss
W
55% of wins
L
100% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 0 losses
W
18% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
11win1loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (27%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
6 (55%)Submission(100%) 1
2 (18%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Teymur
Novelli
1
UFC fights
0
6.4 min · 6.4 avg
Octagon time
12y 9m
Career length
UFC schedule strength

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

Teymur
Novelli
14W–5L · 73.7%
Overall
14W–5L · 73.7%
Wins
0W–0L
Losses
Non-UFC schedule strength
Teymur
Novelli
4W–3L · 57.1%
Overall
62W–42L · 59.6%
3W–2L · 60.0%
Wins
58W–42L · 58.0%
1W–1L · 50.0%
Losses
4W–0L · 100.0%
Distance striking
Teymur
Novelli
6.09
Landed / min
59.6%
Accuracy
62.5%
Defense
2.33
Knockdowns / 15 min
86.8%
Time at distance
Grappling & control
Teymur
Novelli
2.33
Takedowns / 15 min
100.0%
Takedown accuracy
100.0%
Takedown defense
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
59.6%
Control share
Strike target map
Teymur
  • Head39%(15)div 63%
  • Body8%(3)div 20%
  • Legs53%(20)div 17%
Novelli
  • Head0%(0)div 63%
  • Body0%(0)div 20%
  • Legs0%(0)div 17%
  • No strike data on record.

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

David Teymur
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Jason Novelli

No UFC fights on record.

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