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Ilir Latifi
Ilir Latifi
11-4 · SWE
VS
Gian Villante
Gian Villante
14-6 · USA
March 5, 2016 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Light Heavyweight · 3 rounds
Ilir Latifi def. Gian Villante by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Latifi10/180/502:05
Villante6/210/000:00
R2
Latifi10/192/401:33
Villante9/260/000:02
R3
Latifi10/161/300:59
Villante8/210/100:07
Total
Latifi30/533/1204:37
Villante23/680/100:09

Scorecards

Latifi vs Villante

RdDerek ClearySal D'AmatoTony WeeksCommunity
R110-910-910-99.6-9.4
R210-910-910-99.9-9.1
R310-910-910-910-8.9
Total30-2730-2730-2729.5-27.4

Media (20 cards) · avg 29.927.1 · 20 Latifi · 0 Villante

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Latifi-Villante.

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
LatifiWin probabilityVillante
53.3%46.7%
KO / TKO
39%
Submission
3%
Decision
58%
Expected fight time: 11.3 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Latifi53%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO21%39%
Submission2%3%
Decision30%58%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes55 (3172)act 30
Takedowns1.4 (0.03.9)act 3
Villante47%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO19%40%
Submission1%2%
Decision27%58%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes50 (2866)act 23
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.0)act 0
Combined totals~106 sig strikes~1.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R120%
R212%
R310%
Distance58%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.0%
Latifi
53.8%-119
Villante
+11945.2%
Most takedownstie 39.6%
Latifi
57.3%-1851
Villante
+18513.1%
Significant strikes — over/under
Latifi
Expected: 55.4
55.5
Over 55.5
42.4%
+136
Under 55.5
57.6%
-136
070139
Villante
Expected: 50.5
50.5
Over 50.5
42.5%
+135
Under 50.5
57.5%
-135
064127
Takedowns — over/under
Latifi
Expected: 1.4
1.5
Over 1.5
42.7%
+134
Under 1.5
57.3%
-134
035
Villante
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
6.0%
Exactly 0
94.0%
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 11.3 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
Latifi53.3%62.8%−9.5-185
Villante46.7%37.2%+9.5+160

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
44.9Striking57.5
Villante +12.5
50.5Grappling42.3
Latifi +8.1
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
LatifiVillante
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1549
Pound-for-pound
1537
1550
Divisional
1539
1500
Striking offense
1519
1502
Striking defense
1479
1504
Grappling offense
1488
1526
Grappling defense
1536
Physical
33 yrs
Age
30 yrs
5'10"
Height
6'3"
73"
Reach
76"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
1.91
Strikes landed / min
4.55
28%
Strike accuracy
48%
4.12
Strikes absorbed / min
6.87
47%
Strike defense
51%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.91
Takedowns / 15 min
1.08
60%
Takedown accuracy
26%
Takedown defense
100%
1.3
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
67%
UFC win rate
57%
+2
Win/loss streak
+1
80%
Last-5 win rate
60%
100%
Finish rate
75%
Recent opp. quality
48
Days since last fight
112
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Ilir Latifi
  • WSean O'ConnellKO/TKO R1
    Close -26548d before
  • WHans StringerKO/TKO R1
    Close -2358mo before
  • LJan BlachowiczKO/TKO R1
    Close -2651y 5mo before
  • WChris DempseyKO/TKO R1
    Close -2951y 8mo before
  • WCyrille DiabateSUB R1
    Close -1352y before
Gian Villante
  • WAnthony PeroshKO/TKO R1
    Close -6004mo before
  • LTom LawlorKO/TKO R2
    Close -2207mo before
  • WCorey AndersonKO/TKO R3
    Close +32511mo before
  • WSean O'ConnellS-DEC R3
    Close -2651y 8mo before
  • LFabio MaldonadoU-DEC R3
    Close -2901y 11mo before
Latifi — win / loss by method
Record: 11-4-0, 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
6 wins, 2 losses
W
55% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 0 losses
W
27% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 2 losses
W
18% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
4win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (75%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
1 (25%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
7win2loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
3 (43%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
2 (29%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (29%)Decision(50%) 1
Villante — win / loss by method
Record: 14-6-0

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
9 wins, 3 losses
W
64% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 0 losses
W
14% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 3 losses
W
21% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
4win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (75%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (25%)Decision(67%) 2
Non-UFC
10win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (60%)KO/TKO(67%) 2
2 (20%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (20%)Decision(33%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Latifi
Villante
6
UFC fights
7
23.6 min · 3.9 avg
Octagon time
69.6 min · 9.9 avg
18y 2m
Career length
17y 5m
UFC schedule strength

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

Latifi
Villante
118W–28L · 80.8%
Overall
84W–33L · 71.8%
68W–22L · 75.6%
Wins
43W–17L · 71.7%
50W–6L · 89.3%
Losses
41W–16L · 71.9%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Latifi
Villante
73W–41L · 64.0%
Overall
95W–40L · 70.4%
53W–30L · 63.9%
Wins
72W–38L · 65.5%
20W–11L · 64.5%
Losses
23W–2L · 92.0%
Distance striking
Latifi
Villante
1.92
Landed / min
5.04
26.5%
Accuracy
45.5%
48.8%
Defense
52.4%
1.27
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.43
88.3%
Time at distance
75.9%
Grappling & control
Latifi
Villante
1.91
Takedowns / 15 min
1.08
60.0%
Takedown accuracy
26.3%
Takedown defense
100.0%
1.27
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
92.4%
Control share
59.1%
Strike target map
Latifi
  • Head62%(28)div 65%
  • Body11%(5)div 19%
  • Legs27%(12)div 17%
Villante
  • Head55%(173)div 65%
  • Body14%(44)div 19%
  • Legs32%(100)div 17%

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

Ilir Latifi
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Gian Villante
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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