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UFC 196: McGregor vs Diaz
Nordine Taleb
Nordine Taleb
11-3 · CAN
VS
Erick Silva
Erick Silva
18-6 · BRA
March 5, 2016 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Welterweight · 3 rounds
Nordine Taleb def. Erick Silva by KO/TKO (Punch), R2 1:34
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Taleb17/371/100:04
Silva6/220/100:00
R2 · 1:34
Taleb9/130/010:01
Silva5/100/000:00
Total
Taleb26/501/110:05
Silva11/320/100:00

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
TalebWin probabilitySilva
34.9%65.1%
KO / TKO
24%
Submission
8%
Decision
68%
Expected fight time: 12.4 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Taleb35%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO7%21%
Submission0%1%
Decision28%78%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes51 (2967)act 26
Takedowns0.5 (0.02.0)act 1
Silva65%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO17%26%
Submission8%12%
Decision40%62%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes41 (2353)act 11
Takedowns0.7 (0.02.4)act 0
Combined totals~92 sig strikes~1.2 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R113%
R29%
R310%
Distance68%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.2%
Taleb
59.9%-154
Silva
+15438.9%
Most takedownstie 42.8%
Taleb
25.5%+125
Silva
-12531.7%
Significant strikes — over/under
Taleb
Expected: 51.3
51.5
Over 51.5
42.3%
+136
Under 51.5
57.7%
-136
065129
Silva
Expected: 40.8
41
Over 41
41.4%
+138
Exactly 41
1.6%
push
Under 41
57.0%
-138
052103
Takedowns — over/under
Taleb
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
35.1%
+185
Under 0.5
64.9%
-185
035
Silva
Expected: 0.7
0.5
Over 0.5
40.4%
+148
Under 0.5
59.6%
-148
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 12.4 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
Taleb34.9%33.6%+1.3+185
Silva65.1%66.4%−1.3-225

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
79.8Striking54.1
Taleb +25.7
60.1Grappling69.9
Silva +9.8
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
TalebSilva
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1548
Pound-for-pound
1559
1534
Divisional
1558
1492
Striking offense
1507
1515
Striking defense
1507
1503
Grappling offense
1540
1515
Grappling defense
1526
Physical
34 yrs
Age
31 yrs
6'1"
Height
6'0"
74"
Reach
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.08
Strikes landed / min
2.47
58%
Strike accuracy
54%
1.49
Strikes absorbed / min
4.59
71%
Strike defense
43%
Grappling (UFC career)
3.32
Takedowns / 15 min
1.42
75%
Takedown accuracy
50%
67%
Takedown defense
60%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.9
Form & résumé
75%
UFC win rate
55%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
75%
Last-5 win rate
60%
0%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
217
Days since last fight
195
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Nordine Taleb
  • LWarlley AlvesSUB R2
    Close +2807mo before
  • WChris ClementsU-DEC R3
    Close -21010mo before
  • WLi JingliangS-DEC R3
    Close -4301y 5mo before
  • WVik GrujicU-DEC R3
    Close -2351y 11mo before
Erick Silva
  • LNeil MagnyS-DEC R3
    Close -2006mo before
  • WJosh KoscheckSUB R1
    Close -46011mo before
  • WMike RhodesSUB R1
    Close -4001y 2mo before
  • LMatt BrownKO/TKO R3
    Close -2301y 10mo before
  • WTakenori SatoKO/TKO R1
    Close -11002y 1mo before
Taleb — win / loss by method
Record: 11-3-0

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
5 wins, 1 loss
W
45% 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
55% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
3win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(100%) 1
3 (100%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
8win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (63%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (38%)Decision(50%) 1
Silva — win / loss by method
Record: 18-6-0, 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
4 wins, 2 losses
W
22% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
11 wins, 0 losses
W
61% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 3 losses
W
17% of wins
L
50% of losses
DQ / other
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
17% of losses
UFC
6win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (33%)KO/TKO(40%) 2
4 (67%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(40%) 2
0 (0%)DQ / other(20%) 1
Non-UFC
12win1loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
2 (17%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
7 (58%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (25%)Decision(100%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Taleb
Silva
4
UFC fights
11
54.2 min · 13.5 avg
Octagon time
63.5 min · 5.8 avg
18y 8m
Career length
21y 2m
UFC schedule strength

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

Taleb
Silva
34W–9L · 79.1%
Overall
193W–61L · 76.0%
26W–9L · 74.3%
Wins
90W–30L · 75.0%
8W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
103W–31L · 76.9%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Taleb
Silva
56W–30L · 65.1%
Overall
58W–23L · 71.6%
37W–24L · 60.7%
Wins
58W–23L · 71.6%
19W–6L · 76.0%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Taleb
Silva
4.24
Landed / min
4.05
50.5%
Accuracy
42.6%
73.3%
Defense
55.0%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.47
41.3%
Time at distance
32.2%
Grappling & control
Taleb
Silva
3.32
Takedowns / 15 min
1.42
75.0%
Takedown accuracy
50.0%
66.7%
Takedown defense
59.5%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.89
82.9%
Control share
34.8%
Strike target map
Taleb
  • Head64%(107)div 63%
  • Body25%(41)div 21%
  • Legs11%(19)div 16%
Silva
  • Head55%(86)div 63%
  • Body31%(49)div 21%
  • Legs14%(22)div 16%

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

Nordine Taleb
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Erick Silva
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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