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UFC Fight Night: Holohan vs Smolka
Nicolas Dalby
Nicolas Dalby
14-0 · DNK
VS
Darren Till
Darren Till
13-0 · GBR
October 24, 2015 · Dublin, Leinster, Ireland
Welterweight · 3 rounds
170.0lb
Weigh-in
171.0lb
Draw
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Dalby12/330/000:25
Till26/400/010:06
R2
Dalby11/370/100:53
Till14/280/100:31
R3
Dalby61/1002/302:25
Till9/200/200:06
Total
Dalby84/1702/403:43
Till49/880/310:43

Scorecards

Dalby vs Till

RdAndy RobertsDean WeirMark CollettCommunity
R19-109-109-108.8-10
R29-109-109-109.1-10
R310-810-810-910-8.3
Total28-2828-2828-2927.9-28.3

Media (12 cards) · avg 27.928.1 · 0 Dalby · 2 Till · 10 draws

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Dalby-Till.

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
DalbyWin probabilityTill
36.5%63.5%
KO / TKO
21%
Submission
11%
Decision
68%
Expected fight time: 12.5 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Dalby37%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO4%12%
Submission4%11%
Decision29%77%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes44 (2457)act 84
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.8)act 2
Till63%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO16%26%
Submission7%11%
Decision40%63%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes47 (2661)act 49
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.4)act 0
Combined totals~90 sig strikes~0.7 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R112%
R29%
R311%
Distance68%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.2%
Dalby
46.3%+113
Till
-11352.5%
Most takedownstie 57.4%
Dalby
24.3%-133
Till
+13318.3%
Significant strikes — over/under
Dalby
Expected: 43.7
43.5
Over 43.5
42.8%
+134
Under 43.5
57.2%
-134
055110
Till
Expected: 46.7
46.5
Over 46.5
42.7%
+134
Under 46.5
57.3%
-134
059117
Takedowns — over/under
Dalby
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
28.3%
+253
Under 0.5
71.7%
-253
035
Till
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
22.6%
+342
Under 0.5
77.4%
-342
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 12.5 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
Dalby36.5%56.6%−20.1-145
Till63.5%43.4%+20.1+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
53.7Striking67.4
Till +13.7
75.0Grappling25.0
Dalby +50.0
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
DalbyTill
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1558
Pound-for-pound
1554
1558
Divisional
1554
1497
Striking offense
1507
1500
Striking defense
1535
1504
Grappling offense
1494
1504
Grappling defense
1500
Physical
30 yrs
Age
22 yrs
5'11"
Height
6'0"
74"
Reach
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
2.73
Strikes landed / min
3.78
29%
Strike accuracy
61%
3.80
Strikes absorbed / min
3.32
56%
Strike defense
44%
Grappling (UFC career)
6.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
60%
Takedown accuracy
0%
100%
Takedown defense
100%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
100%
+1
Win/loss streak
+1
100%
Last-5 win rate
100%
0%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
147
Days since last fight
147
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Nicolas Dalby
  • WElizeu Zaleski dos SantosS-DEC R3
    Close -2705mo before
Darren Till
  • WWendell Oliveira MarquesKO/TKO R2
    Close +1105mo before
Dalby — win / loss by method
Record: 14-0-0

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
4 wins, 0 losses
W
29% of wins
L
Submission
3 wins, 0 losses
W
21% of wins
L
Decision
7 wins, 0 losses
W
50% of wins
L
UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (100%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
13win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (31%)KO/TKO() 0
3 (23%)Submission() 0
6 (46%)Decision() 0
Till — win / loss by method
Record: 13-0-0

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, 0 losses
W
69% of wins
L
Submission
2 wins, 0 losses
W
15% of wins
L
Decision
2 wins, 0 losses
W
15% of wins
L
UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (100%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
12win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
8 (67%)KO/TKO() 0
2 (17%)Submission() 0
2 (17%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Dalby
Till
1
UFC fights
1
15.0 min · 15.0 avg
Octagon time
6.6 min · 6.6 avg
16y 5m
Career length
13y 5m
UFC schedule strength

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

Dalby
Till
14W–4L · 77.8%
Overall
24W–8L · 75.0%
14W–4L · 77.8%
Wins
24W–8L · 75.0%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Dalby
Till
119W–78L · 60.4%
Overall
27W–16L · 62.8%
119W–78L · 60.4%
Wins
27W–16L · 62.8%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Dalby
Till
3.03
Landed / min
7.00
23.7%
Accuracy
56.7%
61.4%
Defense
77.8%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
59.4%
Time at distance
36.7%
Grappling & control
Dalby
Till
6.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
60.0%
Takedown accuracy
0.0%
100.0%
Takedown defense
100.0%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
87.6%
Control share
35.7%
Strike target map
Dalby
  • Head34%(14)div 63%
  • Body29%(12)div 21%
  • Legs37%(15)div 16%
Till
  • Head60%(15)div 63%
  • Body20%(5)div 21%
  • Legs20%(5)div 16%

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

Nicolas Dalby
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Darren Till
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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