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UFC Fight Night: Teixeira vs Saint Preux
Marlon Vera
Marlon Vera
8-2-1 · ECU
VS
Roman Salazar
Roman Salazar
9-3 · USA
August 8, 2015 · Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Bantamweight · 3 rounds
135.5lb
Weigh-in
135.0lb
Marlon Vera def. Roman Salazar by SUB (Triangle Armbar), R2 2:15
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Vera15/320/000:06
Salazar12/240/503:04
R2 · 2:15
Vera10/160/000:00
Salazar2/51/202:02
Total
Vera25/480/000:06
Salazar14/291/705:06

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 probabilitySalazar
76.1%23.9%
KO / TKO
23%
Submission
41%
Decision
36%
Expected fight time: 8.5 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 Salazar. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Vera76%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO16%21%
Submission33%44%
Decision27%35%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes57 (3274)act 25
Takedowns0.7 (0.02.1)act 0
Salazar24%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO7%29%
Submission8%32%
Decision9%39%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes44 (2557)act 14
Takedowns0.2 (0.01.1)act 1
Combined totals~101 sig strikes~0.9 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R146%
R27%
R311%
Distance36%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.1%
Vera
60.9%-160
Salazar
+16038.0%
Most takedownstie 27.1%
Vera
59.5%-444
Salazar
+44413.4%
Significant strikes — over/under
Vera
Expected: 56.7
56.5
Over 56.5
42.7%
+134
Under 56.5
57.3%
-134
071142
Salazar
Expected: 44.2
44
Over 44
42.0%
+134
Exactly 44
1.5%
push
Under 44
56.5%
-134
056111
Takedowns — over/under
Vera
Expected: 0.7
0.5
Over 0.5
78.2%
-359
Under 0.5
21.8%
+359
035
Salazar
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
35.2%
Exactly 0
64.8%
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 8.5 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
Vera76.1%53.2%+22.9-125
Salazar23.9%46.8%−22.9+105

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
60.6Striking61.1
Salazar +0.5
75.8Grappling33.0
Vera +42.9
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
VeraSalazar
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1502
Pound-for-pound
1503
1502
Divisional
1503
1496
Striking offense
1490
1503
Striking defense
1508
1502
Grappling offense
1493
1500
Grappling defense
1501
Physical
22 yrs
Age
27 yrs
5'8"
Height
5'7"
70"
Reach
Switch
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
1.67
Strikes landed / min
1.96
45%
Strike accuracy
35%
2.07
Strikes absorbed / min
2.47
50%
Strike defense
64%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.00
Takedowns / 15 min
1.54
100%
Takedown accuracy
25%
75%
Takedown defense
50%
2.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
0%
UFC win rate
0%
-1
Win/loss streak
-2
0%
Last-5 win rate
0%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
266
Days since last fight
161
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Marlon Vera
  • LMarco BeltranU-DEC R3
    Close -2259mo before
Roman Salazar
  • LMitch GagnonSUB R1
    Close +60010mo before
Vera — win / loss by method
Record: 8-2-1

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
13% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 0 losses
W
75% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
1 win, 2 losses
W
13% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
8win1loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (13%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
6 (75%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (13%)Decision(100%) 1
Salazar — win / loss by method
Record: 9-3-0, 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
3 wins, 1 loss
W
33% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 1 loss
W
33% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 1 loss
W
22% of wins
L
33% of losses
DQ / other
1 win, 0 losses
W
11% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 ()Submission(100%) 1
0 ()Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
9win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (33%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
3 (33%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (22%)Decision(50%) 1
1 (11%)DQ / other(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Vera
Salazar
1
UFC fights
2
15.0 min · 15.0 avg
Octagon time
9.7 min · 4.9 avg
16y 0m
Career length
16y 11m
UFC schedule strength

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

Vera
Salazar
11W–3L · 78.6%
Overall
11W–2L · 84.6%
0W–0L
Wins
0W–0L
11W–3L · 78.6%
Losses
11W–2L · 84.6%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Vera
Salazar
50W–46L · 52.1%
Overall
34W–22L · 60.7%
27W–31L · 46.6%
Wins
24W–20L · 54.5%
23W–15L · 60.5%
Losses
10W–2L · 83.3%
Distance striking
Vera
Salazar
2.55
Landed / min
2.00
26.9%
Accuracy
31.4%
65.5%
Defense
66.1%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
18.3%
Time at distance
82.4%
Grappling & control
Vera
Salazar
1.00
Takedowns / 15 min
1.54
100.0%
Takedown accuracy
25.0%
75.0%
Takedown defense
50.0%
2.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
51.1%
Control share
15.2%
Strike target map
Vera
  • Head80%(20)div 63%
  • Body20%(5)div 21%
  • Legs0%(0)div 16%
Salazar
  • Head68%(13)div 63%
  • Body16%(3)div 21%
  • Legs16%(3)div 16%

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.

Roman Salazar
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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