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UFC on FOX: Dillashaw vs. Barao II
Tom Lawlor
Tom Lawlor
9-5 · USA
VS
Gian Villante
Gian Villante
13-5 · USA
July 25, 2015 · Chicago, Illinois, USA
Light Heavyweight · 3 rounds
203.0lb
Weigh-in
205.0lb
Tom Lawlor def. Gian Villante by KO/TKO (Punch), R2 0:27
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Lawlor18/440/100:00
Villante26/561/100:03
R2 · 0:27
Lawlor4/80/010:03
Villante5/80/000:00
Total
Lawlor22/520/110:03
Villante31/641/100:03

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
LawlorWin probabilityVillante
48.5%51.5%
KO / TKO
57%
Submission
4%
Decision
39%
Expected fight time: 8.7 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Lawlor48%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO24%51%
Submission3%6%
Decision21%43%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes38 (2150)act 22
Takedowns0.5 (0.02.0)act 0
Villante52%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO32%62%
Submission1%2%
Decision19%36%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes29 (1637)act 31
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.4)act 1
Combined totals~67 sig strikes~0.7 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R140%
R216%
R35%
Distance39%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.6%
Lawlor
62.0%-170
Villante
+17036.4%
Most takedownstie 56.5%
Lawlor
34.2%-371
Villante
+3719.2%
Significant strikes — over/under
Lawlor
Expected: 38.1
38
Over 38
41.8%
+135
Exactly 38
1.7%
push
Under 38
56.4%
-135
04896
Villante
Expected: 28.7
28.5
Over 28.5
42.9%
+133
Under 28.5
57.1%
-133
03672
Takedowns — over/under
Lawlor
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
37.1%
+170
Under 0.5
62.9%
-170
035
Villante
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
12.7%
Exactly 0
87.3%
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 8.7 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
Lawlor48.5%34.2%+14.3+180
Villante51.5%65.8%−14.3-220

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
68.5Striking56.0
Lawlor +12.6
66.5Grappling40.0
Lawlor +26.5
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
LawlorVillante
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1527
Pound-for-pound
1539
1524
Divisional
1539
1474
Striking offense
1506
1540
Striking defense
1482
1517
Grappling offense
1501
1490
Grappling defense
1536
Physical
32 yrs
Age
29 yrs
6'0"
Height
6'3"
74"
Reach
76"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.48
Strikes landed / min
4.36
45%
Strike accuracy
48%
1.93
Strikes absorbed / min
7.35
61%
Strike defense
50%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.92
Takedowns / 15 min
0.98
31%
Takedown accuracy
22%
57%
Takedown defense
100%
1.8
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
56%
UFC win rate
60%
+1
Win/loss streak
+2
60%
Last-5 win rate
60%
60%
Finish rate
67%
Recent opp. quality
840
Days since last fight
98
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Tom Lawlor
  • WMichael KuiperSUB R2
    Close -1352y 4mo before
  • LFrancis CarmontS-DEC R3
    Close +2252y 8mo before
  • WJason MacDonaldKO/TKO R1
    Close -2203y 2mo before
  • LChris WeidmanSUB R1
    Close +3003y 8mo before
  • WPatrick CoteU-DEC R3
    Close +1554y 9mo before
Gian Villante
  • WCorey AndersonKO/TKO R3
    Close +3253mo before
  • WSean O'ConnellS-DEC R3
    Close -2651y 1mo before
  • LFabio MaldonadoU-DEC R3
    Close -2901y 4mo before
  • WCody DonovanKO/TKO R2
    Close -3401y 8mo before
  • LOvince Saint PreuxM-DEC R3
    Close +1352y 3mo before
Lawlor — win / loss by method
Record: 9-5-0, 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, 0 losses
W
33% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 2 losses
W
44% of wins
L
40% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 2 losses
W
22% of wins
L
40% of losses
DQ / other
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
20% of losses
UFC
5win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (20%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (40%)Submission(50%) 2
2 (40%)Decision(50%) 2
Non-UFC
4win1loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
2 (50%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (50%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
0 (0%)DQ / other(100%) 1
Villante — win / loss by method
Record: 13-5-0

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
8 wins, 2 losses
W
62% of wins
L
40% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 0 losses
W
15% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 3 losses
W
23% of wins
L
60% of losses
UFC
3win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (67%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (33%)Decision(100%) 2
Non-UFC
10win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (60%)KO/TKO(67%) 2
2 (20%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (20%)Decision(33%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Lawlor
Villante
9
UFC fights
5
77.1 min · 8.6 avg
Octagon time
61.2 min · 12.2 avg
19y 5m
Career length
17y 5m
UFC schedule strength

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

Lawlor
Villante
141W–42L · 77.0%
Overall
60W–19L · 75.9%
65W–24L · 73.0%
Wins
28W–8L · 77.8%
76W–18L · 80.9%
Losses
32W–11L · 74.4%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Lawlor
Villante
2W–2L · 50.0%
Overall
95W–40L · 70.4%
2W–2L · 50.0%
Wins
72W–38L · 65.5%
0W–0L
Losses
23W–2L · 92.0%
Distance striking
Lawlor
Villante
3.90
Landed / min
4.88
30.0%
Accuracy
44.7%
70.1%
Defense
51.2%
0.39
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.25
25.9%
Time at distance
73.6%
Grappling & control
Lawlor
Villante
2.92
Takedowns / 15 min
0.98
31.3%
Takedown accuracy
22.2%
57.1%
Takedown defense
100.0%
1.75
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
74.0%
Control share
59.2%
Strike target map
Lawlor
  • Head85%(162)div 64%
  • Body7%(13)div 19%
  • Legs8%(16)div 17%
Villante
  • Head54%(143)div 64%
  • Body13%(35)div 19%
  • Legs33%(89)div 17%

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

Tom Lawlor
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.