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Paige VanZant
Paige VanZant
4-1 · USA
VS
Felice Herrig
Felice Herrig
10-5 · USA
April 18, 2015 · Newark, New Jersey, USA
Strawweight · 3 rounds
Paige VanZant def. Felice Herrig by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
VanZant21/291/202:24
Herrig16/240/201:42
R2
VanZant16/280/103:43
Herrig11/180/200:42
R3
VanZant30/351/204:27
Herrig1/50/000:19
Total
VanZant67/922/5010:34
Herrig28/470/402:43

Scorecards

VanZant vs Herrig

RdDerek ClearyJose TaboraMichelle AgustinCommunity
R19-1010-910-99.8-9.3
R210-910-910-910-8.9
R310-810-810-810-8.1
Total29-2730-2630-2629.8-26.3

Media (14 cards) · avg 29.926.4 · 14 VanZant · 0 Herrig

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: VanZant-Herrig.

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
VanZantWin probabilityHerrig
78.4%21.6%
KO / TKO
37%
Submission
18%
Decision
45%
Expected fight time: 9.9 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
VanZant78%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO31%39%
Submission13%17%
Decision34%44%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes43 (2456)act 67
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.3)act 2
Herrig22%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO6%27%
Submission5%24%
Decision11%49%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes34 (1944)act 28
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.3)act 0
Combined totals~77 sig strikes~1.3 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R127%
R221%
R37%
Distance45%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.4%
VanZant
60.9%-162
Herrig
+16237.7%
Most takedownstie 38.4%
VanZant
30.5%+102
Herrig
-10231.1%
Significant strikes — over/under
VanZant
Expected: 43.3
43.5
Over 43.5
42.2%
+137
Under 43.5
57.8%
-137
055109
Herrig
Expected: 33.6
33.5
Over 33.5
42.6%
+135
Under 33.5
57.4%
-135
04284
Takedowns — over/under
VanZant
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
42.2%
+137
Under 0.5
57.8%
-137
035
Herrig
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
43.0%
+132
Under 0.5
57.0%
-132
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 9.9 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
VanZant78.4%52.2%+26.2-120
Herrig21.6%47.8%−26.2+100

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
74.2Striking58.2
VanZant +15.9
65.2Grappling68.5
Herrig +3.4
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
VanZantHerrig
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1521
Pound-for-pound
1521
1521
Divisional
1521
1507
Striking offense
1500
1502
Striking defense
1528
1505
Grappling offense
1490
1495
Grappling defense
1497
Physical
21 yrs
Age
30 yrs
5'4"
Height
5'4"
65"
Reach
65"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.73
Strikes landed / min
0.99
56%
Strike accuracy
57%
2.17
Strikes absorbed / min
0.49
43%
Strike defense
20%
Grappling (UFC career)
3.49
Takedowns / 15 min
1.86
50%
Takedown accuracy
100%
0%
Takedown defense
33%
3.5
Sub attempts / 15 min
5.6
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
100%
+1
Win/loss streak
+1
100%
Last-5 win rate
100%
100%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
147
Days since last fight
127
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Paige VanZant
  • WKailin CurranKO/TKO R3
    Close +1005mo before
Felice Herrig
  • WLisa EllisSUB R2
    Close -3454mo before
VanZant — win / loss by method
Record: 4-1-0

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
1 win, 0 losses
W
25% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
25% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 1 loss
W
50% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (100%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
3win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (33%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (67%)Decision(100%) 1
Herrig — win / loss by method
Record: 10-5-0

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
1 win, 0 losses
W
10% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 0 losses
W
30% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 5 losses
W
60% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (100%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
9win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (11%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (22%)Submission(0%) 0
6 (67%)Decision(100%) 5

Profiles

Experience
VanZant
Herrig
1
UFC fights
1
12.9 min · 12.9 avg
Octagon time
8.1 min · 8.1 avg
14y 1m
Career length
17y 5m
UFC schedule strength

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

VanZant
Herrig
3W–0L · 100.0%
Overall
15W–7L · 68.2%
3W–0L · 100.0%
Wins
15W–7L · 68.2%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
VanZant
Herrig
1W–0L · 100.0%
Overall
42W–28L · 60.0%
0W–0L
Wins
31W–23L · 57.4%
1W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
11W–5L · 68.8%
Distance striking
VanZant
Herrig
13.63
Landed / min
2.78
41.2%
Accuracy
16.7%
53.8%
Defense
50.0%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
4.0%
Time at distance
4.5%
Grappling & control
VanZant
Herrig
3.49
Takedowns / 15 min
1.86
50.0%
Takedown accuracy
100.0%
0.0%
Takedown defense
33.3%
3.49
Sub attempts / 15 min
5.57
67.4%
Control share
64.2%
Strike target map
VanZant
  • Head90%(55)div 59%
  • Body7%(4)div 24%
  • Legs3%(2)div 17%
Herrig
  • Head100%(8)div 59%
  • Body0%(0)div 24%
  • Legs0%(0)div 17%

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

Paige VanZant
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Felice Herrig
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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