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Gian Villante
Gian Villante
12-5 · USA
VS
Corey Anderson
Corey Anderson
5-0 · USA
April 18, 2015 · Newark, New Jersey, USA
Light Heavyweight · 3 rounds
Gian Villante def. Corey Anderson by KO/TKO (Punch), R3 4:18
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Villante23/540/000:00
Anderson40/930/200:00
R2
Villante23/550/000:00
Anderson36/990/100:00
R3 · 4:18
Villante24/590/000:00
Anderson35/870/100:00
Total
Villante70/1680/000:00
Anderson111/2790/400:00

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
VillanteWin probabilityAnderson
8.5%91.5%
KO / TKO
56%
Submission
4%
Decision
41%
Expected fight time: 10.9 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Villante8%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO4%55%
Submission1%10%
Decision3%35%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes37 (2149)act 70
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.0)act 0
Anderson92%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO51%56%
Submission3%3%
Decision38%41%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes80 (46104)act 111
Takedowns1.7 (0.04.5)act 0
Combined totals~117 sig strikes~1.8 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R115%
R223%
R321%
Distance41%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.7%
Villante
18.7%+431
Anderson
-43180.6%
Most takedownstie 34.9%
Villante
3.0%+2066
Anderson
-206662.1%
Significant strikes — over/under
Villante
Expected: 37.5
37.5
Over 37.5
42.4%
+136
Under 37.5
57.6%
-136
04794
Anderson
Expected: 79.7
79.5
Over 79.5
42.7%
+134
Under 79.5
57.3%
-134
0100200
Takedowns — over/under
Villante
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
6.4%
Exactly 0
93.6%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Anderson
Expected: 1.7
1.5
Over 1.5
48.7%
+105
Under 1.5
51.3%
-105
036

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 10.9 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
Villante8.5%22.7%−14.2+325
Anderson91.5%77.3%+14.2-400

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
54.7Striking80.4
Anderson +25.7
41.5Grappling75.0
Anderson +33.5
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
VillanteAnderson
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1522
Pound-for-pound
1539
1522
Divisional
1539
1496
Striking offense
1491
1485
Striking defense
1504
1515
Grappling offense
1561
1533
Grappling defense
1557
Physical
29 yrs
Age
25 yrs
6'3"
Height
6'3"
76"
Reach
79"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.20
Strikes landed / min
4.31
51%
Strike accuracy
55%
7.23
Strikes absorbed / min
1.87
45%
Strike defense
62%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.28
Takedowns / 15 min
8.43
22%
Takedown accuracy
60%
100%
Takedown defense
100%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
50%
UFC win rate
100%
+1
Win/loss streak
+2
50%
Last-5 win rate
100%
50%
Finish rate
50%
Recent opp. quality
294
Days since last fight
133
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Gian Villante
  • WSean O'ConnellS-DEC R3
    Close -26510mo before
  • LFabio MaldonadoU-DEC R3
    Close -2901y 1mo before
  • WCody DonovanKO/TKO R2
    Close -3401y 5mo before
  • LOvince Saint PreuxM-DEC R3
    Close +1352y before
Corey Anderson
  • WJustin JonesU-DEC R3
    Close -5004mo before
  • WMatt Van BurenKO/TKO R1
    Close -2659mo before
Villante — win / loss by method
Record: 12-5-0

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
7 wins, 2 losses
W
58% of wins
L
40% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 0 losses
W
17% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 3 losses
W
25% of wins
L
60% of losses
UFC
2win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (50%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (50%)Decision(100%) 2
Non-UFC
10win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (60%)KO/TKO(67%) 2
2 (20%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (20%)Decision(33%) 1
Anderson — win / loss by method
Record: 5-0-0

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
3 wins, 0 losses
W
60% of wins
L
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
Decision
2 wins, 0 losses
W
40% of wins
L
UFC
2win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (50%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (50%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
3win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (67%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (33%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Villante
Anderson
4
UFC fights
2
46.9 min · 11.7 avg
Octagon time
16.0 min · 8.0 avg
17y 5m
Career length
13y 4m
UFC schedule strength

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

Villante
Anderson
55W–19L · 74.3%
Overall
9W–2L · 81.8%
23W–8L · 74.2%
Wins
9W–2L · 81.8%
32W–11L · 74.4%
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Villante
Anderson
95W–40L · 70.4%
Overall
7W–3L · 70.0%
72W–38L · 65.5%
Wins
7W–3L · 70.0%
23W–2L · 92.0%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Villante
Anderson
4.84
Landed / min
5.58
45.9%
Accuracy
40.3%
47.1%
Defense
65.1%
0.32
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
66.5%
Time at distance
30.2%
Grappling & control
Villante
Anderson
1.28
Takedowns / 15 min
8.43
22.2%
Takedown accuracy
60.0%
100.0%
Takedown defense
100.0%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
59.2%
Control share
100.0%
Strike target map
Villante
  • Head54%(106)div 64%
  • Body16%(32)div 19%
  • Legs30%(59)div 17%
Anderson
  • Head77%(53)div 64%
  • Body22%(15)div 19%
  • Legs1%(1)div 17%

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

Gian Villante
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Corey Anderson
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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