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Ryan Bader
Ryan Bader
18-4 · USA
VS
Phil Davis
Phil Davis
13-2 · USA
January 24, 2015 · Stockholm, Sweden
Light Heavyweight · 3 rounds
205.0lb
Weigh-in
206.0lb
Ryan Bader def. Phil Davis by S-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Bader5/420/000:00
Davis9/400/200:00
R2
Bader6/230/200:19
Davis7/330/301:25
R3
Bader15/521/100:26
Davis19/560/400:03
Total
Bader26/1171/300:45
Davis35/1290/901:28

Scorecards

Bader vs Davis

RdAndy RobertsMans NilssonMark CollettCommunity
R110-910-99-109.6-9.5
R29-109-109-109.1-9.9
R310-910-910-99.8-9.3
Total29-2829-2828-2928.5-28.7

Media (13 cards) · avg 29.128.1 · 12 Bader · 0 Davis · 1 draw

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Bader-Davis.

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
BaderWin probabilityDavis
41.9%58.1%
KO / TKO
26%
Submission
6%
Decision
68%
Expected fight time: 12.3 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Bader42%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO15%35%
Submission2%4%
Decision25%61%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes28 (1536)act 26
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.1)act 1
Davis58%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO11%20%
Submission5%8%
Decision42%72%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes24 (1332)act 35
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.7)act 0
Combined totals~52 sig strikes~1.0 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R111%
R215%
R36%
Distance68%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 2.0%
Bader
55.0%-128
Davis
+12843.0%
Most takedownstie 40.1%
Bader
34.8%-139
Davis
+13925.1%
Significant strikes — over/under
Bader
Expected: 27.9
28
Over 28
41.2%
+137
Exactly 28
2.3%
push
Under 28
56.5%
-137
03570
Davis
Expected: 24.5
24.5
Over 24.5
42.4%
+136
Under 24.5
57.6%
-136
03162
Takedowns — over/under
Bader
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
45.9%
+118
Under 0.5
54.1%
-118
035
Davis
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
37.2%
+169
Under 0.5
62.8%
-169
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 12.3 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
Bader41.9%35.7%+6.2+175
Davis58.1%64.3%−6.2-190

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
72.5Striking70.6
Bader +1.9
61.4Grappling60.9
Bader +0.5
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
BaderDavis
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1624
Pound-for-pound
1619
1622
Divisional
1616
1494
Striking offense
1461
1540
Striking defense
1570
1528
Grappling offense
1518
1517
Grappling defense
1540
Physical
31 yrs
Age
30 yrs
6'2"
Height
6'2"
74"
Reach
79"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.63
Strikes landed / min
2.93
43%
Strike accuracy
35%
1.33
Strikes absorbed / min
1.29
72%
Strike defense
71%
Grappling (UFC career)
3.84
Takedowns / 15 min
3.02
44%
Takedown accuracy
40%
57%
Takedown defense
73%
0.5
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.6
Form & résumé
73%
UFC win rate
75%
+3
Win/loss streak
+1
80%
Last-5 win rate
80%
36%
Finish rate
33%
Recent opp. quality
161
Days since last fight
91
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Ryan Bader
  • WOvince Saint PreuxU-DEC R5
    Close -1855mo before
  • WRafael CavalcanteU-DEC R3
    Close -1707mo before
  • WAnthony PeroshU-DEC R3
    Close -5251y 2mo before
  • LGlover TeixeiraKO/TKO R1
    Close +3001y 5mo before
  • WVladimir MatyushenkoSUB R1
    Close -5252y before
Phil Davis
  • WGlover TeixeiraU-DEC R3
    Close +1903mo before
  • LAnthony JohnsonU-DEC R3
    Close -2409mo before
  • WLyoto MachidaU-DEC R3
    Close +2951y 6mo before
  • WVinny MagalhaesU-DEC R3
    Close -2801y 9mo before
  • WWagner PradoSUB R2
    Close -3552y 3mo before
Bader — win / loss by method
Record: 18-4-0

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
39% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 2 losses
W
17% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
8 wins, 0 losses
W
44% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
11win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (27%)KO/TKO(50%) 2
1 (9%)Submission(50%) 2
7 (64%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
7win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (57%)KO/TKO() 0
2 (29%)Submission() 0
1 (14%)Decision() 0
Davis — win / loss by method
Record: 13-2-0, 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
2 wins, 0 losses
W
15% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 0 losses
W
31% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
7 wins, 2 losses
W
54% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
9win2loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (33%)Submission(0%) 0
6 (67%)Decision(100%) 2
Non-UFC
4win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (50%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (25%)Submission() 0
1 (25%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Bader
Davis
15
UFC fights
12
152.3 min · 10.2 avg
Octagon time
153.8 min · 12.8 avg
19y 4m
Career length
17y 10m
UFC schedule strength

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

Bader
Davis
239W–65L · 78.6%
Overall
148W–27L · 84.6%
175W–51L · 77.4%
Wins
116W–22L · 84.1%
64W–14L · 82.1%
Losses
32W–5L · 86.5%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Bader
Davis
26W–13L · 66.7%
Overall
16W–8L · 66.7%
26W–13L · 66.7%
Wins
16W–8L · 66.7%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Bader
Davis
2.49
Landed / min
2.59
29.7%
Accuracy
23.0%
75.7%
Defense
74.4%
0.59
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
48.3%
Time at distance
53.3%
Grappling & control
Bader
Davis
3.84
Takedowns / 15 min
3.02
44.3%
Takedown accuracy
39.7%
57.1%
Takedown defense
73.3%
0.49
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.59
87.1%
Control share
86.2%
Strike target map
Bader
  • Head68%(273)div 64%
  • Body13%(52)div 19%
  • Legs19%(75)div 17%
Davis
  • Head58%(261)div 64%
  • Body30%(134)div 19%
  • Legs12%(55)div 17%

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

Ryan Bader
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Phil Davis
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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