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UFC 179: Aldo vs Mendes 2
Phil Davis
Phil Davis
12-2 · USA
VS
Glover Teixeira
Glover Teixeira
22-3 · BRA
October 25, 2014 · Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Light Heavyweight · 3 rounds
205.0lb
Weigh-in
205.0lb
Phil Davis def. Glover Teixeira by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Davis20/533/602:29
Teixeira2/160/000:01
R2
Davis15/602/401:50
Teixeira4/170/000:14
R3
Davis14/324/803:47
Teixeira3/130/000:01
Total
Davis49/1459/1808:06
Teixeira9/460/000:16

Scorecards

Davis vs Teixeira

RdEric ColónGuilherme BravoMarco Aurelio BorgesCommunity
R110-910-910-99.9-9
R210-910-910-99.9-9
R310-910-910-99.9-9
Total30-2730-2730-2729.7-27

Media (16 cards) · avg 3027 · 16 Davis · 0 Teixeira

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

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
DavisWin probabilityTeixeira
68.3%31.7%
KO / TKO
56%
Submission
10%
Decision
34%
Expected fight time: 8.4 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Davis68%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO32%47%
Submission7%11%
Decision29%42%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes28 (1637)act 49
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.5)act 9
Teixeira32%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO24%75%
Submission2%8%
Decision6%17%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes20 (1126)act 9
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.3)act 0
Combined totals~49 sig strikes~0.9 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R137%
R225%
R34%
Distance34%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 2.1%
Davis
64.0%-188
Teixeira
+18833.9%
Most takedownstie 43.9%
Davis
20.7%+171
Teixeira
-17135.4%
Significant strikes — over/under
Davis
Expected: 28.5
28.5
Over 28.5
42.4%
+136
Under 28.5
57.6%
-136
03672
Teixeira
Expected: 20.2
20
Over 20
41.7%
+132
Exactly 20
3.2%
push
Under 20
55.1%
-132
02651
Takedowns — over/under
Davis
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
30.4%
+228
Under 0.5
69.6%
-228
035
Teixeira
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
43.3%
+131
Under 0.5
56.7%
-131
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 8.4 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
Davis68.3%33.7%+34.6+190
Teixeira31.7%66.3%−34.6-210

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
70.2Striking65.7
Davis +4.5
57.0Grappling67.6
Teixeira +10.6
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
DavisTeixeira
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1602
Pound-for-pound
1615
1599
Divisional
1614
1463
Striking offense
1520
1563
Striking defense
1499
1511
Grappling offense
1524
1540
Grappling defense
1527
Physical
30 yrs
Age
34 yrs
6'2"
Height
6'2"
79"
Reach
76"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.89
Strikes landed / min
4.51
35%
Strike accuracy
44%
1.36
Strikes absorbed / min
3.92
71%
Strike defense
56%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.38
Takedowns / 15 min
2.61
37%
Takedown accuracy
53%
73%
Takedown defense
75%
0.6
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.8
Form & résumé
73%
UFC win rate
83%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
60%
Last-5 win rate
80%
38%
Finish rate
80%
Recent opp. quality
182
Days since last fight
182
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Phil Davis
  • LAnthony JohnsonU-DEC R3
    Close -2406mo before
  • WLyoto MachidaU-DEC R3
    Close +2951y 3mo before
  • WVinny MagalhaesU-DEC R3
    Close -2801y 6mo before
  • WWagner PradoSUB R2
    Close -3552y before
  • LRashad EvansU-DEC R5
    Close +1762y 9mo before
Glover Teixeira
  • LJon JonesU-DEC R5
    Close +3906mo before
  • WRyan BaderKO/TKO R1
    Close -3301y 2mo before
  • WJames Te HunaSUB R1
    Close -4201y 5mo before
  • WQuinton JacksonU-DEC R3
    Close -2751y 9mo before
  • WFabio MaldonadoKO/TKO R2
    Close -4752y before
Davis — win / loss by method
Record: 12-2-0, 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
17% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 0 losses
W
33% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 2 losses
W
50% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
8win2loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (38%)Submission(0%) 0
5 (63%)Decision(100%) 2
Non-UFC
4win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (50%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (25%)Submission() 0
1 (25%)Decision() 0
Teixeira — win / loss by method
Record: 22-3-0

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
14 wins, 1 loss
W
64% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 0 losses
W
23% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 2 losses
W
14% of wins
L
67% of losses
UFC
5win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (40%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (40%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (20%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
17win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
12 (71%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
3 (18%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (12%)Decision(50%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Davis
Teixeira
11
UFC fights
6
138.8 min · 12.6 avg
Octagon time
57.4 min · 9.6 avg
17y 10m
Career length
24y 2m
UFC schedule strength

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

Davis
Teixeira
126W–24L · 84.0%
Overall
111W–27L · 80.4%
94W–19L · 83.2%
Wins
92W–26L · 78.0%
32W–5L · 86.5%
Losses
19W–1L · 95.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Davis
Teixeira
16W–8L · 66.7%
Overall
173W–79L · 68.7%
16W–8L · 66.7%
Wins
163W–76L · 68.2%
0W–0L
Losses
10W–3L · 76.9%
Distance striking
Davis
Teixeira
2.59
Landed / min
3.83
24.0%
Accuracy
33.2%
73.7%
Defense
59.3%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.78
54.5%
Time at distance
54.1%
Grappling & control
Davis
Teixeira
2.38
Takedowns / 15 min
2.61
36.7%
Takedown accuracy
52.6%
73.3%
Takedown defense
75.0%
0.65
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.78
84.6%
Control share
67.8%
Strike target map
Davis
  • Head56%(223)div 64%
  • Body31%(123)div 19%
  • Legs14%(55)div 17%
Teixeira
  • Head87%(226)div 64%
  • Body12%(32)div 19%
  • Legs0%(1)div 17%

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

Phil Davis
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Glover Teixeira
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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