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Nordine Taleb
Nordine Taleb
9-2 · CAN
VS
Li Jingliang
Li Jingliang
9-2 · CHN
October 4, 2014 · Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Welterweight · 3 rounds
170.0lb
Weigh-in
170.0lb
Nordine Taleb def. Li Jingliang by S-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Taleb28/471/100:08
Jingliang19/540/300:02
R2
Taleb19/381/100:49
Jingliang12/532/400:34
R3
Taleb19/300/201:32
Jingliang12/400/100:04
Total
Taleb66/1152/402:29
Jingliang43/1472/800:40

Scorecards

Taleb vs Jingliang

RdChris LeeCraig SmithRobert MacAvoyCommunity
R1-10-9-9.3-9.8
R2-10-9-9.1-9.9
R3-10-9-9.9-9.2
Total28-2930-2729-2828.3-28.9

Media (9 cards) · avg 29.127.9 · 9 Taleb · 0 Jingliang

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Taleb-Jingliang.

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
TalebWin probabilityJingliang
28.9%71.1%
KO / TKO
29%
Submission
5%
Decision
66%
Expected fight time: 12.2 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Taleb29%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO10%34%
Submission0%1%
Decision19%65%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes48 (2762)act 66
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.3)act 2
Jingliang71%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO19%26%
Submission5%7%
Decision47%67%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes59 (3477)act 43
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.7)act 2
Combined totals~107 sig strikes~0.8 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R113%
R213%
R38%
Distance66%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.0%
Taleb
39.5%+151
Jingliang
-15159.5%
Most takedownstie 49.1%
Taleb
40.2%-377
Jingliang
+37710.7%
Significant strikes — over/under
Taleb
Expected: 47.8
48
Over 48
41.5%
+138
Exactly 48
1.4%
push
Under 48
57.1%
-138
060120
Jingliang
Expected: 59.4
59.5
Over 59.5
42.4%
+136
Under 59.5
57.6%
-136
075149
Takedowns — over/under
Taleb
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
44.5%
+125
Under 0.5
55.5%
-125
035
Jingliang
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
15.9%
Exactly 0
84.1%
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 12.2 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
Taleb28.9%79.6%−50.7-430
Jingliang71.1%20.4%+50.7+380

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
86.2Striking70.5
Taleb +15.7
70.0Grappling42.5
Taleb +27.5
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
TalebJingliang
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1534
Pound-for-pound
1530
1518
Divisional
1530
1496
Striking offense
1500
1510
Striking defense
1529
1504
Grappling offense
1485
1512
Grappling defense
1497
Physical
33 yrs
Age
26 yrs
6'1"
Height
6'0"
74"
Reach
71"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.20
Strikes landed / min
4.07
64%
Strike accuracy
39%
0.27
Strikes absorbed / min
2.73
88%
Strike defense
66%
Grappling (UFC career)
4.00
Takedowns / 15 min
2.00
100%
Takedown accuracy
33%
100%
Takedown defense
63%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
100%
+1
Win/loss streak
+1
100%
Last-5 win rate
100%
0%
Finish rate
0%
Recent opp. quality
171
Days since last fight
133
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Nordine Taleb
  • WVik GrujicU-DEC R3
    Close -2356mo before
Li Jingliang
  • WDavid MichaudS-DEC R3
    Close +1154mo before
Taleb — win / loss by method
Record: 9-2-0

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
5 wins, 1 loss
W
56% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 1 loss
W
44% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (100%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
8win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (63%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (38%)Decision(50%) 1
Jingliang — win / loss by method
Record: 9-2-0

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
2 wins, 0 losses
W
22% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 0 losses
W
44% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 2 losses
W
33% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (100%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
8win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (25%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
4 (50%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (25%)Decision(100%) 2

Profiles

Experience
Taleb
Jingliang
1
UFC fights
1
15.0 min · 15.0 avg
Octagon time
15.0 min · 15.0 avg
18y 8m
Career length
18y 10m
UFC schedule strength

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

Taleb
Jingliang
5W–2L · 71.4%
Overall
7W–0L · 100.0%
5W–2L · 71.4%
Wins
7W–0L · 100.0%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Taleb
Jingliang
56W–30L · 65.1%
Overall
45W–15L · 75.0%
37W–24L · 60.7%
Wins
27W–8L · 77.1%
19W–6L · 76.0%
Losses
18W–7L · 72.0%
Distance striking
Taleb
Jingliang
2.51
Landed / min
5.39
34.6%
Accuracy
32.8%
93.1%
Defense
72.0%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
23.9%
Time at distance
47.0%
Grappling & control
Taleb
Jingliang
4.00
Takedowns / 15 min
2.00
100.0%
Takedown accuracy
33.3%
100.0%
Takedown defense
62.5%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
99.7%
Control share
50.5%
Strike target map
Taleb
  • Head50%(24)div 62%
  • Body46%(22)div 21%
  • Legs4%(2)div 16%
Jingliang
  • Head75%(46)div 62%
  • Body5%(3)div 21%
  • Legs20%(12)div 16%

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

Nordine Taleb
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Li Jingliang
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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