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Gian Villante
Gian Villante
11-5 · USA
VS
Sean O'Connell
Sean O'Connell
15-5 · USA
June 28, 2014 · Auckland, New Zealand
Light Heavyweight · 3 rounds
Gian Villante def. Sean O'Connell by S-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Villante33/510/100:02
O'Connell41/740/202:02
R2
Villante34/590/000:01
O'Connell40/810/111:10
R3
Villante26/540/000:04
O'Connell28/730/100:59
Total
Villante93/1640/100:07
O'Connell109/2280/414:11

Scorecards

Villante vs O'Connell

RdAnthony DimitriouCharlie KeechKon PapaioannouCommunity
R110-99-1010-99.3-9.8
R29-109-109-109-10
R310-910-910-99.9-9.2
Total29-2828-2929-2828.2-29

Media (8 cards) · avg 2928 · 8 Villante · 0 O'Connell

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Villante-O'Connell.

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 probabilityO'Connell
52.5%47.5%
KO / TKO
54%
Submission
15%
Decision
31%
Expected fight time: 9.2 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 O'Connell. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Villante53%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO31%58%
Submission7%14%
Decision15%28%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes55 (3171)act 93
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.2)act 0
O'Connell47%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO23%49%
Submission7%16%
Decision17%35%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes59 (3477)act 109
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.8)act 0
Combined totals~114 sig strikes~0.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R132%
R217%
R320%
Distance31%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.0%
Villante
45.7%+117
O'Connell
-11753.3%
Most takedownstie 69.0%
Villante
17.2%-124
O'Connell
+12413.9%
Significant strikes — over/under
Villante
Expected: 54.5
54.5
Over 54.5
42.6%
+135
Under 54.5
57.4%
-135
069137
O'Connell
Expected: 59.1
59
Over 59
42.1%
+135
Exactly 59
1.1%
push
Under 59
56.8%
-135
074148
Takedowns — over/under
Villante
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
19.1%
+424
Under 0.5
80.9%
-424
035
O'Connell
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 9.2 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
Villante52.5%71.5%−19.0-265
O'Connell47.5%28.5%+19.0+245

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
47.7Striking58.7
O'Connell +10.9
45.1Grappling0.0
Villante +45.1
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
VillanteO'Connell
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1506
Pound-for-pound
1509
1506
Divisional
1509
1489
Striking offense
1500
1489
Striking defense
1493
1531
Grappling offense
1500
1544
Grappling defense
1497
Physical
28 yrs
Age
30 yrs
6'3"
Height
6'1"
76"
Reach
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.26
Strikes landed / min
3.37
46%
Strike accuracy
60%
7.21
Strikes absorbed / min
4.49
41%
Strike defense
38%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.88
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
24%
Takedown accuracy
0%
100%
Takedown defense
0%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
33%
UFC win rate
0%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
33%
Last-5 win rate
0%
100%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
97
Days since last fight
73
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Gian Villante
  • LFabio MaldonadoU-DEC R3
    Close -2903mo before
  • WCody DonovanKO/TKO R2
    Close -3407mo before
  • LOvince Saint PreuxM-DEC R3
    Close +1351y 2mo before
Sean O'Connell
  • LRyan JimmoKO/TKO R1
    Close +5402mo before
Villante — win / loss by method
Record: 11-5-0

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
64% of wins
L
40% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 0 losses
W
18% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 3 losses
W
18% of wins
L
60% of losses
UFC
1win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (100%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(100%) 2
Non-UFC
10win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (60%)KO/TKO(67%) 2
2 (20%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (20%)Decision(33%) 1
O'Connell — win / loss by method
Record: 15-5-0

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, 3 losses
W
47% of wins
L
60% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 2 losses
W
20% of wins
L
40% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 0 losses
W
33% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
15win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (47%)KO/TKO(50%) 2
3 (20%)Submission(50%) 2
5 (33%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Villante
O'Connell
3
UFC fights
1
31.9 min · 10.6 avg
Octagon time
4.5 min · 4.5 avg
17y 5m
Career length
19y 3m
UFC schedule strength

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

Villante
O'Connell
40W–14L · 74.1%
Overall
18W–3L · 85.7%
8W–3L · 72.7%
Wins
0W–0L
32W–11L · 74.4%
Losses
18W–3L · 85.7%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Villante
O'Connell
95W–40L · 70.4%
Overall
158W–90L · 63.7%
72W–38L · 65.5%
Wins
123W–77L · 61.5%
23W–2L · 92.0%
Losses
35W–13L · 72.9%
Distance striking
Villante
O'Connell
3.57
Landed / min
7.94
41.2%
Accuracy
35.7%
42.1%
Defense
56.3%
0.47
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
67.6%
Time at distance
14.1%
Grappling & control
Villante
O'Connell
1.88
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
23.5%
Takedown accuracy
0.0%
100.0%
Takedown defense
0.0%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
85.6%
Control share
81.4%
Strike target map
Villante
  • Head49%(51)div 64%
  • Body9%(9)div 19%
  • Legs42%(44)div 18%
O'Connell
  • Head40%(6)div 64%
  • Body60%(9)div 19%
  • Legs0%(0)div 18%

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.

Sean O'Connell
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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