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Nordine Taleb
Nordine Taleb
8-2 · CAN
VS
Vik Grujic
Vik Grujic
5-2 · AUS
April 16, 2014 · Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
Middleweight · 3 rounds
Nordine Taleb def. Vik Grujic by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Taleb11/241/102:36
Grujic3/190/000:02
R2
Taleb22/262/204:35
Grujic0/20/000:00
R3
Taleb15/251/103:30
Grujic1/110/100:00
Total
Taleb48/754/4010:41
Grujic4/320/100:02

Scorecards

Taleb vs Grujic

RdBenoit RousselDavid TherienRichard BertrandCommunity
R110-910-910-99.7-9.3
R210-910-910-99.7-9.3
R310-910-910-99.7-9.3
Total30-2730-2730-2729.1-27.9

Media (10 cards) · avg 3026.9 · 10 Taleb · 0 Grujic

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

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 probabilityGrujic
67.5%32.5%
KO / TKO
35%
Submission
18%
Decision
47%
Expected fight time: 10.6 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 Grujic. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Taleb67%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO26%39%
Submission10%14%
Decision31%47%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes40 (2353)act 48
Takedowns0.9 (0.02.9)act 4
Grujic33%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO9%27%
Submission9%26%
Decision15%47%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes30 (1739)act 4
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.4)act 0
Combined totals~71 sig strikes~1.2 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R126%
R210%
R317%
Distance47%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.5%
Taleb
62.5%-173
Grujic
+17336.0%
Most takedownstie 38.6%
Taleb
44.8%-271
Grujic
+27116.5%
Significant strikes — over/under
Taleb
Expected: 40.5
40.5
Over 40.5
42.5%
+135
Under 40.5
57.5%
-135
051102
Grujic
Expected: 30.2
30
Over 30
41.9%
+134
Exactly 30
2.2%
push
Under 30
56.0%
-134
03876
Takedowns — over/under
Taleb
Expected: 0.9
1
Over 1
32.8%
+144
Exactly 1
20.1%
push
Under 1
47.1%
-144
035
Grujic
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
27.1%
+269
Under 0.5
72.9%
-269
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 10.6 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
Taleb67.5%68.8%−1.3-235
Grujic32.5%31.2%+1.3+215

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.

Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1518
Pound-for-pound
1505
1518
Divisional
1505
1500
Striking offense
1500
1500
Striking defense
1500
1500
Grappling offense
1500
1500
Grappling defense
1500
Physical
32 yrs
Age
37 yrs
6'1"
Height
5'11"
74"
Reach
73"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
Strikes landed / min
Strike accuracy
Strikes absorbed / min
Strike defense
Grappling (UFC career)
Takedowns / 15 min
Takedown accuracy
Takedown defense
Sub attempts / 15 min
Form & résumé
UFC win rate
Win/loss streak
Last-5 win rate
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
Days since last fight
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Nordine Taleb
No prior UFC fights.
Vik Grujic
No prior UFC fights.
Taleb — win / loss by method
Record: 8-2-0

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

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
1 win, 0 losses
W
20% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 1 loss
W
40% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 1 loss
W
40% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
5win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (20%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (40%)Submission(50%) 1
2 (40%)Decision(50%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Taleb
Grujic
0
UFC fights
0
Octagon time
Career length
UFC schedule strength

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

Taleb
Grujic
Overall
Wins
Losses
Non-UFC schedule strength
Taleb
Grujic
56W–30L · 65.1%
Overall
13W–4L · 76.5%
37W–24L · 60.7%
Wins
1W–0L · 100.0%
19W–6L · 76.0%
Losses
12W–4L · 75.0%
Distance striking
Taleb
Grujic
Landed / min
Accuracy
Defense
Knockdowns / 15 min
Time at distance
Grappling & control
Taleb
Grujic
Takedowns / 15 min
Takedown accuracy
Takedown defense
Sub attempts / 15 min
Control share
Strike target map
Taleb
  • Head0%(0)div 63%
  • Body0%(0)div 19%
  • Legs0%(0)div 18%
  • No strike data on record.
Grujic
  • Head0%(0)div 63%
  • Body0%(0)div 19%
  • Legs0%(0)div 18%
  • No strike data on record.

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

Nordine Taleb

No UFC fights on record.

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

Vik Grujic

No UFC fights on record.

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