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UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs Henderson 2
Fabio Maldonado
Fabio Maldonado
20-6 · BRA
VS
Gian Villante
Gian Villante
11-4 · USA
March 23, 2014 · Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
Light Heavyweight · 3 rounds
203.0lb
Weigh-in
204.0lb
Fabio Maldonado def. Gian Villante by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Maldonado1/30/000:00
Villante15/202/204:44
R2
Maldonado59/1020/000:11
Villante14/441/300:49
R3
Maldonado72/1120/000:10
Villante4/280/700:12
Total
Maldonado132/2170/000:21
Villante33/923/1205:45

Scorecards

Maldonado vs Villante

RdFernando AmaralRichard BertrandVitor PereiraCommunity
R19-109-109-108.8-10
R210-910-910-910-8.8
R310-910-810-910-7.8
Total29-2829-2729-2828.8-26.6

Media (15 cards) · avg 2927.1 · 15 Maldonado · 0 Villante

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Maldonado-Villante.

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
MaldonadoWin probabilityVillante
39.0%61.0%
KO / TKO
69%
Submission
4%
Decision
27%
Expected fight time: 7.7 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Maldonado39%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO26%67%
Submission1%2%
Decision12%31%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes52 (2968)act 132
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.6)act 0
Villante61%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO43%70%
Submission3%5%
Decision15%25%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes39 (2251)act 33
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.9)act 3
Combined totals~91 sig strikes~0.4 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R142%
R225%
R36%
Distance27%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.2%
Maldonado
62.7%-173
Villante
+17336.2%
Most takedownstie 70.7%
Maldonado
12.5%+135
Villante
-13516.9%
Significant strikes — over/under
Maldonado
Expected: 52.1
52
Over 52
42.0%
+135
Exactly 52
1.3%
push
Under 52
56.7%
-135
066131
Villante
Expected: 38.9
39
Over 39
41.6%
+137
Exactly 39
1.7%
push
Under 39
56.7%
-137
04998
Takedowns — over/under
Maldonado
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
14.4%
Exactly 0
85.6%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Villante
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
18.6%
Exactly 0
81.4%
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 7.7 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
Maldonado39.0%27.2%+11.8+260
Villante61.0%72.8%−11.8-290

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
74.6Striking56.2
Maldonado +18.4
54.8Grappling38.5
Maldonado +16.3
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
MaldonadoVillante
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1536
Pound-for-pound
1521
1536
Divisional
1521
1512
Striking offense
1491
1499
Striking defense
1495
1491
Grappling offense
1541
1496
Grappling defense
1556
Physical
34 yrs
Age
28 yrs
6'1"
Height
6'3"
75"
Reach
76"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
5.72
Strikes landed / min
4.20
61%
Strike accuracy
54%
4.34
Strikes absorbed / min
5.79
54%
Strike defense
44%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.56
Takedowns / 15 min
0.89
50%
Takedown accuracy
20%
64%
Takedown defense
100%
0.9
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
50%
UFC win rate
50%
+2
Win/loss streak
+1
40%
Last-5 win rate
50%
33%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
165
Days since last fight
127
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Fabio Maldonado
  • WJoey BeltranS-DEC R3
    Close -1555mo before
  • WRoger HollettU-DEC R3
    Close -26510mo before
  • LGlover TeixeiraKO/TKO R2
    Close +4201y 5mo before
  • LIgor PokrajacU-DEC R3
    Close -1401y 10mo before
  • LKyle KingsburyU-DEC R3
    Close +1652y 10mo before
Gian Villante
  • WCody DonovanKO/TKO R2
    Close -3404mo before
  • LOvince Saint PreuxM-DEC R3
    Close +13511mo before
Maldonado — win / loss by method
Record: 20-6-0

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
70% of wins
L
17% of losses
Submission
1 win, 2 losses
W
5% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 3 losses
W
25% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
3win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (33%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (67%)Decision(67%) 2
Non-UFC
17win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
13 (76%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (6%)Submission(67%) 2
3 (18%)Decision(33%) 1
Villante — win / loss by method
Record: 11-4-0

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
64% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 0 losses
W
18% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 2 losses
W
18% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
1win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (100%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
10win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (60%)KO/TKO(67%) 2
2 (20%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (20%)Decision(33%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Maldonado
Villante
6
UFC fights
2
80.8 min · 13.5 avg
Octagon time
16.9 min · 8.5 avg
25y 10m
Career length
17y 5m
UFC schedule strength

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

Maldonado
Villante
83W–29L · 74.1%
Overall
20W–8L · 71.4%
31W–17L · 64.6%
Wins
8W–3L · 72.7%
52W–12L · 81.3%
Losses
12W–5L · 70.6%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Maldonado
Villante
71W–40L · 64.0%
Overall
95W–40L · 70.4%
58W–35L · 62.4%
Wins
72W–38L · 65.5%
13W–5L · 72.2%
Losses
23W–2L · 92.0%
Distance striking
Maldonado
Villante
8.86
Landed / min
4.76
52.4%
Accuracy
51.2%
64.1%
Defense
45.2%
0.19
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.89
39.5%
Time at distance
78.3%
Grappling & control
Maldonado
Villante
0.56
Takedowns / 15 min
0.89
50.0%
Takedown accuracy
20.0%
63.6%
Takedown defense
100.0%
0.93
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
29.9%
Control share
68.5%
Strike target map
Maldonado
  • Head61%(281)div 64%
  • Body39%(179)div 19%
  • Legs0%(2)div 18%
Villante
  • Head54%(38)div 64%
  • Body11%(8)div 19%
  • Legs35%(25)div 18%

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

Fabio Maldonado
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Gian Villante
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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