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UFC 167: St-Pierre vs Hendricks
Gian Villante
Gian Villante
10-4 · USA
VS
Cody Donovan
Cody Donovan
8-3 · USA
November 16, 2013 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Light Heavyweight · 3 rounds
Gian Villante def. Cody Donovan by KO/TKO (Punch), R2 1:22
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Villante27/541/100:50
Donovan38/700/000:02
R2 · 1:22
Villante16/280/010:04
Donovan13/200/100:14
Total
Villante43/821/110:54
Donovan51/900/100:16

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 probabilityDonovan
57.8%42.2%
KO / TKO
48%
Submission
28%
Decision
24%
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 Villante, blue toward Donovan. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Villante58%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO28%49%
Submission15%26%
Decision15%25%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes46 (2660)act 43
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.8)act 1
Donovan42%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO20%47%
Submission13%31%
Decision9%22%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes48 (2763)act 51
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.5)act 0
Combined totals~94 sig strikes~0.6 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R141%
R210%
R325%
Distance24%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.2%
Villante
47.5%+108
Donovan
-10851.3%
Most takedownstie 65.6%
Villante
13.7%+151
Donovan
-15120.7%
Significant strikes — over/under
Villante
Expected: 46.2
46
Over 46
42.1%
+134
Exactly 46
1.4%
push
Under 46
56.5%
-134
058116
Donovan
Expected: 48.1
48
Over 48
42.0%
+135
Exactly 48
1.4%
push
Under 48
56.6%
-135
061121
Takedowns — over/under
Villante
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
16.2%
Exactly 0
83.8%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Donovan
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
23.1%
+332
Under 0.5
76.9%
-332
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
Villante57.8%76.0%−18.2-340
Donovan42.2%24.0%+18.2+310

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
56.9Striking79.8
Donovan +22.9
25.0Grappling22.6
Villante +2.4
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
VillanteDonovan
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1505
Pound-for-pound
1513
1505
Divisional
1513
1482
Striking offense
1501
1499
Striking defense
1490
1547
Grappling offense
1503
1552
Grappling defense
1499
Physical
28 yrs
Age
32 yrs
6'3"
Height
6'3"
76"
Reach
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.65
Strikes landed / min
4.33
56%
Strike accuracy
69%
4.45
Strikes absorbed / min
1.94
44%
Strike defense
55%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
2.24
0%
Takedown accuracy
25%
100%
Takedown defense
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
0%
UFC win rate
50%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
0%
Last-5 win rate
50%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
203
Days since last fight
91
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Gian Villante
  • LOvince Saint PreuxM-DEC R3
    Close +1357mo before
Cody Donovan
  • LOvince Saint PreuxKO/TKO R1
    Close +3503mo before
  • WNick PennerKO/TKO R1
    Close +13011mo before
Villante — win / loss by method
Record: 10-4-0

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
6 wins, 2 losses
W
60% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 0 losses
W
20% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 2 losses
W
20% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 ()Submission(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
Donovan — win / loss by method
Record: 8-3-0

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
4 wins, 3 losses
W
50% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 0 losses
W
38% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
13% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
1win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (100%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
7win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (43%)KO/TKO(100%) 2
3 (43%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (14%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Villante
Donovan
1
UFC fights
2
10.6 min · 10.6 avg
Octagon time
6.7 min · 3.4 avg
17y 5m
Career length
17y 10m
UFC schedule strength

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

Villante
Donovan
12W–5L · 70.6%
Overall
24W–7L · 77.4%
0W–0L
Wins
11W–2L · 84.6%
12W–5L · 70.6%
Losses
13W–5L · 72.2%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Villante
Donovan
95W–40L · 70.4%
Overall
33W–14L · 70.2%
72W–38L · 65.5%
Wins
23W–13L · 63.9%
23W–2L · 92.0%
Losses
10W–1L · 90.9%
Distance striking
Villante
Donovan
3.02
Landed / min
4.93
54.3%
Accuracy
50.0%
45.1%
Defense
66.7%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
2.24
78.4%
Time at distance
21.2%
Grappling & control
Villante
Donovan
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
2.24
0.0%
Takedown accuracy
25.0%
100.0%
Takedown defense
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
63.2%
Control share
52.6%
Strike target map
Villante
  • Head18%(5)div 64%
  • Body11%(3)div 19%
  • Legs71%(20)div 18%
Donovan
  • Head38%(11)div 64%
  • Body59%(17)div 19%
  • Legs3%(1)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.

Cody Donovan
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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