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UFC Fight Night: Teixeira vs Bader
Sean Spencer
Sean Spencer
9-2 · USA
VS
Yuri Villefort
Yuri Villefort
6-2 · BRA
September 4, 2013 · Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Welterweight · 3 rounds
Sean Spencer def. Yuri Villefort by S-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Spencer23/810/000:00
Villefort25/610/200:13
R2
Spencer21/740/000:00
Villefort18/401/300:22
R3
Spencer55/1260/000:00
Villefort26/700/200:02
Total
Spencer99/2810/000:00
Villefort69/1711/700:37

Scorecards

Spencer vs Villefort

RdBen CartlidgeGuilherme BravoHoward HughesCommunity
R110-910-99-109.8-9.2
R29-1010-99-109.6-9.5
R310-910-910-910-9
Total29-2830-2728-2929.4-27.7

Media (11 cards) · avg 29.227.8 · 11 Spencer · 0 Villefort

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Spencer-Villefort.

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
SpencerWin probabilityVillefort
53.3%46.7%
KO / TKO
27%
Submission
20%
Decision
54%
Expected fight time: 10.3 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Spencer53%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO13%25%
Submission9%17%
Decision31%58%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes47 (2661)act 99
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.2)act 0
Villefort47%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO14%29%
Submission11%23%
Decision22%48%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes44 (2558)act 69
Takedowns0.7 (0.02.6)act 1
Combined totals~91 sig strikes~1.0 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R129%
R213%
R34%
Distance54%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.2%
Spencer
51.6%-109
Villefort
+10947.2%
Most takedownstie 46.9%
Spencer
15.0%+255
Villefort
-25538.1%
Significant strikes — over/under
Spencer
Expected: 46.6
46.5
Over 46.5
42.7%
+134
Under 46.5
57.3%
-134
059117
Villefort
Expected: 44.4
44.5
Over 44.5
42.4%
+136
Under 44.5
57.6%
-136
056112
Takedowns — over/under
Spencer
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
21.9%
+356
Under 0.5
78.1%
-356
035
Villefort
Expected: 0.7
0.5
Over 0.5
43.7%
+129
Under 0.5
56.3%
-129
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 10.3 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
Spencer53.3%32.7%+20.6+200
Villefort46.7%67.3%−20.6-220

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
29.2Striking47.1
Villefort +17.9
9.3Grappling50.2
Villefort +41.0
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
SpencerVillefort
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1509
Pound-for-pound
1499
1525
Divisional
1499
1495
Striking offense
1500
1500
Striking defense
1497
1493
Grappling offense
1501
1493
Grappling defense
1500
Physical
26 yrs
Age
22 yrs
5'10"
Height
6'0"
74"
Reach
73"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
0.98
Strikes landed / min
3.20
14%
Strike accuracy
43%
5.24
Strikes absorbed / min
8.07
42%
Strike defense
44%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
3.00
Takedown accuracy
50%
33%
Takedown defense
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.0
Form & résumé
0%
UFC win rate
0%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
0%
Last-5 win rate
0%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
221
Days since last fight
193
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Sean Spencer
  • LRafael NatalSUB R3
    Close +2157mo before
Yuri Villefort
  • LNah-Shon BurrellU-DEC R3
    Close -1556mo before
Spencer — 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
2 wins, 2 losses
W
22% of wins
L
100% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 0 losses
W
56% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 ()Submission(100%) 1
0 ()Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
9win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (22%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (22%)Submission(100%) 1
5 (56%)Decision(0%) 0
Villefort — win / loss by method
Record: 6-2-0

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
33% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 0 losses
W
50% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
1 win, 2 losses
W
17% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
6win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (33%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (50%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (17%)Decision(100%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Spencer
Villefort
1
UFC fights
1
12.2 min · 12.2 avg
Octagon time
15.0 min · 15.0 avg
17y 3m
Career length
17y 3m
UFC schedule strength

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

Spencer
Villefort
14W–4L · 77.8%
Overall
8W–2L · 80.0%
0W–0L
Wins
0W–0L
14W–4L · 77.8%
Losses
8W–2L · 80.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Spencer
Villefort
47W–13L · 78.3%
Overall
25W–16L · 61.0%
46W–12L · 79.3%
Wins
8W–14L · 36.4%
1W–1L · 50.0%
Losses
17W–2L · 89.5%
Distance striking
Spencer
Villefort
1.78
Landed / min
4.74
13.4%
Accuracy
43.0%
58.3%
Defense
53.2%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
50.5%
Time at distance
60.5%
Grappling & control
Spencer
Villefort
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
3.00
Takedown accuracy
50.0%
33.3%
Takedown defense
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.00
3.1%
Control share
55.3%
Strike target map
Spencer
  • Head92%(11)div 62%
  • Body8%(1)div 22%
  • Legs0%(0)div 16%
Villefort
  • Head50%(24)div 62%
  • Body17%(8)div 22%
  • Legs33%(16)div 16%

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

Sean Spencer
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Yuri Villefort
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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