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UFC 159: Jones vs Sonnen
Phil Davis
Phil Davis
10-1 · USA
VS
Vinny Magalhaes
Vinny Magalhaes
10-5 · BRA
April 27, 2013 · Newark, New Jersey, USA
Light Heavyweight · 3 rounds
205.0lb
Weigh-in
205.5lb
Phil Davis def. Vinny Magalhaes by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Davis32/970/000:13
Magalhaes11/621/100:20
R2
Davis26/940/100:28
Magalhaes10/430/100:00
R3
Davis21/770/000:12
Magalhaes8/460/100:00
Total
Davis79/2680/100:53
Magalhaes29/1511/300:20

Scorecards

Davis vs Magalhaes

RdDave TirelliEric ColónTony TamburrinoCommunity
R19-1010-910-910-9.1
R210-910-910-910-9
R310-910-910-910-9
Total29-2830-2730-2730-27.1

Media (10 cards) · avg 3027 · 10 Davis · 0 Magalhaes

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Davis-Magalhaes.

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
DavisWin probabilityMagalhaes
88.9%11.1%
KO / TKO
32%
Submission
6%
Decision
62%
Expected fight time: 11.9 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Davis89%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO27%31%
Submission5%5%
Decision57%64%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes37 (2148)act 79
Takedowns1.0 (0.03.1)act 0
Magalhaes11%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO5%41%
Submission1%9%
Decision5%50%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes19 (1025)act 29
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.5)act 1
Combined totals~56 sig strikes~1.4 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R116%
R211%
R311%
Distance62%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.6%
Davis
76.3%-346
Magalhaes
+34622.1%
Most takedownstie 36.5%
Davis
47.9%-306
Magalhaes
+30615.6%
Significant strikes — over/under
Davis
Expected: 37.1
37
Over 37
41.7%
+135
Exactly 37
1.8%
push
Under 37
56.5%
-135
04793
Magalhaes
Expected: 19.2
19
Over 19
41.5%
+133
Exactly 19
3.4%
push
Under 19
55.1%
-133
02549
Takedowns — over/under
Davis
Expected: 1.0
1
Over 1
36.3%
+121
Exactly 1
19.7%
push
Under 1
44.0%
-121
035
Magalhaes
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
26.5%
+277
Under 0.5
73.5%
-277
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 11.9 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
Davis88.9%72.3%+16.6-280
Magalhaes11.1%27.7%−16.6+255

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
75.6Striking58.6
Davis +17.0
70.4Grappling62.1
Davis +8.3
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
DavisMagalhaes
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1592
Pound-for-pound
1486
1591
Divisional
1486
1470
Striking offense
1472
1557
Striking defense
1502
1529
Grappling offense
1539
1533
Grappling defense
1539
Physical
28 yrs
Age
28 yrs
6'2"
Height
6'3"
79"
Reach
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.99
Strikes landed / min
2.25
43%
Strike accuracy
28%
0.94
Strikes absorbed / min
2.85
71%
Strike defense
68%
Grappling (UFC career)
3.20
Takedowns / 15 min
1.91
49%
Takedown accuracy
50%
73%
Takedown defense
50%
1.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.3
Form & résumé
75%
UFC win rate
33%
+1
Win/loss streak
+1
60%
Last-5 win rate
33%
50%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
196
Days since last fight
217
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Phil Davis
  • WWagner PradoSUB R2
    Close -3556mo before
  • LRashad EvansU-DEC R5
    Close +1761y 3mo before
  • WRogerio NogueiraU-DEC R3
    Close -2552y 1mo before
  • WTim BoetschSUB R2
    Close -4852y 5mo before
  • WRodney WallaceU-DEC R3
    Close -9002y 9mo before
Vinny Magalhaes
  • WIgor PokrajacSUB R2
    Close +1457mo before
  • LEliot MarshallU-DEC R3
    Close -1434y before
  • LRyan BaderKO/TKO R1
    Close -2384y 4mo before
Davis — win / loss by method
Record: 10-1-0, 1 NC

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
20% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 0 losses
W
40% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 1 loss
W
40% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
6win1loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (50%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (50%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
4win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (50%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (25%)Submission() 0
1 (25%)Decision() 0
Magalhaes — win / loss by method
Record: 10-5-0, 1 NC

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, 1 loss
W
20% of wins
L
20% of losses
Submission
8 wins, 1 loss
W
80% of wins
L
20% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 3 losses
W
0% of wins
L
60% of losses
UFC
1win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
1 (100%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
9win3loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
2 (22%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
7 (78%)Submission(33%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(67%) 2

Profiles

Experience
Davis
Magalhaes
8
UFC fights
3
93.8 min · 11.7 avg
Octagon time
23.5 min · 7.8 avg
17y 10m
Career length
19y 9m
UFC schedule strength

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

Davis
Magalhaes
81W–12L · 87.1%
Overall
37W–9L · 80.4%
65W–11L · 85.5%
Wins
25W–8L · 75.8%
16W–1L · 94.1%
Losses
12W–1L · 92.3%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Davis
Magalhaes
16W–8L · 66.7%
Overall
69W–21L · 76.7%
16W–8L · 66.7%
Wins
61W–19L · 76.3%
0W–0L
Losses
8W–2L · 80.0%
Distance striking
Davis
Magalhaes
2.49
Landed / min
1.81
24.8%
Accuracy
20.3%
76.9%
Defense
70.4%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
37.7%
Time at distance
70.6%
Grappling & control
Davis
Magalhaes
3.20
Takedowns / 15 min
1.91
48.8%
Takedown accuracy
50.0%
72.7%
Takedown defense
50.0%
0.96
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.27
85.4%
Control share
47.0%
Strike target map
Davis
  • Head49%(138)div 64%
  • Body37%(104)div 18%
  • Legs14%(38)div 17%
Magalhaes
  • Head45%(24)div 64%
  • Body45%(24)div 18%
  • Legs9%(5)div 17%

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

Phil Davis
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Vinny Magalhaes
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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