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Gian Villante
Gian Villante
10-3 · USA
April 27, 2013 · Newark, New Jersey, USA
Light Heavyweight · 3 rounds
206.0lb
Weigh-in
206.0lb
Ovince Saint Preux def. Gian Villante by M-DEC, R3 0:33
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Saint Preux27/380/100:42
Villante10/140/401:04
R2
Saint Preux18/420/100:00
Villante17/300/000:08
R3 · 0:33
Saint Preux2/40/000:00
Villante1/60/000:00
Total
Saint Preux47/840/200:42
Villante28/500/401:12

Scorecards

Saint Preux vs Villante

RdEric ColónJose TaboraMichael Depasquale Jr.Community
R110-910-910-910-9.1
R210-910-109-109.4-9.8
R310-1010-1010-109.9-10
Total30-2830-2929-2929.3-28.9

Media (5 cards) · avg 29.228.6 · 1 Saint Preux · 0 Villante · 4 draws

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Saint Preux-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
Saint PreuxWin probabilityVillante
54.3%45.7%
KO / TKO
59%
Submission
4%
Decision
36%
Expected fight time: 9.0 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Saint Preux54%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO32%59%
Submission2%4%
Decision20%37%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes51 (2967)act 47
Takedowns0.2 (0.01.0)act 0
Villante46%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO28%60%
Submission2%4%
Decision16%36%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes45 (2559)act 28
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.0)act 0
Combined totals~97 sig strikes~0.4 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R136%
R216%
R312%
Distance36%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.1%
Saint Preux
55.2%-126
Villante
+12643.7%
Most takedownstie 75.7%
Saint Preux
15.9%-191
Villante
+1918.4%
Significant strikes — over/under
Saint Preux
Expected: 51.3
51.5
Over 51.5
42.2%
+137
Under 51.5
57.8%
-137
065129
Villante
Expected: 45.3
45.5
Over 45.5
42.2%
+137
Under 45.5
57.8%
-137
057114
Takedowns — over/under
Saint Preux
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
16.9%
Exactly 0
83.1%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Villante
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
9.5%
Exactly 0
90.5%
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 9.0 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
Saint Preux54.3%58.2%−3.9-145
Villante45.7%41.8%+3.9+135

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)
1521
Pound-for-pound
1521
1521
Divisional
1521
1500
Striking offense
1482
1500
Striking defense
1500
1500
Grappling offense
1561
1500
Grappling defense
1558
Physical
30 yrs
Age
27 yrs
6'3"
Height
6'3"
80"
Reach
76"
Southpaw
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)
Ovince Saint Preux
No prior UFC fights.
Gian Villante
No prior UFC fights.
Saint Preux — win / loss by method
Record: 12-5-0

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, 1 loss
W
58% of wins
L
20% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 0 losses
W
17% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 4 losses
W
25% of wins
L
80% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
12win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (58%)KO/TKO(20%) 1
2 (17%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (25%)Decision(80%) 4
Villante — win / loss by method
Record: 10-3-0

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
6 wins, 2 losses
W
60% of wins
L
67% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 0 losses
W
20% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 1 loss
W
20% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
10win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (60%)KO/TKO(67%) 2
2 (20%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (20%)Decision(33%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Saint Preux
Villante
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.

Saint Preux
Villante
Overall
Wins
Losses
Non-UFC schedule strength
Saint Preux
Villante
151W–55L · 73.3%
Overall
95W–40L · 70.4%
105W–47L · 69.1%
Wins
72W–38L · 65.5%
46W–8L · 85.2%
Losses
23W–2L · 92.0%
Distance striking
Saint Preux
Villante
Landed / min
Accuracy
Defense
Knockdowns / 15 min
Time at distance
Grappling & control
Saint Preux
Villante
Takedowns / 15 min
Takedown accuracy
Takedown defense
Sub attempts / 15 min
Control share
Strike target map
Saint Preux
  • Head0%(0)div 64%
  • Body0%(0)div 18%
  • Legs0%(0)div 17%
  • No strike data on record.
Villante
  • Head0%(0)div 64%
  • Body0%(0)div 18%
  • Legs0%(0)div 17%
  • No strike data on record.

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

Ovince Saint Preux

No UFC fights on record.

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

Gian Villante

No UFC fights on record.

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