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UFC 312: Du Plessis vs. Strickland 2
Tom Nolan
Tom Nolan
8-1 · AUS
VS
February 8, 2025 · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Lightweight · 3 rounds
155.5lb
Weigh-in
156.0lb
Tom Nolan def. Viacheslav Borshchev by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Nolan27/640/301:25
Borshchev19/290/000:00
R2
Nolan26/671/200:36
Borshchev37/620/000:00
R3
Nolan16/440/300:00
Borshchev10/270/003:11
Total
Nolan69/1751/802:01
Borshchev66/1180/003:11

Scorecards

Nolan vs Borshchev

RdBen CartlidgeCharlie KeechDavid LethabyCommunity
R110-910-910-910-9
R210-910-910-99.8-9.2
R39-109-1010-99.5-9.5
Total29-2829-2830-2729.3-27.7

Media (15 cards) · avg 29.327.7 · 15 Nolan · 0 Borshchev

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Nolan-Borshchev.

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
NolanWin probabilityBorshchev
67.2%32.8%
KO / TKO
27%
Submission
17%
Decision
56%
Expected fight time: 11.2 min
Retrospective pick: the walk-forward model's call at the time of the fight — persisted out-of-sample, with no hindsight about the result.
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Nolan67%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO17%26%25%
Submission11%17%10%
Decision39%57%12%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes61 (2582)act 69
Takedowns0.9 (0.03.2)act 1
Borshchev33%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO10%30%34%
Submission6%17%4%
Decision17%53%15%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes54 (2374)act 66
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.5)act 0
Combined totals~115 sig strikes~1.2 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R119%
R216%
R39%
Distance56%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.8%
Nolan
52.9%-115
Borshchev
+11546.2%
Most takedownstie 46.7%
Nolan
36.7%-221
Borshchev
+22116.6%
Significant strikes — over/under
Nolan
Expected: 60.6
60.5
Over 60.5
39.8%
+151
Under 60.5
60.2%
-151
076152
Borshchev
Expected: 54.3
54.5
Over 54.5
39.6%
+153
Under 54.5
60.4%
-153
068136
Takedowns — over/under
Nolan
Expected: 0.9
1
Over 1
28.2%
+206
Exactly 1
14.0%
push
Under 1
57.9%
-206
035
Borshchev
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
23.5%
+326
Under 0.5
76.5%
-326
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 11.2 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
Nolan67.2%47.7%+19.5-100
Borshchev32.8%52.3%−19.5-122
By method
Nolan by KO/TKO18.3%24.7%−6.4+241
Nolan by submission11.2%10.1%+1.1+736
Nolan by decision37.7%12.4%+25.3+582
Borshchev by KO/TKO8.9%33.9%−25.0+149
Borshchev by submission5.5%3.8%+1.7+2138
Borshchev by decision18.4%15.2%+3.2+455
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds81.1%42.6%+38.5-129
Over 2.5 rds65.3%36.0%+29.3+159
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision56.1%27.8%+28.3+237

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
66.3Striking69.5
Borshchev +3.2
27.9Grappling9.9
Nolan +18.0
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
NolanBorshchev
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1536
Pound-for-pound
1520
1537
Divisional
1520
1513
Striking offense
1514
1490
Striking defense
1503
1483
Grappling offense
1462
1504
Grappling defense
1494
Physical
24 yrs
Age
33 yrs
6'3"
Height
5'11"
73"
Reach
69"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
6.49
Strikes landed / min
5.25
50%
Strike accuracy
53%
5.43
Strikes absorbed / min
4.67
48%
Strike defense
57%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
Takedown accuracy
0%
67%
Takedown defense
36%
0.8
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
67%
UFC win rate
50%
+2
Win/loss streak
+1
67%
Last-5 win rate
40%
50%
Finish rate
67%
Recent opp. quality
175
Days since last fight
168
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Tom Nolan
  • WAlex ReyesU-DEC R3
    Close -13276mo before
  • WVictor MartinezKO/TKO R1
    Close -5009mo before
  • LNikolas MottaKO/TKO R1
    Close -3761y 1mo before
Viacheslav Borshchev
  • WJames LlontopS-DEC R3
    Close -2396mo before
  • LChase HooperSUB R2
    Close -1209mo before
  • DNazim SadykhovM-DEC R3
    Close +1151y 3mo before
  • WMaheshate MaheshateKO/TKO R2
    Close -1661y 9mo before
  • LMike DavisU-DEC R3
    Close +1562y 4mo before
Nolan — win / loss by method
Record: 8-1-0

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
5 wins, 1 loss
W
63% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 0 losses
W
38% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
2win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (50%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (50%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
6win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (67%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
2 (33%)Decision() 0
Borshchev — win / loss by method
Record: 8-4-1

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, 0 losses
W
75% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
25% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 3 losses
W
25% of wins
L
75% of losses
UFC
3win3loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (67%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(33%) 1
1 (33%)Decision(67%) 2
Non-UFC
5win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (80%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (20%)Decision(100%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Nolan
Borshchev
3
UFC fights
7
19.9 min · 6.6 avg
Octagon time
79.4 min · 11.3 avg
5y 7m
Career length
7y 2m
UFC schedule strength

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

Nolan
Borshchev
39W–14L · 73.6%
Overall
67W–18L · 78.8%
26W–9L · 74.3%
Wins
31W–8L · 79.5%
13W–5L · 72.2%
Losses
36W–10L · 78.3%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Nolan
Borshchev
30W–11L · 73.2%
Overall
19W–7L · 73.1%
30W–11L · 73.2%
Wins
16W–6L · 72.7%
0W–0L
Losses
3W–1L · 75.0%
Distance striking
Nolan
Borshchev
8.02
Landed / min
8.62
45.2%
Accuracy
51.9%
51.3%
Defense
64.7%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.76
61.5%
Time at distance
55.2%
Grappling & control
Nolan
Borshchev
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
Takedown accuracy
0.0%
66.7%
Takedown defense
35.7%
0.75
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
7.1%
Control share
5.0%
Strike target map
Nolan
  • Head46%(59)div 63%
  • Body39%(50)div 21%
  • Legs16%(20)div 16%
Borshchev
  • Head53%(221)div 63%
  • Body23%(95)div 21%
  • Legs24%(101)div 16%

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

Tom Nolan
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Viacheslav Borshchev
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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