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UFC 137: Penn vs Diaz
Brandon Vera
Brandon Vera
11-5 · USA
VS
Eliot Marshall
Eliot Marshall
10-3 · USA
October 29, 2011 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Light Heavyweight · 3 rounds
205.0lb
Weigh-in
204.0lb
Brandon Vera def. Eliot Marshall by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Vera15/280/001:56
Marshall9/240/000:00
R2
Vera9/131/103:16
Marshall3/70/200:51
R3
Vera9/240/101:58
Marshall9/241/111:19
Total
Vera33/651/207:10
Marshall21/551/312:10

Scorecards

Vera vs Marshall

RdCecil PeoplesDave HagenJunichiro KamijoCommunity
R110-910-910-910-9
R210-910-910-99.9-9.1
R39-109-109-108.8-10
Total29-2829-2829-2828.7-28.1

Media (6 cards) · avg 2928.2 · 5 Vera · 0 Marshall · 1 draw

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Vera-Marshall.

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
VeraWin probabilityMarshall
55.0%45.0%
KO / TKO
45%
Submission
12%
Decision
43%
Expected fight time: 9.6 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Vera55%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO31%56%
Submission4%7%
Decision20%37%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes32 (1842)act 33
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.1)act 1
Marshall45%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO15%32%
Submission8%18%
Decision22%50%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes28 (1536)act 21
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.6)act 1
Combined totals~60 sig strikes~0.6 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R131%
R218%
R39%
Distance42%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.8%
Vera
55.9%-132
Marshall
+13242.3%
Most takedownstie 61.3%
Vera
16.4%+136
Marshall
-13622.3%
Significant strikes — over/under
Vera
Expected: 32.4
32.5
Over 32.5
42.3%
+136
Under 32.5
57.7%
-136
04181
Marshall
Expected: 27.9
28
Over 28
41.1%
+138
Exactly 28
2.3%
push
Under 28
56.6%
-138
03570
Takedowns — over/under
Vera
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
19.8%
+404
Under 0.5
80.2%
-404
035
Marshall
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
25.6%
+291
Under 0.5
74.4%
-291
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 9.6 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
Vera55.0%77.7%−22.7-380
Marshall45.0%22.3%+22.7+340

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
68.8Striking58.5
Vera +10.3
47.9Grappling47.1
Vera +0.8
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
VeraMarshall
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1541
Pound-for-pound
1522
1516
Divisional
1521
1515
Striking offense
1480
1523
Striking defense
1506
1500
Grappling offense
1491
1493
Grappling defense
1522
Physical
34 yrs
Age
31 yrs
6'3"
Height
6'2"
78"
Reach
77"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.07
Strikes landed / min
2.09
54%
Strike accuracy
26%
2.84
Strikes absorbed / min
2.44
55%
Strike defense
71%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.76
Takedowns / 15 min
0.31
60%
Takedown accuracy
33%
63%
Takedown defense
82%
0.1
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.6
Form & résumé
54%
UFC win rate
60%
-3
Win/loss streak
-2
40%
Last-5 win rate
60%
71%
Finish rate
33%
Recent opp. quality
301
Days since last fight
224
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Brandon Vera
  • LJon JonesKO/TKO R1
    Close +2151y 7mo before
  • LRandy CoutureU-DEC R3
    Close -1401y 11mo before
  • WKrzysztof SoszynskiU-DEC R3
    Close -2152y 2mo before
  • WMichael PattKO/TKO R2
    Close -5282y 8mo before
  • LKeith JardineS-DEC R3
    Close -1883y before
Eliot Marshall
  • LLuiz CaneKO/TKO R1
    Close +1607mo before
  • LVladimir MatyushenkoS-DEC R3
    Close +1451y 7mo before
  • WJason BrilzS-DEC R3
    Close +1182y 1mo before
  • WVinny MagalhaesU-DEC R3
    Close +1182y 6mo before
  • WJules BruchezSUB R1
    Close -6012y 10mo before
Vera — win / loss by method
Record: 11-5-0, 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
7 wins, 2 losses
W
64% of wins
L
40% of losses
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
9% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 3 losses
W
27% of wins
L
60% of losses
UFC
7win5loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
4 (57%)KO/TKO(40%) 2
1 (14%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (29%)Decision(60%) 3
Non-UFC
4win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (75%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (25%)Decision() 0
Marshall — 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
1 win, 2 losses
W
10% of wins
L
67% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 0 losses
W
50% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 1 loss
W
40% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
3win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
1 (33%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (67%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
7win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (14%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
4 (57%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (29%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Vera
Marshall
13
UFC fights
5
118.0 min · 9.1 avg
Octagon time
48.7 min · 9.7 avg
24y 1m
Career length
20y 1m
UFC schedule strength

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

Vera
Marshall
148W–45L · 76.7%
Overall
53W–11L · 82.8%
76W–24L · 76.0%
Wins
19W–4L · 82.6%
72W–21L · 77.4%
Losses
34W–7L · 82.9%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Vera
Marshall
10W–6L · 62.5%
Overall
30W–21L · 58.8%
10W–6L · 62.5%
Wins
26W–19L · 57.8%
0W–0L
Losses
4W–2L · 66.7%
Distance striking
Vera
Marshall
4.95
Landed / min
2.55
43.3%
Accuracy
24.7%
71.8%
Defense
75.3%
0.89
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
32.7%
Time at distance
78.3%
Grappling & control
Vera
Marshall
0.76
Takedowns / 15 min
0.31
60.0%
Takedown accuracy
33.3%
63.2%
Takedown defense
81.8%
0.13
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.62
27.4%
Control share
16.9%
Strike target map
Vera
  • Head37%(134)div 64%
  • Body25%(90)div 18%
  • Legs38%(138)div 18%
Marshall
  • Head67%(68)div 64%
  • Body14%(14)div 18%
  • Legs20%(20)div 18%

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

Brandon Vera
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Eliot Marshall
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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