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UFC Fight Night: Nogueira vs Davis
Phil Davis
Phil Davis
8-0 · USA
VS
Rogerio Nogueira
Rogerio Nogueira
19-4 · BRA
March 26, 2011 · Seattle, Washington, USA
Light Heavyweight · 3 rounds · Main event
206.0lb
Weigh-in
206.0lb
Phil Davis def. Rogerio Nogueira by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Davis12/310/500:39
Nogueira5/240/000:00
R2
Davis21/442/302:00
Nogueira2/220/000:00
R3
Davis9/262/303:30
Nogueira1/80/000:00
Total
Davis42/1014/1106:09
Nogueira8/540/000:00

Scorecards

Davis vs Nogueira

RdGlenn TrowbridgeLester GriffinSal D'AmatoCommunity
R110-910-910-99.2-9.8
R210-910-910-99.9-9.1
R310-910-910-910-9
Total30-2730-2730-2729.1-27.9

Media (6 cards) · avg 29.527.8 · 6 Davis · 0 Nogueira

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

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 probabilityNogueira
86.5%13.5%
KO / TKO
37%
Submission
7%
Decision
56%
Expected fight time: 10.9 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 Nogueira. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Davis86%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO32%37%
Submission6%7%
Decision48%56%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes33 (1843)act 42
Takedowns1.1 (0.03.2)act 4
Nogueira14%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO6%41%
Submission1%6%
Decision7%53%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes20 (1127)act 8
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.0)act 0
Combined totals~54 sig strikes~1.2 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R122%
R216%
R36%
Distance56%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.8%
Davis
70.0%-248
Nogueira
+24828.2%
Most takedownstie 37.7%
Davis
57.1%-1107
Nogueira
+11075.2%
Significant strikes — over/under
Davis
Expected: 33.2
33
Over 33
41.9%
+134
Exactly 33
2.0%
push
Under 33
56.1%
-134
04284
Nogueira
Expected: 20.4
20.5
Over 20.5
42.3%
+136
Under 20.5
57.7%
-136
02652
Takedowns — over/under
Davis
Expected: 1.1
1
Over 1
38.7%
+103
Exactly 1
21.4%
push
Under 1
39.9%
-103
035
Nogueira
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
10.1%
Exactly 0
89.9%
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 10.9 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
Davis86.5%70.6%+15.9-255
Nogueira13.5%29.4%−15.9+235

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
84.7Striking61.8
Davis +22.9
83.3Grappling53.3
Davis +29.9
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
DavisNogueira
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1575
Pound-for-pound
1567
1575
Divisional
1567
1475
Striking offense
1491
1533
Striking defense
1517
1545
Grappling offense
1537
1546
Grappling defense
1526
Physical
26 yrs
Age
34 yrs
6'2"
Height
6'2"
79"
Reach
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
3.60
Strikes landed / min
2.04
53%
Strike accuracy
29%
0.33
Strikes absorbed / min
1.97
77%
Strike defense
67%
Grappling (UFC career)
3.15
Takedowns / 15 min
0.47
60%
Takedown accuracy
100%
100%
Takedown defense
72%
1.4
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.5
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
67%
+4
Win/loss streak
-1
100%
Last-5 win rate
67%
50%
Finish rate
50%
Recent opp. quality
126
Days since last fight
182
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Phil Davis
  • WTim BoetschSUB R2
    Close -4854mo before
  • WRodney WallaceU-DEC R3
    Close -9008mo before
  • WAlexander GustafssonSUB R1
    Close -44011mo before
  • WBrian StannU-DEC R3
    Close -2651y 2mo before
Rogerio Nogueira
  • LRyan BaderU-DEC R3
    Close +1606mo before
  • WJason BrilzS-DEC R3
    Close -50010mo before
  • WLuiz CaneKO/TKO R1
    Close -1181y 4mo before
Davis — win / loss by method
Record: 8-0-0

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
25% of wins
L
Submission
3 wins, 0 losses
W
38% of wins
L
Decision
3 wins, 0 losses
W
38% of wins
L
UFC
4win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
2 (50%)Submission() 0
2 (50%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
4win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (50%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (25%)Submission() 0
1 (25%)Decision() 0
Nogueira — win / loss by method
Record: 19-4-0

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
26% of wins
L
25% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 0 losses
W
32% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
8 wins, 3 losses
W
42% of wins
L
75% of losses
UFC
2win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (50%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (50%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
17win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (24%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
6 (35%)Submission(0%) 0
7 (41%)Decision(67%) 2

Profiles

Experience
Davis
Nogueira
4
UFC fights
3
42.8 min · 10.7 avg
Octagon time
31.9 min · 10.6 avg
17y 10m
Career length
24y 11m
UFC schedule strength

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

Davis
Nogueira
38W–7L · 84.4%
Overall
40W–3L · 93.0%
38W–7L · 84.4%
Wins
29W–3L · 90.6%
0W–0L
Losses
11W–0L · 100.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Davis
Nogueira
16W–8L · 66.7%
Overall
277W–93L · 74.9%
16W–8L · 66.7%
Wins
256W–89L · 74.2%
0W–0L
Losses
21W–4L · 84.0%
Distance striking
Davis
Nogueira
2.91
Landed / min
3.10
29.7%
Accuracy
27.3%
76.5%
Defense
74.8%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.47
21.7%
Time at distance
57.6%
Grappling & control
Davis
Nogueira
3.15
Takedowns / 15 min
0.47
60.0%
Takedown accuracy
100.0%
100.0%
Takedown defense
72.4%
1.40
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.47
98.3%
Control share
25.9%
Strike target map
Davis
  • Head52%(80)div 65%
  • Body38%(59)div 17%
  • Legs10%(15)div 18%
Nogueira
  • Head74%(48)div 65%
  • Body12%(8)div 17%
  • Legs14%(9)div 18%

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.

Rogerio Nogueira
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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