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UFC 121: Lesnar vs Velasquez
Sam Stout
Sam Stout
15-6-1 · CAN
VS
Paul Taylor
Paul Taylor
10-5-1 · GBR
October 23, 2010 · Anaheim, California, USA
Lightweight · 3 rounds
155.5lb
Weigh-in
155.0lb
Sam Stout def. Paul Taylor by S-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Stout38/991/100:07
Taylor50/840/100:00
R2
Stout30/830/000:19
Taylor38/890/100:00
R3
Stout39/1130/100:01
Taylor52/1230/100:00
Total
Stout107/2951/200:27
Taylor140/2960/300:00

Scorecards

Stout vs Taylor

RdCecil PeoplesLarry LandlessMike BeltranCommunity
R110-9--9.8-9.2
R210-9--9.4-9.8
R310-9--9-10
Total30-2728-2929-2828.2-29

Media (3 cards) · avg 29.727.3 · 3 Stout · 0 Taylor

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Stout-Taylor.

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
StoutWin probabilityTaylor
48.0%52.0%
KO / TKO
37%
Submission
20%
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 Stout, blue toward Taylor. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Stout48%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO18%37%
Submission7%16%
Decision23%47%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes47 (2761)act 107
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.8)act 1
Taylor52%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO20%38%
Submission12%23%
Decision20%39%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes53 (3069)act 140
Takedowns0.2 (0.01.0)act 0
Combined totals~100 sig strikes~0.7 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R133%
R213%
R311%
Distance43%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.1%
Stout
44.2%+124
Taylor
-12454.7%
Most takedownstie 56.9%
Stout
26.6%-161
Taylor
+16116.5%
Significant strikes — over/under
Stout
Expected: 47.3
47.5
Over 47.5
42.2%
+137
Under 47.5
57.8%
-137
060119
Taylor
Expected: 52.9
53
Over 53
41.8%
+136
Exactly 53
1.3%
push
Under 53
57.0%
-136
067133
Takedowns — over/under
Stout
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
30.7%
+226
Under 0.5
69.3%
-226
035
Taylor
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
21.1%
Exactly 0
78.9%
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 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
Stout48.0%64.3%−16.3-200
Taylor52.0%35.7%+16.3+170

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
62.9Striking60.6
Stout +2.3
38.3Grappling46.6
Taylor +8.3
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
StoutTaylor
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1513
Pound-for-pound
1502
1510
Divisional
1515
1502
Striking offense
1518
1510
Striking defense
1494
1480
Grappling offense
1487
1507
Grappling defense
1490
Physical
26 yrs
Age
30 yrs
5'9"
Height
6'0"
70"
Reach
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.11
Strikes landed / min
3.54
29%
Strike accuracy
47%
3.30
Strikes absorbed / min
4.17
61%
Strike defense
51%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.12
Takedowns / 15 min
0.33
33%
Takedown accuracy
50%
76%
Takedown defense
50%
0.1
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.7
Form & résumé
44%
UFC win rate
43%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
40%
Last-5 win rate
40%
0%
Finish rate
33%
Recent opp. quality
168
Days since last fight
343
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Sam Stout
  • LJeremy StephensS-DEC R3
    Close -1906mo before
  • WJoe LauzonU-DEC R3
    Close +24010mo before
  • WMatt WimanU-DEC R3
    Close +1051y 6mo before
  • LTerry EtimU-DEC R3
    Close -2912y before
  • LRich ClementiS-DEC R3
    Close -1332y 6mo before
Paul Taylor
  • LJohn HathawayU-DEC R3
    Close +20311mo before
  • WPeter SobottaU-DEC R3
    Close -3381y 4mo before
  • LChris LytleU-DEC R3
    Close +2912y before
  • WJess LiaudinS-DEC R3
    Close -2332y 5mo before
  • LPaul KellyU-DEC R3
    Close -2312y 9mo before
Stout — win / loss by method
Record: 15-6-1

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
8 wins, 0 losses
W
53% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
1 win, 2 losses
W
7% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 4 losses
W
40% of wins
L
67% of losses
UFC
4win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(20%) 1
4 (100%)Decision(80%) 4
Non-UFC
11win1loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
8 (73%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (9%)Submission(100%) 1
2 (18%)Decision(0%) 0
Taylor — win / loss by method
Record: 10-5-1, 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
5 wins, 0 losses
W
50% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 2 losses
W
20% of wins
L
40% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 3 losses
W
30% of wins
L
60% of losses
UFC
3win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (33%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(25%) 1
2 (67%)Decision(75%) 3
Non-UFC
7win1loss1draw1NC
WinsLosses
4 (57%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (29%)Submission(100%) 1
1 (14%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Stout
Taylor
9
UFC fights
7
121.8 min · 13.5 avg
Octagon time
89.8 min · 12.8 avg
23y 2m
Career length
23y 11m
UFC schedule strength

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

Stout
Taylor
139W–35L · 79.9%
Overall
86W–29L · 74.8%
58W–11L · 84.1%
Wins
30W–10L · 75.0%
81W–24L · 77.1%
Losses
56W–19L · 74.7%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Stout
Taylor
66W–30L · 68.8%
Overall
70W–53L · 56.9%
66W–30L · 68.8%
Wins
51W–41L · 55.4%
0W–0L
Losses
19W–12L · 61.3%
Distance striking
Stout
Taylor
5.00
Landed / min
7.31
26.2%
Accuracy
40.4%
64.0%
Defense
61.4%
0.25
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.50
66.5%
Time at distance
29.8%
Grappling & control
Stout
Taylor
0.12
Takedowns / 15 min
0.33
33.3%
Takedown accuracy
50.0%
75.6%
Takedown defense
50.0%
0.12
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.67
36.1%
Control share
19.3%
Strike target map
Stout
  • Head52%(258)div 65%
  • Body27%(133)div 18%
  • Legs22%(109)div 16%
Taylor
  • Head53%(168)div 65%
  • Body14%(44)div 18%
  • Legs33%(106)div 16%

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

Sam Stout
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Paul Taylor
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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