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UFC Fight Night: Marquardt vs Palhares
Nate Marquardt
Nate Marquardt
29-9-2 · USA
VS
September 15, 2010 · Austin, Texas, USA
Middleweight · 3 rounds · Main event
186.0lb
Weigh-in
186.0lb
Nate Marquardt def. Rousimar Palhares by KO/TKO (Punches), R1 3:28
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 3:28
Marquardt13/350/000:16
Palhares1/60/100:27
Total
Marquardt13/350/000:16
Palhares1/60/100:27

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
MarquardtWin probabilityPalhares
51.7%48.3%
KO / TKO
19%
Submission
16%
Decision
65%
Expected fight time: 11.9 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Marquardt52%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO14%28%
Submission7%13%
Decision31%59%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes38 (2149)act 13
Takedowns0.5 (0.01.9)act 0
Palhares48%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO5%10%
Submission9%19%
Decision34%71%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes32 (1842)act 1
Takedowns0.9 (0.02.9)act 0
Combined totals~70 sig strikes~1.4 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R117%
R211%
R37%
Distance65%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.5%
Marquardt
56.8%-136
Palhares
+13641.6%
Most takedownstie 34.0%
Marquardt
23.9%+177
Palhares
-17742.2%
Significant strikes — over/under
Marquardt
Expected: 37.9
38
Over 38
41.4%
+137
Exactly 38
1.7%
push
Under 38
56.9%
-137
04895
Palhares
Expected: 32.1
32
Over 32
41.6%
+135
Exactly 32
2.1%
push
Under 32
56.4%
-135
04181
Takedowns — over/under
Marquardt
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
38.8%
+158
Under 0.5
61.2%
-158
035
Palhares
Expected: 0.9
1
Over 1
33.5%
+135
Exactly 1
21.2%
push
Under 1
45.3%
-135
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 11.9 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
Marquardt51.7%68.8%−17.1-235
Palhares48.3%31.2%+17.1+215

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
76.4Striking66.1
Marquardt +10.3
76.4Grappling62.0
Marquardt +14.4
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
MarquardtPalhares
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1603
Pound-for-pound
1560
1602
Divisional
1560
1510
Striking offense
1480
1522
Striking defense
1517
1528
Grappling offense
1537
1535
Grappling defense
1522
Physical
31 yrs
Age
30 yrs
6'0"
Height
5'8"
74"
Reach
71"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.83
Strikes landed / min
1.22
54%
Strike accuracy
45%
1.44
Strikes absorbed / min
1.39
63%
Strike defense
61%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.93
Takedowns / 15 min
3.96
70%
Takedown accuracy
38%
70%
Takedown defense
0%
1.4
Sub attempts / 15 min
2.9
Form & résumé
73%
UFC win rate
80%
-1
Win/loss streak
+3
60%
Last-5 win rate
80%
63%
Finish rate
75%
Recent opp. quality
221
Days since last fight
172
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Nate Marquardt
  • LChael SonnenU-DEC R3
    Close -4387mo before
  • WDemian MaiaKO/TKO R1
    Close -1951y 1mo before
  • WWilson GouveiaKO/TKO R3
    Close -2951y 7mo before
  • WMartin KampmannKO/TKO R1
    Close -1612y before
  • LThales LeitesS-DEC R3
    Close -2332y 3mo before
Rousimar Palhares
  • WTomasz DrwalSUB R1
    Close -2206mo before
  • WLucio LinharesSUB R2
    Close -3659mo before
  • WJeremy HornU-DEC R3
    Close -4261y 8mo before
  • LDan HendersonU-DEC R3
    Close +1732y before
  • WIvan SalaverrySUB R1
    Close +1082y 4mo before
Marquardt — win / loss by method
Record: 29-9-2

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
9 wins, 1 loss
W
31% of wins
L
11% of losses
Submission
13 wins, 2 losses
W
45% of wins
L
22% of losses
Decision
7 wins, 6 losses
W
24% of wins
L
67% of losses
UFC
8win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (38%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
2 (25%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (38%)Decision(67%) 2
Non-UFC
21win6loss2draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (29%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
11 (52%)Submission(33%) 2
4 (19%)Decision(67%) 4
Palhares — win / loss by method
Record: 11-3-0

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
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
9 wins, 0 losses
W
82% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 3 losses
W
18% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
4win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (75%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (25%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
7win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
6 (86%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (14%)Decision(100%) 2

Profiles

Experience
Marquardt
Palhares
11
UFC fights
5
107.6 min · 9.8 avg
Octagon time
41.7 min · 8.3 avg
27y 3m
Career length
22y 3m
UFC schedule strength

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

Marquardt
Palhares
238W–55L · 81.2%
Overall
143W–37L · 79.4%
181W–40L · 81.9%
Wins
122W–30L · 80.3%
57W–15L · 79.2%
Losses
21W–7L · 75.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Marquardt
Palhares
228W–111L · 67.3%
Overall
50W–18L · 73.5%
157W–72L · 68.6%
Wins
46W–17L · 73.0%
71W–39L · 64.5%
Losses
4W–1L · 80.0%
Distance striking
Marquardt
Palhares
3.86
Landed / min
1.86
44.7%
Accuracy
40.3%
69.2%
Defense
66.3%
1.12
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
36.6%
Time at distance
37.3%
Grappling & control
Marquardt
Palhares
2.93
Takedowns / 15 min
3.96
70.0%
Takedown accuracy
37.9%
69.7%
Takedown defense
0.0%
1.39
Sub attempts / 15 min
2.88
68.3%
Control share
78.3%
Strike target map
Marquardt
  • Head64%(196)div 63%
  • Body16%(50)div 20%
  • Legs19%(58)div 17%
Palhares
  • Head88%(45)div 63%
  • Body8%(4)div 20%
  • Legs4%(2)div 17%

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

Nate Marquardt
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Rousimar Palhares
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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