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UFC Fight Night: Marquardt vs Palhares
David Branch
David Branch
6-1 · USA
VS
Tomasz Drwal
Tomasz Drwal
17-3-1 · POL
September 15, 2010 · Austin, Texas, USA
Middleweight · 3 rounds
186.0lb
Weigh-in
185.5lb
David Branch def. Tomasz Drwal by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Branch5/101/103:21
Drwal1/30/000:14
R2
Branch5/121/502:05
Drwal5/230/000:29
R3
Branch5/91/402:13
Drwal4/170/000:40
Total
Branch15/313/1007:39
Drwal10/430/001:23

Scorecards

Branch vs Drwal

RdCecil PeoplesChet RobbinsChris LeeCommunity
R1---10-9
R2---10-9
R3---10-9
Total30-2730-2730-2730-27

Media (2 cards) · avg 3027 · 2 Branch · 0 Drwal

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Branch-Drwal.

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
BranchWin probabilityDrwal
47.4%52.6%
KO / TKO
15%
Submission
51%
Decision
34%
Expected fight time: 7.6 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Branch47%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO5%10%
Submission26%56%
Decision16%34%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes18 (923)act 15
Takedowns0.7 (0.02.3)act 3
Drwal53%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO11%20%
Submission25%47%
Decision17%33%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes21 (1128)act 10
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.3)act 0
Combined totals~39 sig strikes~1.3 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R155%
R24%
R37%
Distance34%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 2.7%
Branch
41.2%+136
Drwal
-13656.1%
Most takedownstie 35.5%
Branch
32.6%-102
Drwal
+10231.9%
Significant strikes — over/under
Branch
Expected: 18.0
18
Over 18
40.8%
+136
Exactly 18
3.5%
push
Under 18
55.7%
-136
02346
Drwal
Expected: 21.3
21.5
Over 21.5
41.9%
+139
Under 21.5
58.1%
-139
02754
Takedowns — over/under
Branch
Expected: 0.7
0.5
Over 0.5
46.6%
+115
Under 0.5
53.4%
-115
035
Drwal
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
46.1%
+117
Under 0.5
53.9%
-117
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 7.6 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
Branch47.4%41.2%+6.2+135
Drwal52.6%58.8%−6.2-155

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
74.2Striking70.5
Branch +3.7
0.0Grappling83.1
Drwal +83.1
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
BranchDrwal
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1509
Pound-for-pound
1552
1509
Divisional
1536
1494
Striking offense
1515
1493
Striking defense
1506
1493
Grappling offense
1516
1496
Grappling defense
1513
Physical
28 yrs
Age
28 yrs
6'1"
Height
6'1"
78"
Reach
76"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
1.59
Strikes landed / min
5.00
51%
Strike accuracy
40%
0.79
Strikes absorbed / min
3.08
73%
Strike defense
58%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
5.87
0%
Takedown accuracy
60%
0%
Takedown defense
100%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.7
Form & résumé
0%
UFC win rate
60%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
0%
Last-5 win rate
60%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
74
Days since last fight
172
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
David Branch
  • LGerald HarrisKO/TKO R3
    Close +2102mo before
Tomasz Drwal
  • LRousimar PalharesSUB R1
    Close +1806mo before
  • WDrew McFedriesSUB R2
    Close -1221y before
  • WMike CiesnoleviczKO/TKO R1
    opp missedClose +1081y 3mo before
  • WIvan SeratiKO/TKO R1
    Close -2761y 8mo before
  • LThiago SilvaKO/TKO R2
    Close +2633y before
Branch — win / loss by method
Record: 6-1-0

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
3 wins, 1 loss
W
50% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 0 losses
W
50% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
6win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (50%)KO/TKO() 0
3 (50%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Drwal — win / loss by method
Record: 17-3-1

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
11 wins, 1 loss
W
65% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 2 losses
W
24% of wins
L
67% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 0 losses
W
12% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
3win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (67%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
1 (33%)Submission(50%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
14win1loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
9 (64%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (21%)Submission(100%) 1
2 (14%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Branch
Drwal
1
UFC fights
5
12.6 min · 12.6 avg
Octagon time
23.0 min · 4.6 avg
18y 10m
Career length
22y 7m
UFC schedule strength

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

Branch
Drwal
16W–2L · 88.9%
Overall
55W–13L · 80.9%
0W–0L
Wins
35W–10L · 77.8%
16W–2L · 88.9%
Losses
20W–3L · 87.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Branch
Drwal
35W–10L · 77.8%
Overall
63W–36L · 63.6%
35W–10L · 77.8%
Wins
62W–35L · 63.9%
0W–0L
Losses
1W–1L · 50.0%
Distance striking
Branch
Drwal
1.62
Landed / min
5.11
29.6%
Accuracy
32.4%
82.1%
Defense
62.7%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.65
39.2%
Time at distance
50.1%
Grappling & control
Branch
Drwal
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
5.87
0.0%
Takedown accuracy
60.0%
0.0%
Takedown defense
100.0%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.65
23.3%
Control share
92.9%
Strike target map
Branch
  • Head50%(10)div 63%
  • Body30%(6)div 20%
  • Legs20%(4)div 17%
Drwal
  • Head78%(90)div 63%
  • Body7%(8)div 20%
  • Legs15%(17)div 17%

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

David Branch
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Tomasz Drwal
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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