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Davey Grant
Davey Grant
15-7 · GBR
VS
Ramon Taveras
Ramon Taveras
10-2 · USA
December 14, 2024 · Tampa, Florida, USA
Bantamweight · 3 rounds
136.0lb
Weigh-in
136.0lb
Davey Grant def. Ramon Taveras by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Grant39/720/000:00
Taveras12/340/000:00
R2
Grant45/890/100:00
Taveras25/490/000:00
R3
Grant63/1290/000:00
Taveras32/730/000:00
Total
Grant147/2900/100:00
Taveras69/1560/000:00

Scorecards

Grant vs Taveras

RdChristopher EdgehillDerek ClearyEric ColónCommunity
R110-910-910-910-9
R210-99-1010-99.9-9.1
R310-910-910-910-9
Total30-2729-2830-2729.9-27.1

Media (13 cards) · avg 29.827.2 · 13 Grant · 0 Taveras

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Grant-Taveras.

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
GrantWin probabilityTaveras
49.6%50.4%
KO / TKO
31%
Submission
23%
Decision
46%
Expected fight time: 9.7 min
Retrospective pick: the walk-forward model's call at the time of the fight — persisted out-of-sample, with no hindsight about the result.
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Grant50%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO15%29%18%
Submission14%29%9%
Decision21%42%24%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes42 (1757)act 147
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.9)act 0
Taveras50%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO16%32%20%
Submission9%18%9%
Decision25%50%21%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes41 (1756)act 69
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.5)act 0
Combined totals~83 sig strikes~1.0 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R129%
R219%
R36%
Distance46%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.1%
Grant
50.0%-102
Taveras
+10248.9%
Most takedownstie 42.7%
Grant
25.1%+128
Taveras
-12832.2%
Significant strikes — over/under
Grant
Expected: 42.1
42
Over 42
39.3%
+151
Exactly 42
1.2%
push
Under 42
59.5%
-151
053106
Taveras
Expected: 41.2
41
Over 41
39.4%
+151
Exactly 41
1.2%
push
Under 41
59.4%
-151
052103
Takedowns — over/under
Grant
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
35.0%
+186
Under 0.5
65.0%
-186
035
Taveras
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
40.8%
+145
Under 0.5
59.2%
-145
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 9.7 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
Grant49.6%49.2%+0.4-106
Taveras50.4%50.8%−0.4-114
By method
Grant by KO/TKO15.2%17.7%−2.5+370
Grant by submission11.6%8.6%+3.0+862
Grant by decision22.8%23.9%−1.1+247
Taveras by KO/TKO15.4%19.9%−4.5+317
Taveras by submission11.8%8.9%+2.9+838
Taveras by decision23.2%21.0%+2.2+296
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds70.6%65.4%+5.2-235
Over 2.5 rds51.4%67.9%−16.5-128
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision46.0%48.4%−2.4-107

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
66.8Striking61.5
Grant +5.3
44.7Grappling25.0
Grant +19.7
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
GrantTaveras
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1534
Pound-for-pound
1536
1534
Divisional
1536
1524
Striking offense
1500
1511
Striking defense
1500
Grappling offense
Grappling defense
Physical
38 yrs
Age
30 yrs
5'8"
Height
5'8"
69"
Reach
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
4.77
Strikes landed / min
4.13
43%
Strike accuracy
42%
3.82
Strikes absorbed / min
5.27
56%
Strike defense
65%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.26
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
41%
Takedown accuracy
61%
Takedown defense
100%
0.2
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
50%
UFC win rate
100%
-1
Win/loss streak
+1
40%
Last-5 win rate
100%
67%
Finish rate
0%
Recent opp. quality
511
Days since last fight
329
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Davey Grant
  • LDaniel MarcosS-DEC R3
    Close +1241y 5mo before
  • WRaphael AssuncaoSUB R3
    Close -1411y 9mo before
  • WLouis SmolkaKO/TKO R3
    Close -2962y 7mo before
  • LAdrian YanezS-DEC R3
    Close +2343y 1mo before
  • LMarlon VeraU-DEC R3
    Close +1803y 6mo before
Ramon Taveras
  • WSerhiy SideyS-DEC R3
    Close +15911mo before
Grant — win / loss by method
Record: 15-7-0

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
4 wins, 0 losses
W
27% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
9 wins, 4 losses
W
60% of wins
L
57% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 3 losses
W
13% of wins
L
43% of losses
UFC
6win6loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (50%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (17%)Submission(50%) 3
2 (33%)Decision(50%) 3
Non-UFC
9win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (11%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
8 (89%)Submission(100%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Taveras — win / loss by method
Record: 10-2-0

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, 2 losses
W
50% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 0 losses
W
30% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 0 losses
W
20% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (100%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
9win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (56%)KO/TKO(100%) 2
3 (33%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (11%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Grant
Taveras
12
UFC fights
1
142.3 min · 11.9 avg
Octagon time
15.0 min · 15.0 avg
17y 8m
Career length
6y 9m
UFC schedule strength

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

Grant
Taveras
159W–41L · 79.5%
Overall
10W–1L · 90.9%
88W–28L · 75.9%
Wins
10W–1L · 90.9%
71W–13L · 84.5%
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Grant
Taveras
29W–62L · 31.9%
Overall
77W–87L · 47.0%
29W–62L · 31.9%
Wins
63W–81L · 43.8%
0W–0L
Losses
14W–6L · 70.0%
Distance striking
Grant
Taveras
6.34
Landed / min
4.22
40.5%
Accuracy
41.7%
58.6%
Defense
66.5%
0.42
Knockdowns / 15 min
1.00
64.5%
Time at distance
94.8%
Grappling & control
Grant
Taveras
1.26
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
41.4%
Takedown accuracy
61.1%
Takedown defense
100.0%
0.21
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
49.5%
Control share
20.0%
Strike target map
Grant
  • Head45%(303)div 62%
  • Body34%(232)div 21%
  • Legs21%(144)div 17%
Taveras
  • Head77%(48)div 62%
  • Body13%(8)div 21%
  • Legs10%(6)div 17%

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

Davey Grant
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Ramon Taveras
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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