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UFC 105: Couture vs Vera
John Hathaway
John Hathaway
12-0 · GBR
VS
Paul Taylor
Paul Taylor
10-4-1 · GBR
November 14, 2009 · Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Welterweight · 3 rounds
170.0lb
Weigh-in
170.0lb
John Hathaway def. Paul Taylor by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Hathaway12/313/404:10
Taylor2/120/000:00
R2
Hathaway49/811/104:39
Taylor2/30/000:00
R3
Hathaway19/361/104:34
Taylor1/40/000:00
Total
Hathaway80/1485/6013:23
Taylor5/190/000:00

Scorecards

Hathaway vs Taylor

RdChris WattsHoward HughesPaul SutherlandCommunity
R110-910-9-10-9
R210-910-9-10-9
R310-910-9-10-9
Total30-2730-2730-2630-27

Media (2 cards) · avg 3027 · 2 Hathaway · 0 Taylor

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Hathaway-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
HathawayWin probabilityTaylor
78.0%22.0%
KO / TKO
38%
Submission
19%
Decision
43%
Expected fight time: 9.5 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Hathaway78%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO30%38%
Submission16%20%
Decision32%42%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes44 (2558)act 80
Takedowns1.6 (0.04.0)act 5
Taylor22%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO8%36%
Submission4%17%
Decision10%47%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes30 (1639)act 5
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.6)act 0
Combined totals~74 sig strikes~1.7 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R133%
R215%
R39%
Distance43%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.4%
Hathaway
66.6%-208
Taylor
+20832.1%
Most takedownstie 27.9%
Hathaway
65.7%-1027
Taylor
+10276.4%
Significant strikes — over/under
Hathaway
Expected: 44.3
44.5
Over 44.5
42.2%
+137
Under 44.5
57.8%
-137
056111
Taylor
Expected: 30.1
30
Over 30
41.6%
+135
Exactly 30
2.2%
push
Under 30
56.2%
-135
03876
Takedowns — over/under
Hathaway
Expected: 1.6
1.5
Over 1.5
49.7%
+101
Under 1.5
50.3%
-101
035
Taylor
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
15.1%
Exactly 0
84.9%
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 9.5 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
Hathaway78.0%68.7%+9.3-263
Taylor22.0%31.3%−9.3+203

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
72.0Striking64.8
Hathaway +7.2
74.1Grappling47.8
Hathaway +26.3
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
HathawayTaylor
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1562
Pound-for-pound
1516
1562
Divisional
1516
1498
Striking offense
1523
1503
Striking defense
1490
1512
Grappling offense
1495
1498
Grappling defense
1495
Physical
22 yrs
Age
29 yrs
6'1"
Height
6'0"
75"
Reach
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.50
Strikes landed / min
4.18
40%
Strike accuracy
48%
1.07
Strikes absorbed / min
3.94
69%
Strike defense
53%
Grappling (UFC career)
6.89
Takedowns / 15 min
0.40
53%
Takedown accuracy
50%
0%
Takedown defense
56%
2.3
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.6
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
50%
+2
Win/loss streak
+1
100%
Last-5 win rate
40%
50%
Finish rate
33%
Recent opp. quality
154
Days since last fight
154
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
John Hathaway
  • WRick StoryU-DEC R3
    Close -1535mo before
  • WTom EganKO/TKO R1
    Close -25010mo before
Paul Taylor
  • WPeter SobottaU-DEC R3
    Close -3385mo before
  • LChris LytleU-DEC R3
    Close +2911y 1mo before
  • WJess LiaudinS-DEC R3
    Close -2331y 5mo before
  • LPaul KellyU-DEC R3
    Close -2311y 10mo before
  • LMarcus DavisSUB R1
    Close +1552y 2mo before
Hathaway — win / loss by method
Record: 12-0-0

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
6 wins, 0 losses
W
50% of wins
L
Submission
3 wins, 0 losses
W
25% of wins
L
Decision
3 wins, 0 losses
W
25% of wins
L
UFC
2win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (50%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (50%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
10win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (50%)KO/TKO() 0
3 (30%)Submission() 0
2 (20%)Decision() 0
Taylor — win / loss by method
Record: 10-4-1, 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
50% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 2 losses
W
30% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
3win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (33%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(33%) 1
2 (67%)Decision(67%) 2
Non-UFC
7win1loss1draw1NC
WinsLosses
4 (57%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (29%)Submission(100%) 1
1 (14%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Hathaway
Taylor
2
UFC fights
6
19.6 min · 9.8 avg
Octagon time
74.8 min · 12.5 avg
20y 1m
Career length
23y 11m
UFC schedule strength

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

Hathaway
Taylor
11W–2L · 84.6%
Overall
74W–29L · 71.8%
11W–2L · 84.6%
Wins
30W–10L · 75.0%
0W–0L
Losses
44W–19L · 69.8%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Hathaway
Taylor
17W–10L · 63.0%
Overall
70W–53L · 56.9%
17W–10L · 63.0%
Wins
51W–41L · 55.4%
0W–0L
Losses
19W–12L · 61.3%
Distance striking
Hathaway
Taylor
4.53
Landed / min
7.58
27.1%
Accuracy
41.2%
76.1%
Defense
61.4%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.60
18.0%
Time at distance
34.0%
Grappling & control
Hathaway
Taylor
6.89
Takedowns / 15 min
0.40
52.9%
Takedown accuracy
50.0%
0.0%
Takedown defense
55.9%
2.30
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.60
72.7%
Control share
25.0%
Strike target map
Hathaway
  • Head47%(23)div 63%
  • Body29%(14)div 21%
  • Legs24%(12)div 16%
Taylor
  • Head53%(167)div 63%
  • Body14%(43)div 21%
  • Legs33%(103)div 16%

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

John Hathaway
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.