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UFC 97: Redemption
Eliot Marshall
Eliot Marshall
5-1 · USA
VS
Vinny Magalhaes
Vinny Magalhaes
2-3 · BRA
April 18, 2009 · Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Light Heavyweight · 3 rounds
205.0lb
Weigh-in
204.0lb
Eliot Marshall def. Vinny Magalhaes by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Marshall10/460/000:00
Magalhaes6/510/000:00
R2
Marshall17/530/000:00
Magalhaes17/501/200:41
R3
Marshall17/650/000:00
Magalhaes11/471/100:26
Total
Marshall44/1640/000:00
Magalhaes34/1482/301:07

Scorecards

Marshall vs Magalhaes

RdBenoit RousselClaude PaquetteSylvain LeblancCommunity
R110-910-9-9.3-9.7
R210-910-9-9.5-9.5
R310-910-9-9.3-9.7
Total30-2730-2729-2828.1-28.9

Media (2 cards) · avg 2928 · 2 Marshall · 0 Magalhaes

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Marshall-Magalhaes.

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
MarshallWin probabilityMagalhaes
55.8%44.2%
KO / TKO
40%
Submission
6%
Decision
54%
Expected fight time: 11.0 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Marshall56%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO23%41%
Submission4%8%
Decision29%51%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes35 (1945)act 44
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.2)act 0
Magalhaes44%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO17%39%
Submission2%4%
Decision25%57%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes29 (1638)act 34
Takedowns0.9 (0.03.0)act 2
Combined totals~64 sig strikes~1.2 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R120%
R216%
R310%
Distance54%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.7%
Marshall
56.7%-136
Magalhaes
+13641.7%
Most takedownstie 47.4%
Marshall
13.9%+277
Magalhaes
-27738.6%
Significant strikes — over/under
Marshall
Expected: 34.5
34.5
Over 34.5
42.6%
+135
Under 34.5
57.4%
-135
04487
Magalhaes
Expected: 29.3
29.5
Over 29.5
42.0%
+138
Under 29.5
58.0%
-138
03774
Takedowns — over/under
Marshall
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
20.2%
+395
Under 0.5
79.8%
-395
035
Magalhaes
Expected: 0.9
1
Over 1
29.5%
+192
Exactly 1
13.9%
push
Under 1
56.7%
-192
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 11.0 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
Marshall55.8%43.8%+12.0+118
Magalhaes44.2%56.2%−12.0-143

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
84.8Striking34.3
Marshall +50.5
75.0Grappling0.0
Marshall +75.0
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
MarshallMagalhaes
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1523
Pound-for-pound
1480
1523
Divisional
1480
1485
Striking offense
1480
1500
Striking defense
1493
1561
Grappling offense
1552
1557
Grappling defense
1549
Physical
28 yrs
Age
24 yrs
6'2"
Height
6'3"
77"
Reach
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
5.52
Strikes landed / min
1.74
53%
Strike accuracy
20%
0.69
Strikes absorbed / min
6.52
50%
Strike defense
50%
Grappling (UFC career)
10.34
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
100%
Takedown accuracy
Takedown defense
20.7
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
0%
+1
Win/loss streak
-1
100%
Last-5 win rate
0%
100%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
126
Days since last fight
126
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Eliot Marshall
  • WJules BruchezSUB R1
    Close -6014mo before
Vinny Magalhaes
  • LRyan BaderKO/TKO R1
    Close -2384mo before
Marshall — win / loss by method
Record: 5-1-0

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
1 win, 1 loss
W
20% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 0 losses
W
80% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (100%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
4win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (25%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
3 (75%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Magalhaes — win / loss by method
Record: 2-3-0, 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
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 1 loss
W
100% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
2win2loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (100%)Submission(50%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(50%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Marshall
Magalhaes
1
UFC fights
1
1.4 min · 1.4 avg
Octagon time
2.3 min · 2.3 avg
20y 1m
Career length
19y 9m
UFC schedule strength

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

Marshall
Magalhaes
0W–0L
Overall
7W–0L · 100.0%
0W–0L
Wins
0W–0L
0W–0L
Losses
7W–0L · 100.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Marshall
Magalhaes
11W–8L · 57.9%
Overall
12W–7L · 63.2%
7W–6L · 53.8%
Wins
6W–6L · 50.0%
4W–2L · 66.7%
Losses
6W–1L · 85.7%
Distance striking
Marshall
Magalhaes
19.05
Landed / min
1.79
45.5%
Accuracy
20.0%
100.0%
Defense
53.8%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
18.1%
Time at distance
97.1%
Grappling & control
Marshall
Magalhaes
10.34
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
100.0%
Takedown accuracy
Takedown defense
20.69
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
100.0%
Control share
0.0%
Strike target map
Marshall
  • Head100%(8)div 66%
  • Body0%(0)div 16%
  • Legs0%(0)div 18%
Magalhaes
  • Head25%(1)div 66%
  • Body75%(3)div 16%
  • Legs0%(0)div 18%

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

Eliot Marshall
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Vinny Magalhaes
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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