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UFC 89: Bisping vs Leben
Chris Lytle
Chris Lytle
25-16-5 · USA
VS
Paul Taylor
Paul Taylor
9-3-1 · GBR
October 18, 2008 · Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
Welterweight · 3 rounds
170.0lb
Weigh-in
170.0lb
Chris Lytle def. Paul Taylor by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Lytle35/540/003:02
Taylor32/520/000:18
R2
Lytle33/551/202:34
Taylor20/430/200:37
R3
Lytle34/851/102:25
Taylor33/650/000:08
Total
Lytle102/1942/308:01
Taylor85/1600/201:03

Scorecards

Lytle vs Taylor

RdChris LeeChris WattsTim VannattaCommunity
R1--10-910-9
R2--10-99.7-9.3
R3--10-99.4-9.6
Total29-2829-2830-2729.1-27.9

Media (2 cards) · avg 2928 · 2 Lytle · 0 Taylor

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Lytle-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
LytleWin probabilityTaylor
37.9%62.1%
KO / TKO
30%
Submission
17%
Decision
54%
Expected fight time: 10.3 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Lytle38%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO10%26%
Submission11%30%
Decision17%44%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes39 (2251)act 102
Takedowns1.0 (0.02.9)act 2
Taylor62%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO20%32%
Submission5%9%
Decision37%59%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes49 (2763)act 85
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.8)act 0
Combined totals~88 sig strikes~1.2 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R129%
R212%
R35%
Distance54%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.2%
Lytle
39.8%+148
Taylor
-14858.9%
Most takedownstie 39.0%
Lytle
51.2%-517
Taylor
+5179.9%
Significant strikes — over/under
Lytle
Expected: 39.5
39.5
Over 39.5
42.5%
+135
Under 39.5
57.5%
-135
05099
Taylor
Expected: 48.6
48.5
Over 48.5
42.7%
+134
Under 48.5
57.3%
-134
061122
Takedowns — over/under
Lytle
Expected: 1.0
1
Over 1
35.1%
+124
Exactly 1
21.4%
push
Under 1
43.5%
-124
035
Taylor
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
17.4%
Exactly 0
82.6%
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 10.3 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
Lytle37.9%75.3%−37.4-356
Taylor62.1%24.7%+37.4+291

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
60.7Striking64.8
Taylor +4.1
69.4Grappling55.9
Lytle +13.4
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
LytleTaylor
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1461
Pound-for-pound
1517
1460
Divisional
1517
1470
Striking offense
1519
1534
Striking defense
1502
1513
Grappling offense
1499
1512
Grappling defense
1494
Physical
34 yrs
Age
28 yrs
5'11"
Height
6'0"
68"
Reach
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
1.84
Strikes landed / min
4.06
42%
Strike accuracy
46%
1.92
Strikes absorbed / min
3.90
50%
Strike defense
55%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.89
Takedowns / 15 min
0.67
64%
Takedown accuracy
100%
54%
Takedown defense
54%
2.5
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.0
Form & résumé
33%
UFC win rate
50%
-1
Win/loss streak
+1
40%
Last-5 win rate
50%
100%
Finish rate
50%
Recent opp. quality
105
Days since last fight
133
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Chris Lytle
  • LJosh KoscheckU-DEC R3
    Close +2633mo before
  • WKyle BradleyKO/TKO R1
    Close -4889mo before
  • LThiago AlvesKO/TKO R2
    Close +16711mo before
  • WJason GilliamSUB R1
    Close -4151y 3mo before
  • LMatt HughesU-DEC R3
    Close +5251y 8mo before
Paul Taylor
  • WJess LiaudinS-DEC R3
    Close -2334mo before
  • LPaul KellyU-DEC R3
    Close -2319mo before
  • LMarcus DavisSUB R1
    Close +1551y 1mo before
  • WEdilberto de OliveiraKO/TKO R3
    Close +2051y 6mo before
Lytle — win / loss by method
Record: 25-16-5

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, 2 losses
W
24% of wins
L
13% of losses
Submission
16 wins, 0 losses
W
64% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 14 losses
W
12% of wins
L
88% of losses
UFC
4win8loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (25%)KO/TKO(25%) 2
3 (75%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(75%) 6
Non-UFC
21win8loss5draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (24%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
13 (62%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (14%)Decision(100%) 8
Taylor — win / loss by method
Record: 9-3-1, 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
56% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 2 losses
W
22% of wins
L
67% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 1 loss
W
22% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
2win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (50%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(50%) 1
1 (50%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
7win1loss1draw1NC
WinsLosses
4 (57%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (29%)Submission(100%) 1
1 (14%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Lytle
Taylor
12
UFC fights
4
118.0 min · 9.8 avg
Octagon time
44.9 min · 11.2 avg
27y 5m
Career length
23y 11m
UFC schedule strength

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

Lytle
Taylor
176W–46L · 79.3%
Overall
41W–12L · 77.4%
53W–19L · 73.6%
Wins
22W–9L · 71.0%
123W–27L · 82.0%
Losses
19W–3L · 86.4%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Lytle
Taylor
253W–128L · 66.4%
Overall
70W–53L · 56.9%
149W–79L · 65.4%
Wins
51W–41L · 55.4%
104W–49L · 68.0%
Losses
19W–12L · 61.3%
Distance striking
Lytle
Taylor
4.01
Landed / min
7.69
30.4%
Accuracy
37.9%
62.4%
Defense
65.2%
0.25
Knockdowns / 15 min
1.00
24.9%
Time at distance
29.8%
Grappling & control
Lytle
Taylor
0.89
Takedowns / 15 min
0.67
63.6%
Takedown accuracy
100.0%
53.7%
Takedown defense
54.2%
2.54
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.00
20.3%
Control share
19.4%
Strike target map
Lytle
  • Head51%(110)div 66%
  • Body33%(71)div 20%
  • Legs17%(36)div 14%
Taylor
  • Head60%(109)div 66%
  • Body15%(27)div 20%
  • Legs25%(46)div 14%

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

Chris Lytle
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.