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UFC 80: Rapid Fire
Marcus Davis
Marcus Davis
13-3 · USA
VS
Jess Liaudin
Jess Liaudin
14-8 · FRA
January 19, 2008 · Newcastle, England, United Kingdom
Welterweight · 3 rounds
169.0lb
Weigh-in
170.0lb
Marcus Davis def. Jess Liaudin by KO/TKO (Punch), R1 1:04
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 1:04
Davis5/50/010:02
Liaudin4/80/000:00
Total
Davis5/50/010:02
Liaudin4/80/000:00

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
DavisWin probabilityLiaudin
54.7%45.3%
KO / TKO
35%
Submission
23%
Decision
41%
Expected fight time: 9.2 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Davis55%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO19%35%
Submission12%21%
Decision24%44%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes27 (1535)act 5
Takedowns0.7 (0.02.6)act 0
Liaudin45%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO16%35%
Submission12%26%
Decision17%39%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes26 (1434)act 4
Takedowns0.7 (0.02.4)act 0
Combined totals~53 sig strikes~1.4 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R134%
R218%
R37%
Distance41%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 2.0%
Davis
50.5%-106
Liaudin
+10647.5%
Most takedownstie 35.6%
Davis
33.0%-105
Liaudin
+10531.4%
Significant strikes — over/under
Davis
Expected: 26.9
27
Over 27
41.2%
+137
Exactly 27
2.4%
push
Under 27
56.4%
-137
03468
Liaudin
Expected: 26.1
26
Over 26
41.5%
+135
Exactly 26
2.5%
push
Under 26
56.0%
-135
03366
Takedowns — over/under
Davis
Expected: 0.7
0.5
Over 0.5
45.9%
+118
Under 0.5
54.1%
-118
035
Liaudin
Expected: 0.7
0.5
Over 0.5
45.0%
+122
Under 0.5
55.0%
-122
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 9.2 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
Davis54.7%73.4%−18.7-333
Liaudin45.3%26.6%+18.7+258

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
74.4Striking79.8
Liaudin +5.4
56.8Grappling25.0
Davis +31.8
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
DavisLiaudin
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1565
Pound-for-pound
1526
1565
Divisional
1526
1497
Striking offense
1501
1503
Striking defense
1503
Grappling offense
Grappling defense
Physical
34 yrs
Age
34 yrs
5'10"
Height
5'9"
70"
Reach
72"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.12
Strikes landed / min
7.07
52%
Strike accuracy
54%
1.94
Strikes absorbed / min
2.72
61%
Strike defense
48%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.82
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
56%
Takedown accuracy
0%
0%
Takedown defense
0%
1.8
Sub attempts / 15 min
2.7
Form & résumé
83%
UFC win rate
100%
+5
Win/loss streak
+2
100%
Last-5 win rate
100%
80%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
133
Days since last fight
133
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Marcus Davis
  • WPaul TaylorSUB R1
    Close -1884mo before
  • WJason TanKO/TKO R1
    Close -3887mo before
  • WPete SprattSUB R2
    Close -3309mo before
  • WShonie CarterU-DEC R3
    Close +1151y 1mo before
  • WForrest PetzSUB R1
    1y 3mo before
Jess Liaudin
  • WAnthony TorresKO/TKO R1
    Close -1234mo before
  • WDennis SiverSUB R1
    Close +1059mo before
Davis — win / loss by method
Record: 13-3-0

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, 1 loss
W
31% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
7 wins, 1 loss
W
54% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 1 loss
W
15% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
5win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (20%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
3 (60%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (20%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
8win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (38%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
4 (50%)Submission(50%) 1
1 (13%)Decision(50%) 1
Liaudin — win / loss by method
Record: 14-8-0

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, 5 losses
W
21% of wins
L
63% of losses
Submission
10 wins, 1 loss
W
71% of wins
L
13% of losses
Decision
1 win, 2 losses
W
7% of wins
L
25% of losses
UFC
2win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (50%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (50%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
12win8loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (17%)KO/TKO(63%) 5
9 (75%)Submission(13%) 1
1 (8%)Decision(25%) 2

Profiles

Experience
Davis
Liaudin
6
UFC fights
2
41.3 min · 6.9 avg
Octagon time
5.5 min · 2.8 avg
22y 11m
Career length
25y 8m
UFC schedule strength

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

Davis
Liaudin
100W–33L · 75.2%
Overall
15W–3L · 83.3%
82W–29L · 73.9%
Wins
15W–3L · 83.3%
18W–4L · 81.8%
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Davis
Liaudin
22W–49L · 31.0%
Overall
127W–78L · 62.0%
14W–38L · 26.9%
Wins
54W–53L · 50.5%
8W–11L · 42.1%
Losses
73W–25L · 74.5%
Distance striking
Davis
Liaudin
3.99
Landed / min
7.89
42.4%
Accuracy
41.3%
67.9%
Defense
56.0%
0.73
Knockdowns / 15 min
5.44
40.6%
Time at distance
43.6%
Grappling & control
Davis
Liaudin
1.82
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
55.6%
Takedown accuracy
0.0%
0.0%
Takedown defense
0.0%
1.82
Sub attempts / 15 min
2.72
68.0%
Control share
68.5%
Strike target map
Davis
  • Head74%(95)div 66%
  • Body13%(17)div 20%
  • Legs13%(17)div 14%
Liaudin
  • Head79%(31)div 66%
  • Body8%(3)div 20%
  • Legs13%(5)div 14%

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

Marcus Davis
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Jess Liaudin
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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