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UFC 79: Nemesis
Chuck Liddell
Chuck Liddell
20-5 · USA
VS
Wanderlei Silva
Wanderlei Silva
31-6-1 · BRA
December 29, 2007 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Light Heavyweight · 3 rounds
204.0lb
Weigh-in
205.0lb
Chuck Liddell def. Wanderlei Silva by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Liddell16/570/000:00
Silva11/470/000:00
R2
Liddell17/541/100:39
Silva22/750/010:02
R3
Liddell25/641/100:30
Silva11/550/000:00
Total
Liddell58/1752/201:09
Silva44/1770/010:02

Scorecards

Liddell vs Silva

RdAdalaide ByrdDave HagenTony WeeksCommunity
R1---9.9-9.1
R2---9.4-9.6
R3---10-9.1
Total30-2730-2729-2829.3-27.8

Media (5 cards) · avg 29.227.8 · 5 Liddell · 0 Silva

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Liddell-Silva.

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
LiddellWin probabilitySilva
32.6%67.4%
KO / TKO
45%
Submission
2%
Decision
52%
Expected fight time: 10.9 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Liddell33%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO13%40%
Submission1%2%
Decision19%58%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes49 (2864)act 58
Takedowns0.5 (0.02.0)act 2
Silva67%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO32%48%
Submission2%3%
Decision33%49%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes35 (1946)act 44
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.1)act 0
Combined totals~84 sig strikes~0.6 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R116%
R226%
R36%
Distance52%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.2%
Liddell
64.6%-189
Silva
+18934.1%
Most takedownstie 54.3%
Liddell
38.6%-542
Silva
+5427.1%
Significant strikes — over/under
Liddell
Expected: 49.3
49.5
Over 49.5
42.3%
+137
Under 49.5
57.7%
-137
062124
Silva
Expected: 35.2
35
Over 35
41.9%
+134
Exactly 35
1.9%
push
Under 35
56.2%
-134
04488
Takedowns — over/under
Liddell
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
41.1%
+143
Under 0.5
58.9%
-143
035
Silva
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
10.5%
Exactly 0
89.5%
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 10.9 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
Liddell32.6%43.8%−11.2+118
Silva67.4%56.2%+11.2-143

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
67.3Striking68.8
Silva +1.5
48.8Grappling13.9
Liddell +35.0
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
LiddellSilva
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1643
Pound-for-pound
1501
1610
Divisional
1515
1532
Striking offense
1488
1553
Striking defense
1517
1503
Grappling offense
1483
1567
Grappling defense
1506
Physical
38 yrs
Age
31 yrs
6'2"
Height
5'11"
76"
Reach
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.99
Strikes landed / min
1.26
39%
Strike accuracy
59%
1.90
Strikes absorbed / min
1.08
59%
Strike defense
49%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.26
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
75%
Takedown accuracy
0%
81%
Takedown defense
50%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
79%
UFC win rate
33%
-2
Win/loss streak
-1
60%
Last-5 win rate
33%
67%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
98
Days since last fight
2815
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Chuck Liddell
  • LKeith JardineS-DEC R3
    Close -3953mo before
  • LQuinton JacksonKO/TKO R1
    Close -1757mo before
  • WTito OrtizKO/TKO R3
    Close -2201y before
  • WRenato SobralKO/TKO R1
    Close -3301y 4mo before
  • WRandy CoutureKO/TKO R2
    Close -1351y 11mo before
Wanderlei Silva
  • LTito OrtizU-DEC R5
    7y 8mo before
  • WTony PetarraKO/TKO R1
    8y 8mo before
  • LVitor BelfortKO/TKO R1
    9y 2mo before
Liddell — win / loss by method
Record: 20-5-0

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
13 wins, 3 losses
W
65% of wins
L
60% of losses
Submission
1 win, 1 loss
W
5% of wins
L
20% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 1 loss
W
30% of wins
L
20% of losses
UFC
15win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
10 (67%)KO/TKO(50%) 2
0 (0%)Submission(25%) 1
5 (33%)Decision(25%) 1
Non-UFC
5win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (60%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
1 (20%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (20%)Decision(0%) 0
Silva — win / loss by method
Record: 31-6-1, 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
24 wins, 4 losses
W
77% of wins
L
67% of losses
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
3% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 2 losses
W
19% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
1win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (100%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
30win4loss1draw1NC
WinsLosses
23 (77%)KO/TKO(75%) 3
1 (3%)Submission(0%) 0
6 (20%)Decision(25%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Liddell
Silva
19
UFC fights
3
173.3 min · 9.1 avg
Octagon time
28.6 min · 9.5 avg
28y 2m
Career length
29y 9m
UFC schedule strength

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

Liddell
Silva
324W–97L · 77.0%
Overall
10W–3L · 76.9%
253W–79L · 76.2%
Wins
1W–0L · 100.0%
71W–18L · 79.8%
Losses
9W–3L · 75.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Liddell
Silva
81W–19L · 81.0%
Overall
344W–130L · 72.6%
63W–16L · 79.7%
Wins
303W–120L · 71.6%
18W–3L · 85.7%
Losses
41W–10L · 80.4%
Distance striking
Liddell
Silva
2.65
Landed / min
1.31
33.3%
Accuracy
30.4%
60.3%
Defense
43.8%
1.21
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.52
75.9%
Time at distance
18.6%
Grappling & control
Liddell
Silva
0.26
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
75.0%
Takedown accuracy
0.0%
81.2%
Takedown defense
50.0%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
60.6%
Control share
0.6%
Strike target map
Liddell
  • Head65%(339)div 67%
  • Body8%(39)div 16%
  • Legs27%(140)div 17%
Silva
  • Head50%(18)div 67%
  • Body36%(13)div 16%
  • Legs14%(5)div 17%

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

Chuck Liddell
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Wanderlei Silva
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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