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UFC 75: Champion vs Champion
Marcus Davis
Marcus Davis
12-3 · USA
VS
Paul Taylor
Paul Taylor
8-1-1 · GBR
September 8, 2007 · London, England, United Kingdom
Welterweight · 3 rounds
169.0lb
Weigh-in
171.0lb
Marcus Davis def. Paul Taylor by SUB (Armbar), R1 4:14
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 4:14
Davis24/401/302:30
Taylor16/300/011:07
Total
Davis24/401/302:30
Taylor16/300/011:07

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 probabilityTaylor
32.6%67.4%
KO / TKO
40%
Submission
14%
Decision
45%
Expected fight time: 9.6 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 Taylor. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Davis33%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO11%33%
Submission7%21%
Decision15%46%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes35 (1945)act 24
Takedowns0.9 (0.02.8)act 1
Taylor67%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO30%44%
Submission7%11%
Decision30%45%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes41 (2354)act 16
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.9)act 0
Combined totals~76 sig strikes~1.1 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R133%
R216%
R36%
Distance45%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.4%
Davis
41.3%+139
Taylor
-13957.3%
Most takedownstie 41.6%
Davis
47.3%-425
Taylor
+42511.1%
Significant strikes — over/under
Davis
Expected: 34.7
34.5
Over 34.5
42.8%
+134
Under 34.5
57.2%
-134
04487
Taylor
Expected: 41.3
41.5
Over 41.5
42.1%
+137
Under 41.5
57.9%
-137
052104
Takedowns — over/under
Davis
Expected: 0.9
1
Over 1
32.6%
+145
Exactly 1
20.1%
push
Under 1
47.3%
-145
035
Taylor
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
18.3%
Exactly 0
81.7%
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 9.6 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
Davis32.6%62.5%−29.9-188
Taylor67.4%37.5%+29.9+155

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
74.5Striking73.4
Davis +1.1
53.3Grappling25.0
Davis +28.3
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
DavisTaylor
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1550
Pound-for-pound
1532
1550
Divisional
1532
1492
Striking offense
1507
1517
Striking defense
1528
1503
Grappling offense
1492
1516
Grappling defense
1511
Physical
34 yrs
Age
27 yrs
5'10"
Height
6'0"
70"
Reach
72"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.83
Strikes landed / min
7.35
51%
Strike accuracy
39%
1.73
Strikes absorbed / min
4.33
64%
Strike defense
68%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.62
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
67%
Takedown accuracy
0%
Takedown defense
100%
1.6
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
80%
UFC win rate
100%
+4
Win/loss streak
+1
80%
Last-5 win rate
100%
75%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
84
Days since last fight
140
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Marcus Davis
  • WJason TanKO/TKO R1
    Close -3883mo before
  • WPete SprattSUB R2
    Close -3305mo before
  • WShonie CarterU-DEC R3
    Close +1159mo before
  • WForrest PetzSUB R1
    11mo before
  • LMelvin GuillardKO/TKO R2
    1y 10mo before
Paul Taylor
  • WEdilberto de OliveiraKO/TKO R3
    Close +2055mo before
Davis — win / loss by method
Record: 12-3-0

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
33% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 1 loss
W
50% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 1 loss
W
17% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
4win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (25%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
2 (50%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (25%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
8win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (38%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
4 (50%)Submission(50%) 1
1 (13%)Decision(50%) 1
Taylor — win / loss by method
Record: 8-1-1, 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
63% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 1 loss
W
25% of wins
L
100% of losses
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
13% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (100%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
7win1loss1draw1NC
WinsLosses
4 (57%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (29%)Submission(100%) 1
1 (14%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Davis
Taylor
5
UFC fights
1
37.1 min · 7.4 avg
Octagon time
10.6 min · 10.6 avg
22y 11m
Career length
23y 11m
UFC schedule strength

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

Davis
Taylor
92W–32L · 74.2%
Overall
8W–0L · 100.0%
74W–28L · 72.5%
Wins
8W–0L · 100.0%
18W–4L · 81.8%
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Davis
Taylor
22W–49L · 31.0%
Overall
70W–53L · 56.9%
14W–38L · 26.9%
Wins
51W–41L · 55.4%
8W–11L · 42.1%
Losses
19W–12L · 61.3%
Distance striking
Davis
Taylor
3.69
Landed / min
7.17
42.0%
Accuracy
38.8%
68.8%
Defense
67.6%
0.81
Knockdowns / 15 min
1.41
43.9%
Time at distance
93.3%
Grappling & control
Davis
Taylor
1.62
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
66.7%
Takedown accuracy
0.0%
Takedown defense
100.0%
1.62
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
67.8%
Control share
28.6%
Strike target map
Davis
  • Head70%(73)div 66%
  • Body14%(15)div 20%
  • Legs16%(17)div 14%
Taylor
  • Head56%(44)div 66%
  • Body8%(6)div 20%
  • Legs36%(28)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.

Paul Taylor
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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