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UFC 303: Pereira vs. Prochazka 2
Payton Talbott
Payton Talbott
8-0 · USA
VS
Yanis Ghemmouri
Yanis Ghemmouri
12-2 · FRA
June 29, 2024 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Bantamweight · 3 rounds
135.5lb
Weigh-in
136.0lb
Payton Talbott def. Yanis Ghemmouri by KO/TKO (Punch), R1 0:19
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 0:19
Talbott13/130/010:01
Ghemmouri1/20/000:00
Total
Talbott13/130/010:01
Ghemmouri1/20/000:00

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
TalbottWin probabilityGhemmouri
69.8%30.2%
KO / TKO
35%
Submission
21%
Decision
44%
Expected fight time: 9.5 min
Retrospective pick: the walk-forward model's call at the time of the fight — persisted out-of-sample, with no hindsight about the result.
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Talbott70%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO28%40%50%
Submission14%20%14%
Decision28%40%25%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes34 (1446)act 13
Takedowns0.7 (0.02.7)act 0
Ghemmouri30%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO7%23%4%
Submission7%24%3%
Decision16%53%4%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes30 (1240)act 1
Takedowns0.5 (0.02.1)act 0
Combined totals~63 sig strikes~1.2 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R134%
R214%
R38%
Distance44%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.5%
Talbott
53.6%-119
Ghemmouri
+11944.9%
Most takedownstie 35.9%
Talbott
38.8%-153
Ghemmouri
+15325.3%
Significant strikes — over/under
Talbott
Expected: 33.9
34
Over 34
38.9%
+153
Exactly 34
1.4%
push
Under 34
59.7%
-153
04385
Ghemmouri
Expected: 29.5
29.5
Over 29.5
39.8%
+151
Under 29.5
60.2%
-151
03774
Takedowns — over/under
Talbott
Expected: 0.7
0.5
Over 0.5
51.3%
-105
Under 0.5
48.7%
+105
035
Ghemmouri
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
38.6%
+159
Under 0.5
61.4%
-159
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 9.5 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
Talbott69.8%90.2%−20.4-1612
Ghemmouri30.2%9.8%+20.4+873
By method
Talbott by KO/TKO24.3%50.0%−25.7-148
Talbott by submission14.6%14.1%+0.5+494
Talbott by decision30.9%24.9%+6.0+236
Ghemmouri by KO/TKO10.5%4.3%+6.2+1836
Ghemmouri by submission6.3%3.0%+3.3+2712
Ghemmouri by decision13.4%3.8%+9.6+2124
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds65.9%60.9%+5.0-185
Over 2.5 rds52.3%36.1%+16.2+159
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision44.3%30.3%+14.0+209

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
85.5Striking47.9
Talbott +37.7
35.0Grappling0.0
Talbott +35.0
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
TalbottGhemmouri
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1554
Pound-for-pound
1520
1555
Divisional
1535
Striking offense
Striking defense
Grappling offense
Grappling defense
Physical
25 yrs
Age
29 yrs
5'10"
Height
5'9"
70"
Reach
69"
Switch
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
6.56
Strikes landed / min
2.27
59%
Strike accuracy
38%
2.21
Strikes absorbed / min
4.22
53%
Strike defense
41%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
0%
Takedown accuracy
0%
85%
Takedown defense
0.9
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
0%
+2
Win/loss streak
-1
100%
Last-5 win rate
0%
100%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
98
Days since last fight
301
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Payton Talbott
  • WCameron SaaimanKO/TKO R2
    Close -1653mo before
  • WNick AguirreSUB R3
    Close -7847mo before
Yanis Ghemmouri
  • LWilliam GomisKO/TKO R3
    Close +17710mo before
Talbott — win / loss by method
Record: 8-0-0

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
6 wins, 0 losses
W
75% of wins
L
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
13% of wins
L
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
13% of wins
L
UFC
2win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (50%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (50%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
6win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (83%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (17%)Decision() 0
Ghemmouri — win / loss by method
Record: 12-2-0

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, 1 loss
W
25% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 1 loss
W
33% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 0 losses
W
42% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
12win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (25%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
4 (33%)Submission(100%) 1
5 (42%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Talbott
Ghemmouri
2
UFC fights
1
16.3 min · 8.2 avg
Octagon time
12.3 min · 12.3 avg
4y 8m
Career length
11y 9m
UFC schedule strength

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

Talbott
Ghemmouri
16W–2L · 88.9%
Overall
12W–2L · 85.7%
16W–2L · 88.9%
Wins
0W–0L
0W–0L
Losses
12W–2L · 85.7%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Talbott
Ghemmouri
25W–10L · 71.4%
Overall
57W–32L · 64.0%
25W–10L · 71.4%
Wins
46W–28L · 62.2%
0W–0L
Losses
11W–4L · 73.3%
Distance striking
Talbott
Ghemmouri
10.52
Landed / min
2.91
52.8%
Accuracy
34.8%
51.4%
Defense
42.7%
0.92
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
38.5%
Time at distance
66.8%
Grappling & control
Talbott
Ghemmouri
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
0.0%
Takedown accuracy
0.0%
84.6%
Takedown defense
0.92
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
40.4%
Control share
74.7%
Strike target map
Talbott
  • Head69%(74)div 62%
  • Body23%(25)div 21%
  • Legs7%(8)div 17%
Ghemmouri
  • Head0%(0)div 62%
  • Body25%(7)div 21%
  • Legs75%(21)div 17%

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

Payton Talbott
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Yanis Ghemmouri
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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