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Welterweight
5 Rounds
Title Bout
Jesse Taylor won · SUB R2
Elo1403
Elo1491
Jesse Taylor

Dhiego LimavsJesse TaylorUFC Prediction Result

The Ultimate Fighter: Redemption Finale · Friday, July 7, 2017Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Official fight result

Jesse Taylor won

SUB · Round 2 · 0:43

Style matchupDhiego Lima: Well-roundedvsJesse Taylor: Wrestler

Well-rounded fighters typically have the tools to neutralize wrestlers if their TD defense is sharp.

Model Prediction: Dhiego Lima wins(54.0%)

Actual result: Jesse Taylor wins · Model version: ufc_v6_2_pure_lightgbm_20260715_055615

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Dhiego Lima at +150 American odds

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Scouting Report

Auto-generated signals worth knowing before you read the deep stats below.

  • Dhiego Lima has 20pp better strike defense — meaningful gap.
  • Jesse Taylor has 27pp better takedown defense — controls where the fight happens.

Tale of the Tape

Dhiego Lima
Red Corner
VS
Jesse Taylor
Blue Corner
+150
(40%)
Vegas Odds
-170
(63%)
1403
Elo
1491
37
Age
43
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
6'2"
Height
6'0"
190.5 cm
Reach
185.42 cm

Recent Form

Last 5 fights for each fighter — most recent on the right. Hover any result for the matchup.

Dhiego LimaL2 streak
oldest →
W
KOvs Chad Laprise · Dec 18
W
vs Court McGee · Apr 19
W
vs Luke Jumeau · Oct 19
L
vs Belal Muhammad · Feb 21
L
KOvs Matt Brown · Jun 21
latest
Jesse TaylorNo prior UFC fights on record.

Output & Defense Comparison

Rate-normalized career statistics. Bold side has the edge per metric.

Dhiego LimaMetricJesse Taylor
3.12
Strikes / min
1.94
3.88
Strikes absorbed / min
0.55
58%
Strike defense
38%
1.26
TDs / 15 min
7.28
73%
Takedown defense
100%
0.60
Sub atts / 15 min
3.10
Net striking (SLpM − SApM)
-0.76Δ 2.15 — meaningful gap+1.39

Statistical Profile

Career averages · bigger area = stronger across dimensions

Elo1466 vs 1500Strikes22.0 vs 4.0Takedowns1.5 vs 1.0Sub Atts1.00 vs 0.00Form-0.6 vs 0.0
Dhiego LimaJesse Taylor

Recent Elo Trajectory

Last 10 fights for each fighter, aligned right (most recent on the right).

14801490150015101520← oldermost recent →
Dhiego Lima(10 fights)Jesse Taylor(1 fights)

Model Feature Differentials

Red − Blue for each engineered feature. Bar leans toward the stronger fighter.Hover a label to see what it measures.

ELO Rating
Red -88.2|Blue +88.2
Recent Form
Red -0.6|Blue +0.6
Striker Score
Red -48.8|Blue +48.8
Grappler Score
Red -49.6|Blue +49.6
Red Corner advantageBlue Corner advantage

Strike Breakdown

Where the strikes landed. Head accuracy is the single strongest predictor of fight outcomes.

Dhiego LimaTargetJesse Taylor

By target zone

4
100% acc · 100%
Head
21
88% acc · 100%
0
Body
0
0
Leg
0

By position

1
100% acc · 25%
Distance
1
100% acc · 5%
0
Clinch
0
3
100% acc · 75%
Ground
20
87% acc · 95%

Round-by-Round Scoring (Model)

Statistical round-winner heuristic based on strikes, takedowns, control time, and knockdowns. Not the official judges' scorecard.

1
Dhiego Lima rounds
0
even
1
Jesse Taylor rounds
Round 1Jesse Taylor edged it
Sig. strikes2
Takedowns0
Control0:00
19Sig. strikes
2Takedowns
4:53Control
Round 2Dhiego Lima edged it
Sig. strikes2
Takedowns0
Control0:00
Knockdowns1
2Sig. strikes
0Takedowns
0:36Control
0Knockdowns

Fight Stats

Totals

1
KD
0
4 / 4
Sig Strikes
21 / 24
100%
Sig Str %
93%
6 / 6
Total Strikes
50 / 59
0 / 0
TDs
2 / 3
TD %
66%
0
Sub Att
2
0
Rev
1
0:00
Ctrl Time
5:29

Round-by-Round

RoundFighterSig StrTotal StrTDSub
1Jesse Taylor19 / 2248 / 572 / 31
1Dhiego Lima2 / 24 / 40 / 00
2Jesse Taylor2 / 22 / 20 / 01
2Dhiego Lima2 / 22 / 20 / 00

Dhiego Lima

StanceOrthodox
Height74.0"
Reach75.0"
Fights11

Jesse Taylor

StanceOrthodox
Height72.0"
Reach73.0"
Fights1