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Welterweight
3 Rounds
Francisco Trinaldo won · S-DEC R3
Elo1496
Elo1430

Francisco TrinaldovsDwight GrantUFC Prediction Result

UFC Fight Night: Costa vs. Vettori · Saturday, October 23, 2021Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Official fight result

Francisco Trinaldo won

S-DEC · Round 3 · 5:00

Style matchupFrancisco Trinaldo: Well-roundedvsDwight Grant: Well-rounded

Well-rounded vs well-rounded. Usually decided by who imposes their gameplan first.

Model Prediction: Francisco Trinaldo wins(55.9%)

Actual result: Francisco Trinaldo wins · Model version: ufc_v6_2_pure_lightgbm_20260715_055615

Correct

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Francisco Trinaldo at -125 American odds

+$80 profit

$180 total returned

Scouting Report

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

  • Stance matchup historically favors Dwight Grant (54.1%).
  • Dwight Grant has a 15cm reach advantage.

Tale of the Tape

Francisco Trinaldo
Red Corner
VS
Dwight Grant
Blue Corner
-125
(56%)
Vegas Odds
+105
(49%)
1496
Elo
1430
47
Age
41
Southpaw
Stance
Switch
5'9"
Height
6'1"
177.8 cm
Reach
193.04 cm

Recent Form

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

Francisco Trinaldo
oldest →
W
vs John Makdessi · Mar 20
W
KOvs Jai Herbert · Jul 20
L
vs Muslim Salikhov · Jun 21
W
vs Danny Roberts · May 22
L
vs Randy Brown · Oct 22
latest
Dwight GrantL2 streak
oldest →
W
vs Alan Jouban · Apr 19
L
KOvs Daniel Rodriguez · Aug 20
W
vs Stefan Sekulic · Apr 21
L
KOvs Sergey Khandozhko · Apr 22
L
vs Dustin Stoltzfus · Jul 22
latest

Output & Defense Comparison

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

Francisco TrinaldoMetricDwight Grant
3.13
Strikes / min
3.29
2.67
Strikes absorbed / min
2.66
60%
Strike defense
60%
0.98
TDs / 15 min
0.61
60%
Takedown defense
66%
0.50
Sub atts / 15 min
0.00
Net striking (SLpM − SApM)
+0.46evenly matched on net striking+0.63

Statistical Profile

Career averages · bigger area = stronger across dimensions

Elo1616 vs 1522Strikes3.1 vs 3.3Takedowns1.0 vs 0.6Sub Atts0.50 vs 0.00Form-0.1 vs 0.3
Francisco TrinaldoDwight Grant

Recent Elo Trajectory

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

14801490150015101520← oldermost recent →
Francisco Trinaldo(10 fights)Dwight Grant(8 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 +66.8|Blue -66.8
Recent Form
Red -0.4|Blue +0.4
Striker Score
Red +0.8|Blue -0.8
Grappler Score
Red -0.0|Blue +0.0
EVEN
Layoff
Red -42.0|Blue +42.0
Red Corner advantageBlue Corner advantage

Strike Breakdown

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

Francisco TrinaldoTargetDwight Grant

By target zone

20
40% acc · 56%
Head
20
18% acc · 65%
11
79% acc · 31%
Body
7
50% acc · 23%
5
83% acc · 14%
Leg
4
80% acc · 13%

By position

26
46% acc · 72%
Distance
28
22% acc · 90%
4
80% acc · 11%
Clinch
1
100% acc · 3%
6
75% acc · 17%
Ground
2
50% acc · 6%

Round-by-Round Scoring (Model)

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

2
Francisco Trinaldo rounds
0
even
1
Dwight Grant rounds
Round 1Dwight Grant edged it
Sig. strikes11
Takedowns0
Control0:00
14Sig. strikes
0Takedowns
0:00Control
Round 2Francisco Trinaldo edged it
Sig. strikes15
Takedowns0
Control1:08
8Sig. strikes
1Takedowns
0:11Control
Round 3Francisco Trinaldo edged it
Sig. strikes10
Takedowns1
Control3:37
9Sig. strikes
0Takedowns
0:00Control
Statistical round count agrees with the official result.

Fight Stats

Totals

0
KD
0
36 / 70
Sig Strikes
31 / 133
51%
Sig Str %
23%
61 / 101
Total Strikes
41 / 145
1 / 3
TDs
1 / 1
50%
TD %
100%
0
Sub Att
0
0
Rev
0
4:45
Ctrl Time
0:11

Round-by-Round

RoundFighterSig StrTotal StrTDSub
1Dwight Grant14 / 5114 / 510 / 00
1Francisco Trinaldo11 / 2011 / 200 / 00
2Dwight Grant8 / 4813 / 551 / 10
2Francisco Trinaldo15 / 2816 / 310 / 20
3Dwight Grant9 / 3414 / 390 / 00
3Francisco Trinaldo10 / 2234 / 501 / 10

Francisco Trinaldo

StanceSouthpaw
Height69.0"
Reach70.0"
Fights26

Dwight Grant

StanceSwitch
Height73.0"
Reach76.0"
Fights8