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Middleweight

3 Rounds

Nordine Taleb won · U-DEC R3

Elo1492

Elo1355

Nordine TalebvsVik GrujicUFC Prediction Result

UFC Fight Night: Bisping vs Kennedy · Wednesday, April 16, 2014Quebec City, Quebec, Canada

Official fight result

Nordine Taleb won

U-DEC · Round 3 · 5:00

Model Prediction: Nordine Taleb wins(50.3%)

Actual result: Nordine Taleb wins · Model version: ufc_v6_2_pure_lightgbm_20260715_055615

Correct

Hypothetical $100 stake on the replay pick

Nordine Taleb at -235 American odds

+$43 profit

$143 total returned

Scouting Report

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

Nordine Taleb has 25pp better strike defense — meaningful gap.
Nordine Taleb has 47pp better takedown defense — controls where the fight happens.

Tale of the Tape

Nordine Taleb

Red Corner

Vik Grujic

Blue Corner

-235

(70%)

Vegas Odds

+215

(32%)

1492

Elo

1355

Age

Orthodox

Stance

Orthodox

6'1"

Height

5'11"

187.96 cm

Reach

185.42 cm

Recent Form

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

Nordine Taleb

oldest →

KOvs Danny Roberts · Dec 17

SUBvs Claudio Silva · May 18

KOvs Sean Strickland · Oct 18

vs Kyle Prepolec · May 19

KOvs Muslim Salikhov · Sep 19

latest

Vik GrujicL2 streak

oldest →

KOvs Chris Indich · Jun 14

KOvs Chris Clements · Nov 14

vs Brendan O'Reilly · May 15

latest

Output & Defense Comparison

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

Nordine TalebMetricVik Grujic

3.66

Strikes / min

2.24

2.62

Strikes absorbed / min

3.39

66%

Strike defense

41%

1.94

TDs / 15 min

1.18

73%

Takedown defense

26%

0.00

Sub atts / 15 min

0.40

Net striking (SLpM − SApM)

+1.04Δ 2.19 — meaningful gap-1.15

Not enough statistical data to render a radar chart for this matchup.

Recent Elo Trajectory

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

Nordine Taleb(10 fights)Vik Grujic(4 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 +137.1|Blue -137.1

Recent Form

Red 0.0|Blue 0.0

EVEN

Striker Score

Red 0.0|Blue 0.0

EVEN

Grappler Score

Red 0.0|Blue 0.0

EVEN

Red Corner advantageBlue Corner advantage

Strike Breakdown

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

Nordine TalebTargetVik Grujic

By target zone

56% acc · 50%

Head

11% acc · 75%

85% acc · 46%

Body

20% acc · 25%

33% acc · 4%

Leg

By position

35% acc · 19%

Distance

7% acc · 50%

100% acc · 19%

Clinch

67% acc · 50%

75% acc · 63%

Ground

Round-by-Round Scoring (Model)

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

Nordine Taleb rounds

even

Vik Grujic rounds

Round 1Nordine Taleb edged it

Sig. strikes11

Takedowns1

Control2:36

3Sig. strikes

0Takedowns

0:02Control

Round 2Nordine Taleb edged it

Sig. strikes22

Takedowns2

Control4:35

0Sig. strikes

0Takedowns

0:00Control

Round 3Nordine Taleb edged it

Sig. strikes15

Takedowns1

Control3:30

1Sig. strikes

0Takedowns

0:00Control

Statistical round count agrees with the official result.

Fight Stats

Totals

48 / 75

Sig Strikes

4 / 32

63%

Sig Str %

131 / 161

Total Strikes

44 / 72

4 / 4

TDs

0 / 1

100%

TD %

Sub Att

Rev

10:41

Ctrl Time

0:02

Round-by-Round

Round	Fighter	Sig Str	Total Str	TD
1	Vik Grujic	3 / 19	6 / 22	0 / 0
1	Nordine Taleb	11 / 24	29 / 43	1 / 1
2	Vik Grujic	0 / 2	25 / 27	0 / 0
2	Nordine Taleb	22 / 26	55 / 59	2 / 2
3	Vik Grujic	1 / 11	13 / 23	0 / 1
3	Nordine Taleb	15 / 25	47 / 59	1 / 1

Nordine Taleb

StanceOrthodox

Height73.0"

Reach74.0"

Fights12

Vik Grujic

StanceOrthodox

Height71.0"

Reach73.0"

Fights4