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Middleweight
3 Rounds
David Branch won · U-DEC R3
Elo1490
Elo1372

Rich AttonitovsDavid BranchUFC Prediction Result

The Ultimate Fighter: Team GSP vs Team Koscheck Finale · Saturday, December 4, 2010Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Official fight result

David Branch won

U-DEC · Round 3 · 5:00

Model Prediction: Rich Attonito wins(65.7%)

Actual result: David Branch wins · Model version: ufc_v6_2_pure_lightgbm_20260715_055615

Incorrect

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Rich Attonito at +140 American odds

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Scouting Report

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

  • Rich Attonito has 32pp better takedown defense — controls where the fight happens.
  • David Branch has a 15cm reach advantage.

Tale of the Tape

Rich Attonito
Red Corner
VS
David Branch
Blue Corner
+140
(42%)
Vegas Odds
-160
(62%)
1490
Elo
1372
49
Age
44
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
5'10"
Height
6'1"
182.88 cm
Reach
198.12 cm

Recent Form

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

Rich Attonito
oldest →
W
KOvs Jamie Yager · Jun 10
W
vs Rafael Natal · Sep 10
W
vs Daniel Roberts · Jun 11
L
KOvs Jake Hecht · Dec 11
latest
David BranchL2 streak
oldest →
W
vs Krzysztof Jotko · May 17
L
KOvs Luke Rockhold · Sep 17
W
KOvs Thiago Santos · Apr 18
L
KOvs Jared Cannonier · Nov 18
L
SUBvs Jack Hermansson · Mar 19
latest

Output & Defense Comparison

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

Rich AttonitoMetricDavid Branch
2.28
Strikes / min
1.66
2.13
Strikes absorbed / min
1.91
59%
Strike defense
56%
0.74
TDs / 15 min
2.55
75%
Takedown defense
43%
0.00
Sub atts / 15 min
0.00
Net striking (SLpM − SApM)
+0.15evenly matched on net striking-0.25

Statistical Profile

Career averages · bigger area = stronger across dimensions

Elo1536 vs 1501Strikes24.5 vs 17.5Takedowns0.5 vs 1.5Sub Atts0.00 vs 0.00Form1.0 vs 0.1
Rich AttonitoDavid Branch

Recent Elo Trajectory

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

14801490150015101520← oldermost recent →
Rich Attonito(5 fights)David Branch(9 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 +118.4|Blue -118.4
Recent Form
Red +0.9|Blue -0.9
Striker Score
Red +0.1|Blue -0.1
Grappler Score
Red +0.1|Blue -0.1
Layoff
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.

Rich AttonitoTargetDavid Branch

By target zone

2
18% acc · 33%
Head
2
15% acc · 13%
4
100% acc · 67%
Body
6
100% acc · 38%
0
Leg
8
100% acc · 50%

By position

2
22% acc · 33%
Distance
0
0% acc
4
80% acc · 67%
Clinch
14
100% acc · 88%
0
0% acc
Ground
2
40% acc · 13%

Round-by-Round Scoring (Model)

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

0
Rich Attonito rounds
0
even
3
David Branch rounds
Round 1David Branch edged it
Sig. strikes1
Takedowns0
Control0:28
2Sig. strikes
2Takedowns
3:22Control
Round 2David Branch edged it
Sig. strikes5
Takedowns0
Control0:00
9Sig. strikes
1Takedowns
4:23Control
Round 3David Branch edged it
Sig. strikes0
Takedowns0
Control0:00
5Sig. strikes
1Takedowns
4:34Control
Statistical round count agrees with the official result.

Fight Stats

Totals

0
KD
0
6 / 15
Sig Strikes
16 / 27
37.3%
Sig Str %
58%
17 / 32
Total Strikes
53 / 79
0 / 0
TDs
4 / 10
TD %
41.7%
0
Sub Att
0
0
Rev
0
0:28
Ctrl Time
12:19

Round-by-Round

RoundFighterSig StrTotal StrTDSub
1David Branch2 / 910 / 212 / 40
1Rich Attonito1 / 82 / 90 / 00
2David Branch9 / 1018 / 251 / 40
2Rich Attonito5 / 512 / 160 / 00
3David Branch5 / 825 / 331 / 20
3Rich Attonito0 / 23 / 70 / 00

Rich Attonito

StanceOrthodox
Height70.0"
Reach72.0"
Fights5

David Branch

StanceOrthodox
Height73.0"
Reach78.0"
Fights9