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Francis Marshall

Featherweight · REAL v1.0 (registered) #42; v1.1 (shadow) #51

Descriptive profile. The resume rank is what has been earned; these statistics are context, not a prediction. A test on Oct 20, 2026 found that career statistics add nothing reliable to age, layoff and experience as predictors of the next result (experiments/REGISTER.md, EXP-2026-10-20-14).

Weight band 40-49: the 10th to 90th percentile of his position across weight vectors drawn near the 70/30 weights. Rating 1,541, deviation 156: measured from 8 UFC bouts; a one-bout newcomer sits near 290.

Age 27 (born 1999-03-03) · Height 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) · Reach 72 in (183 cm) · Stance Orthodox · 1 days since last bout (2026-10-31) · Last five 3-2 · Streak L1

Why he is ranked here

Rating 1,541 is the division's 43rd highest of 94 board fighters; the ledger stands at -2.0 (less 2.0 for other losses outside the top 5; losses count for three years); 0 quality wins in 15 years, 0 over top-10 opponents; no form penalty (3-2 last five). Score -0.05 = +0.03 (rating term, 70% weight) -0.08 (ledger term, 30% weight) -0.00 (form penalty); score order put him at #42.

TermValueDetail
Score-0.0570% rating term + 30% ledger term - form penalty
Rating term+0.03resume rating 1,541, scaled against the division's interdecile range
Ledger term-0.08quality ledger -2.0: +0.0 QW +0.0 proof -0.0 blowout -2.0 weak
Form penalty0.00last five 3-2
Quality wins, 15 years00 over top-10 opponents, 0 over top-15
Placementscore order #42v1.0 (registered)
Shadow board v1.1#51score -0.23; score order #51

Rules, weights and worked examples: methodology.

All 8 UFC bouts

DateEventOpponentOpp. official rankResultMethodRoundModel p
2026-10-31UFC Fight Night: Moicano vs. NolanDakota HopeunrankedLsplit decision3 (5:00)51%
2026-04-25UFC Fight Night: Sterling vs. ZalalLucas BrennanunrankedWunanimous decision3 (5:00)45%
2026-02-28UFC Fight Night: Moreno vs. KavanaghErik SilvaunrankedWsubmission1 (2:29)50%
2025-03-08UFC 313: Pereira vs. AnkalaevMairon SantosunrankedLsplit decision3 (5:00)31%
2024-08-24UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. BorralhoDennis BuzukjaunrankedWsplit decision3 (5:00)40%
2023-08-12UFC Fight Night: Luque vs. Dos AnjosIsaac DulgarianunrankedLKO/TKO1 (4:48)49%
2023-04-22UFC Fight Night: Pavlovich vs. BlaydesWilliam GomisunrankedLsplit decision3 (5:00)44%
2022-12-03UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs. HollandMarcelo RojounrankedWKO/TKO2 (1:14)61%

Opp. official rank = the UFC media-panel rank of the opponent on the date (C champion, #1 to #15, unranked; n/a before Feb 2013 or where no official board existed). Model p = the predictive model's pre-fight win chance for him (frozen performance-adjusted Elo; bouts before 2020 were in its tuning sample). Linked opponents have a profile.

Career statistics

Through 2026-10-31, UFC bouts only. Percentile = share of the 94 board fighters at Featherweight at or below this value; high is a position in the division, not a verdict.

Output
Significant strikes landed per minute2.23(13th percentile at Featherweight)
Significant strike accuracy30%(5th percentile at Featherweight)
Knockdowns scored per 15 minutes0.34(56th percentile at Featherweight)
Share of wins by finish50%(49th percentile at Featherweight)
Defence and damage
Significant strikes absorbed per minute3.11(31st percentile at Featherweight)
Significant strike defence55%(59th percentile at Featherweight)
Knockdowns suffered per 15 minutes0.00(36th percentile at Featherweight)
Significant strikes absorbed, career275(69th percentile at Featherweight)
KO/TKO losses1 (last 2023-08-12, 1,177 days ago)(74th percentile at Featherweight)
Submission losses0(77th percentile at Featherweight)
KO/TKO losses per bout over 10 years, each weighted down by the finisher's danger0.053(52nd percentile at Featherweight)
Grappling
Takedowns landed per 15 minutes1.86(68th percentile at Featherweight)
Takedown defence92%(94th percentile at Featherweight)
Share of cage time in control28%(81st percentile at Featherweight)
Share of significant strikes landed in the clinch or on the ground10%(32nd percentile at Featherweight)
Stylemixed (4.9 takedown attempts per 15 min; 28% control)
Career stage
Age27.7(15th percentile at Featherweight)
Age at UFC debut23.8(12th percentile at Featherweight)
Years since UFC debut3.9(68th percentile at Featherweight)
UFC bouts8(70th percentile at Featherweight)
Cage time, minutes89(71st percentile at Featherweight)
Bouts per year, last three years1.7(61st percentile at Featherweight)
Days since last bout1(3rd percentile at Featherweight)

Board position since Oct 2023

C2040608020252026Oct 2023Oct 20262023-10-06: #56, Featherweight2023-10-13: #56, Featherweight2023-10-20: #56, Featherweight2023-11-03: #58, Featherweight2023-11-10: #58, Featherweight2023-11-17: #58, Featherweight2023-12-01: #57, Featherweight2023-12-08: #57, Featherweight2023-12-15: #56, Featherweight2024-01-12: #52, Featherweight2024-01-19: #53, Featherweight2024-02-02: #53, Featherweight2024-02-09: #52, Featherweight2024-02-16: #52, Featherweight2024-02-23: #52, Featherweight2024-03-01: #53, Featherweight2024-03-08: #53, Featherweight2024-03-15: #53, Featherweight2024-03-22: #54, Featherweight2024-03-29: #53, Featherweight2024-04-05: #54, Featherweight2024-04-12: #53, Featherweight2024-04-26: #53, Featherweight2024-05-03: #53, Featherweight2024-05-10: #53, Featherweight2024-05-17: #53, Featherweight2024-05-31: #53, Featherweight2024-06-07: #52, Featherweight2024-06-14: #52, Featherweight2024-06-21: #52, Featherweight2024-06-28: #53, Featherweight2024-07-12: #52, Featherweight2024-07-19: #54, Featherweight2024-07-26: #55, Featherweight2024-08-02: #55, Featherweight2024-08-09: #55, Featherweight2024-08-16: #54, Featherweight2024-08-23: #53, Featherweight2024-09-06: #52, Featherweight2024-09-13: #53, Featherweight2024-09-27: #52, Featherweight2024-10-04: #52, Featherweight2024-10-11: #50, Featherweight2024-10-18: #50, Featherweight2024-10-25: #49, Featherweight2024-11-01: #49, Featherweight2024-11-08: #50, Featherweight2024-11-15: #50, Featherweight2024-11-22: #50, Featherweight2024-12-06: #50, Featherweight2024-12-13: #51, Featherweight2025-01-10: #50, Featherweight2025-01-17: #51, Featherweight2025-01-31: #50, Featherweight2025-02-07: #51, Featherweight2025-02-14: #50, Featherweight2025-02-21: #50, Featherweight2025-02-28: #49, Featherweight2025-03-07: #49, Featherweight2025-03-14: #72, Featherweight2025-03-21: #72, Featherweight2025-03-28: #72, Featherweight2025-04-04: #71, Featherweight2025-04-11: #71, Featherweight2025-04-25: #72, Featherweight2025-05-02: #73, Featherweight2025-05-09: #73, Featherweight2025-05-16: #74, Featherweight2025-05-30: #75, Featherweight2025-06-06: #75, Featherweight2025-06-13: #75, Featherweight2025-06-20: #76, Featherweight2025-06-27: #76, Featherweight2025-07-11: #75, Featherweight2025-07-18: #74, Featherweight2025-07-25: #74, Featherweight2025-08-01: #74, Featherweight2025-08-08: #74, Featherweight2025-08-15: #73, Featherweight2025-08-22: #75, Featherweight2025-09-05: #73, Featherweight2025-09-12: #74, Featherweight2025-09-26: #72, Featherweight2025-10-03: #72, Featherweight2025-10-10: #71, Featherweight2025-10-17: #72, Featherweight2025-10-24: #70, Featherweight2025-10-31: #70, Featherweight2025-11-07: #69, Featherweight2025-11-14: #69, Featherweight2025-11-21: #70, Featherweight2025-12-05: #71, Featherweight2025-12-12: #69, Featherweight2026-01-23: #66, Featherweight2026-01-30: #68, Featherweight2026-02-06: #70, Featherweight2026-02-20: #70, Featherweight2026-02-27: #69, Featherweight2026-03-06: #67, Featherweight2026-03-13: #67, Featherweight2026-03-20: #67, Featherweight2026-03-27: #69, Featherweight2026-04-03: #69, Featherweight2026-04-10: #69, Featherweight2026-04-17: #70, Featherweight2026-04-24: #63, Featherweight2026-05-01: #42, Featherweight2026-05-08: #43, Featherweight2026-05-15: #43, Featherweight2026-05-29: #43, Featherweight2026-06-05: #42, Featherweight2026-06-13: #42, Featherweight2026-06-19: #42, Featherweight2026-06-26: #44, Featherweight2026-07-10: #43, Featherweight2026-07-17: #43, Featherweight2026-07-24: #42, Featherweight2026-07-31: #43, Featherweight2026-08-07: #41, Featherweight2026-08-14: #39, Lightweight2026-08-21: #39, Lightweight2026-08-28: #38, Lightweight2026-09-04: #38, Lightweight2026-09-11: #36, Lightweight2026-09-18: #34, Lightweight2026-09-25: #34, Lightweight2026-09-26: #34, Lightweight2026-10-03: #35, Lightweight2026-10-10: #35, Lightweight2026-10-17: #36, Lightweight2026-10-24: #35, Lightweight2026-10-31: #42, Featherweight#42

Position on the registered v1.0 board at each weekly snapshot (C = title holder or reserved, drawn at the top; lower is better). Listed at Featherweight, then Lightweight, then Featherweight over this period.

Predictive rating by bout

1,4001,4501,5001,550202420252026Dec 2022Oct 20262022-12-03: 1,495 (W vs Marcelo Rojo)2023-04-22: 1,496 (L vs William Gomis)2023-08-12: 1,403 (L vs Isaac Dulgarian)2024-08-24: 1,431 (W vs Dennis Buzukja)2025-03-08: 1,441 (L vs Mairon Santos)2026-02-28: 1,469 (W vs Erik Silva)2026-04-25: 1,509 (W vs Lucas Brennan)2026-10-31: 1,488 (L vs Dakota Hope)1,488

Rating after each UFC bout from the frozen predictive model (performance-adjusted Elo, data/processed/elo_history.csv; a debut starts at 1,500). The resume rating's history is not stored, so this is the predictive line, which is a different number from the resume rating in the header.

Trajectory

Recent performances run about 38 points ahead of the rating: fighters this age typically run 35 points ahead of their rating, and his own recent results track that.

ComponentPointsMeaning
Age component+35what fighters aged 27.7 typically run relative to their rating (population curve, all UFC bouts since 2011)
Own recent results+3his recency-weighted mean and trend over 8 bouts, shrunk toward zero; trend +2 points a year
Combined+38the rating's likely distance from his current performance level, in rating points
Readingahead of ratingahead of, in line with (within 30 points), or behind the rating

Performance relative to the rating, by age

-1.0-0.5+0.0+0.5+1.0232425262728292022-12-03 (age 23.8): W vs Marcelo Rojo, residual +0.432023-04-22 (age 24.1): L vs William Gomis, residual -0.082023-08-12 (age 24.4): L vs Isaac Dulgarian, residual -0.582024-08-24 (age 25.5): W vs Dennis Buzukja, residual +0.112025-03-08 (age 26.0): L vs Mairon Santos, residual +0.092026-02-28 (age 27.0): W vs Erik Silva, residual +0.402026-04-25 (age 27.1): W vs Lucas Brennan, residual +0.302026-10-31 (age 27.7): L vs Dakota Hope, residual -0.20+0.05

Each dot is one decided UFC bout at his age then: the performance score minus the rating's expectation, on the score's own scale from -1 to +1 (filled = win, hollow = loss; above zero is better than the rating implied; a finish as a slight favourite is about +0.45). The dashed line is the population curve for all fighters; the solid line is this fighter's own fitted level and trend as of the data date, weighted toward recent bouts. One unit sustained over many bouts corresponds to about 695 rating points; a single bout's residual is noisy.

Held-out evidence (walk-forward 2016 to 2026, EXP-2026-10-21-01): the age curve held in every test year; the individual component is a weak signal (correlation 0.06 with the next bout's residual; among fighters aged 33 or over, the lowest predicted quartile won 38% of next bouts against 53% expected, the highest 48% against 52%) and adds nothing to bout prediction beyond the shadow model. No board uses any of it: the rankings answer who has earned the place, not who wins next (EXP-2026-10-20-09). Method: src/mmalab/decline.py; settings: config/decline.yaml (expectation from the resume rating; one unit of residual is about 695 rating points).

Context flags

Descriptive only. Each line is a population fact about fighters like him, not a forecast for him; the register entries hold the measurements.

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