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Marvin Vettori

Middleweight · REAL v1.0 (registered) #73; v1.1 (shadow) #58

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 72-73: the 10th to 90th percentile of his position across weight vectors drawn near the 70/30 weights. Rating 1,607, deviation 111: measured from 19 UFC bouts; a one-bout newcomer sits near 290.

Age 33 (born 1993-09-20) · Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) · Reach 74 in (188 cm) · Stance Southpaw · 29 days since last bout (2026-10-03) · Last five 0-5 · Streak L5

Why he is ranked here

Rating 1,607 is the division's 26th highest of 79 board fighters; the ledger stands at -2.1 (+1.9 from quality wins, less 2.0 for blowout losses, less 2.0 for other losses outside the top 5; losses count for three years); 5 quality wins in 15 years, 4 over top-10 opponents, which makes him entrenched; form penalty 0.80 for a 0-5 last five. Score -0.69 = +0.18 (rating term, 70% weight) -0.07 (ledger term, 30% weight) -0.80 (form penalty); score order put him at #73.

TermValueDetail
Score-0.6970% rating term + 30% ledger term - form penalty
Rating term+0.18resume rating 1,607, scaled against the division's interdecile range
Ledger term-0.07quality ledger -2.1: +1.9 QW +0.0 proof -2.0 blowout -2.0 weak
Form penalty0.80last five 0-5
Quality wins, 15 years54 over top-10 opponents, 4 over top-15; entrenched
Placementscore order #73v1.0 (registered)
Shadow board v1.1#58score -0.56; score order #58

Rules, weights and worked examples: methodology.

Last ten bouts

DateEventOpponentOpp. official rankResultMethodRoundModel p
2026-10-03UFC 332: Silva vs. WangIsmail NaurdievunrankedLunanimous decision3 (5:00)54%
2025-12-06UFC 323: Dvalishvili vs. Yan 2Brunno FerreiraunrankedLunanimous decision3 (5:00)59%
2025-07-19UFC 318: Holloway vs. Poirier 3Brendan Allen#11Lunanimous decision3 (5:00)50%
2025-03-15UFC Fight Night: Vettori vs. Dolidze 2Roman Dolidze#12Lunanimous decision5 (5:00)42%
2023-06-17UFC Fight Night: Vettori vs. CannonierJared Cannonier#4Lunanimous decision5 (5:00)58%
2023-03-18UFC 286: Edwards vs. Usman 3Roman Dolidze#9Wunanimous decision3 (5:00)50%
2022-09-03UFC Fight Night: Gane vs. TuivasaRobert Whittaker#1Lunanimous decision3 (5:00)41%
2021-10-23UFC Fight Night: Costa vs. VettoriPaulo Costa#2Wunanimous decision5 (5:00)58%
2021-06-12UFC 263: Adesanya vs. Vettori 2 (title)Israel AdesanyaCLunanimous decision5 (5:00)37%
2021-04-10UFC Fight Night: Vettori vs. HollandKevin Holland#10Wunanimous decision5 (5:00)54%

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 79 board fighters at Middleweight at or below this value; high is a position in the division, not a verdict.

Output
Significant strikes landed per minute4.76(72nd percentile at Middleweight)
Significant strike accuracy45%(28th percentile at Middleweight)
Knockdowns scored per 15 minutes0.05(32nd percentile at Middleweight)
Share of wins by finish22%(18th percentile at Middleweight)
Defence and damage
Significant strikes absorbed per minute4.57(80th percentile at Middleweight)
Significant strike defence56%(75th percentile at Middleweight)
Knockdowns suffered per 15 minutes0.00(34th percentile at Middleweight)
Significant strikes absorbed, career1,480(99th percentile at Middleweight)
KO/TKO losses0(39th percentile at Middleweight)
Submission losses0(59th percentile at Middleweight)
KO/TKO losses per bout over 10 years, each weighted down by the finisher's danger0.000(39th percentile at Middleweight)
Grappling
Takedowns landed per 15 minutes1.34(53rd percentile at Middleweight)
Takedown defence67%(51st percentile at Middleweight)
Share of cage time in control18%(54th percentile at Middleweight)
Share of significant strikes landed in the clinch or on the ground12%(22nd percentile at Middleweight)
Stylemixed (3.2 takedown attempts per 15 min; 18% control)
Career stage
Age33.1(55th percentile at Middleweight)
Age at UFC debut22.9(9th percentile at Middleweight)
Years since UFC debut10.2(92nd percentile at Middleweight)
UFC bouts19(91st percentile at Middleweight)
Cage time, minutes324(94th percentile at Middleweight)
Bouts per year, last three years1.3(28th percentile at Middleweight)
Days since last bout29(24th percentile at Middleweight)

Board position since Oct 2023

C2040608020252026Oct 2023Oct 20262023-10-06: #9, Middleweight2023-10-13: #10, Middleweight2023-10-20: #9, Middleweight2023-11-03: #9, Middleweight2023-11-10: #9, Middleweight2023-11-17: #9, Middleweight2023-12-01: #9, Middleweight2023-12-08: #9, Middleweight2023-12-15: #9, Middleweight2024-01-12: #9, Middleweight2024-01-19: #9, Middleweight2024-02-02: #9, Middleweight2024-02-09: #8, Middleweight2024-02-16: #8, Middleweight2024-02-23: #9, Middleweight2024-03-01: #9, Middleweight2024-03-08: #9, Middleweight2024-03-15: #10, Middleweight2024-03-22: #11, Middleweight2024-03-29: #11, Middleweight2024-04-05: #11, Middleweight2024-04-12: #12, Middleweight2024-04-26: #13, Middleweight2024-05-03: #13, Middleweight2024-05-10: #14, Middleweight2024-05-17: #14, Middleweight2024-05-31: #14, Middleweight2024-06-07: #13, Middleweight2024-06-14: #13, Middleweight2024-06-21: #13, Middleweight2024-06-28: #13, Middleweight2024-07-12: #16, Middleweight2024-07-19: #16, Middleweight2024-07-26: #16, Middleweight2024-08-02: #17, Middleweight2024-08-09: #17, Middleweight2024-08-16: #18, Middleweight2024-08-23: #18, Middleweight2024-09-06: #17, Middleweight2024-09-13: #19, Middleweight2024-09-27: #20, Middleweight2024-10-04: #20, Middleweight2024-10-11: #20, Middleweight2024-10-18: #20, Middleweight2024-10-25: #21, Middleweight2024-11-01: #23, Middleweight2024-11-08: #23, Middleweight2024-11-15: #23, Middleweight2024-11-22: #23, Middleweight2024-12-06: #24, Middleweight2025-03-21: #22, Middleweight2025-03-28: #22, Middleweight2025-04-04: #22, Middleweight2025-04-11: #22, Middleweight2025-04-25: #23, Middleweight2025-05-02: #23, Middleweight2025-05-09: #22, Middleweight2025-05-16: #22, Middleweight2025-05-30: #22, Middleweight2025-06-06: #22, Middleweight2025-06-13: #21, Middleweight2025-06-20: #20, Middleweight2025-06-27: #21, Middleweight2025-07-11: #20, Middleweight2025-07-18: #20, Middleweight2025-07-25: #60, Middleweight2025-08-01: #57, Middleweight2025-08-08: #56, Middleweight2025-08-15: #55, Middleweight2025-08-22: #54, Middleweight2025-09-05: #55, Middleweight2025-09-12: #54, Middleweight2025-09-26: #54, Middleweight2025-10-03: #55, Middleweight2025-10-10: #55, Middleweight2025-10-17: #55, Middleweight2025-10-24: #56, Middleweight2025-10-31: #56, Middleweight2025-11-07: #57, Middleweight2025-11-14: #56, Middleweight2025-11-21: #55, Middleweight2025-12-05: #57, Middleweight2025-12-12: #61, Middleweight2026-01-23: #61, Middleweight2026-01-30: #61, Middleweight2026-02-06: #61, Middleweight2026-02-20: #61, Middleweight2026-02-27: #61, Middleweight2026-03-06: #63, Middleweight2026-03-13: #64, Middleweight2026-03-20: #64, Middleweight2026-03-27: #64, Middleweight2026-04-03: #64, Middleweight2026-04-10: #64, Middleweight2026-04-17: #64, Middleweight2026-04-24: #65, Middleweight2026-05-01: #63, Middleweight2026-05-08: #64, Middleweight2026-05-15: #65, Middleweight2026-05-29: #64, Middleweight2026-06-05: #65, Middleweight2026-06-13: #65, Middleweight2026-06-19: #63, Middleweight2026-06-26: #63, Middleweight2026-07-10: #62, Middleweight2026-07-17: #61, Middleweight2026-07-24: #61, Middleweight2026-07-31: #61, Middleweight2026-08-07: #61, Middleweight2026-08-14: #61, Middleweight2026-08-21: #61, Middleweight2026-08-28: #61, Middleweight2026-09-04: #61, Middleweight2026-09-11: #62, Middleweight2026-09-18: #62, Middleweight2026-09-25: #61, Middleweight2026-09-26: #61, Middleweight2026-10-03: #70, Middleweight2026-10-10: #70, Middleweight2026-10-17: #72, Middleweight2026-10-24: #74, Middleweight2026-10-31: #73, Middleweight#73

Position on the registered v1.0 board at each weekly snapshot (C = title holder or reserved, drawn at the top; lower is better). Absent from 10 of 132 snapshots (gaps in the line).

Predictive rating by bout

1,5001,6001,7001,8002019202120232025Aug 2016Oct 20262016-08-20: 1,515 (W vs Alberto Uda)2016-12-30: 1,516 (L vs Antonio Carlos Junior)2017-06-25: 1,580 (W vs Vitor Miranda)2017-12-30: 1,606 (D vs Omari Akhmedov)2018-04-14: 1,582 (L vs Israel Adesanya)2019-07-13: 1,618 (W vs Cezar Ferreira)2019-10-12: 1,648 (W vs Andrew Sanchez)2020-06-13: 1,701 (W vs Karl Roberson)2020-12-05: 1,744 (W vs Jack Hermansson)2021-04-10: 1,763 (W vs Kevin Holland)2021-06-12: 1,761 (L vs Israel Adesanya)2021-10-23: 1,773 (W vs Paulo Costa)2022-09-03: 1,743 (L vs Robert Whittaker)2023-03-18: 1,780 (W vs Roman Dolidze)2023-06-17: 1,718 (L vs Jared Cannonier)2025-03-15: 1,664 (L vs Roman Dolidze)2025-07-19: 1,650 (L vs Brendan Allen)2025-12-06: 1,638 (L vs Brunno Ferreira)2026-10-03: 1,620 (L vs Ismail Naurdiev)1,620

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 56 points behind the rating: fighters this age typically run 23 points behind their rating, and his own recent results put him a further 34 points behind.

ComponentPointsMeaning
Age component-23what fighters aged 33.1 typically run relative to their rating (population curve, all UFC bouts since 2011)
Own recent results-34his recency-weighted mean and trend over 18 bouts, shrunk toward zero; trend -8 points a year
Combined-56the rating's likely distance from his current performance level, in rating points
Readingbehind 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+1.0222324252627282930313233342016-08-20 (age 22.9): W vs Alberto Uda, residual +0.462016-12-30 (age 23.3): L vs Antonio Carlos Junior, residual -0.052017-06-25 (age 23.8): W vs Vitor Miranda, residual +0.362018-04-14 (age 24.6): L vs Israel Adesanya, residual -0.022019-07-13 (age 25.8): W vs Cezar Ferreira, residual +0.392019-10-12 (age 26.1): W vs Andrew Sanchez, residual +0.262020-06-13 (age 26.7): W vs Karl Roberson, residual +0.452020-12-05 (age 27.2): W vs Jack Hermansson, residual +0.412021-04-10 (age 27.6): W vs Kevin Holland, residual +0.222021-06-12 (age 27.7): L vs Israel Adesanya, residual -0.162021-10-23 (age 28.1): W vs Paulo Costa, residual +0.282022-09-03 (age 29.0): L vs Robert Whittaker, residual -0.232023-03-18 (age 29.5): W vs Roman Dolidze, residual +0.252023-06-17 (age 29.7): L vs Jared Cannonier, residual -0.462025-03-15 (age 31.5): L vs Roman Dolidze, residual -0.302025-07-19 (age 31.8): L vs Brendan Allen, residual -0.152025-12-06 (age 32.2): L vs Brunno Ferreira, residual -0.092026-10-03 (age 33.0): L vs Ismail Naurdiev, residual -0.13-0.08

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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