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Oban Elliott

Welterweight · REAL v1.0 (registered) #65; v1.1 (shadow) #67

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 65-65: the 10th to 90th percentile of his position across weight vectors drawn near the 70/30 weights (the position does not depend on the weights). Rating 1,467, deviation 171: measured from 6 UFC bouts; a one-bout newcomer sits near 290.

Age 28 (born 1997-12-19) · Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) · Reach 72 in (183 cm) · Stance Orthodox · 92 days since last bout (2026-08-01) · Last five 2-3 · Streak L3

Why he is ranked here

Rating 1,467 is the division's 64th highest of 76 board fighters; the ledger stands at -3.0 (less 2.0 for blowout losses, less 1.0 for other losses outside the top 5; losses count for three years); 0 quality wins in 15 years, 0 over top-10 opponents; form penalty 0.15 for a 2-3 last five. Score -0.50 = -0.25 (rating term, 70% weight) -0.10 (ledger term, 30% weight) -0.15 (form penalty); score order put him at #65.

TermValueDetail
Score-0.5070% rating term + 30% ledger term - form penalty
Rating term-0.25resume rating 1,467, scaled against the division's interdecile range
Ledger term-0.10quality ledger -3.0: +0.0 QW +0.0 proof -2.0 blowout -1.0 weak
Form penalty0.15last five 2-3
Quality wins, 15 years00 over top-10 opponents, 0 over top-15
Placementscore order #65v1.0 (registered)
Shadow board v1.1#67score -0.75; score order #67

Rules, weights and worked examples: methodology.

All 6 UFC bouts

DateEventOpponentOpp. official rankResultMethodRoundModel p
2026-08-01UFC Fight Night: Medic vs. RodriguezMichael OliveiraunrankedLKO/TKO1 (1:49)56%
2026-01-31UFC 325: Volkanovski vs. Lopes 2Jonathan MicallefunrankedLsubmission2 (3:31)50%
2025-06-21UFC Fight Night: Hill vs. Rountree Jr.Seokhyeon KounrankedLunanimous decision3 (5:00)70%
2024-11-16UFC 309: Jones vs. MiocicBassil HafezunrankedWKO/TKO3 (0:40)59%
2024-07-27UFC 304: Edwards vs. Muhammad 2Preston ParsonsunrankedWunanimous decision3 (5:00)41%
2024-02-17UFC 298: Volkanovski vs. TopuriaVal WoodburnunrankedWunanimous decision3 (5:00)63%

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

Output
Significant strikes landed per minute3.56(36th percentile at Welterweight)
Significant strike accuracy49%(49th percentile at Welterweight)
Knockdowns scored per 15 minutes0.23(46th percentile at Welterweight)
Share of wins by finish33%(24th percentile at Welterweight)
Defence and damage
Significant strikes absorbed per minute2.26(14th percentile at Welterweight)
Significant strike defence60%(80th percentile at Welterweight)
Knockdowns suffered per 15 minutes0.68(89th percentile at Welterweight)
Significant strikes absorbed, career149(42nd percentile at Welterweight)
KO/TKO losses1 (last 2026-08-01, 92 days ago)(70th percentile at Welterweight)
Submission losses1(89th percentile at Welterweight)
KO/TKO losses per bout over 10 years, each weighted down by the finisher's danger0.071(61st percentile at Welterweight)
Grappling
Takedowns landed per 15 minutes0.91(53rd percentile at Welterweight)
Takedown defence52%(27th percentile at Welterweight)
Share of cage time in control26%(74th percentile at Welterweight)
Share of significant strikes landed in the clinch or on the ground24%(55th percentile at Welterweight)
Stylemixed (2.7 takedown attempts per 15 min; 26% control)
Career stage
Age28.9(19th percentile at Welterweight)
Age at UFC debut26.2(32nd percentile at Welterweight)
Years since UFC debut2.7(41st percentile at Welterweight)
UFC bouts6(49th percentile at Welterweight)
Cage time, minutes66(53rd percentile at Welterweight)
Bouts per year, last three years2.2(84th percentile at Welterweight)
Days since last bout92(47th percentile at Welterweight)

Board position since Oct 2023

C2040608020252026Oct 2023Oct 20262024-02-23: #44, Welterweight2024-03-01: #44, Welterweight2024-03-08: #43, Welterweight2024-03-15: #43, Welterweight2024-03-22: #43, Welterweight2024-03-29: #42, Welterweight2024-04-05: #42, Welterweight2024-04-12: #42, Welterweight2024-04-26: #42, Welterweight2024-05-03: #42, Welterweight2024-05-10: #41, Welterweight2024-05-17: #40, Welterweight2024-05-31: #41, Welterweight2024-06-07: #42, Welterweight2024-06-14: #41, Welterweight2024-06-21: #41, Welterweight2024-06-28: #41, Welterweight2024-07-12: #40, Welterweight2024-07-19: #41, Welterweight2024-07-26: #41, Welterweight2024-08-02: #33, Welterweight2024-08-09: #33, Welterweight2024-08-16: #33, Welterweight2024-08-23: #33, Welterweight2024-09-06: #32, Welterweight2024-09-13: #31, Welterweight2024-09-27: #31, Welterweight2024-10-04: #30, Welterweight2024-10-11: #28, Welterweight2024-10-18: #29, Welterweight2024-10-25: #28, Welterweight2024-11-01: #26, Welterweight2024-11-08: #25, Welterweight2024-11-15: #25, Welterweight2024-11-22: #18, Welterweight2024-12-06: #18, Welterweight2024-12-13: #18, Welterweight2025-01-10: #18, Welterweight2025-01-17: #18, Welterweight2025-01-31: #18, Welterweight2025-02-07: #18, Welterweight2025-02-14: #18, Welterweight2025-02-21: #17, Welterweight2025-02-28: #17, Welterweight2025-03-07: #17, Welterweight2025-03-14: #17, Welterweight2025-03-21: #16, Welterweight2025-03-28: #17, Welterweight2025-04-04: #17, Welterweight2025-04-11: #18, Welterweight2025-04-25: #17, Welterweight2025-05-02: #17, Welterweight2025-05-09: #17, Welterweight2025-05-16: #17, Welterweight2025-05-30: #16, Welterweight2025-06-06: #16, Welterweight2025-06-13: #16, Welterweight2025-06-20: #17, Welterweight2025-06-27: #33, Welterweight2025-07-11: #32, Welterweight2025-07-18: #33, Welterweight2025-07-25: #33, Welterweight2025-08-01: #32, Welterweight2025-08-08: #31, Welterweight2025-08-15: #31, Welterweight2025-08-22: #30, Welterweight2025-09-05: #30, Welterweight2025-09-12: #31, Welterweight2025-09-26: #33, Welterweight2025-10-03: #33, Welterweight2025-10-10: #34, Welterweight2025-10-17: #34, Welterweight2025-10-24: #34, Welterweight2025-10-31: #34, Welterweight2025-11-07: #33, Welterweight2025-11-14: #33, Welterweight2025-11-21: #36, Welterweight2025-12-05: #36, Welterweight2025-12-12: #36, Welterweight2026-01-23: #37, Welterweight2026-01-30: #38, Welterweight2026-02-06: #57, Welterweight2026-02-20: #56, Welterweight2026-02-27: #54, Welterweight2026-03-06: #54, Welterweight2026-03-13: #54, Welterweight2026-03-20: #54, Welterweight2026-03-27: #56, Welterweight2026-04-03: #56, Welterweight2026-04-10: #56, Welterweight2026-04-17: #56, Welterweight2026-04-24: #56, Welterweight2026-05-01: #56, Welterweight2026-05-08: #56, Welterweight2026-05-15: #57, Welterweight2026-05-29: #56, Welterweight2026-06-05: #56, Welterweight2026-06-13: #54, Welterweight2026-06-19: #54, Welterweight2026-06-26: #55, Welterweight2026-07-10: #57, Welterweight2026-07-17: #58, Welterweight2026-07-24: #58, Welterweight2026-07-31: #57, Welterweight2026-08-07: #72, Welterweight2026-08-14: #72, Welterweight2026-08-21: #71, Welterweight2026-08-28: #71, Welterweight2026-09-04: #72, Welterweight2026-09-11: #71, Welterweight2026-09-18: #70, Welterweight2026-09-25: #70, Welterweight2026-09-26: #69, Welterweight2026-10-03: #71, Welterweight2026-10-10: #71, Welterweight2026-10-17: #71, Welterweight2026-10-24: #70, Welterweight2026-10-31: #65, Welterweight#65

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 14 of 132 snapshots (gaps in the line).

Predictive rating by bout

1,4501,5001,5501,6001,6501,70020252026Feb 2024Oct 20262024-02-17: 1,546 (W vs Val Woodburn)2024-07-27: 1,589 (W vs Preston Parsons)2024-11-16: 1,651 (W vs Bassil Hafez)2025-06-21: 1,545 (L vs Seokhyeon Ko)2026-01-31: 1,545 (L vs Jonathan Micallef)2026-08-01: 1,472 (L vs Michael Oliveira)1,472

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 are in line with the rating (+0 points).

ComponentPointsMeaning
Age component+24what fighters aged 28.9 typically run relative to their rating (population curve, all UFC bouts since 2011)
Own recent results-24his recency-weighted mean and trend over 6 bouts, shrunk toward zero; trend -5 points a year
Combined+0the rating's likely distance from his current performance level, in rating points
Readingin line with 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+1.02526272829302024-02-17 (age 26.2): W vs Val Woodburn, residual +0.272024-07-27 (age 26.6): W vs Preston Parsons, residual +0.242024-11-16 (age 26.9): W vs Bassil Hafez, residual +0.502025-06-21 (age 27.5): L vs Seokhyeon Ko, residual -0.512026-01-31 (age 28.1): L vs Jonathan Micallef, residual -0.512026-08-01 (age 28.6): L vs Michael Oliveira, residual -0.53+0.00

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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