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Ramon Taveras

Bantamweight · REAL v1.0 (registered) #75; v1.1 (shadow) #73

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 72-74: the 10th to 90th percentile of his position across weight vectors drawn near the 70/30 weights. Rating 1,437, deviation 206: measured from 3 UFC bouts; a one-bout newcomer sits near 290. Provisional: 3 UFC bouts; the rating rests on little evidence.

Age 32 (born 1994-01-09) · Height 5 ft 8 in (173 cm) · Reach 70 in (178 cm) · Stance Southpaw · 400 days since last bout (2025-09-27) · Last five 1-2 · Streak L2

Why he is ranked here

Rating 1,437 is the division's 80th highest of 86 board fighters after an inactivity penalty of 10 points for 400 days without a bout; the ledger stands at -2.0 (less 2.0 for blowout losses; losses count for three years); 0 quality wins in 15 years, 0 over top-10 opponents; no form penalty (1-2 last five). Score -0.36 = -0.30 (rating term, 70% weight) -0.06 (ledger term, 30% weight) -0.00 (form penalty); score order put him at #75.

TermValueDetail
Score-0.3670% rating term + 30% ledger term - form penalty
Rating term-0.30resume rating 1,437 (raw 1,447 less inactivity penalty 10), scaled against the division's interdecile range
Ledger term-0.06quality ledger -2.0: +0.0 QW +0.0 proof -2.0 blowout -0.0 weak
Form penalty0.00last five 1-2
Quality wins, 15 years00 over top-10 opponents, 0 over top-15
Placementscore order #75v1.0 (registered)
Shadow board v1.1#73score -0.56; score order #73

Rules, weights and worked examples: methodology.

All 3 UFC bouts

DateEventOpponentOpp. official rankResultMethodRoundModel p
2025-09-27UFC Fight Night: Ulberg vs. ReyesJack JenkinsunrankedLunanimous decision3 (5:00)34%
2024-12-14UFC Fight Night: Covington vs. BuckleyDavey GrantunrankedLunanimous decision3 (5:00)39%
2024-01-20UFC 297: Strickland vs. Du PlessisSerhiy SideyunrankedWsplit decision3 (5:00)50%

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

Output
Significant strikes landed per minute3.87(51st percentile at Bantamweight)
Significant strike accuracy42%(23rd percentile at Bantamweight)
Knockdowns scored per 15 minutes0.33(59th percentile at Bantamweight)
Share of wins by finish0%(15th percentile at Bantamweight)
Defence and damage
Significant strikes absorbed per minute6.47(94th percentile at Bantamweight)
Significant strike defence53%(48th percentile at Bantamweight)
Knockdowns suffered per 15 minutes0.00(45th percentile at Bantamweight)
Significant strikes absorbed, career291(65th percentile at Bantamweight)
KO/TKO losses0(63rd percentile at Bantamweight)
Submission losses0(66th percentile at Bantamweight)
KO/TKO losses per bout over 10 years, each weighted down by the finisher's danger0.000(64th percentile at Bantamweight)
Grappling
Takedowns landed per 15 minutes0.00(19th percentile at Bantamweight)
Takedown defence73%(59th percentile at Bantamweight)
Share of cage time in control4%(17th percentile at Bantamweight)
Share of significant strikes landed in the clinch or on the ground5%(8th percentile at Bantamweight)
Stylestriker (1.3 takedown attempts per 15 min; 4% control)
Career stage
Age32.8(59th percentile at Bantamweight)
Age at UFC debut30.0(82nd percentile at Bantamweight)
Years since UFC debut2.8(47th percentile at Bantamweight)
UFC bouts3(36th percentile at Bantamweight)
Cage time, minutes45(44th percentile at Bantamweight)
Bouts per year, last three years1.1(36th percentile at Bantamweight)
Days since last bout400(93rd percentile at Bantamweight)

Board position since Oct 2023

C2040608010020252026Oct 2023Oct 20262024-02-02: #44, Bantamweight2024-02-09: #43, Bantamweight2024-02-16: #41, Bantamweight2024-02-23: #41, Bantamweight2024-03-01: #40, Bantamweight2024-03-08: #41, Bantamweight2024-03-15: #40, Bantamweight2024-03-22: #40, Bantamweight2024-03-29: #39, Bantamweight2024-04-05: #41, Bantamweight2024-04-12: #43, Bantamweight2024-04-26: #43, Bantamweight2024-05-03: #42, Bantamweight2024-05-10: #42, Bantamweight2024-05-17: #42, Bantamweight2024-05-31: #42, Bantamweight2024-06-07: #42, Bantamweight2024-06-14: #41, Bantamweight2024-06-21: #42, Bantamweight2024-06-28: #42, Bantamweight2024-07-12: #41, Bantamweight2024-07-19: #39, Bantamweight2024-07-26: #39, Bantamweight2024-08-02: #38, Bantamweight2024-08-09: #38, Bantamweight2024-08-16: #38, Bantamweight2024-08-23: #38, Bantamweight2024-09-06: #38, Bantamweight2024-09-13: #38, Bantamweight2024-09-27: #37, Bantamweight2024-10-04: #37, Bantamweight2024-10-11: #37, Bantamweight2024-10-18: #38, Bantamweight2024-10-25: #40, Bantamweight2024-11-01: #39, Bantamweight2024-11-08: #39, Bantamweight2024-11-15: #40, Bantamweight2024-11-22: #40, Bantamweight2024-12-06: #42, Bantamweight2024-12-13: #41, Bantamweight2025-01-10: #56, Bantamweight2025-01-17: #56, Bantamweight2025-01-31: #57, Bantamweight2025-02-07: #57, Bantamweight2025-02-14: #58, Bantamweight2025-02-21: #59, Bantamweight2025-02-28: #59, Bantamweight2025-03-07: #59, Bantamweight2025-03-14: #59, Bantamweight2025-03-21: #59, Bantamweight2025-03-28: #59, Bantamweight2025-04-04: #60, Bantamweight2025-04-11: #58, Bantamweight2025-04-25: #58, Bantamweight2025-05-02: #57, Bantamweight2025-05-09: #57, Bantamweight2025-05-16: #58, Bantamweight2025-05-30: #57, Bantamweight2025-06-06: #57, Bantamweight2025-06-13: #58, Bantamweight2025-06-20: #58, Bantamweight2025-06-27: #58, Bantamweight2025-07-11: #57, Bantamweight2025-07-18: #57, Bantamweight2025-07-25: #57, Bantamweight2025-08-01: #58, Bantamweight2025-08-08: #57, Bantamweight2025-08-15: #58, Bantamweight2025-08-22: #58, Bantamweight2025-09-05: #58, Bantamweight2025-09-12: #58, Bantamweight2025-09-26: #58, Bantamweight2025-10-03: #67, Bantamweight2025-10-10: #68, Bantamweight2025-10-17: #69, Bantamweight2025-10-24: #69, Bantamweight2025-10-31: #69, Bantamweight2025-11-07: #69, Bantamweight2025-11-14: #69, Bantamweight2025-11-21: #69, Bantamweight2025-12-05: #68, Bantamweight2025-12-12: #66, Bantamweight2026-01-23: #66, Bantamweight2026-01-30: #66, Bantamweight2026-02-06: #68, Bantamweight2026-02-20: #68, Bantamweight2026-02-27: #68, Bantamweight2026-03-06: #69, Bantamweight2026-03-13: #69, Bantamweight2026-03-20: #70, Bantamweight2026-03-27: #69, Bantamweight2026-04-03: #69, Bantamweight2026-04-10: #69, Bantamweight2026-04-17: #69, Bantamweight2026-04-24: #70, Bantamweight2026-05-01: #71, Bantamweight2026-05-08: #71, Bantamweight2026-05-15: #70, Bantamweight2026-05-29: #70, Bantamweight2026-06-05: #69, Bantamweight2026-06-13: #70, Bantamweight2026-06-19: #70, Bantamweight2026-06-26: #70, Bantamweight2026-07-10: #70, Bantamweight2026-07-17: #71, Bantamweight2026-07-24: #71, Bantamweight2026-07-31: #71, Bantamweight2026-08-07: #73, Bantamweight2026-08-14: #72, Bantamweight2026-08-21: #72, Bantamweight2026-08-28: #73, Bantamweight2026-09-04: #75, Bantamweight2026-09-11: #74, Bantamweight2026-09-18: #73, Bantamweight2026-09-25: #73, Bantamweight2026-09-26: #77, Bantamweight2026-10-03: #76, Bantamweight2026-10-10: #77, Bantamweight2026-10-17: #82, Bantamweight2026-10-24: #83, Bantamweight2026-10-31: #75, Bantamweight#75

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 11 of 132 snapshots (gaps in the line).

Predictive rating by bout

1,4001,4501,50020252026Jan 2024Oct 20262024-01-20: 1,500 (W vs Serhiy Sidey)2024-12-14: 1,436 (L vs Davey Grant)2025-09-27: 1,413 (L vs Jack Jenkins)1,413

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 (-29 points).

ComponentPointsMeaning
Age component-19what fighters aged 32.8 typically run relative to their rating (population curve, all UFC bouts since 2011)
Own recent results-9his recency-weighted mean and trend over 3 bouts, shrunk toward zero; trend -1 points a year
Combined-29the 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+1.02930313233342024-01-20 (age 30.0): W vs Serhiy Sidey, residual +0.032024-12-14 (age 30.9): L vs Davey Grant, residual -0.262025-09-27 (age 31.7): L vs Jack Jenkins, residual -0.27-0.04

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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