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Robert Valentin

Middleweight · REAL v1.0 (registered) #63; v1.1 (shadow) #65

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 62-63: the 10th to 90th percentile of his position across weight vectors drawn near the 70/30 weights. Rating 1,496, deviation 184: measured from 5 UFC bouts; a one-bout newcomer sits near 290.

Age 31 (born 1995-03-31) · Height 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) · Reach 77 in (196 cm) · Stance Orthodox · 92 days since last bout (2026-08-01) · Last five 2-3 · Streak W2

Why he is ranked here

Rating 1,496 is the division's 58th highest of 79 board fighters; the ledger stands at -3.0 (less 1.0 for blowout losses, 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; form penalty 0.15 for a 2-3 last five. Score -0.40 = -0.13 (rating term, 70% weight) -0.12 (ledger term, 30% weight) -0.15 (form penalty); score order put him at #63.

TermValueDetail
Score-0.4070% rating term + 30% ledger term - form penalty
Rating term-0.13resume rating 1,496, scaled against the division's interdecile range
Ledger term-0.12quality ledger -3.0: +0.0 QW +0.0 proof -1.0 blowout -2.0 weak
Form penalty0.15last five 2-3
Quality wins, 15 years00 over top-10 opponents, 0 over top-15
Placementscore order #63v1.0 (registered)
Shadow board v1.1#65score -0.65; score order #65

Rules, weights and worked examples: methodology.

All 5 UFC bouts

DateEventOpponentOpp. official rankResultMethodRoundModel p
2026-08-01UFC Fight Night: Medic vs. RodriguezDusko TodorovicunrankedWsubmission1 (4:14)50%
2026-04-18UFC Fight Night: Burns vs. MalottJulien LeblancunrankedWsubmission1 (2:22)30%
2025-07-19UFC 318: Holloway vs. Poirier 3Ateba GautierunrankedLKO/TKO1 (1:10)29%
2025-04-05UFC Fight Night: Emmett vs. MurphyTorrez FinneyunrankedLsplit decision3 (5:00)37%
2024-08-24UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. BorralhoRyan LoderunrankedLKO/TKO2 (1:49)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 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 minute1.15(9th percentile at Middleweight)
Significant strike accuracy55%(75th percentile at Middleweight)
Knockdowns scored per 15 minutes0.00(30th percentile at Middleweight)
Share of wins by finish100%(100th percentile at Middleweight)
Defence and damage
Significant strikes absorbed per minute2.37(22nd percentile at Middleweight)
Significant strike defence33%(6th percentile at Middleweight)
Knockdowns suffered per 15 minutes0.51(73rd percentile at Middleweight)
Significant strikes absorbed, career70(27th percentile at Middleweight)
KO/TKO losses2 (last 2025-07-19, 470 days ago)(82nd percentile at Middleweight)
Submission losses0(59th percentile at Middleweight)
KO/TKO losses per bout over 10 years, each weighted down by the finisher's danger0.170(86th percentile at Middleweight)
Grappling
Takedowns landed per 15 minutes1.01(44th percentile at Middleweight)
Takedown defence52%(26th percentile at Middleweight)
Share of cage time in control21%(58th percentile at Middleweight)
Share of significant strikes landed in the clinch or on the ground53%(96th percentile at Middleweight)
Stylemixed (1.5 takedown attempts per 15 min; 21% control)
Career stage
Age31.6(36th percentile at Middleweight)
Age at UFC debut29.4(61st percentile at Middleweight)
Years since UFC debut2.2(41st percentile at Middleweight)
UFC bouts5(41st percentile at Middleweight)
Cage time, minutes30(28th percentile at Middleweight)
Bouts per year, last three years2.3(65th percentile at Middleweight)
Days since last bout92(58th percentile at Middleweight)

Board position since Oct 2023

C2040608020252026Oct 2023Oct 20262024-09-06: #46, Middleweight2024-09-13: #46, Middleweight2024-09-27: #46, Middleweight2024-10-04: #46, Middleweight2024-10-11: #47, Middleweight2024-10-18: #46, Middleweight2024-10-25: #45, Middleweight2024-11-01: #45, Middleweight2024-11-08: #46, Middleweight2024-11-15: #47, Middleweight2024-11-22: #47, Middleweight2024-12-06: #47, Middleweight2024-12-13: #47, Middleweight2025-01-10: #46, Middleweight2025-01-17: #46, Middleweight2025-01-31: #46, Middleweight2025-02-07: #46, Middleweight2025-02-14: #46, Middleweight2025-02-21: #46, Middleweight2025-02-28: #47, Middleweight2025-03-07: #47, Middleweight2025-03-14: #49, Middleweight2025-03-21: #50, Middleweight2025-03-28: #51, Middleweight2025-04-04: #51, Middleweight2025-04-11: #56, Middleweight2025-04-25: #54, Middleweight2025-05-02: #54, Middleweight2025-05-09: #54, Middleweight2025-05-16: #54, Middleweight2025-05-30: #54, Middleweight2025-06-06: #54, Middleweight2025-06-13: #54, Middleweight2025-06-20: #54, Middleweight2025-06-27: #54, Middleweight2025-07-11: #54, Middleweight2025-07-18: #54, Middleweight2025-07-25: #62, Middleweight2025-08-01: #59, Middleweight2025-08-08: #58, Middleweight2025-08-15: #57, Middleweight2025-08-22: #60, Middleweight2025-09-05: #61, Middleweight2025-09-12: #62, Middleweight2025-09-26: #60, Middleweight2025-10-03: #61, Middleweight2025-10-10: #61, Middleweight2025-10-17: #61, Middleweight2025-10-24: #62, Middleweight2025-10-31: #62, Middleweight2025-11-07: #62, Middleweight2025-11-14: #62, Middleweight2025-11-21: #62, Middleweight2025-12-05: #62, Middleweight2025-12-12: #60, Middleweight2026-01-23: #62, Middleweight2026-01-30: #62, Middleweight2026-02-06: #62, Middleweight2026-02-20: #62, Middleweight2026-02-27: #62, Middleweight2026-03-06: #65, Middleweight2026-03-13: #65, Middleweight2026-03-20: #63, Middleweight2026-03-27: #63, Middleweight2026-04-03: #63, Middleweight2026-04-10: #63, Middleweight2026-04-17: #63, Middleweight2026-04-24: #59, Middleweight2026-05-01: #61, Middleweight2026-05-08: #62, Middleweight2026-05-15: #61, Middleweight2026-05-29: #60, Middleweight2026-06-05: #61, Middleweight2026-06-13: #61, Middleweight2026-06-19: #61, Middleweight2026-06-26: #61, Middleweight2026-07-10: #59, Middleweight2026-07-17: #58, Middleweight2026-07-24: #57, Middleweight2026-07-31: #57, Middleweight2026-08-07: #62, Middleweight2026-08-14: #62, Middleweight2026-08-21: #62, Middleweight2026-08-28: #62, Middleweight2026-09-04: #62, Middleweight2026-09-11: #64, Middleweight2026-09-18: #63, Middleweight2026-09-25: #62, Middleweight2026-09-26: #62, Middleweight2026-10-03: #60, Middleweight2026-10-10: #60, Middleweight2026-10-17: #61, Middleweight2026-10-24: #62, Middleweight2026-10-31: #63, Middleweight#63

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 38 of 132 snapshots (gaps in the line).

Predictive rating by bout

1,3501,4001,4501,50020252026Aug 2024Oct 20262024-08-24: 1,409 (L vs Ryan Loder)2025-04-05: 1,410 (L vs Torrez Finney)2025-07-19: 1,352 (L vs Ateba Gautier)2026-04-18: 1,465 (W vs Julien Leblanc)2026-08-01: 1,494 (W vs Dusko Todorovic)1,494

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 (+9 points).

ComponentPointsMeaning
Age component-5what fighters aged 31.6 typically run relative to their rating (population curve, all UFC bouts since 2011)
Own recent results+13his recency-weighted mean and trend over 5 bouts, shrunk toward zero; trend +4 points a year
Combined+9the 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+1.02829303132332024-08-24 (age 29.4): L vs Ryan Loder, residual -0.532025-04-05 (age 30.0): L vs Torrez Finney, residual +0.092025-07-19 (age 30.3): L vs Ateba Gautier, residual -0.362026-04-18 (age 31.1): W vs Julien Leblanc, residual +0.632026-08-01 (age 31.3): W vs Dusko Todorovic, residual +0.53+0.01

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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