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Danielle Taylor vs Zhang Weili

UFC 227: Dillashaw vs. Garbrandt 2 ·Staples Center
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Statlab take

baseline
Heavy favorite Confidence: High
Danielle Taylor
Zhang Weili
17% 83%
Why
60"
Reach
Δ 3"
63"
29
Age
Δ 0y
29
L1
Current streak
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4
UFC fights in our DB
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Logistic-regression model trained on ~5,000 UFC/DWCS fights since 2016 (71.9% test accuracy). The "Why" panel shows interpretable inputs; the headline probability comes from the model.

Statlab projections

Method classifier: 0.55 accuracy on 2083 fights
Actual result
Decision - Unanimous · Round 3
Taylor: 34 sig / 0 TD · Weili: 77 sig / 1 TD
Danielle Taylor
Zhang Weili
32
Sig strikes landed
50
82
Sig strikes attempted
109
49
Total strikes landed
81
0.4
Takedowns landed
1.8
2.2
Takedowns attempted
3.7
0.10
Knockdowns
0.30
68s
Control time
200s
Method
Decision
66%
KO/TKO
20%
Submission
13%

Stat regressor (GBT MultiOutput) trained on 8348 fighter-fight rows. Per-stat MAE vs naive-mean baseline: SigStrikesLanded: 25.4 (naive 28.2); SigStrikesAttempted: 52.3 (naive 59.4); TakedownsLanded: 1.1 (naive 1.3); TakedownsAttempted: 2.5 (naive 3.0); Knockdowns: 0.3 (naive 0.3); ControlTimeSeconds: 113.9 (naive 131.8); TotalStrikesLanded: 33.8 (naive 37.1).

Red corner
L1

Danielle Taylor

"Dynamite"
9-5
Career record
Height
60"
Reach
60"
Stance
Orthodox
Age
29
In our database 4 fights · 2-2
Last 4
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Blue corner

Zhang Weili

"Magnum"
0-0
Career record
Height
64"
Reach
63"
Stance
Switch
Age
29