Unanimous decision. Every judge scored the bout for Fabio Maldonado.
Scorecards as recorded by UFC Stats · source ↗ · fighter attribution derived from the recorded result, not assumed from score order · how this is built
No market observation could be sourced for this bout.
Fight progression reconstructed from verified round-level observations.
Descriptive only. These compare recorded output; they are not judge scores and do not say who won the round.
Compares this fight against each fighter's pre-fight Fight DNA baseline. Shown only where the historical sample supports it.
Pace is significant strikes landed per minute of observed round time. A round with no recorded observation is left empty rather than drawn as zero.
| Round | Fighter | KD | Sig. str. | Total | TD | Sub | Ctrl | Head | Body | Leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R1 |
Two fighter histories. One matchup-specific intelligence layer. Fight DNA compares relevant historical characteristics from each fighter — stance interaction, pace, finish patterns, round progression and context — rather than treating career averages as isolated numbers. Every observation below traces to stored evidence with its sample and confidence.
Stance interaction: Fabio Maldonado's archived results against opponents listed with Gian Villante's stance. Historical split, not causation.
| Fabio Maldonado |
| 0 |
| 1/3 |
| 8/12 |
| 0/0 |
| 0 |
| 0:00 |
| 1 |
| 0 |
| 0 |
| Gian Villante | 0 | 15/20 | 28/36 | 2/2 | 0 | 4:44 | 2 | 0 | 13 |
| R2 | Fabio Maldonado | 0 | 59/102 | 64/107 | 0/0 | 0 | 0:11 | 41 | 18 | 0 |
| Gian Villante | 0 | 14/44 | 14/44 | 1/3 | 0 | 0:49 | 9 | 1 | 4 |
| R3 | Fabio Maldonado | 0 | 72/112 | 78/118 | 0/0 | 0 | 0:10 | 58 | 13 | 1 |
| Gian Villante | 0 | 4/28 | 4/28 | 0/7 | 0 | 0:12 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Stance interaction: Gian Villante's archived results against opponents listed with Fabio Maldonado's stance. Historical split, not causation.
Each fighter's stored metric side by side, with its own sample and confidence. Bars compare magnitude only.
Emitted only when the underlying metric clears its sample threshold; otherwise it lands in the counter-case column.
Fabio Maldonado is 2-3-0 in 5 UFC bouts against orthodox opponents (0 KO/TKO, 0 submission, 2 decision wins), PBE-derived from canonical results as of 2013-10-10.
0% of Fabio Maldonado's 2 wins against orthodox opponents came by finish (0 KO/TKO, 0 submission), across 2 bouts / 14 rounds / 70.0 min as of 2013-10-10.
Fabio Maldonado kept 209% of round-one significant-strike attempt pace into round three across 6 bouts / 11 rounds / 50.8 min of stat-covered fights as of 2013-10-10.
Gian Villante kept 160% of round-one significant-strike attempt pace into round three across 2 bouts / 3 rounds / 10.6 min of stat-covered fights as of 2013-11-17.
R3 pace retention: Fabio Maldonado 209% (6 bouts / 11 rounds / 50.8 min) vs Gian Villante 160% (2 bouts / 3 rounds / 10.6 min); delta +48% toward Fabio Maldonado.
Body attack share: Fabio Maldonado 29% (6 bouts / 17 rounds / 80.8 min) vs Gian Villante 11% (2 bouts / 5 rounds / 16.9 min); delta +19% toward Fabio Maldonado.
Leg attack share: Fabio Maldonado 0% (6 bouts / 17 rounds / 80.8 min) vs Gian Villante 27% (2 bouts / 5 rounds / 16.9 min); delta -26% toward Gian Villante.
Distance attack share: Fabio Maldonado 71% (6 bouts / 17 rounds / 80.8 min) vs Gian Villante 93% (2 bouts / 5 rounds / 16.9 min); delta -22% toward Gian Villante.
Clinch attack share: Fabio Maldonado 25% (6 bouts / 17 rounds / 80.8 min) vs Gian Villante 4% (2 bouts / 5 rounds / 16.9 min); delta +21% toward Fabio Maldonado.
Takedown attempts / 15 min: Fabio Maldonado 1.11 (6 bouts / 17 rounds / 80.8 min) vs Gian Villante 4.43 (2 bouts / 5 rounds / 16.9 min); delta -3.32 toward Gian Villante.
Takedown accuracy: Fabio Maldonado 50% (6 bouts / 17 rounds / 80.8 min) vs Gian Villante 20% (2 bouts / 5 rounds / 16.9 min); delta +30% toward Fabio Maldonado.
Control seconds / takedown: Fabio Maldonado 234 s (6 bouts / 17 rounds / 80.8 min) vs Gian Villante 126 s (2 bouts / 5 rounds / 16.9 min); delta +108 s toward Fabio Maldonado.
Submission attempts / 15 min: Fabio Maldonado 0.93 (6 bouts / 17 rounds / 80.8 min) vs Gian Villante 0.00 (2 bouts / 5 rounds / 16.9 min); delta +0.93 toward Fabio Maldonado.
33% of Fabio Maldonado's 3 UFC wins came by finish (1 KO/TKO, 0 submission), PBE-derived from canonical results as of 2013-10-10.
What the record cannot support for this pairing, stated instead of hidden.
