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Women's Strawweight · 3 rounds
The model's read

The model's pick is Shanelle Dyer over Elise Reed at 79% confidence — a lock.

Most likely outcome: a decision at 47% (KO/TKO 24%, submission 29%, decision 47%) — a lean rather than a call.

The model gives it a 59% chance of going the distance, with a projected median fight time around 9:58.

That read carries 9.0pp of edge below the market on Shanelle Dyer.

Live on Polymarket, Shanelle Dyer is priced around 88%.

Assembled from the model's own outputs (confidence, method & round distribution, edge vs the market, live price) — not written free-hand. If a number isn't in the model, it isn't in this summary.

Prediction

One honest, calibrated confidence rating — the number is the signal.

LOCK We predict Shanelle Dyer79% confident
Elise Reed 21% Shanelle Dyer 79%
How it ends (method)
KO / TKO24%
Submission29%
Decision47%
How long it lasts (rounds)
Reaches R275%
Reaches R362%
Goes the distance59%
9:58
median time
-9.0pp
edge vs market

Odds

The market line next to the live prediction-market prices — information only.

paymentsSportsbook line
Elise Reed+700
Shanelle Dyer-791
Live · Polymarket
Elise Reed12% · +700
Shanelle Dyer88% · -700
as of 2026-08-22T19:51:08Z · $11,356 liquidity
Live · Kalshi
Elise Reed12% · 12–13c
Shanelle Dyer88% · 87–88c
bid–ask mid · as of 2026-08-22T18:27:42Z

Props

Our read on the method / round / distance markets — the market price shown for context, not as a bet call.

MarketOur readMarket
KO/TKO YES24%46%
SUB YES29%14%
DEC YES47%40%
GOES DISTANCE YES59%40%
OVER 1.5 ROUNDS75%61%
OVER 2.5 ROUNDS62%47%
Source: polymarket-gamma · as of 2026-08-22T19:51:08Z. “Our read” is the model's probability; “Market” is the de-vigged live price.

Tale of the tape

The facts, side by side — Elise Reed vs Shanelle Dyer.

8-5Record7-1
5' 3"Height5' 6"
63.0"Reach65.0"
OrthodoxStanceOrthodox
33Age25
115 lbs.Weight115 lbs.
United StatesNationalityEngland
Princeton, New JerseyHometownLondon, Greater London
Kickside Martial ArtsFighting out ofGreat Britain Top Team
Vitals and record from public UFC statistics; nickname, nationality, hometown and camp from the public fighter register. Career finish-splits are pending backfill.

FightIQ Metrics

Our read — not official stats. Six 0–100 scores, each a percentile rank against every fighter on record. The better score on each row is highlighted in that fighter's corner colour.

Elise ReedShanelle Dyer
74
Striking
80
50
Defence
28
46
Grappling / TD
10
67
Cardio
86 limited sample
28
Chin
55 limited sample
53
Fight IQ
52
Our read — derived, not official stats.

Strike zones

Strike zones

Where they go — head to head

Career UFC significant strikes by target zone. Red corner left, blue corner right.

Elise Reed9 UFC fights · 333 landed

56.2%
HEAD
44.9%
23.1%
BODY
26.5%
20.7%
LEGS
28.6%

Shanelle Dyer1 UFC fights · 49 landed

Limited sample

Significant strikes only, as recorded by UFCStats, across the fighter's whole UFC career. Shares are raw counts — nothing here is modelled or smoothed. Accuracy is landed ÷ attempted and comes from the per-round tape, which covers slightly fewer fights than the totals do.

Stats comparison

Elise Reed (left) vs Shanelle Dyer (right) — career striking & grappling rates.

Strikes landed / min
3.41
vs
7.71
Striking accuracy
53%
vs
46%
Strikes absorbed / min
3.26
vs
6.72
Striking defence
51%
vs
51%
Takedowns / 15 min
0.46
vs
0.7
Takedown accuracy
60%
vs
8%
Takedown defence
53%
vs
100%
Sub attempts / 15 min
0
vs
0
Career averages from public UFC statistics.

Bios

Who these two are — reported newsroom prose where we have it, our own data-built profile where we don’t. Each is labelled.

Elise ReedFightIQ profileDecision machine

5'3" orthodox decision machine with a 4-4 record, age 32. Standout metric: hits 60% of takedown attempts. Form: last 5: WLWLW · 1-fight win streak · 210 days off · Elo 1501.

Built from Elise Reed’s own striking, grappling and form figures, as of 2025-05-17. Full profile →
Shanelle DyerFightIQ profileStriker

5'6" orthodox striker with a 0-0 record, age 24. Elo 1500.

Built from Shanelle Dyer’s own striking, grappling and form figures, as of 2026-03-21. Full profile →

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