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UFC 301: Pantoja vs. Erceg
Michel Pereira
Michel Pereira
30-11 · BRA
VS
Ihor Potieria
Ihor Potieria
20-5 · UKR
May 4, 2024 · Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Middleweight · 3 rounds
186.0lb
Weigh-in
185.0lb
Michel Pereira def. Ihor Potieria by SUB (Guillotine Choke), R1 0:54
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 0:54
Pereira6/100/000:09
Potieria2/30/000:00
Total
Pereira6/100/000:09
Potieria2/30/000:00

Pre-fight

The model's read going in

The walk-forward model's call at the time of the bout — persisted out-of-sample, with no hindsight about the result.

Prediction
PereiraWin probabilityPotieria
75.7%24.3%
KO / TKO
31%
Submission
11%
Decision
58%
Expected fight time: 11.9 min
Retrospective pick: the walk-forward model's call at the time of the fight — persisted out-of-sample, with no hindsight about the result.
What drives the pick

Each bar is a feature's push on the model from the center axis. Red pushes toward Pereira, blue toward Potieria. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Pereira76%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO22%29%46%
Submission9%12%18%
Decision45%59%15%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes63 (2685)act 6
Takedowns1.2 (0.03.8)act 0
Potieria24%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO8%35%11%
Submission3%11%3%
Decision13%54%6%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes45 (1961)act 2
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.9)act 0
Combined totals~107 sig strikes~1.4 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R113%
R214%
R315%
Distance58%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.9%
Pereira
60.3%-155
Potieria
+15538.8%
Most takedownstie 37.9%
Pereira
52.2%-528
Potieria
+5289.9%
Significant strikes — over/under
Pereira
Expected: 62.5
62.5
Over 62.5
39.8%
+151
Under 62.5
60.2%
-151
079157
Potieria
Expected: 44.8
45
Over 45
39.0%
+154
Exactly 45
1.1%
push
Under 45
60.0%
-154
056112
Takedowns — over/under
Pereira
Expected: 1.2
1
Over 1
38.3%
+111
Exactly 1
19.0%
push
Under 1
42.7%
-111
035
Potieria
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
17.2%
Exactly 0
82.8%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035

Odds are model-implied (no real prop market is priced for these). The “most” prices are draw-no-bet — a tie (for takedowns, usually 0–0) is a push, so each side is priced off its chance of winning given a result, while the % shown is the raw chance of landing strictly more. Drag a line in half-point steps: a half line (e.g. 2.5) is a clean over/under, while a whole number adds a third outcome — landing exactly on it, a push — so over, exact and under sum to 100%. On a whole number the over/under odds are draw-no-bet (priced off the decisive mass, since the push refunds), so the two sides stay mirror images rather than implying an arbitrage.

Expected fight time 11.9 min. Predicted-output ranges are percentiles of the model’s simulated fights: sig strikes the middle 50% (25th–75th); takedowns the wider 10th–90th, since they’re 0 in most fights so a narrow band would collapse to 0. Win-by-method = win probability × that fighter’s own method split: the model forecasts how the fight ends, and that forecast is divided between the corners by each fighter’s finishing record — UFC wins in full, earlier-career wins at half weight, as of fight night — reconciled so the fighters’ totals still equal their win probabilities and the methods still total the fight-level forecast above. “Equity” is each of those over that fighter’s win % — how they win given that they win — so a column adds to 100%, and it differs by corner. A fighter with no classifiable wins at any level leans on the fight-level split. “How it ends” is the model’s round-of-finish split. “Mkt” is the de-vigged market prop (consensus across books), shown for context, not as a betting signal; rounds & totals slots fill as that data lands. Percentages are apportioned by largest remainder, so each set adds to its total exactly and an individual figure can sit a point off its own rounding.

Model vs market
Final
ModelMarketGapLine
To win
Pereira75.7%81.4%−5.7-578
Potieria24.3%18.6%+5.7+415
By method
Pereira by KO/TKO23.3%46.4%−23.1-126
Pereira by submission8.6%18.1%−9.5+361
Pereira by decision43.8%15.5%+28.3+438
Potieria by KO/TKO7.5%10.8%−3.3+672
Potieria by submission2.8%3.0%−0.2+2706
Potieria by decision14.1%6.3%+7.8+1221
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds87.1%47.0%+40.1-101
Over 2.5 rds72.8%27.1%+45.7+244
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision57.8%22.6%+35.2+314

Market % is the de-vigged (no-vig) consensus across the books that price both fighters; the line is the average across books with the min–max range in parentheses. Gap is the model minus the market in points (+ = the model rates that outcome above the market). Thin or one-sided markets are flagged or left blank rather than shown as a fabricated %. Shown for context, not as a bet — the closing line is the sharpest public price and the model trails it on average. For 5-round bouts the model splits its round-3+ finish mass into rounds 3–5 by the historical within-bucket rate, so the over-3.5 / 4.5 lines carry a model estimate.

Trait web
74.3Striking65.4
Pereira +8.9
66.5Grappling15.9
Pereira +50.6
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
PereiraPotieria
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1620
Pound-for-pound
1533
1555
Divisional
1562
1520
Striking offense
1512
1531
Striking defense
1483
1507
Grappling offense
1471
1546
Grappling defense
1501
Physical
30 yrs
Age
27 yrs
6'1"
Height
6'3"
73"
Reach
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
5.15
Strikes landed / min
5.22
54%
Strike accuracy
49%
3.71
Strikes absorbed / min
4.94
58%
Strike defense
53%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.55
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
55%
Takedown accuracy
0%
94%
Takedown defense
57%
0.7
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
80%
UFC win rate
40%
+7
Win/loss streak
+1
100%
Last-5 win rate
40%
50%
Finish rate
50%
Recent opp. quality
56
Days since last fight
84
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Michel Pereira
  • WMichal OleksiejczukSUB R1
    Close -15556d before
  • WAndre PetroskiKO/TKO R1
    Close -1997mo before
  • WSantiago PonzinibbioS-DEC R3
    Close -1481y 11mo before
  • WAndre FialhoU-DEC R3
    Close -2922y 3mo before
  • WNiko PriceU-DEC R3
    Close -1902y 10mo before
Ihor Potieria
  • WRobert BryczekU-DEC R3
    missedClose +1593mo before
  • LRodolfo BellatoKO/TKO R2
    Close +3355mo before
  • LCarlos UlbergKO/TKO R1
    Close +3401y before
  • WMauricio RuaKO/TKO R1
    Close -2051y 3mo before
  • LNicolae NegumereanuKO/TKO R2
    Close +1121y 9mo before
Pereira — win / loss by method
Record: 30-11-0, 2 NC

Bar length is fight count (largest bar = full width); shading splits finishes by round and decisions by unanimous vs split — tap a bar for the round-by-round count.

KO/TKO
11 wins, 1 loss
W
37% of wins
L
9% of losses
Submission
8 wins, 1 loss
W
27% of wins
L
9% of losses
Decision
11 wins, 8 losses
W
37% of wins
L
73% of losses
DQ / other
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
9% of losses
UFC
8win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (25%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (25%)Submission(0%) 0
4 (50%)Decision(50%) 1
0 (0%)DQ / other(50%) 1
Non-UFC
22win9loss0draw2NC
WinsLosses
9 (41%)KO/TKO(11%) 1
6 (27%)Submission(11%) 1
7 (32%)Decision(78%) 7
Potieria — win / loss by method
Record: 20-5-0

Bar length is fight count (largest bar = full width); shading splits finishes by round and decisions by unanimous vs split — tap a bar for the round-by-round count.

KO/TKO
9 wins, 4 losses
W
45% of wins
L
80% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 0 losses
W
30% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 1 loss
W
25% of wins
L
20% of losses
UFC
2win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (50%)KO/TKO(100%) 3
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (50%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
18win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
8 (44%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
6 (33%)Submission(0%) 0
4 (22%)Decision(50%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Pereira
Potieria
10
UFC fights
5
106.7 min · 10.7 avg
Octagon time
39.1 min · 7.8 avg
14y 7m
Career length
11y 6m
UFC schedule strength

Opponents' records on fight night — toggle their full cross-promotional record vs UFC bouts only.

Pereira
Potieria
162W–44L · 78.6%
Overall
74W–22L · 77.1%
120W–26L · 82.2%
Wins
44W–18L · 71.0%
42W–18L · 70.0%
Losses
30W–4L · 88.2%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Pereira
Potieria
281W–129L · 68.5%
Overall
79W–82L · 49.1%
171W–84L · 67.1%
Wins
74W–78L · 48.7%
110W–45L · 71.0%
Losses
5W–4L · 55.6%
Distance striking
Pereira
Potieria
5.70
Landed / min
6.26
51.2%
Accuracy
44.7%
61.7%
Defense
65.8%
0.42
Knockdowns / 15 min
1.15
75.8%
Time at distance
60.6%
Grappling & control
Pereira
Potieria
1.55
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
55.0%
Takedown accuracy
0.0%
94.4%
Takedown defense
57.1%
0.70
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
48.6%
Control share
39.7%
Strike target map
Pereira
  • Head48%(263)div 63%
  • Body42%(232)div 20%
  • Legs10%(54)div 17%
Potieria
  • Head73%(148)div 63%
  • Body10%(20)div 20%
  • Legs18%(36)div 17%

Where each fighter lands significant strikes (career). “div” = the weight-class average.

Michel Pereira
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

Per-fight: SS & TD shown landed/attempted; Close = consensus closing line.

Ihor Potieria
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

Per-fight: SS & TD shown landed/attempted; Close = consensus closing line.