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UFC 283: Teixeira vs. Hill
Ihor Potieria
Ihor Potieria
18-3 · UKR
VS
Mauricio Rua
Mauricio Rua
27-13-1 · BRA
January 21, 2023 · Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Light Heavyweight · 3 rounds
205.0lb
Weigh-in
205.0lb
Ihor Potieria def. Mauricio Rua by KO/TKO (Punches), R1 4:05
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 4:05
Potieria21/410/210:38
Rua17/310/000:01
Total
Potieria21/410/210:38
Rua17/310/000:01

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
PotieriaWin probabilityRua
57.4%42.6%
KO / TKO
61%
Submission
17%
Decision
22%
Expected fight time: 7.0 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 Potieria, blue toward Rua. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Potieria57%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO30%53%38%
Submission14%24%13%
Decision13%23%13%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes34 (1446)act 21
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.5)act 0
Rua43%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO31%72%15%
Submission3%6%6%
Decision9%22%15%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes31 (1242)act 17
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.4)act 0
Combined totals~64 sig strikes~0.6 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R149%
R225%
R34%
Distance22%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.5%
Potieria
51.9%-112
Rua
+11246.6%
Most takedownstie 58.1%
Potieria
20.2%+108
Rua
-10821.7%
Significant strikes — over/under
Potieria
Expected: 33.6
33.5
Over 33.5
39.9%
+151
Under 33.5
60.1%
-151
04284
Rua
Expected: 30.8
31
Over 31
38.7%
+155
Exactly 31
1.5%
push
Under 31
59.8%
-155
03978
Takedowns — over/under
Potieria
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
24.1%
+315
Under 0.5
75.9%
-315
035
Rua
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
26.1%
+283
Under 0.5
73.9%
-283
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 7.0 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
Potieria57.4%64.3%−6.9-206
Rua42.6%35.7%+6.9+168
By method
Potieria by KO/TKO35.0%37.6%−2.6+121
Potieria by submission9.7%12.9%−3.2+541
Potieria by decision12.7%13.5%−0.8+514
Rua by KO/TKO26.0%14.6%+11.4+467
Rua by submission7.2%6.0%+1.2+1293
Rua by decision9.4%15.4%−6.0+438
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds51.6%50.3%+1.3-116
Over 2.5 rds26.3%36.3%−10.0+158
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision22.2%30.8%−8.6+205

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
57.7Striking65.1
Rua +7.4
9.3Grappling42.9
Rua +33.7
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
PotieriaRua
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1531
Pound-for-pound
1559
1531
Divisional
1552
1502
Striking offense
1532
1493
Striking defense
1491
1493
Grappling offense
1491
1496
Grappling defense
1504
Physical
26 yrs
Age
41 yrs
6'3"
Height
6'1"
75"
Reach
76"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.44
Strikes landed / min
3.34
54%
Strike accuracy
51%
5.96
Strikes absorbed / min
3.44
46%
Strike defense
52%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
1.55
Takedown accuracy
43%
33%
Takedown defense
46%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.2
Form & résumé
0%
UFC win rate
50%
-1
Win/loss streak
-2
0%
Last-5 win rate
40%
Finish rate
73%
Recent opp. quality
175
Days since last fight
259
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Ihor Potieria
  • LNicolae NegumereanuKO/TKO R2
    Close +1126mo before
Mauricio Rua
  • LOvince Saint PreuxS-DEC R3
    Close +2089mo before
  • LPaul CraigKO/TKO R2
    Close +1502y 2mo before
  • WRogerio NogueiraS-DEC R3
    Close -1902y 6mo before
  • DPaul CraigS-DEC R3
    !Close -2603y 2mo before
  • WTyson PedroKO/TKO R3
    Close +4154y 2mo before
Potieria — win / loss by method
Record: 18-3-0

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
8 wins, 2 losses
W
44% of wins
L
67% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 0 losses
W
33% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 1 loss
W
22% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
18win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
8 (44%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
6 (33%)Submission(0%) 0
4 (22%)Decision(50%) 1
Rua — win / loss by method
Record: 27-13-1

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
21 wins, 6 losses
W
78% of wins
L
46% of losses
Submission
1 win, 3 losses
W
4% of wins
L
23% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 4 losses
W
19% of wins
L
31% of losses
UFC
11win11loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
8 (73%)KO/TKO(45%) 5
0 (0%)Submission(18%) 2
3 (27%)Decision(36%) 4
Non-UFC
16win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
13 (81%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
1 (6%)Submission(50%) 1
2 (13%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Potieria
Rua
1
UFC fights
23
8.6 min · 8.6 avg
Octagon time
260.8 min · 11.3 avg
11y 6m
Career length
23y 9m
UFC schedule strength

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

Potieria
Rua
12W–1L · 92.3%
Overall
392W–133L · 74.7%
0W–0L
Wins
170W–56L · 75.2%
12W–1L · 92.3%
Losses
222W–77L · 74.2%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Potieria
Rua
79W–82L · 49.1%
Overall
230W–100L · 69.7%
74W–78L · 48.7%
Wins
195W–87L · 69.1%
5W–4L · 55.6%
Losses
35W–13L · 72.9%
Distance striking
Potieria
Rua
8.67
Landed / min
4.60
50.0%
Accuracy
46.8%
59.6%
Defense
58.6%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.81
41.8%
Time at distance
50.3%
Grappling & control
Potieria
Rua
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
1.55
Takedown accuracy
42.9%
33.3%
Takedown defense
46.0%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.23
0.0%
Control share
55.7%
Strike target map
Potieria
  • Head68%(26)div 64%
  • Body8%(3)div 19%
  • Legs24%(9)div 16%
Rua
  • Head60%(523)div 64%
  • Body16%(137)div 19%
  • Legs24%(211)div 16%

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

Ihor Potieria
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Mauricio Rua
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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