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UFC 277: Pena vs. Nunes 2
Drew Dober
Drew Dober
24-11 · USA
VS
Rafael Alves
Rafael Alves
20-10 · BRA
July 30, 2022 · Dallas, Texas, USA
Lightweight · 3 rounds
155.5lb
Weigh-in
155.5lb
Drew Dober def. Rafael Alves by KO/TKO (Punch), R3 1:30
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Dober11/360/000:00
Alves11/221/102:21
R2
Dober37/950/000:04
Alves20/380/100:00
R3 · 1:30
Dober14/200/010:03
Alves6/80/100:00
Total
Dober62/1510/010:07
Alves37/681/302:21

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
DoberWin probabilityAlves
50.3%49.7%
KO / TKO
40%
Submission
17%
Decision
42%
Expected fight time: 9.9 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 Dober, blue toward Alves. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Dober50%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO23%46%34%
Submission6%12%6%
Decision21%42%21%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes47 (1964)act 62
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.7)act 0
Alves50%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO18%35%11%
Submission11%23%16%
Decision21%42%13%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes37 (1550)act 37
Takedowns1.5 (0.04.2)act 1
Combined totals~84 sig strikes~1.6 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R127%
R218%
R313%
Distance42%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.1%
Dober
57.2%-137
Alves
+13741.7%
Most takedownstie 28.0%
Dober
7.5%+860
Alves
-86064.5%
Significant strikes — over/under
Dober
Expected: 47.0
47
Over 47
39.2%
+152
Exactly 47
1.0%
push
Under 47
59.7%
-152
059118
Alves
Expected: 36.9
37
Over 37
38.9%
+154
Exactly 37
1.3%
push
Under 37
59.8%
-154
04793
Takedowns — over/under
Dober
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
16.3%
Exactly 0
83.7%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Alves
Expected: 1.5
1.5
Over 1.5
47.5%
+111
Under 1.5
52.5%
-111
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 9.9 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
Dober50.3%60.6%−10.3-172
Alves49.7%39.4%+10.3+143
By method
Dober by KO/TKO20.4%34.0%−13.6+149
Dober by submission8.8%5.7%+3.1+1387
Dober by decision21.2%20.7%+0.5+309
Alves by KO/TKO20.1%10.7%+9.4+688
Alves by submission8.7%16.3%−7.6+419
Alves by decision20.9%12.6%+8.3+573
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds72.5%55.3%+17.2-144
Over 2.5 rds54.9%40.3%+14.6+132
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision42.1%35.0%+7.1+168

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
61.4Striking61.0
Dober +0.4
28.3Grappling36.2
Alves +7.9
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
DoberAlves
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1576
Pound-for-pound
1520
1574
Divisional
1520
1530
Striking offense
1486
1496
Striking defense
1504
1470
Grappling offense
1546
1486
Grappling defense
1549
Physical
33 yrs
Age
31 yrs
5'8"
Height
5'8"
70"
Reach
68"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.40
Strikes landed / min
2.14
41%
Strike accuracy
49%
4.23
Strikes absorbed / min
3.51
52%
Strike defense
58%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.80
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
18%
Takedown accuracy
0%
54%
Takedown defense
50%
0.1
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.8
Form & résumé
56%
UFC win rate
50%
+1
Win/loss streak
+1
60%
Last-5 win rate
50%
70%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
140
Days since last fight
259
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Drew Dober
  • WTerrance McKinneyKO/TKO R1
    Close -1595mo before
  • LBrad RiddellU-DEC R3
    Close -1511y 2mo before
  • LIslam MakhachevSUB R3
    Close +3441y 5mo before
  • WAlexander HernandezKO/TKO R2
    Close -1202y 3mo before
  • WNasrat HaqparastKO/TKO R1
    Close +2902y 6mo before
Rafael Alves
  • WMarc DiakieseSUB R1
    Close +1969mo before
  • LDamir IsmagulovU-DEC R3
    Close +4231y 2mo before
Dober — win / loss by method
Record: 24-11-0, 1 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
12 wins, 1 loss
W
50% of wins
L
9% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 4 losses
W
21% of wins
L
36% of losses
Decision
7 wins, 6 losses
W
29% of wins
L
55% of losses
UFC
10win7loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
6 (60%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (10%)Submission(57%) 4
3 (30%)Decision(43%) 3
Non-UFC
14win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (43%)KO/TKO(25%) 1
4 (29%)Submission(0%) 0
4 (29%)Decision(75%) 3
Alves — win / loss by method
Record: 20-10-0

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
7 wins, 3 losses
W
35% of wins
L
30% of losses
Submission
8 wins, 6 losses
W
40% of wins
L
60% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 1 loss
W
25% of wins
L
10% of losses
UFC
1win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (100%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
19win9loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (37%)KO/TKO(33%) 3
7 (37%)Submission(67%) 6
5 (26%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Dober
Alves
18
UFC fights
2
149.6 min · 8.3 avg
Octagon time
16.8 min · 8.4 avg
17y 0m
Career length
18y 10m
UFC schedule strength

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

Dober
Alves
240W–68L · 77.9%
Overall
36W–5L · 87.8%
147W–48L · 75.4%
Wins
14W–4L · 77.8%
93W–20L · 82.3%
Losses
22W–1L · 95.7%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Dober
Alves
159W–104L · 60.5%
Overall
210W–73L · 74.2%
140W–101L · 58.1%
Wins
102W–40L · 71.8%
19W–3L · 86.4%
Losses
108W–33L · 76.6%
Distance striking
Dober
Alves
6.10
Landed / min
3.90
35.6%
Accuracy
48.6%
56.1%
Defense
65.8%
0.60
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.89
52.9%
Time at distance
51.9%
Grappling & control
Dober
Alves
0.80
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
17.8%
Takedown accuracy
0.0%
53.8%
Takedown defense
50.0%
0.10
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.79
43.1%
Control share
3.3%
Strike target map
Dober
  • Head67%(440)div 63%
  • Body20%(131)div 20%
  • Legs13%(87)div 16%
Alves
  • Head64%(23)div 63%
  • Body19%(7)div 20%
  • Legs17%(6)div 16%

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

Drew Dober
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Rafael Alves
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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