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UFC Fight Night: Holm vs. Vieira
Michel Pereira
Michel Pereira
27-11 · BRA
VS
May 21, 2022 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Welterweight · 3 rounds
170.0lb
Weigh-in
170.5lb
Michel Pereira def. Santiago Ponzinibbio by S-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Pereira24/450/000:01
Ponzinibbio16/390/000:00
R2
Pereira35/700/000:00
Ponzinibbio34/661/200:18
R3
Pereira51/1010/000:00
Ponzinibbio55/1150/200:00
Total
Pereira110/2160/000:01
Ponzinibbio105/2201/400:18

Scorecards

Pereira vs Ponzinibbio

RdJunichiro KamijoMichael BellRon McCarthyCommunity
R110-910-910-910-9
R29-1010-910-99.5-9.5
R39-109-1010-99.2-9.8
Total28-2929-2830-2728.7-28.3

Media (15 cards) · avg 29.127.9 · 15 Pereira · 0 Ponzinibbio

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Pereira-Ponzinibbio.

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 probabilityPonzinibbio
62.4%37.6%
KO / TKO
26%
Submission
5%
Decision
69%
Expected fight time: 12.9 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 Ponzinibbio. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Pereira62%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO14%23%18%
Submission3%5%7%
Decision45%72%30%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes70 (3095)act 110
Takedowns0.7 (0.02.7)act 0
Ponzinibbio38%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO13%33%17%
Submission1%4%5%
Decision24%63%24%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes61 (2683)act 105
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.9)act 1
Combined totals~131 sig strikes~0.9 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R18%
R210%
R313%
Distance69%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.7%
Pereira
53.8%-118
Ponzinibbio
+11845.5%
Most takedownstie 46.4%
Pereira
41.2%-333
Ponzinibbio
+33312.4%
Significant strikes — over/under
Pereira
Expected: 70.1
70
Over 70
39.5%
+152
Exactly 70
0.7%
push
Under 70
59.8%
-152
088176
Ponzinibbio
Expected: 61.4
61.5
Over 61.5
39.6%
+152
Under 61.5
60.4%
-152
077154
Takedowns — over/under
Pereira
Expected: 0.7
0.5
Over 0.5
46.3%
+116
Under 0.5
53.7%
-116
035
Ponzinibbio
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
18.4%
Exactly 0
81.6%
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 12.9 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
Pereira62.4%57.3%+5.1-149
Ponzinibbio37.6%42.7%−5.1+124
By method
Pereira by KO/TKO16.5%17.6%−1.1+358
Pereira by submission3.0%7.2%−4.2+1016
Pereira by decision42.9%29.6%+13.3+173
Ponzinibbio by KO/TKO9.9%16.6%−6.7+386
Ponzinibbio by submission1.8%4.8%−3.0+1594
Ponzinibbio by decision25.8%24.1%+1.7+235
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds92.1%72.6%+19.5-350
Over 2.5 rds82.2%62.5%+19.7-199
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision68.7%57.4%+11.3-159

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
75.7Striking65.4
Pereira +10.3
67.6Grappling34.6
Pereira +33.0
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
PereiraPonzinibbio
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1571
Pound-for-pound
1630
1571
Divisional
1629
1506
Striking offense
1533
1519
Striking defense
1489
1505
Grappling offense
1443
1534
Grappling defense
1557
Physical
28 yrs
Age
35 yrs
6'1"
Height
6'0"
73"
Reach
73"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.71
Strikes landed / min
4.79
55%
Strike accuracy
41%
3.24
Strikes absorbed / min
4.51
60%
Strike defense
62%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.84
Takedowns / 15 min
0.51
55%
Takedown accuracy
33%
100%
Takedown defense
61%
0.7
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
71%
UFC win rate
71%
+4
Win/loss streak
-1
80%
Last-5 win rate
60%
40%
Finish rate
50%
Recent opp. quality
119
Days since last fight
161
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Michel Pereira
  • WAndre FialhoU-DEC R3
    Close -2924mo before
  • WNiko PriceU-DEC R3
    Close -19010mo before
  • WKhaos WilliamsU-DEC R3
    Close +1051y 5mo before
  • WZelim ImadaevSUB R3
    Close -1121y 8mo before
  • LDiego SanchezDQ R3
    Close -1552y 3mo before
Santiago Ponzinibbio
  • LGeoff NealS-DEC R3
    Close -1265mo before
  • WMiguel BaezaU-DEC R3
    Close +12011mo before
  • LLi JingliangKO/TKO R1
    Close -3001y 4mo before
  • WNeil MagnyKO/TKO R4
    Close -2103y 6mo before
  • WMike PerryU-DEC R3
    Close -1554y 5mo before
Pereira — win / loss by method
Record: 27-11-0, 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
10 wins, 1 loss
W
37% of wins
L
9% of losses
Submission
7 wins, 1 loss
W
26% of wins
L
9% of losses
Decision
10 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
5win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (20%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (20%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (60%)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
Ponzinibbio — win / loss by method
Record: 28-5-0

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
15 wins, 3 losses
W
54% of wins
L
60% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 0 losses
W
21% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
7 wins, 2 losses
W
25% of wins
L
40% of losses
UFC
10win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (50%)KO/TKO(50%) 2
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
5 (50%)Decision(50%) 2
Non-UFC
18win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
10 (56%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
6 (33%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (11%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Pereira
Ponzinibbio
7
UFC fights
14
89.6 min · 12.8 avg
Octagon time
146.5 min · 10.5 avg
14y 7m
Career length
18y 0m
UFC schedule strength

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

Pereira
Ponzinibbio
105W–32L · 76.6%
Overall
208W–42L · 83.2%
63W–14L · 81.8%
Wins
155W–28L · 84.7%
42W–18L · 70.0%
Losses
53W–14L · 79.1%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Pereira
Ponzinibbio
281W–129L · 68.5%
Overall
50W–42L · 54.3%
171W–84L · 67.1%
Wins
47W–42L · 52.8%
110W–45L · 71.0%
Losses
3W–0L · 100.0%
Distance striking
Pereira
Ponzinibbio
5.29
Landed / min
5.18
51.3%
Accuracy
39.8%
64.7%
Defense
63.4%
0.33
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.92
72.1%
Time at distance
86.4%
Grappling & control
Pereira
Ponzinibbio
1.84
Takedowns / 15 min
0.51
55.0%
Takedown accuracy
33.3%
100.0%
Takedown defense
60.7%
0.67
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
48.3%
Control share
41.5%
Strike target map
Pereira
  • Head48%(201)div 63%
  • Body43%(183)div 20%
  • Legs9%(38)div 16%
Ponzinibbio
  • Head75%(525)div 63%
  • Body10%(71)div 20%
  • Legs15%(106)div 16%

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.

Santiago Ponzinibbio
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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