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UFC 274: Oliveira vs. Gaethje
Ovince Saint Preux
Ovince Saint Preux
25-16 · USA
VS
Mauricio Rua
Mauricio Rua
27-12-1 · BRA
May 7, 2022 · Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Light Heavyweight · 3 rounds
205.0lb
Weigh-in
205.5lb
Ovince Saint Preux def. Mauricio Rua by S-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Saint Preux20/340/000:00
Rua20/380/000:00
R2
Saint Preux20/390/000:00
Rua21/330/000:00
R3
Saint Preux22/390/100:15
Rua13/280/000:00
Total
Saint Preux62/1120/100:15
Rua54/990/000:00

Scorecards

Saint Preux vs Rua

RdEric ColónJunichiro KamijoRick WinterCommunity
R110-99-1010-99.5-9.5
R29-109-1010-99.3-9.7
R310-910-910-910-9.1
Total29-2828-2930-2728.8-28.3

Media (16 cards) · avg 2928 · 16 Saint Preux · 0 Rua

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Saint Preux-Rua.

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
Saint PreuxWin probabilityRua
54.3%45.7%
KO / TKO
63%
Submission
8%
Decision
29%
Expected fight time: 8.4 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 Saint Preux, blue toward Rua. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Saint Preux54%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO31%58%27%
Submission7%13%22%
Decision16%29%19%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes31 (1342)act 62
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.3)act 0
Rua46%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO32%69%14%
Submission1%2%4%
Decision13%29%14%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes39 (1653)act 54
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.4)act 0
Combined totals~70 sig strikes~0.6 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R134%
R229%
R38%
Distance29%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.3%
Saint Preux
42.3%+133
Rua
-13356.4%
Most takedownstie 63.8%
Saint Preux
17.2%+110
Rua
-11018.9%
Significant strikes — over/under
Saint Preux
Expected: 31.4
31.5
Over 31.5
39.5%
+153
Under 31.5
60.5%
-153
04079
Rua
Expected: 38.8
39
Over 39
38.8%
+154
Exactly 39
1.2%
push
Under 39
59.9%
-154
04997
Takedowns — over/under
Saint Preux
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
20.0%
+399
Under 0.5
80.0%
-399
035
Rua
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
21.7%
+361
Under 0.5
78.3%
-361
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 8.4 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
Saint Preux54.3%69.0%−14.7-264
Rua45.7%31.0%+14.7+207
By method
Saint Preux by KO/TKO34.1%26.8%+7.3+204
Saint Preux by submission4.4%21.6%−17.2+276
Saint Preux by decision15.8%19.5%−3.7+318
Rua by KO/TKO28.7%14.5%+14.2+463
Rua by submission3.7%3.8%−0.1+2054
Rua by decision13.3%13.9%−0.6+487
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds65.7%57.3%+8.4-157
Over 2.5 rds37.2%41.3%−4.1+127
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision29.0%35.3%−6.3+166

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
55.8Striking65.3
Rua +9.5
42.8Grappling43.3
Rua +0.5
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
Saint PreuxRua
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1541
Pound-for-pound
1576
1570
Divisional
1568
1498
Striking offense
1535
1496
Striking defense
1491
Grappling offense
Grappling defense
Physical
39 yrs
Age
40 yrs
6'3"
Height
6'1"
80"
Reach
76"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.58
Strikes landed / min
3.32
44%
Strike accuracy
51%
3.51
Strikes absorbed / min
3.39
45%
Strike defense
53%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.00
Takedowns / 15 min
1.65
31%
Takedown accuracy
43%
68%
Takedown defense
45%
0.4
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.2
Form & résumé
54%
UFC win rate
52%
-2
Win/loss streak
-1
40%
Last-5 win rate
40%
85%
Finish rate
73%
Recent opp. quality
315
Days since last fight
532
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Ovince Saint Preux
  • LTanner BoserKO/TKO R2
    Close +17810mo before
  • LJamahal HillKO/TKO R2
    missedClose +1401y 5mo before
  • WAlonzo MenifieldKO/TKO R2
    Close +1101y 8mo before
  • LBen RothwellS-DEC R3
    Close -1322y before
  • WMichal OleksiejczukSUB R2
    Close +2452y 7mo before
Mauricio Rua
  • LPaul CraigKO/TKO R2
    Close +1501y 5mo before
  • WRogerio NogueiraS-DEC R3
    Close -1901y 9mo before
  • DPaul CraigS-DEC R3
    !Close -2602y 6mo before
  • WTyson PedroKO/TKO R3
    Close +4153y 5mo before
  • LAnthony SmithKO/TKO R1
    Close -1503y 9mo before
Saint Preux — win / loss by method
Record: 25-16-0

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
13 wins, 4 losses
W
52% of wins
L
25% of losses
Submission
7 wins, 3 losses
W
28% of wins
L
19% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 9 losses
W
20% of wins
L
56% of losses
UFC
13win11loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (46%)KO/TKO(27%) 3
5 (38%)Submission(27%) 3
2 (15%)Decision(45%) 5
Non-UFC
12win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (58%)KO/TKO(20%) 1
2 (17%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (25%)Decision(80%) 4
Rua — win / loss by method
Record: 27-12-1

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
50% of losses
Submission
1 win, 3 losses
W
4% of wins
L
25% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 3 losses
W
19% of wins
L
25% of losses
UFC
11win10loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
8 (73%)KO/TKO(50%) 5
0 (0%)Submission(20%) 2
3 (27%)Decision(30%) 3
Non-UFC
16win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
13 (81%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
1 (6%)Submission(50%) 1
2 (13%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Saint Preux
Rua
24
UFC fights
22
225.2 min · 9.4 avg
Octagon time
245.8 min · 11.2 avg
17y 10m
Career length
23y 9m
UFC schedule strength

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

Saint Preux
Rua
379W–91L · 80.6%
Overall
367W–117L · 75.8%
182W–48L · 79.1%
Wins
170W–56L · 75.2%
197W–43L · 82.1%
Losses
197W–61L · 76.4%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Saint Preux
Rua
151W–55L · 73.3%
Overall
230W–100L · 69.7%
105W–47L · 69.1%
Wins
195W–87L · 69.1%
46W–8L · 85.2%
Losses
35W–13L · 72.9%
Distance striking
Saint Preux
Rua
3.42
Landed / min
4.72
39.7%
Accuracy
46.1%
50.1%
Defense
59.8%
0.33
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.85
58.7%
Time at distance
47.4%
Grappling & control
Saint Preux
Rua
1.00
Takedowns / 15 min
1.65
30.6%
Takedown accuracy
42.9%
68.0%
Takedown defense
45.2%
0.40
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.24
36.9%
Control share
55.8%
Strike target map
Saint Preux
  • Head62%(360)div 64%
  • Body26%(150)div 19%
  • Legs12%(70)div 16%
Rua
  • Head62%(505)div 64%
  • Body15%(126)div 19%
  • Legs23%(186)div 16%

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

Ovince Saint Preux
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.