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UFC Fight Night: Walker vs. Hill
Jim Miller
Jim Miller
33-16 · USA
VS
Nikolas Motta
Nikolas Motta
12-3 · BRA
February 19, 2022 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Lightweight · 3 rounds
156.0lb
Weigh-in
154.5lb
Jim Miller def. Nikolas Motta by KO/TKO (Punch), R2 1:58
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Miller26/540/000:26
Motta14/350/000:00
R2 · 1:58
Miller22/380/010:08
Motta7/220/000:00
Total
Miller48/920/010:34
Motta21/570/000:00

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
MillerWin probabilityMotta
57.0%43.0%
KO / TKO
37%
Submission
16%
Decision
47%
Expected fight time: 9.8 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 Miller, blue toward Motta. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Miller57%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO15%27%8%
Submission14%24%19%
Decision28%49%13%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes32 (1343)act 48
Takedowns1.1 (0.03.6)act 0
Motta43%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO22%51%29%
Submission2%4%4%
Decision19%45%27%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes38 (1652)act 21
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.6)act 0
Combined totals~70 sig strikes~1.4 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R130%
R219%
R34%
Distance47%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.3%
Miller
43.4%+127
Motta
-12755.2%
Most takedownstie 32.6%
Miller
52.2%-345
Motta
+34515.1%
Significant strikes — over/under
Miller
Expected: 31.9
32
Over 32
38.9%
+153
Exactly 32
1.5%
push
Under 32
59.6%
-153
04080
Motta
Expected: 38.1
38
Over 38
39.2%
+152
Exactly 38
1.3%
push
Under 38
59.5%
-152
04896
Takedowns — over/under
Miller
Expected: 1.1
1
Over 1
39.2%
-102
Exactly 1
22.3%
push
Under 1
38.5%
+102
035
Motta
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
27.3%
+267
Under 0.5
72.7%
-267
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 9.8 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
Miller57.0%39.4%+17.6+143
Motta43.0%60.6%−17.6-173
By method
Miller by KO/TKO21.1%7.9%+13.2+953
Miller by submission8.9%19.1%−10.2+333
Miller by decision27.0%13.4%+13.6+519
Motta by KO/TKO15.9%29.0%−13.1+185
Motta by submission6.7%4.2%+2.5+1869
Motta by decision20.3%26.5%−6.2+212
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds70.5%62.5%+8.0-200
Over 2.5 rds51.3%46.3%+5.0+100
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision47.3%40.8%+6.5+131

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
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
MillerMotta
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1577
Pound-for-pound
1527
1552
Divisional
1527
1489
Striking offense
1500
1512
Striking defense
1500
1527
Grappling offense
1500
1549
Grappling defense
1500
Physical
38 yrs
Age
29 yrs
5'8"
Height
5'9"
71"
Reach
70"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.70
Strikes landed / min
41%
Strike accuracy
2.92
Strikes absorbed / min
59%
Strike defense
Grappling (UFC career)
1.64
Takedowns / 15 min
43%
Takedown accuracy
48%
Takedown defense
1.8
Sub attempts / 15 min
Form & résumé
58%
UFC win rate
+1
Win/loss streak
40%
Last-5 win rate
64%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
126
Days since last fight
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Jim Miller
  • WErick GonzalezKO/TKO R2
    Close -2724mo before
  • LJoe SoleckiU-DEC R3
    Close +20410mo before
  • LVinc PichelU-DEC R3
    Close +1001y 6mo before
  • WRoosevelt RobertsSUB R1
    Close +2001y 8mo before
  • LScott HoltzmanU-DEC R3
    Close +1152y before
Nikolas Motta
No prior UFC fights.
Miller — win / loss by method
Record: 33-16-0, 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
5 wins, 2 losses
W
15% of wins
L
13% of losses
Submission
18 wins, 3 losses
W
55% of wins
L
19% of losses
Decision
10 wins, 11 losses
W
30% of wins
L
69% of losses
UFC
22win15loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
4 (18%)KO/TKO(13%) 2
10 (45%)Submission(20%) 3
8 (36%)Decision(67%) 10
Non-UFC
11win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (9%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
8 (73%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (18%)Decision(100%) 1
Motta — win / loss by method
Record: 12-3-0

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
67% of wins
L
67% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 0 losses
W
33% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
12win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
8 (67%)KO/TKO(67%) 2
0 (0%)Submission(33%) 1
4 (33%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Miller
Motta
38
UFC fights
0
374.4 min · 9.9 avg
Octagon time
20y 8m
Career length
UFC schedule strength

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

Miller
Motta
616W–189L · 76.5%
Overall
380W–125L · 75.2%
Wins
236W–64L · 78.7%
Losses
Non-UFC schedule strength
Miller
Motta
80W–44L · 64.5%
Overall
82W–41L · 66.7%
75W–44L · 63.0%
Wins
59W–35L · 62.8%
5W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
23W–6L · 79.3%
Distance striking
Miller
Motta
4.20
Landed / min
35.2%
Accuracy
64.8%
Defense
0.16
Knockdowns / 15 min
43.3%
Time at distance
Grappling & control
Miller
Motta
1.64
Takedowns / 15 min
43.2%
Takedown accuracy
47.6%
Takedown defense
1.80
Sub attempts / 15 min
44.5%
Control share
Strike target map
Miller
  • Head59%(600)div 63%
  • Body21%(212)div 20%
  • Legs20%(199)div 17%
Motta
  • Head0%(0)div 63%
  • Body0%(0)div 20%
  • Legs0%(0)div 17%
  • No strike data on record.

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

Jim Miller
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Nikolas Motta

No UFC fights on record.

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