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UFC 264: Poirier vs. McGregor 3
Michel Pereira
Michel Pereira
25-11 · BRA
VS
Niko Price
Niko Price
14-4 · USA
July 10, 2021 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Welterweight · 3 rounds
170.5lb
Weigh-in
169.5lb
Michel Pereira def. Niko Price by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Pereira27/392/200:32
Price10/300/100:47
R2
Pereira32/521/102:12
Price19/400/100:50
R3
Pereira33/630/300:03
Price47/1100/000:35
Total
Pereira92/1543/602:47
Price76/1800/202:12

Scorecards

Pereira vs Price

RdAdalaide ByrdJunichiro KamijoMichael BellCommunity
R110-910-910-910-9
R210-910-910-910-9
R39-109-109-108.9-10
Total29-2829-2829-2828.9-28

Media (21 cards) · avg 2928 · 21 Pereira · 0 Price

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

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 probabilityPrice
67.9%32.1%
KO / TKO
34%
Submission
17%
Decision
49%
Expected fight time: 10.5 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 Price. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Pereira68%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO19%29%23%
Submission12%17%13%
Decision37%54%22%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes47 (1964)act 92
Takedowns0.9 (0.03.1)act 3
Price32%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO15%45%22%
Submission5%17%6%
Decision12%38%15%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes39 (1653)act 76
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.6)act 0
Combined totals~86 sig strikes~1.3 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R124%
R216%
R311%
Distance49%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.1%
Pereira
55.5%-128
Price
+12843.4%
Most takedownstie 39.2%
Pereira
44.7%-277
Price
+27716.1%
Significant strikes — over/under
Pereira
Expected: 46.8
47
Over 47
39.1%
+153
Exactly 47
1.0%
push
Under 47
59.9%
-153
059118
Price
Expected: 38.8
39
Over 39
38.8%
+154
Exactly 39
1.2%
push
Under 39
59.9%
-154
04997
Takedowns — over/under
Pereira
Expected: 0.9
1
Over 1
32.7%
+145
Exactly 1
19.7%
push
Under 1
47.6%
-145
035
Price
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
25.2%
+297
Under 0.5
74.8%
-297
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 10.5 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
Pereira67.9%62.5%+5.4-191
Price32.1%37.5%−5.4+154
By method
Pereira by KO/TKO23.1%23.2%−0.1+250
Pereira by submission11.5%12.6%−1.1+545
Pereira by decision33.3%22.1%+11.2+267
Price by KO/TKO10.9%21.6%−10.7+276
Price by submission5.4%5.6%−0.2+1356
Price by decision15.7%15.0%+0.7+439
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds75.6%61.2%+14.4-185
Over 2.5 rds60.0%47.2%+12.8-102
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision49.0%40.5%+8.5+130

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
72.9Striking57.5
Pereira +15.4
65.1Grappling45.9
Pereira +19.2
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
PereiraPrice
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1540
Pound-for-pound
1559
1540
Divisional
1556
1502
Striking offense
1528
1525
Striking defense
1482
1508
Grappling offense
1492
1527
Grappling defense
1501
Physical
27 yrs
Age
31 yrs
6'1"
Height
6'0"
73"
Reach
76"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.74
Strikes landed / min
5.33
55%
Strike accuracy
41%
2.84
Strikes absorbed / min
5.83
59%
Strike defense
50%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.76
Takedowns / 15 min
0.89
70%
Takedown accuracy
23%
100%
Takedown defense
72%
0.5
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.9
Form & résumé
60%
UFC win rate
50%
+2
Win/loss streak
-2
60%
Last-5 win rate
40%
67%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
203
Days since last fight
294
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Michel Pereira
  • WKhaos WilliamsU-DEC R3
    Close +1057mo before
  • WZelim ImadaevSUB R3
    Close -11210mo before
  • LDiego SanchezDQ R3
    Close -1551y 5mo before
  • LTristan ConnellyU-DEC R3
    missedClose -4601y 10mo before
  • WDanny RobertsKO/TKO R1
    Close +2102y 2mo before
Niko Price
  • LVicente LuqueKO/TKO R3
    Close +2451y 2mo before
  • WJames VickKO/TKO R1
    Close -1451y 9mo before
  • LGeoff NealKO/TKO R2
    Close +2751y 11mo before
  • WTim MeansKO/TKO R1
    Close +1752y 4mo before
  • LAbdul Razak AlhassanKO/TKO R1
    Close -1102y 10mo before
Pereira — win / loss by method
Record: 25-11-0, 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
40% of wins
L
9% of losses
Submission
7 wins, 1 loss
W
28% of wins
L
9% of losses
Decision
8 wins, 8 losses
W
32% of wins
L
73% of losses
DQ / other
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
9% of losses
UFC
3win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (33%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (33%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (33%)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
Price — win / loss by method
Record: 14-4-0, 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, 3 losses
W
71% of wins
L
75% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 1 loss
W
21% of wins
L
25% of losses
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
7% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
6win4loss0draw2NC
WinsLosses
4 (67%)KO/TKO(75%) 3
2 (33%)Submission(25%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
8win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (75%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (13%)Submission() 0
1 (13%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Pereira
Price
5
UFC fights
12
59.6 min · 11.9 avg
Octagon time
84.4 min · 7.0 avg
14y 7m
Career length
14y 5m
UFC schedule strength

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

Pereira
Price
77W–25L · 75.5%
Overall
142W–46L · 75.5%
35W–7L · 83.3%
Wins
94W–30L · 75.8%
42W–18L · 70.0%
Losses
48W–16L · 75.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Pereira
Price
281W–129L · 68.5%
Overall
26W–17L · 60.5%
171W–84L · 67.1%
Wins
26W–17L · 60.5%
110W–45L · 71.0%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Pereira
Price
4.23
Landed / min
6.37
50.1%
Accuracy
37.7%
64.9%
Defense
51.9%
0.50
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.89
72.2%
Time at distance
65.9%
Grappling & control
Pereira
Price
1.76
Takedowns / 15 min
0.89
70.0%
Takedown accuracy
22.7%
100.0%
Takedown defense
72.2%
0.50
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.89
45.1%
Control share
49.6%
Strike target map
Pereira
  • Head45%(100)div 63%
  • Body47%(105)div 20%
  • Legs8%(18)div 16%
Price
  • Head61%(273)div 63%
  • Body16%(73)div 20%
  • Legs23%(104)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.

Niko Price
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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