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UFC 256: Figueiredo vs. Moreno
Kevin Holland
Kevin Holland
20-5 · USA
VS
Jacare Souza
Jacare Souza
26-8 · BRA
December 12, 2020 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Middleweight · 3 rounds
Kevin Holland def. Jacare Souza by KO/TKO (Punch), R1 1:45
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 1:45
Holland15/180/000:02
Souza2/22/301:27
Total
Holland15/180/000:02
Souza2/22/301:27

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
HollandWin probabilitySouza
72.0%28.0%
KO / TKO
32%
Submission
15%
Decision
53%
Expected fight time: 11.1 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 Holland, blue toward Souza. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Holland72%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO23%32%
Submission9%12%
Decision40%56%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes50 (2168)act 15
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.8)act 0
Souza28%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO9%31%
Submission6%22%
Decision13%47%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes32 (1344)act 2
Takedowns1.0 (0.03.6)act 2
Combined totals~82 sig strikes~1.4 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R122%
R211%
R313%
Distance54%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.1%
Holland
63.6%-180
Souza
+18035.3%
Most takedownstie 38.0%
Holland
16.6%+273
Souza
-27345.4%
Significant strikes — over/under
Holland
Expected: 50.2
50
Over 50
39.4%
+151
Exactly 50
1.0%
push
Under 50
59.6%
-151
063126
Souza
Expected: 32.1
32
Over 32
39.2%
+151
Exactly 32
1.5%
push
Under 32
59.3%
-151
04181
Takedowns — over/under
Holland
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
26.1%
+283
Under 0.5
73.9%
-283
035
Souza
Expected: 1.0
1
Over 1
35.2%
+133
Exactly 1
18.0%
push
Under 1
46.8%
-133
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 11.1 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
Holland72.0%55.3%+16.7-135
Souza28.0%44.7%−16.7+115

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
76.5Striking66.7
Holland +9.8
56.4Grappling46.9
Holland +9.6
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
HollandSouza
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1603
Pound-for-pound
1608
1603
Divisional
1621
Striking offense
Striking defense
1505
Grappling offense
1514
1505
Grappling defense
1542
Physical
28 yrs
Age
41 yrs
6'3"
Height
6'1"
81"
Reach
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.55
Strikes landed / min
2.85
60%
Strike accuracy
52%
3.00
Strikes absorbed / min
3.40
56%
Strike defense
60%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.40
Takedowns / 15 min
1.28
50%
Takedown accuracy
25%
54%
Takedown defense
69%
0.9
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.8
Form & résumé
78%
UFC win rate
64%
+4
Win/loss streak
-2
80%
Last-5 win rate
40%
57%
Finish rate
89%
Recent opp. quality
42
Days since last fight
392
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Kevin Holland
  • WCharlie OntiverosSUB R1
    Close -77042d before
  • WDarren StewartS-DEC R3
    Close -2653mo before
  • WJoaquin BuckleyKO/TKO R3
    Close -4554mo before
  • WAnthony HernandezKO/TKO R1
    Close -1107mo before
  • LBrendan AllenSUB R2
    Close -1551y 2mo before
Jacare Souza
  • LJan BlachowiczS-DEC R5
    Close +1401y 1mo before
  • LJack HermanssonU-DEC R5
    Close -2251y 8mo before
  • WChris WeidmanKO/TKO R3
    Close +1402y 1mo before
  • LKelvin GastelumS-DEC R3
    Close -1152y 7mo before
  • WDerek BrunsonKO/TKO R1
    Close +1202y 10mo before
Holland — win / loss by method
Record: 20-5-0

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
10 wins, 0 losses
W
50% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 2 losses
W
30% of wins
L
40% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 3 losses
W
20% of wins
L
60% of losses
UFC
7win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (29%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (29%)Submission(50%) 1
3 (43%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
13win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
8 (62%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
4 (31%)Submission(33%) 1
1 (8%)Decision(67%) 2
Souza — win / loss by method
Record: 26-8-0, 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
8 wins, 3 losses
W
31% of wins
L
38% of losses
Submission
14 wins, 0 losses
W
54% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 5 losses
W
15% of wins
L
63% of losses
UFC
9win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (44%)KO/TKO(20%) 1
4 (44%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (11%)Decision(80%) 4
Non-UFC
17win3loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
4 (24%)KO/TKO(67%) 2
10 (59%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (18%)Decision(33%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Holland
Souza
9
UFC fights
14
96.5 min · 10.7 avg
Octagon time
151.8 min · 10.8 avg
11y 4m
Career length
22y 10m
UFC schedule strength

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

Holland
Souza
131W–42L · 75.7%
Overall
288W–80L · 78.3%
102W–33L · 75.6%
Wins
203W–60L · 77.2%
29W–9L · 76.3%
Losses
85W–20L · 81.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Holland
Souza
115W–47L · 71.0%
Overall
241W–61L · 79.8%
101W–43L · 70.1%
Wins
194W–53L · 78.5%
14W–4L · 77.8%
Losses
47W–8L · 85.5%
Distance striking
Holland
Souza
7.84
Landed / min
3.11
54.2%
Accuracy
44.0%
60.4%
Defense
63.9%
0.47
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.30
41.8%
Time at distance
56.7%
Grappling & control
Holland
Souza
1.40
Takedowns / 15 min
1.28
50.0%
Takedown accuracy
25.0%
54.3%
Takedown defense
69.2%
0.93
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.79
44.3%
Control share
79.7%
Strike target map
Holland
  • Head59%(258)div 63%
  • Body22%(97)div 19%
  • Legs19%(84)div 17%
Souza
  • Head67%(289)div 63%
  • Body25%(110)div 19%
  • Legs8%(33)div 17%

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

Kevin Holland
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Jacare Souza
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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