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UFC 249: Ferguson vs. Gaethje
Vicente Luque
Vicente Luque
17-7-1 · USA
VS
Niko Price
Niko Price
14-3 · USA
May 9, 2020 · Jacksonville, Florida, USA
Welterweight · 3 rounds
170.0lb
Weigh-in
170.5lb
Vicente Luque def. Niko Price by KO/TKO (Punches), R3 3:37
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Luque51/770/000:00
Price38/1021/100:44
R2
Luque40/810/000:02
Price40/960/200:58
R3 · 3:37
Luque39/790/010:23
Price51/930/100:07
Total
Luque130/2370/010:25
Price129/2911/401:49

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
LuqueWin probabilityPrice
74.6%25.4%
KO / TKO
64%
Submission
11%
Decision
25%
Expected fight time: 8.7 min
What drives the pick

Each bar is a feature's push on the model from the center axis. Red pushes toward Luque, blue toward Price. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Luque75%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO47%62%
Submission9%12%
Decision19%26%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes73 (4295)act 130
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.8)act 0
Price25%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO18%70%
Submission2%9%
Decision5%21%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes51 (2866)act 129
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.4)act 1
Combined totals~124 sig strikes~0.6 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R125%
R238%
R312%
Distance25%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.8%
Luque
66.4%-203
Price
+20332.7%
Most takedownstie 65.9%
Luque
24.1%-241
Price
+24110.0%
Significant strikes — over/under
Luque
Expected: 73.3
73.5
Over 73.5
42.3%
+136
Under 73.5
57.7%
-136
092184
Price
Expected: 50.5
50.5
Over 50.5
42.5%
+135
Under 50.5
57.5%
-135
064127
Takedowns — over/under
Luque
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
25.9%
+286
Under 0.5
74.1%
-286
035
Price
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
12.4%
Exactly 0
87.6%
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 8.7 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
Luque74.6%72.0%+2.6-290
Price25.4%28.0%−2.6+245

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
64.9Striking52.4
Luque +12.4
56.8Grappling50.0
Luque +6.8
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
LuquePrice
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1605
Pound-for-pound
1574
1604
Divisional
1570
1551
Striking offense
1521
1493
Striking defense
1490
1495
Grappling offense
1493
1542
Grappling defense
1489
Physical
28 yrs
Age
30 yrs
5'11"
Height
6'0"
75"
Reach
76"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
5.18
Strikes landed / min
3.06
54%
Strike accuracy
35%
5.34
Strikes absorbed / min
4.46
51%
Strike defense
51%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.82
Takedowns / 15 min
1.08
50%
Takedown accuracy
24%
65%
Takedown defense
62%
1.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.3
Form & résumé
77%
UFC win rate
60%
-1
Win/loss streak
+1
80%
Last-5 win rate
60%
90%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
189
Days since last fight
210
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Vicente Luque
  • LStephen ThompsonU-DEC R3
    Close -1056mo before
  • WMike PerryS-DEC R3
    Close -2509mo before
  • WDerrick KrantzKO/TKO R1
    Close -11001y before
  • WBryan BarberenaKO/TKO R3
    Close -4701y 3mo before
  • WJalin TurnerKO/TKO R1
    Close -7001y 7mo before
Niko Price
  • WJames VickKO/TKO R1
    Close -1457mo before
  • LGeoff NealKO/TKO R2
    Close +2759mo before
  • WTim MeansKO/TKO R1
    Close +1751y 2mo before
  • LAbdul Razak AlhassanKO/TKO R1
    Close -1101y 8mo before
  • WRandy BrownKO/TKO R2
    Close +1101y 10mo before
Luque — win / loss by method
Record: 17-7-1

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
9 wins, 0 losses
W
53% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 2 losses
W
35% of wins
L
29% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 5 losses
W
12% of wins
L
71% of losses
UFC
10win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (60%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (30%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (10%)Decision(100%) 3
Non-UFC
7win4loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (43%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (43%)Submission(50%) 2
1 (14%)Decision(50%) 2
Price — win / loss by method
Record: 14-3-0, 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
10 wins, 2 losses
W
71% of wins
L
67% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 1 loss
W
21% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
7% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
6win3loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
4 (67%)KO/TKO(67%) 2
2 (33%)Submission(33%) 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
Luque
Price
13
UFC fights
10
109.4 min · 8.4 avg
Octagon time
55.8 min · 5.6 avg
17y 1m
Career length
14y 5m
UFC schedule strength

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

Luque
Price
152W–46L · 76.8%
Overall
125W–39L · 76.2%
122W–39L · 75.8%
Wins
94W–30L · 75.8%
30W–7L · 81.1%
Losses
31W–9L · 77.5%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Luque
Price
71W–19L · 78.9%
Overall
26W–17L · 60.5%
26W–5L · 83.9%
Wins
26W–17L · 60.5%
45W–14L · 76.3%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Luque
Price
7.07
Landed / min
3.38
51.2%
Accuracy
28.2%
53.4%
Defense
55.3%
0.96
Knockdowns / 15 min
1.34
62.3%
Time at distance
57.8%
Grappling & control
Luque
Price
0.82
Takedowns / 15 min
1.08
50.0%
Takedown accuracy
23.5%
64.5%
Takedown defense
61.5%
0.96
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.34
44.0%
Control share
46.2%
Strike target map
Luque
  • Head62%(350)div 63%
  • Body12%(66)div 20%
  • Legs27%(151)div 16%
Price
  • Head65%(112)div 63%
  • Body16%(28)div 20%
  • Legs18%(31)div 16%

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

Vicente Luque
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.