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UFC Fight Night: Blachowicz vs. Jacare
Mauricio Rua
Mauricio Rua
26-11 · BRA
VS
Paul Craig
Paul Craig
12-4 · GBR
November 16, 2019 · Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Light Heavyweight · 3 rounds
206.0lb
Weigh-in
205.0lb
Draw
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Rua7/240/201:24
Craig31/580/201:05
R2
Rua9/241/103:37
Craig10/160/000:00
R3
Rua9/180/003:20
Craig10/251/200:11
Total
Rua25/661/308:21
Craig51/991/401:16

Scorecards

Rua vs Craig

RdGuilherme BravoMarcelo VilhenaSal D'AmatoCommunity
R18-109-109-108.9-10
R210-910-910-910-9
R310-99-1010-99.8-9.2
Total28-2828-2929-2828.7-28.2

Media (16 cards) · avg 2928 · 16 Rua · 0 Craig

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

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
RuaWin probabilityCraig
36.0%64.0%
KO / TKO
64%
Submission
14%
Decision
22%
Expected fight time: 8.0 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Rua36%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO27%76%
Submission1%2%
Decision8%22%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes35 (1946)act 25
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.3)act 1
Craig64%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO36%57%
Submission14%22%
Decision14%21%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes30 (1639)act 51
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.7)act 1
Combined totals~65 sig strikes~0.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R132%
R237%
R39%
Distance22%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.7%
Rua
56.1%-133
Craig
+13342.2%
Most takedownstie 68.3%
Rua
18.9%-148
Craig
+14812.8%
Significant strikes — over/under
Rua
Expected: 35.0
35
Over 35
41.6%
+136
Exactly 35
1.9%
push
Under 35
56.5%
-136
04488
Craig
Expected: 30.1
30
Over 30
41.6%
+135
Exactly 30
2.2%
push
Under 30
56.2%
-135
03876
Takedowns — over/under
Rua
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
20.9%
+378
Under 0.5
79.1%
-378
035
Craig
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
14.9%
Exactly 0
85.1%
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 8.0 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
Rua36.0%68.4%−32.4-260
Craig64.0%31.6%+32.4+200

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
66.4Striking60.0
Rua +6.5
43.5Grappling52.1
Craig +8.6
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
RuaCraig
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1582
Pound-for-pound
1527
1573
Divisional
1527
1543
Striking offense
1489
1501
Striking defense
1496
1492
Grappling offense
1515
1502
Grappling defense
1488
Physical
37 yrs
Age
31 yrs
6'1"
Height
6'3"
76"
Reach
76"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.51
Strikes landed / min
2.09
52%
Strike accuracy
48%
3.42
Strikes absorbed / min
2.68
53%
Strike defense
47%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.74
Takedowns / 15 min
1.79
43%
Takedown accuracy
21%
42%
Takedown defense
50%
0.3
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.6
Form & résumé
53%
UFC win rate
50%
+1
Win/loss streak
+1
80%
Last-5 win rate
60%
80%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
350
Days since last fight
56
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Mauricio Rua
  • WTyson PedroKO/TKO R3
    Close +41511mo before
  • LAnthony SmithKO/TKO R1
    Close -1501y 4mo before
  • WGian VillanteKO/TKO R3
    Close -1552y 8mo before
  • WCorey AndersonS-DEC R3
    Close +1403y 6mo before
  • WRogerio NogueiraU-DEC R3
    Close -2304y 4mo before
Paul Craig
  • WVinicius MoreiraSUB R1
    Close -12056d before
  • LAlonzo MenifieldKO/TKO R1
    Close +2905mo before
  • WKennedy NzechukwuSUB R3
    Close +1608mo before
  • LJimmy CruteSUB R3
    Close +24511mo before
  • WMagomed AnkalaevSUB R3
    Close +5501y 8mo before
Rua — win / loss by method
Record: 26-11-0

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
21 wins, 5 losses
W
81% of wins
L
45% of losses
Submission
1 win, 3 losses
W
4% of wins
L
27% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 3 losses
W
15% of wins
L
27% of losses
UFC
10win9loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
8 (80%)KO/TKO(44%) 4
0 (0%)Submission(22%) 2
2 (20%)Decision(33%) 3
Non-UFC
16win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
13 (81%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
1 (6%)Submission(50%) 1
2 (13%)Decision(0%) 0
Craig — win / loss by method
Record: 12-4-0

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
1 win, 3 losses
W
8% of wins
L
75% of losses
Submission
11 wins, 1 loss
W
92% of wins
L
25% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
4win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(75%) 3
4 (100%)Submission(25%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
8win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (13%)KO/TKO() 0
7 (88%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Rua
Craig
19
UFC fights
8
207.2 min · 10.9 avg
Octagon time
66.9 min · 8.4 avg
23y 9m
Career length
12y 11m
UFC schedule strength

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

Rua
Craig
331W–104L · 76.1%
Overall
62W–5L · 92.5%
147W–47L · 75.8%
Wins
36W–3L · 92.3%
184W–57L · 76.3%
Losses
26W–2L · 92.9%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Rua
Craig
230W–100L · 69.7%
Overall
15W–9L · 62.5%
195W–87L · 69.1%
Wins
15W–9L · 62.5%
35W–13L · 72.9%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Rua
Craig
4.87
Landed / min
3.51
46.7%
Accuracy
38.0%
60.8%
Defense
66.5%
1.01
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.22
47.6%
Time at distance
34.5%
Grappling & control
Rua
Craig
1.74
Takedowns / 15 min
1.79
42.9%
Takedown accuracy
21.1%
42.0%
Takedown defense
50.0%
0.29
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.57
53.4%
Control share
30.6%
Strike target map
Rua
  • Head62%(453)div 65%
  • Body15%(112)div 19%
  • Legs22%(163)div 16%
Craig
  • Head41%(58)div 65%
  • Body38%(53)div 19%
  • Legs21%(29)div 16%

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

Mauricio Rua
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Paul Craig
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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