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UFC 219: Cyborg vs. Holm
Tim Elliott
Tim Elliott
14-8-1 · USA
VS
Mark De La Rosa
Mark De La Rosa
9-0 · USA
December 30, 2017 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Bantamweight · 3 rounds
135.0lb
Weigh-in
135.5lb
Tim Elliott def. Mark De La Rosa by SUB (Anaconda Choke), R2 1:41
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Elliott10/181/104:13
De La Rosa2/40/000:31
R2 · 1:41
Elliott2/60/001:21
De La Rosa0/00/000:00
Total
Elliott12/241/105:34
De La Rosa2/40/000:31

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
ElliottWin probabilityDe La Rosa
66.3%33.7%
KO / TKO
28%
Submission
22%
Decision
50%
Expected fight time: 10.0 min
What drives the pick

Each bar is a feature's push on the model from the center axis. Red pushes toward Elliott, blue toward De La Rosa. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Elliott66%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO19%28%
Submission13%19%
Decision34%53%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes44 (2557)act 12
Takedowns1.3 (0.03.5)act 1
De La Rosa34%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO9%28%
Submission9%26%
Decision16%46%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes34 (1945)act 2
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.9)act 0
Combined totals~78 sig strikes~1.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R132%
R211%
R37%
Distance50%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.4%
Elliott
60.5%-158
De La Rosa
+15838.2%
Most takedownstie 30.7%
Elliott
59.7%-627
De La Rosa
+6279.5%
Significant strikes — over/under
Elliott
Expected: 43.9
44
Over 44
41.6%
+137
Exactly 44
1.5%
push
Under 44
56.9%
-137
055110
De La Rosa
Expected: 34.4
34.5
Over 34.5
42.3%
+136
Under 34.5
57.7%
-136
04386
Takedowns — over/under
Elliott
Expected: 1.3
1.5
Over 1.5
43.6%
+129
Under 1.5
56.4%
-129
035
De La Rosa
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
19.2%
Exactly 0
80.8%
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 10.0 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
Elliott66.3%63.5%+2.8-190
De La Rosa33.7%36.5%−2.8+165

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
ElliottDe La Rosa
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1485
Pound-for-pound
1530
1513
Divisional
1530
1508
Striking offense
1500
1505
Striking defense
1500
1507
Grappling offense
1500
1493
Grappling defense
1500
Physical
31 yrs
Age
23 yrs
5'7"
Height
5'6"
66"
Reach
65"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.50
Strikes landed / min
46%
Strike accuracy
2.41
Strikes absorbed / min
63%
Strike defense
Grappling (UFC career)
4.38
Takedowns / 15 min
65%
Takedown accuracy
50%
Takedown defense
1.3
Sub attempts / 15 min
Form & résumé
33%
UFC win rate
-1
Win/loss streak
20%
Last-5 win rate
0%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
203
Days since last fight
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Tim Elliott
  • LBen NguyenSUB R1
    Close -1707mo before
  • WLouis SmolkaU-DEC R3
    Close -1859mo before
  • LDemetrious JohnsonU-DEC R5
    Close +6001y 1mo before
  • LZach MakovskyU-DEC R3
    Close -1202y 10mo before
  • LJoseph BenavidezSUB R1
    Close +4003y 8mo before
Mark De La Rosa
No prior UFC fights.
Elliott — win / loss by method
Record: 14-8-1

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
3 wins, 1 loss
W
21% of wins
L
13% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 3 losses
W
36% of wins
L
38% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 4 losses
W
43% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
3win6loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(33%) 2
3 (100%)Decision(67%) 4
Non-UFC
11win2loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (27%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
5 (45%)Submission(50%) 1
3 (27%)Decision(0%) 0
De La Rosa — win / loss by method
Record: 9-0-0

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, 0 losses
W
11% of wins
L
Submission
5 wins, 0 losses
W
56% of wins
L
Decision
3 wins, 0 losses
W
33% of wins
L
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
9win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (11%)KO/TKO() 0
5 (56%)Submission() 0
3 (33%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Elliott
De La Rosa
9
UFC fights
0
120.0 min · 13.3 avg
Octagon time
17y 3m
Career length
UFC schedule strength

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

Elliott
De La Rosa
123W–37L · 76.9%
Overall
31W–13L · 70.5%
Wins
92W–24L · 79.3%
Losses
Non-UFC schedule strength
Elliott
De La Rosa
115W–53L · 68.5%
Overall
49W–27L · 64.5%
112W–48L · 70.0%
Wins
49W–27L · 64.5%
3W–5L · 37.5%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Elliott
De La Rosa
5.07
Landed / min
37.4%
Accuracy
66.1%
Defense
0.13
Knockdowns / 15 min
40.3%
Time at distance
Grappling & control
Elliott
De La Rosa
4.38
Takedowns / 15 min
64.8%
Takedown accuracy
50.0%
Takedown defense
1.25
Sub attempts / 15 min
47.8%
Control share
Strike target map
Elliott
  • Head68%(284)div 63%
  • Body20%(83)div 21%
  • Legs13%(53)div 16%
De La Rosa
  • Head0%(0)div 63%
  • Body0%(0)div 21%
  • Legs0%(0)div 16%
  • No strike data on record.

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

Tim Elliott
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Mark De La Rosa

No UFC fights on record.

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