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UFC Fight Night: Lawler vs. Dos Anjos
Rafael Dos Anjos
Rafael Dos Anjos
27-9 · BRA
VS
Robbie Lawler
Robbie Lawler
28-11 · USA
December 16, 2017 · Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Welterweight · 5 rounds · Main event
170.0lb
Weigh-in
170.5lb
Rafael Dos Anjos def. Robbie Lawler by U-DEC, R5 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Dos Anjos19/490/100:34
Lawler14/400/001:14
R2
Dos Anjos58/970/100:10
Lawler34/740/000:43
R3
Dos Anjos19/281/102:12
Lawler16/260/002:13
R4
Dos Anjos39/630/101:31
Lawler11/400/000:14
R5
Dos Anjos37/541/303:26
Lawler11/320/000:00
Total
Dos Anjos172/2912/707:53
Lawler86/2120/004:24

Scorecards

Dos Anjos vs Lawler

RdDerek ClearyJason RodgersSal D'AmatoCommunity
R110-910-910-99.9-9.2
R210-910-910-99.9-9
R310-910-910-99.9-9
R410-910-910-99.9-9
R510-910-910-910-9
Total50-4550-4550-4549.6-45.2

Media (21 cards) · avg 5045 · 21 Dos Anjos · 0 Lawler

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Dos Anjos-Lawler.

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
Dos AnjosWin probabilityLawler
57.3%42.7%
KO / TKO
57%
Submission
5%
Decision
38%
Expected fight time: 15.1 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Dos Anjos57%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO26%46%
Submission5%8%
Decision26%46%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes74 (4296)act 172
Takedowns0.5 (0.02.1)act 2
Lawler43%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO31%72%
Submission0%1%
Decision12%27%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes74 (4297)act 86
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.3)act 0
Combined totals~148 sig strikes~0.7 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R120%
R222%
R310%
R46%
R54%
Distance38%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.8%
Dos Anjos
49.4%+101
Lawler
-10149.9%
Most takedownstie 63.0%
Dos Anjos
27.6%-294
Lawler
+2949.4%
Significant strikes — over/under
Dos Anjos
Expected: 73.9
74
Over 74
41.9%
+136
Exactly 74
0.9%
push
Under 74
57.2%
-136
093185
Lawler
Expected: 74.2
74
Over 74
42.3%
+134
Exactly 74
0.9%
push
Under 74
56.8%
-134
093186
Takedowns — over/under
Dos Anjos
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
29.6%
+238
Under 0.5
70.4%
-238
035
Lawler
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
11.9%
Exactly 0
88.1%
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 15.1 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
Dos Anjos57.3%53.2%+4.1-125
Lawler42.7%46.8%−4.1+105

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
67.5Striking65.8
Dos Anjos +1.8
57.8Grappling50.0
Dos Anjos +7.8
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
Dos AnjosLawler
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1668
Pound-for-pound
1651
1562
Divisional
1652
1509
Striking offense
1499
1515
Striking defense
1513
1521
Grappling offense
1486
1554
Grappling defense
1535
Physical
33 yrs
Age
35 yrs
5'8"
Height
5'11"
70"
Reach
74"
Southpaw
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
3.37
Strikes landed / min
3.92
42%
Strike accuracy
46%
3.08
Strikes absorbed / min
4.10
64%
Strike defense
61%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.23
Takedowns / 15 min
1.05
41%
Takedown accuracy
76%
66%
Takedown defense
71%
0.8
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
70%
UFC win rate
72%
+2
Win/loss streak
+1
60%
Last-5 win rate
80%
44%
Finish rate
46%
Recent opp. quality
98
Days since last fight
140
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Rafael Dos Anjos
  • WNeil MagnySUB R1
    Close -1903mo before
  • WTarec SaffiedineU-DEC R3
    Close -2006mo before
  • LTony FergusonU-DEC R5
    Close -1401y 1mo before
  • LEddie AlvarezKO/TKO R1
    Close -2901y 5mo before
  • WDonald CerroneKO/TKO R1
    Close -1702y before
Robbie Lawler
  • WDonald CerroneU-DEC R3
    Close -1555mo before
  • LTyron WoodleyKO/TKO R1
    Close -1201y 5mo before
  • WCarlos ConditS-DEC R5
    Close -1151y 11mo before
  • WRory MacDonaldKO/TKO R5
    Close +1452y 5mo before
  • WJohny HendricksS-DEC R5
    Close +2003y before
Dos Anjos — win / loss by method
Record: 27-9-0

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
5 wins, 2 losses
W
19% of wins
L
22% of losses
Submission
9 wins, 1 loss
W
33% of wins
L
11% of losses
Decision
13 wins, 6 losses
W
48% of wins
L
67% of losses
UFC
16win7loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (25%)KO/TKO(29%) 2
3 (19%)Submission(14%) 1
9 (56%)Decision(57%) 4
Non-UFC
11win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (9%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
6 (55%)Submission(0%) 0
4 (36%)Decision(100%) 2
Lawler — win / loss by method
Record: 28-11-0, 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
20 wins, 2 losses
W
71% of wins
L
18% of losses
Submission
1 win, 5 losses
W
4% of wins
L
45% of losses
Decision
7 wins, 4 losses
W
25% of wins
L
36% of losses
UFC
13win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (46%)KO/TKO(40%) 2
0 (0%)Submission(40%) 2
7 (54%)Decision(20%) 1
Non-UFC
15win6loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
14 (93%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (7%)Submission(50%) 3
0 (0%)Decision(50%) 3

Profiles

Experience
Dos Anjos
Lawler
23
UFC fights
18
269.4 min · 11.7 avg
Octagon time
228.9 min · 12.7 avg
21y 10m
Career length
25y 4m
UFC schedule strength

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

Dos Anjos
Lawler
402W–102L · 79.8%
Overall
329W–92L · 78.1%
255W–72L · 78.0%
Wins
251W–75L · 77.0%
147W–30L · 83.1%
Losses
78W–17L · 82.1%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Dos Anjos
Lawler
49W–32L · 60.5%
Overall
285W–78L · 78.5%
47W–29L · 61.8%
Wins
176W–56L · 75.9%
2W–3L · 40.0%
Losses
109W–22L · 83.2%
Distance striking
Dos Anjos
Lawler
4.27
Landed / min
4.05
36.4%
Accuracy
40.9%
67.7%
Defense
64.5%
0.28
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.59
53.9%
Time at distance
66.4%
Grappling & control
Dos Anjos
Lawler
2.23
Takedowns / 15 min
1.05
40.8%
Takedown accuracy
76.2%
66.1%
Takedown defense
71.2%
0.78
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
65.9%
Control share
46.2%
Strike target map
Dos Anjos
  • Head58%(529)div 63%
  • Body20%(180)div 20%
  • Legs22%(198)div 16%
Lawler
  • Head78%(698)div 63%
  • Body18%(166)div 20%
  • Legs4%(34)div 16%

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

Rafael Dos Anjos
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Robbie Lawler
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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