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UFC Fight Night: De Randamie vs. Ladd
Urijah Faber
Urijah Faber
34-10 · USA
VS
Ricky Simon
Ricky Simon
15-1 · USA
July 13, 2019 · Sacramento, California, USA
Bantamweight · 3 rounds
Urijah Faber def. Ricky Simon by KO/TKO (Punch), R1 0:46
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 0:46
Faber11/150/010:08
Simon4/80/000:00
Total
Faber11/150/010:08
Simon4/80/000:00

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
FaberWin probabilitySimon
23.9%76.1%
KO / TKO
26%
Submission
10%
Decision
64%
Expected fight time: 11.9 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Faber24%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO6%27%
Submission6%22%
Decision12%51%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes36 (2046)act 11
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.5)act 0
Simon76%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO20%26%
Submission4%6%
Decision52%68%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes49 (2864)act 4
Takedowns1.1 (0.03.4)act 0
Combined totals~85 sig strikes~1.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R113%
R218%
R35%
Distance64%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.2%
Faber
34.9%+183
Simon
-18363.9%
Most takedownstie 34.3%
Faber
15.6%+322
Simon
-32250.2%
Significant strikes — over/under
Faber
Expected: 35.7
35.5
Over 35.5
42.8%
+134
Under 35.5
57.2%
-134
04590
Simon
Expected: 49.1
49
Over 49
42.0%
+135
Exactly 49
1.4%
push
Under 49
56.7%
-135
062123
Takedowns — over/under
Faber
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
27.8%
+260
Under 0.5
72.2%
-260
035
Simon
Expected: 1.1
1
Over 1
39.0%
+106
Exactly 1
19.9%
push
Under 1
41.2%
-106
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 11.9 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
Faber23.9%23.4%+0.5+320
Simon76.1%76.6%−0.5-355

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
67.4Striking61.8
Faber +5.5
46.8Grappling65.3
Simon +18.6
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
FaberSimon
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1612
Pound-for-pound
1585
1627
Divisional
1584
1459
Striking offense
1484
1532
Striking defense
1501
Grappling offense
Grappling defense
Physical
40 yrs
Age
26 yrs
5'6"
Height
5'6"
67"
Reach
69"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.92
Strikes landed / min
2.51
43%
Strike accuracy
39%
2.79
Strikes absorbed / min
3.33
66%
Strike defense
69%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.67
Takedowns / 15 min
4.33
29%
Takedown accuracy
41%
65%
Takedown defense
76%
0.6
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.3
Form & résumé
63%
UFC win rate
100%
+1
Win/loss streak
+3
40%
Last-5 win rate
100%
60%
Finish rate
33%
Recent opp. quality
938
Days since last fight
154
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Urijah Faber
  • WBrad PickettU-DEC R3
    Close -3402y 7mo before
  • LJimmie RiveraU-DEC R3
    Close +1502y 10mo before
  • LDominick CruzU-DEC R5
    Close +3153y 1mo before
  • WFrankie SaenzU-DEC R3
    Close -4903y 7mo before
  • LFrankie EdgarU-DEC R5
    Close +4254y 2mo before
Ricky Simon
  • WRani YahyaU-DEC R3
    Close -1055mo before
  • WMontel JacksonU-DEC R3
    Close +10511mo before
  • WMerab DvalishviliSUB R3
    Close -1101y 3mo before
Faber — win / loss by method
Record: 34-10-0

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
9 wins, 3 losses
W
26% of wins
L
30% of losses
Submission
17 wins, 0 losses
W
50% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
7 wins, 7 losses
W
21% of wins
L
70% of losses
DQ / other
1 win, 0 losses
W
3% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
10win6loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(17%) 1
6 (60%)Submission(0%) 0
4 (40%)Decision(83%) 5
Non-UFC
24win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
9 (38%)KO/TKO(50%) 2
11 (46%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (13%)Decision(50%) 2
1 (4%)DQ / other(0%) 0
Simon — win / loss by method
Record: 15-1-0

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, 0 losses
W
33% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 1 loss
W
13% of wins
L
100% of losses
Decision
8 wins, 0 losses
W
53% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
3win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (33%)Submission() 0
2 (67%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
12win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (42%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (8%)Submission(100%) 1
6 (50%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Faber
Simon
16
UFC fights
3
234.1 min · 14.6 avg
Octagon time
45.0 min · 15.0 avg
22y 8m
Career length
12y 6m
UFC schedule strength

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

Faber
Simon
300W–59L · 83.6%
Overall
39W–12L · 76.5%
166W–50L · 76.9%
Wins
39W–12L · 76.5%
134W–9L · 93.7%
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Faber
Simon
309W–96L · 76.3%
Overall
91W–66L · 58.0%
251W–87L · 74.3%
Wins
78W–63L · 55.3%
58W–9L · 86.6%
Losses
13W–3L · 81.3%
Distance striking
Faber
Simon
2.75
Landed / min
3.11
34.5%
Accuracy
33.2%
68.5%
Defense
71.7%
0.26
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.67
66.3%
Time at distance
60.1%
Grappling & control
Faber
Simon
1.67
Takedowns / 15 min
4.33
29.2%
Takedown accuracy
40.6%
64.6%
Takedown defense
75.8%
0.58
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.33
70.5%
Control share
77.8%
Strike target map
Faber
  • Head73%(501)div 63%
  • Body20%(134)div 21%
  • Legs7%(49)div 16%
Simon
  • Head64%(72)div 63%
  • Body22%(25)div 21%
  • Legs14%(16)div 16%

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

Urijah Faber
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Ricky Simon
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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