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UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs. Gaethje
Desmond Green
Desmond Green
21-8 · USA
VS
Ross Pearson
Ross Pearson
20-15 · GBR
March 30, 2019 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Lightweight · 3 rounds
Desmond Green def. Ross Pearson by KO/TKO (Punches), R1 2:52
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 2:52
Green25/321/210:08
Pearson12/240/100:00
Total
Green25/321/210:08
Pearson12/240/100:00

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
GreenWin probabilityPearson
89.7%10.3%
KO / TKO
20%
Submission
2%
Decision
78%
Expected fight time: 13.0 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Green90%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO17%19%
Submission2%2%
Decision71%79%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes71 (4092)act 25
Takedowns0.7 (0.02.4)act 1
Pearson10%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO3%31%
Submission1%5%
Decision6%64%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes42 (2455)act 12
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.4)act 0
Combined totals~113 sig strikes~0.8 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R110%
R28%
R34%
Distance78%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.9%
Green
71.9%-264
Pearson
+26427.2%
Most takedownstie 51.4%
Green
39.8%-451
Pearson
+4518.8%
Significant strikes — over/under
Green
Expected: 70.6
70.5
Over 70.5
42.6%
+135
Under 70.5
57.4%
-135
089177
Pearson
Expected: 42.4
42.5
Over 42.5
42.4%
+136
Under 42.5
57.6%
-136
054107
Takedowns — over/under
Green
Expected: 0.7
0.5
Over 0.5
43.0%
+133
Under 0.5
57.0%
-133
035
Pearson
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
13.2%
Exactly 0
86.8%
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 13.0 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
Green89.7%82.5%+7.2-600
Pearson10.3%17.5%−7.2+450

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
70.8Striking63.1
Green +7.7
41.8Grappling41.5
Green +0.3
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
GreenPearson
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1536
Pound-for-pound
1509
1537
Divisional
1522
1488
Striking offense
1505
1519
Striking defense
1509
1492
Grappling offense
1438
1538
Grappling defense
1561
Physical
29 yrs
Age
34 yrs
5'10"
Height
5'8"
73"
Reach
69"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.21
Strikes landed / min
3.67
42%
Strike accuracy
40%
2.21
Strikes absorbed / min
4.04
71%
Strike defense
63%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.75
36%
Takedown accuracy
37%
74%
Takedown defense
76%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
40%
UFC win rate
48%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
40%
Last-5 win rate
20%
0%
Finish rate
42%
Recent opp. quality
196
Days since last fight
245
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Desmond Green
  • LMairbek TaisumovU-DEC R3
    Close +4506mo before
  • WGleison TibauU-DEC R3
    Close -120010mo before
  • LMichel PrazeresU-DEC R3
    Close +1001y 2mo before
  • LRustam KhabilovU-DEC R3
    Close +2101y 7mo before
  • WJosh EmmettS-DEC R3
    Close +1702y before
Ross Pearson
  • LJohn MakdessiU-DEC R3
    Close +1958mo before
  • WMizuto HirotaU-DEC R3
    Close -1601y 2mo before
  • LDan HookerKO/TKO R2
    Close +1251y 10mo before
  • LStevie RayS-DEC R3
    Close -1052y 4mo before
  • LJorge MasvidalU-DEC R3
    Close +2252y 8mo before
Green — win / loss by method
Record: 21-8-0

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
24% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
1 win, 2 losses
W
5% of wins
L
25% of losses
Decision
15 wins, 6 losses
W
71% of wins
L
75% of losses
UFC
2win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (100%)Decision(100%) 3
Non-UFC
19win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (26%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (5%)Submission(40%) 2
13 (68%)Decision(60%) 3
Pearson — win / loss by method
Record: 20-15-0, 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
7 wins, 4 losses
W
35% of wins
L
27% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 2 losses
W
25% of wins
L
13% of losses
Decision
8 wins, 9 losses
W
40% of wins
L
60% of losses
UFC
12win12loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
5 (42%)KO/TKO(25%) 3
0 (0%)Submission(8%) 1
7 (58%)Decision(67%) 8
Non-UFC
8win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (25%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
5 (63%)Submission(33%) 1
1 (13%)Decision(33%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Green
Pearson
5
UFC fights
25
75.0 min · 15.0 avg
Octagon time
299.9 min · 12.0 avg
14y 4m
Career length
21y 7m
UFC schedule strength

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

Green
Pearson
113W–23L · 83.1%
Overall
379W–117L · 76.4%
43W–13L · 76.8%
Wins
180W–57L · 75.9%
70W–10L · 87.5%
Losses
199W–60L · 76.8%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Green
Pearson
267W–76L · 77.8%
Overall
59W–53L · 52.7%
188W–58L · 76.4%
Wins
43W–47L · 47.8%
79W–18L · 81.4%
Losses
16W–6L · 72.7%
Distance striking
Green
Pearson
3.44
Landed / min
4.20
40.6%
Accuracy
36.9%
73.9%
Defense
66.3%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.30
83.2%
Time at distance
71.7%
Grappling & control
Green
Pearson
1.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.75
35.7%
Takedown accuracy
36.6%
73.9%
Takedown defense
75.9%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
42.0%
Control share
32.9%
Strike target map
Green
  • Head66%(159)div 63%
  • Body17%(41)div 20%
  • Legs17%(41)div 17%
Pearson
  • Head53%(587)div 63%
  • Body28%(310)div 20%
  • Legs19%(205)div 17%

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

Desmond Green
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Ross Pearson
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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