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UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Dos Santos
Niko Price
Niko Price
12-2 · USA
VS
Tim Means
Tim Means
28-10-1 · USA
March 9, 2019 · Wichita, Kansas, USA
Welterweight · 3 rounds
170.5lb
Weigh-in
171.0lb
Niko Price def. Tim Means by KO/TKO (Punch), R1 4:50
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 4:50
Price32/670/010:02
Means31/481/101:50
Total
Price32/670/010:02
Means31/481/101:50

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
PriceWin probabilityMeans
43.4%56.6%
KO / TKO
58%
Submission
10%
Decision
32%
Expected fight time: 9.5 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Price43%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO25%59%
Submission6%14%
Decision12%27%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes56 (3273)act 32
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.0)act 0
Means57%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO32%57%
Submission5%8%
Decision20%35%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes67 (3887)act 31
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.8)act 1
Combined totals~123 sig strikes~0.7 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R128%
R221%
R319%
Distance32%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.9%
Price
41.0%+142
Means
-14258.1%
Most takedownstie 64.4%
Price
13.7%+161
Means
-16122.0%
Significant strikes — over/under
Price
Expected: 55.8
56
Over 56
41.6%
+137
Exactly 56
1.2%
push
Under 56
57.2%
-137
070140
Means
Expected: 67.0
67
Over 67
42.0%
+136
Exactly 67
1.0%
push
Under 67
57.0%
-136
084168
Takedowns — over/under
Price
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
16.3%
+514
Under 0.5
83.7%
-514
035
Means
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
24.4%
+310
Under 0.5
75.6%
-310
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 9.5 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
Price43.4%34.9%+8.5+175
Means56.6%65.1%−8.5-210

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
52.0Striking73.1
Means +21.1
63.6Grappling46.5
Price +17.0
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
PriceMeans
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1556
Pound-for-pound
1573
1556
Divisional
1575
1505
Striking offense
1521
1502
Striking defense
1513
1499
Grappling offense
1479
1496
Grappling defense
1549
Physical
29 yrs
Age
35 yrs
6'0"
Height
6'2"
76"
Reach
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.50
Strikes landed / min
4.78
30%
Strike accuracy
45%
4.04
Strikes absorbed / min
3.23
56%
Strike defense
63%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.44
Takedowns / 15 min
0.82
29%
Takedown accuracy
50%
75%
Takedown defense
64%
1.8
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.2
Form & résumé
57%
UFC win rate
56%
-1
Win/loss streak
+1
60%
Last-5 win rate
40%
100%
Finish rate
60%
Recent opp. quality
182
Days since last fight
99
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Niko Price
  • LAbdul Razak AlhassanKO/TKO R1
    Close -1106mo before
  • WRandy BrownKO/TKO R2
    Close +1108mo before
  • WGeorge SullivanSUB R2
    Close -3651y 1mo before
  • LVicente LuqueSUB R2
    Close +1101y 4mo before
  • WAlan JoubanKO/TKO R1
    Close +1451y 7mo before
Tim Means
  • WRicky RaineyKO/TKO R1
    Close -3403mo before
  • LSergio MoraesS-DEC R3
    Close -2051y 1mo before
  • LBelal MuhammadS-DEC R3
    Close -2101y 4mo before
  • WAlex GarciaU-DEC R3
    Close -3101y 8mo before
  • LAlex OliveiraSUB R2
    Close -2102y before
Price — win / loss by method
Record: 12-2-0, 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
8 wins, 1 loss
W
67% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 1 loss
W
25% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
8% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
4win2loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
2 (50%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
2 (50%)Submission(50%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
8win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (75%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (13%)Submission() 0
1 (13%)Decision() 0
Means — win / loss by method
Record: 28-10-1, 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
19 wins, 1 loss
W
68% of wins
L
10% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 4 losses
W
14% of wins
L
40% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 5 losses
W
18% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
10win7loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
5 (50%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (10%)Submission(29%) 2
4 (40%)Decision(71%) 5
Non-UFC
18win3loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
14 (78%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
3 (17%)Submission(67%) 2
1 (6%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Price
Means
7
UFC fights
18
41.6 min · 5.9 avg
Octagon time
182.6 min · 10.1 avg
14y 5m
Career length
22y 4m
UFC schedule strength

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

Price
Means
73W–23L · 76.0%
Overall
241W–76L · 76.0%
53W–16L · 76.8%
Wins
135W–39L · 77.6%
20W–7L · 74.1%
Losses
106W–37L · 74.1%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Price
Means
26W–17L · 60.5%
Overall
155W–100L · 60.8%
26W–17L · 60.5%
Wins
115W–87L · 56.9%
0W–0L
Losses
40W–13L · 75.5%
Distance striking
Price
Means
2.64
Landed / min
5.35
24.4%
Accuracy
41.2%
57.3%
Defense
65.4%
0.72
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.58
63.8%
Time at distance
68.7%
Grappling & control
Price
Means
1.44
Takedowns / 15 min
0.82
28.6%
Takedown accuracy
50.0%
75.0%
Takedown defense
63.5%
1.80
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.16
59.5%
Control share
33.4%
Strike target map
Price
  • Head63%(66)div 63%
  • Body17%(18)div 20%
  • Legs19%(20)div 16%
Means
  • Head63%(553)div 63%
  • Body25%(221)div 20%
  • Legs11%(98)div 16%

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

Niko Price
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Tim Means
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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