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UFC Fight Night: Lee vs. Iaquinta
Joaquim Silva
Joaquim Silva
10-1 · BRA
VS
Jared Gordon
Jared Gordon
14-2 · USA
December 15, 2018 · Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Lightweight · 3 rounds
Joaquim Silva def. Jared Gordon by KO/TKO (Punches), R3 2:39
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Silva19/370/000:00
Gordon37/552/302:39
R2
Silva25/511/100:38
Gordon37/561/401:45
R3 · 2:39
Silva51/1030/000:00
Gordon42/830/100:00
Total
Silva95/1911/100:38
Gordon116/1943/804:24

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
SilvaWin probabilityGordon
36.4%63.6%
KO / TKO
43%
Submission
12%
Decision
45%
Expected fight time: 9.7 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Silva36%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO16%44%
Submission5%15%
Decision15%41%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes47 (2661)act 95
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.3)act 1
Gordon64%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO27%42%
Submission7%11%
Decision30%47%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes55 (3172)act 116
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.3)act 3
Combined totals~102 sig strikes~0.9 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R132%
R215%
R38%
Distance45%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.1%
Silva
41.7%+137
Gordon
-13757.2%
Most takedownstie 47.8%
Silva
16.7%+213
Gordon
-21335.5%
Significant strikes — over/under
Silva
Expected: 46.6
46.5
Over 46.5
42.7%
+134
Under 46.5
57.3%
-134
059117
Gordon
Expected: 55.1
55
Over 55
42.0%
+135
Exactly 55
1.2%
push
Under 55
56.8%
-135
069138
Takedowns — over/under
Silva
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
23.5%
+326
Under 0.5
76.5%
-326
035
Gordon
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
41.4%
+142
Under 0.5
58.6%
-142
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 9.7 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
Silva36.4%48.9%−12.5-105
Gordon63.6%51.1%+12.5-115

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
62.6Striking83.9
Gordon +21.3
22.2Grappling61.5
Gordon +39.4
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
SilvaGordon
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1556
Pound-for-pound
1547
1556
Divisional
1533
1495
Striking offense
1506
1510
Striking defense
1496
1507
Grappling offense
1496
1525
Grappling defense
1507
Physical
29 yrs
Age
30 yrs
5'8"
Height
5'9"
69"
Reach
68"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.07
Strikes landed / min
6.68
34%
Strike accuracy
51%
3.20
Strikes absorbed / min
2.92
65%
Strike defense
68%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
3.41
0%
Takedown accuracy
43%
65%
Takedown defense
100%
0.3
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
75%
UFC win rate
67%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
75%
Last-5 win rate
67%
33%
Finish rate
50%
Recent opp. quality
322
Days since last fight
300
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Joaquim Silva
  • LVinc PichelU-DEC R3
    Close -13011mo before
  • WReza MadadiS-DEC R3
    Close -1551y 7mo before
  • WAndrew HolbrookKO/TKO R1
    Close +1152y 5mo before
  • WNazareno MalegarieS-DEC R3
    Close +1053y 3mo before
Jared Gordon
  • LDiego FerreiraKO/TKO R1
    Close -17510mo before
  • WHacran DiasU-DEC R3
    Close -1551y 2mo before
  • WMichel QuinonesKO/TKO R2
    Close -1351y 6mo before
Silva — win / loss by method
Record: 10-1-0

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
50% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 0 losses
W
30% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 1 loss
W
20% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
3win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (33%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (67%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
7win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (57%)KO/TKO() 0
3 (43%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Gordon — win / loss by method
Record: 14-2-0

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
6 wins, 2 losses
W
43% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 0 losses
W
14% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 0 losses
W
43% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
2win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (50%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (50%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
12win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (42%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
2 (17%)Submission(0%) 0
5 (42%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Silva
Gordon
4
UFC fights
3
45.6 min · 11.4 avg
Octagon time
26.4 min · 8.8 avg
15y 9m
Career length
15y 6m
UFC schedule strength

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

Silva
Gordon
58W–9L · 86.6%
Overall
43W–8L · 84.3%
48W–8L · 85.7%
Wins
31W–6L · 83.8%
10W–1L · 90.9%
Losses
12W–2L · 85.7%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Silva
Gordon
25W–18L · 58.1%
Overall
76W–35L · 68.5%
25W–18L · 58.1%
Wins
65W–30L · 68.4%
0W–0L
Losses
11W–5L · 68.8%
Distance striking
Silva
Gordon
3.51
Landed / min
4.59
32.3%
Accuracy
33.0%
67.8%
Defense
73.5%
0.33
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
74.3%
Time at distance
52.9%
Grappling & control
Silva
Gordon
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
3.41
0.0%
Takedown accuracy
42.9%
65.0%
Takedown defense
100.0%
0.33
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
23.7%
Control share
92.1%
Strike target map
Silva
  • Head72%(101)div 63%
  • Body24%(33)div 20%
  • Legs4%(6)div 17%
Gordon
  • Head88%(154)div 63%
  • Body8%(14)div 20%
  • Legs5%(8)div 17%

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

Joaquim Silva
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Jared Gordon
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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