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UFC 231: Holloway vs. Ortega
Elias Theodorou
Elias Theodorou
15-2 · CAN
VS
Eryk Anders
Eryk Anders
11-2 · USA
December 8, 2018 · Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Middleweight · 3 rounds
Elias Theodorou def. Eryk Anders by S-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Theodorou35/690/100:36
Anders8/230/000:07
R2
Theodorou29/590/100:00
Anders36/630/010:16
R3
Theodorou28/830/100:00
Anders21/470/100:00
Total
Theodorou92/2110/300:36
Anders65/1330/110:23

Scorecards

Theodorou vs Anders

RdBenoit RousselChristopher DoyleSal D'AmatoCommunity
R1---10-9
R2---8.4-10
R3---9.8-9.3
Total28-2929-2829-2828.2-28.3

Media (14 cards) · avg 28.828 · 11 Theodorou · 0 Anders · 3 draws

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Theodorou-Anders.

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
TheodorouWin probabilityAnders
55.5%44.5%
KO / TKO
47%
Submission
14%
Decision
39%
Expected fight time: 9.2 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Theodorou56%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO23%41%
Submission7%13%
Decision26%46%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes42 (2455)act 92
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.1)act 0
Anders44%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO24%54%
Submission7%15%
Decision13%31%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes27 (1535)act 65
Takedowns0.9 (0.02.8)act 0
Combined totals~69 sig strikes~1.1 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R130%
R227%
R34%
Distance39%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.4%
Theodorou
69.2%-236
Anders
+23629.3%
Most takedownstie 40.7%
Theodorou
14.1%+322
Anders
-32245.3%
Significant strikes — over/under
Theodorou
Expected: 42.2
42
Over 42
42.1%
+134
Exactly 42
1.6%
push
Under 42
56.3%
-134
053106
Anders
Expected: 26.8
27
Over 27
40.8%
+139
Exactly 27
2.4%
push
Under 27
56.8%
-139
03467
Takedowns — over/under
Theodorou
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
23.0%
+335
Under 0.5
77.0%
-335
035
Anders
Expected: 0.9
1
Over 1
31.6%
+152
Exactly 1
20.5%
push
Under 1
48.0%
-152
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 9.2 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
Theodorou55.5%53.2%+2.3-125
Anders44.5%46.8%−2.3+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
71.0Striking60.7
Theodorou +10.3
38.3Grappling50.7
Anders +12.3
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
TheodorouAnders
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1602
Pound-for-pound
1548
1603
Divisional
1559
1503
Striking offense
1505
1536
Striking defense
1498
1504
Grappling offense
1507
1503
Grappling defense
1507
Physical
30 yrs
Age
31 yrs
6'1"
Height
6'1"
75"
Reach
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
3.93
Strikes landed / min
2.87
43%
Strike accuracy
51%
1.99
Strikes absorbed / min
3.43
56%
Strike defense
46%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.58
Takedowns / 15 min
2.48
31%
Takedown accuracy
43%
59%
Takedown defense
58%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.2
Form & résumé
78%
UFC win rate
60%
+2
Win/loss streak
-1
80%
Last-5 win rate
60%
29%
Finish rate
67%
Recent opp. quality
195
Days since last fight
77
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Elias Theodorou
  • WTrevor SmithU-DEC R3
    Close -3906mo before
  • WDaniel KellyU-DEC R3
    Close -3101y 1mo before
  • LBrad TavaresU-DEC R3
    Close -1051y 5mo before
  • WCezar FerreiraU-DEC R3
    Close -1051y 10mo before
  • WSam AlveyU-DEC R3
    Close -2352y 6mo before
Eryk Anders
  • LThiago SantosKO/TKO R3
    Close +1703mo before
  • WTim WilliamsKO/TKO R3
    Close -12003mo before
  • LLyoto MachidaS-DEC R5
    Close -24510mo before
  • WMarkus PerezU-DEC R3
    Close -4701y before
  • WRafael NatalKO/TKO R1
    Close -1151y 5mo before
Theodorou — win / loss by method
Record: 15-2-0

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, 0 losses
W
40% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
7% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
8 wins, 2 losses
W
53% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
7win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (29%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
5 (71%)Decision(100%) 2
Non-UFC
8win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (50%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (13%)Submission() 0
3 (38%)Decision() 0
Anders — win / loss by method
Record: 11-2-0

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
7 wins, 1 loss
W
64% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
9% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 1 loss
W
27% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
3win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (67%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (33%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
8win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (63%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (13%)Submission() 0
2 (25%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Theodorou
Anders
9
UFC fights
5
123.8 min · 13.8 avg
Octagon time
72.6 min · 14.5 avg
15y 1m
Career length
10y 11m
UFC schedule strength

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

Theodorou
Anders
118W–31L · 79.2%
Overall
86W–26L · 76.8%
93W–24L · 79.5%
Wins
46W–12L · 79.3%
25W–7L · 78.1%
Losses
40W–14L · 74.1%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Theodorou
Anders
36W–11L · 76.6%
Overall
34W–23L · 59.6%
36W–11L · 76.6%
Wins
34W–23L · 59.6%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Theodorou
Anders
4.79
Landed / min
2.82
33.3%
Accuracy
42.0%
66.2%
Defense
53.6%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.62
48.9%
Time at distance
53.8%
Grappling & control
Theodorou
Anders
1.58
Takedowns / 15 min
2.48
31.0%
Takedown accuracy
42.9%
59.0%
Takedown defense
58.3%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.21
65.4%
Control share
74.8%
Strike target map
Theodorou
  • Head48%(232)div 63%
  • Body31%(153)div 19%
  • Legs21%(102)div 18%
Anders
  • Head76%(158)div 63%
  • Body23%(47)div 19%
  • Legs1%(3)div 18%

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

Elias Theodorou
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Eryk Anders
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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