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The Ultimate Fighter: Heavy Hitters Finale
Tim Means
Tim Means
27-10-1 · USA
VS
Ricky Rainey
Ricky Rainey
13-5 · USA
November 30, 2018 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Welterweight · 3 rounds
170.5lb
Weigh-in
170.5lb
Tim Means def. Ricky Rainey by KO/TKO (Punches), R1 1:18
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 1:18
Means19/322/200:33
Rainey6/120/000:00
Total
Means19/322/200:33
Rainey6/120/000:00

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
MeansWin probabilityRainey
62.2%37.8%
KO / TKO
41%
Submission
30%
Decision
29%
Expected fight time: 8.0 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Means62%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO27%44%
Submission19%30%
Decision16%26%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes43 (2456)act 19
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.6)act 2
Rainey38%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO14%36%
Submission12%31%
Decision12%33%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes37 (2048)act 6
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.2)act 0
Combined totals~80 sig strikes~0.6 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R144%
R216%
R311%
Distance29%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.4%
Means
56.8%-136
Rainey
+13641.9%
Most takedownstie 57.7%
Means
24.2%-133
Rainey
+13318.2%
Significant strikes — over/under
Means
Expected: 43.2
43
Over 43
42.0%
+134
Exactly 43
1.5%
push
Under 43
56.4%
-134
054108
Rainey
Expected: 36.7
36.5
Over 36.5
42.9%
+133
Under 36.5
57.1%
-133
04692
Takedowns — over/under
Means
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
28.4%
+252
Under 0.5
71.6%
-252
035
Rainey
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
22.6%
+342
Under 0.5
77.4%
-342
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 8.0 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
Means62.2%74.6%−12.4-340
Rainey37.8%25.4%+12.4+280

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
72.8Striking58.0
Means +14.7
43.2Grappling25.0
Means +18.2
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
MeansRainey
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1559
Pound-for-pound
1511
1561
Divisional
1511
1513
Striking offense
1495
1517
Striking defense
1493
1470
Grappling offense
1494
1537
Grappling defense
1508
Physical
34 yrs
Age
35 yrs
6'2"
Height
6'1"
75"
Reach
77"
Orthodox
Stance
Switch
Striking (UFC career)
4.71
Strikes landed / min
2.07
45%
Strike accuracy
43%
3.22
Strikes absorbed / min
2.72
63%
Strike defense
48%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.66
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
44%
Takedown accuracy
0%
64%
Takedown defense
100%
0.2
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
53%
UFC win rate
0%
-2
Win/loss streak
-1
20%
Last-5 win rate
0%
56%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
300
Days since last fight
230
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Tim Means
  • LSergio MoraesS-DEC R3
    Close -20510mo before
  • LBelal MuhammadS-DEC R3
    Close -2101y before
  • WAlex GarciaU-DEC R3
    Close -3101y 5mo before
  • LAlex OliveiraSUB R2
    Close -2101y 9mo before
  • WSabah HomasiKO/TKO R2
    Close -4202y 3mo before
Ricky Rainey
  • LMuslim SalikhovKO/TKO R2
    Close +1758mo before
Means — win / loss by method
Record: 27-10-1, 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
18 wins, 1 loss
W
67% of wins
L
10% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 4 losses
W
15% of wins
L
40% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 5 losses
W
19% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
9win7loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
4 (44%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (11%)Submission(29%) 2
4 (44%)Decision(71%) 5
Non-UFC
18win3loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
14 (78%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
3 (17%)Submission(67%) 2
1 (6%)Decision(0%) 0
Rainey — win / loss by method
Record: 13-5-0

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, 3 losses
W
54% of wins
L
60% of losses
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
8% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 2 losses
W
38% of wins
L
40% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
13win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (54%)KO/TKO(50%) 2
1 (8%)Submission(0%) 0
5 (38%)Decision(50%) 2

Profiles

Experience
Means
Rainey
17
UFC fights
1
181.3 min · 10.7 avg
Octagon time
9.2 min · 9.2 avg
22y 4m
Career length
15y 0m
UFC schedule strength

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

Means
Rainey
228W–71L · 76.3%
Overall
14W–2L · 87.5%
122W–34L · 78.2%
Wins
0W–0L
106W–37L · 74.1%
Losses
14W–2L · 87.5%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Means
Rainey
155W–100L · 60.8%
Overall
135W–61L · 68.9%
115W–87L · 56.9%
Wins
98W–47L · 67.6%
40W–13L · 75.5%
Losses
37W–14L · 72.5%
Distance striking
Means
Rainey
5.35
Landed / min
1.93
41.2%
Accuracy
44.1%
65.5%
Defense
50.0%
0.58
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
68.8%
Time at distance
84.4%
Grappling & control
Means
Rainey
0.66
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
44.4%
Takedown accuracy
0.0%
63.5%
Takedown defense
100.0%
0.17
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
32.6%
Control share
20.8%
Strike target map
Means
  • Head63%(536)div 63%
  • Body26%(220)div 20%
  • Legs11%(97)div 16%
Rainey
  • Head32%(6)div 63%
  • Body32%(6)div 20%
  • Legs37%(7)div 16%

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

Tim Means
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Ricky Rainey
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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