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UFC 230: Cormier vs. Lewis
Lyman Good
Lyman Good
19-4 · USA
VS
Ben Saunders
Ben Saunders
22-10-2 · USA
November 3, 2018 · New York City, New York, USA
Welterweight · 3 rounds
169.6lb
Weigh-in
170.4lb
Lyman Good def. Ben Saunders by KO/TKO (Punches), R1 1:32
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 1:32
Good14/220/010:05
Saunders12/230/000:00
Total
Good14/220/010:05
Saunders12/230/000:00

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
GoodWin probabilitySaunders
75.1%24.9%
KO / TKO
32%
Submission
11%
Decision
57%
Expected fight time: 10.9 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Good75%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO24%32%
Submission7%9%
Decision44%59%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes54 (3171)act 14
Takedowns0.5 (0.01.9)act 0
Saunders25%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO8%31%
Submission4%18%
Decision13%51%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes38 (2150)act 12
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.8)act 0
Combined totals~92 sig strikes~0.7 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R122%
R216%
R35%
Distance57%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.1%
Good
65.4%-196
Saunders
+19633.4%
Most takedownstie 59.8%
Good
26.5%-192
Saunders
+19213.8%
Significant strikes — over/under
Good
Expected: 54.3
54.5
Over 54.5
42.2%
+137
Under 54.5
57.8%
-137
068136
Saunders
Expected: 38.1
38
Over 38
41.8%
+135
Exactly 38
1.7%
push
Under 38
56.5%
-135
04896
Takedowns — over/under
Good
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
29.5%
+238
Under 0.5
70.5%
-238
035
Saunders
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
17.5%
Exactly 0
82.5%
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 10.9 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
Good75.1%83.0%−7.9-630
Saunders24.9%17.0%+7.9+465

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
73.0Striking63.1
Good +9.9
52.0Grappling51.2
Good +0.8
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
GoodSaunders
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1549
Pound-for-pound
1543
1549
Divisional
1543
1507
Striking offense
1501
1504
Striking defense
1516
1492
Grappling offense
1473
1513
Grappling defense
1500
Physical
33 yrs
Age
35 yrs
6'0"
Height
6'2"
74"
Reach
77"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
5.50
Strikes landed / min
3.13
48%
Strike accuracy
50%
4.36
Strikes absorbed / min
3.51
67%
Strike defense
52%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.64
Takedowns / 15 min
0.23
100%
Takedown accuracy
40%
86%
Takedown defense
69%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.0
Form & résumé
50%
UFC win rate
56%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
50%
Last-5 win rate
40%
100%
Finish rate
67%
Recent opp. quality
469
Days since last fight
42
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Lyman Good
  • LElizeu Zaleski dos SantosS-DEC R3
    Close -1501y 3mo before
  • WAndrew CraigKO/TKO R2
    Close -2703y 4mo before
Ben Saunders
  • LSergio MoraesSUB R2
    Close +23542d before
  • WJake EllenbergerKO/TKO R1
    Close +1405mo before
  • LAlan JoubanKO/TKO R2
    Close +2108mo before
  • LPeter SobottaKO/TKO R2
    Close +1151y 5mo before
  • WCourt McGeeU-DEC R3
    Close +1151y 10mo before
Good — win / loss by method
Record: 19-4-0, 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
9 wins, 0 losses
W
47% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 0 losses
W
16% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
7 wins, 4 losses
W
37% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
1win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (100%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
18win3loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
8 (44%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (17%)Submission(0%) 0
7 (39%)Decision(100%) 3
Saunders — win / loss by method
Record: 22-10-2

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
10 wins, 6 losses
W
45% of wins
L
60% of losses
Submission
7 wins, 1 loss
W
32% of wins
L
10% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 3 losses
W
23% of wins
L
30% of losses
UFC
9win7loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (33%)KO/TKO(57%) 4
3 (33%)Submission(14%) 1
3 (33%)Decision(29%) 2
Non-UFC
13win3loss2draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (54%)KO/TKO(67%) 2
4 (31%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (15%)Decision(33%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Good
Saunders
2
UFC fights
16
23.6 min · 11.8 avg
Octagon time
132.7 min · 8.3 avg
20y 9m
Career length
22y 3m
UFC schedule strength

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

Good
Saunders
25W–8L · 75.8%
Overall
292W–84L · 77.7%
9W–3L · 75.0%
Wins
144W–44L · 76.6%
16W–5L · 76.2%
Losses
148W–40L · 78.7%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Good
Saunders
179W–51L · 77.8%
Overall
233W–69L · 77.2%
151W–51L · 74.8%
Wins
172W–57L · 75.1%
28W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
61W–12L · 83.6%
Distance striking
Good
Saunders
5.06
Landed / min
5.47
41.9%
Accuracy
41.1%
71.6%
Defense
59.0%
0.64
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.34
80.4%
Time at distance
33.9%
Grappling & control
Good
Saunders
0.64
Takedowns / 15 min
0.23
100.0%
Takedown accuracy
40.0%
85.7%
Takedown defense
68.9%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.02
38.3%
Control share
20.0%
Strike target map
Good
  • Head75%(98)div 63%
  • Body17%(22)div 20%
  • Legs8%(10)div 16%
Saunders
  • Head54%(226)div 63%
  • Body37%(154)div 20%
  • Legs9%(36)div 16%

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

Lyman Good
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Ben Saunders
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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