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Jussier Formiga
Jussier Formiga
21-5 · BRA
VS
Sergio Pettis
Sergio Pettis
17-3 · USA
October 6, 2018 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Flyweight · 3 rounds
125.5lb
Weigh-in
125.0lb
Jussier Formiga def. Sergio Pettis by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Formiga10/251/201:26
Pettis17/510/000:00
R2
Formiga6/91/201:48
Pettis9/360/000:00
R3
Formiga2/30/104:11
Pettis4/100/000:00
Total
Formiga18/372/507:25
Pettis30/970/000:00

Scorecards

Formiga vs Pettis

RdDave HagenDerek ClearySal D'AmatoCommunity
R19-1010-99-109.7-9.3
R210-910-910-99.9-9.1
R310-910-810-910-8.7
Total29-2830-2629-2829.6-27.1

Media (18 cards) · avg 29.827 · 18 Formiga · 0 Pettis

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Formiga-Pettis.

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
FormigaWin probabilityPettis
44.3%55.7%
KO / TKO
13%
Submission
5%
Decision
82%
Expected fight time: 13.4 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Formiga44%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO4%8%
Submission4%9%
Decision36%83%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes35 (2046)act 18
Takedowns1.4 (0.03.7)act 2
Pettis56%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO10%17%
Submission1%2%
Decision45%81%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes57 (3274)act 30
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.1)act 0
Combined totals~92 sig strikes~1.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R18%
R27%
R33%
Distance82%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.1%
Formiga
28.7%+245
Pettis
-24570.3%
Most takedownstie 31.2%
Formiga
63.8%-1283
Pettis
+12835.0%
Significant strikes — over/under
Formiga
Expected: 35.4
35.5
Over 35.5
42.3%
+136
Under 35.5
57.7%
-136
04589
Pettis
Expected: 56.7
56.5
Over 56.5
42.8%
+134
Under 56.5
57.2%
-134
071142
Takedowns — over/under
Formiga
Expected: 1.4
1.5
Over 1.5
45.4%
+120
Under 1.5
54.6%
-120
035
Pettis
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
10.9%
Exactly 0
89.1%
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 13.4 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
Formiga44.3%36.5%+7.8+165
Pettis55.7%63.5%−7.8-190

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
61.7Striking68.9
Pettis +7.2
59.1Grappling47.7
Formiga +11.5
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
FormigaPettis
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1591
Pound-for-pound
1603
1589
Divisional
1581
1455
Striking offense
1509
1530
Striking defense
1507
1512
Grappling offense
1479
1523
Grappling defense
1501
Physical
33 yrs
Age
25 yrs
5'5"
Height
5'6"
67"
Reach
69"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
1.35
Strikes landed / min
3.74
38%
Strike accuracy
38%
2.19
Strikes absorbed / min
2.68
65%
Strike defense
66%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.84
Takedowns / 15 min
0.99
38%
Takedown accuracy
39%
85%
Takedown defense
69%
0.7
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.5
Form & résumé
64%
UFC win rate
73%
+2
Win/loss streak
+1
60%
Last-5 win rate
80%
43%
Finish rate
0%
Recent opp. quality
238
Days since last fight
119
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Jussier Formiga
  • WBen NguyenSUB R3
    Close -1108mo before
  • WYuta SasakiSUB R1
    Close -4251y before
  • LRay BorgU-DEC R3
    Close +1101y 7mo before
  • WDustin OrtizU-DEC R3
    Close -2102y before
  • LHenry CejudoS-DEC R3
    Close +4252y 10mo before
Sergio Pettis
  • WJoseph BenavidezS-DEC R3
    Close +1704mo before
  • LHenry CejudoU-DEC R3
    Close +26010mo before
  • WBrandon MorenoU-DEC R5
    Close +1551y 2mo before
  • WJohn MoragaU-DEC R3
    Close -1601y 9mo before
  • WChris KeladesU-DEC R3
    Close -2252y 5mo before
Formiga — win / loss by method
Record: 21-5-0

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
0 wins, 2 losses
W
0% of wins
L
40% of losses
Submission
10 wins, 0 losses
W
48% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
11 wins, 3 losses
W
52% of wins
L
60% of losses
UFC
7win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(50%) 2
3 (43%)Submission(0%) 0
4 (57%)Decision(50%) 2
Non-UFC
14win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
7 (50%)Submission(0%) 0
7 (50%)Decision(100%) 1
Pettis — win / loss by method
Record: 17-3-0

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
3 wins, 1 loss
W
18% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 1 loss
W
18% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
11 wins, 1 loss
W
65% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
8win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(33%) 1
8 (100%)Decision(33%) 1
Non-UFC
9win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (33%)KO/TKO() 0
3 (33%)Submission() 0
3 (33%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Formiga
Pettis
11
UFC fights
11
122.0 min · 11.1 avg
Octagon time
166.2 min · 15.1 avg
21y 2m
Career length
14y 11m
UFC schedule strength

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

Formiga
Pettis
166W–46L · 78.3%
Overall
151W–45L · 77.0%
116W–36L · 76.3%
Wins
124W–35L · 78.0%
50W–10L · 83.3%
Losses
27W–10L · 73.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Formiga
Pettis
109W–22L · 83.2%
Overall
40W–43L · 48.2%
101W–20L · 83.5%
Wins
40W–43L · 48.2%
8W–2L · 80.0%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Formiga
Pettis
1.89
Landed / min
5.32
29.9%
Accuracy
35.5%
77.8%
Defense
69.5%
0.25
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.09
47.3%
Time at distance
60.9%
Grappling & control
Formiga
Pettis
1.84
Takedowns / 15 min
0.99
37.5%
Takedown accuracy
39.3%
85.2%
Takedown defense
69.2%
0.74
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.45
62.6%
Control share
29.0%
Strike target map
Formiga
  • Head68%(112)div 62%
  • Body19%(31)div 23%
  • Legs13%(22)div 15%
Pettis
  • Head79%(493)div 62%
  • Body11%(67)div 23%
  • Legs10%(62)div 15%

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

Jussier Formiga
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Sergio Pettis
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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