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UFC Fight Night: Alvarez vs. Poirier 2
Devin Powell
Devin Powell
8-3 · USA
VS
July 28, 2018 · Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Lightweight · 3 rounds
Devin Powell def. Alvaro Herrera Mendoza by KO/TKO (Kicks), R1 1:52
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 1:52
Powell12/260/110:12
Herrera Mendoza7/230/000:10
Total
Powell12/260/110:12
Herrera Mendoza7/230/000:10

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
PowellWin probabilityHerrera Mendoza
52.3%47.7%
KO / TKO
22%
Submission
16%
Decision
62%
Expected fight time: 11.7 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Powell52%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO8%16%
Submission8%16%
Decision36%68%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes41 (2353)act 12
Takedowns0.5 (0.02.0)act 0
Herrera Mendoza48%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO14%28%
Submission8%17%
Decision26%55%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes39 (2251)act 7
Takedowns0.8 (0.02.9)act 0
Combined totals~80 sig strikes~1.3 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R118%
R211%
R39%
Distance62%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.4%
Powell
51.3%-108
Herrera Mendoza
+10847.4%
Most takedownstie 45.3%
Powell
21.0%+161
Herrera Mendoza
-16133.7%
Significant strikes — over/under
Powell
Expected: 41.0
41
Over 41
41.7%
+136
Exactly 41
1.6%
push
Under 41
56.7%
-136
052103
Herrera Mendoza
Expected: 39.3
39.5
Over 39.5
42.2%
+137
Under 39.5
57.8%
-137
05099
Takedowns — over/under
Powell
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
28.7%
+249
Under 0.5
71.3%
-249
035
Herrera Mendoza
Expected: 0.8
1
Over 1
27.5%
+216
Exactly 1
12.8%
push
Under 1
59.6%
-216
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 11.7 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
Powell52.3%48.9%+3.4-105
Herrera Mendoza47.7%51.1%−3.4-115

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
52.5Striking58.2
Herrera Mendoza +5.6
12.5Grappling22.0
Herrera Mendoza +9.5
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
PowellHerrera Mendoza
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1489
Pound-for-pound
1490
1490
Divisional
1491
1496
Striking offense
1490
1503
Striking defense
1502
1486
Grappling offense
1492
1497
Grappling defense
1486
Physical
30 yrs
Age
28 yrs
6'0"
Height
6'0"
73"
Reach
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.17
Strikes landed / min
1.58
41%
Strike accuracy
43%
3.50
Strikes absorbed / min
2.90
44%
Strike defense
55%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
0%
Takedown accuracy
0%
Takedown defense
20%
1.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.3
Form & résumé
0%
UFC win rate
33%
-2
Win/loss streak
-2
0%
Last-5 win rate
33%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
398
Days since last fight
357
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Devin Powell
  • LDarrell HorcherS-DEC R3
    Close +3601y 1mo before
  • LDrakkar KloseU-DEC R3
    Close +2601y 6mo before
Alvaro Herrera Mendoza
  • LJordan RinaldiSUB R1
    Close +1851y before
  • LVicente LuqueSUB R2
    Close +3132y 1mo before
  • WVernon Ramos HoKO/TKO R1
    Close +1502y 8mo before
Powell — win / loss by method
Record: 8-3-0

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
2 wins, 0 losses
W
25% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 0 losses
W
38% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 3 losses
W
38% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
0win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(100%) 2
Non-UFC
8win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (25%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (38%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (38%)Decision(100%) 1
Herrera Mendoza — win / loss by method
Record: 9-5-0

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
5 wins, 2 losses
W
56% of wins
L
40% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 3 losses
W
33% of wins
L
60% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
DQ / other
1 win, 0 losses
W
11% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
1win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (100%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(100%) 2
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
8win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (50%)KO/TKO(67%) 2
3 (38%)Submission(33%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
1 (13%)DQ / other(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Powell
Herrera Mendoza
2
UFC fights
3
30.0 min · 15.0 avg
Octagon time
11.4 min · 3.8 avg
14y 3m
Career length
17y 8m
UFC schedule strength

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

Powell
Herrera Mendoza
18W–2L · 90.0%
Overall
23W–10L · 69.7%
0W–0L
Wins
3W–0L · 100.0%
18W–2L · 90.0%
Losses
20W–10L · 66.7%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Powell
Herrera Mendoza
38W–34L · 52.8%
Overall
10W–3L · 76.9%
33W–28L · 54.1%
Wins
3W–2L · 60.0%
5W–6L · 45.5%
Losses
7W–1L · 87.5%
Distance striking
Powell
Herrera Mendoza
4.12
Landed / min
2.73
33.1%
Accuracy
36.8%
57.0%
Defense
58.8%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
1.32
33.9%
Time at distance
45.0%
Grappling & control
Powell
Herrera Mendoza
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
0.0%
Takedown accuracy
0.0%
Takedown defense
20.0%
1.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.32
11.5%
Control share
0.3%
Strike target map
Powell
  • Head34%(22)div 63%
  • Body23%(15)div 20%
  • Legs43%(28)div 17%
Herrera Mendoza
  • Head78%(14)div 63%
  • Body17%(3)div 20%
  • Legs6%(1)div 17%

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

Devin Powell
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Alvaro Herrera Mendoza
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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