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UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs. Smith
Anthony Smith
Anthony Smith
30-13 · USA
VS
Mauricio Rua
Mauricio Rua
25-10 · BRA
July 22, 2018 · Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
Light Heavyweight · 5 rounds · Main event
Anthony Smith def. Mauricio Rua by KO/TKO (Punches), R1 1:29
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 1:29
Smith23/310/010:01
Rua4/120/000:00
Total
Smith23/310/010:01
Rua4/120/000:00

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
SmithWin probabilityRua
28.3%71.7%
KO / TKO
79%
Submission
5%
Decision
16%
Expected fight time: 13.3 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Smith28%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO21%75%
Submission4%13%
Decision3%12%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes71 (4092)act 23
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.0)act 0
Rua72%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO58%81%
Submission2%2%
Decision12%17%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes83 (48108)act 4
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.5)act 0
Combined totals~154 sig strikes~0.4 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R124%
R218%
R321%
R412%
R59%
Distance16%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.7%
Smith
42.0%+137
Rua
-13757.3%
Most takedownstie 77.6%
Smith
3.9%+473
Rua
-47318.5%
Significant strikes — over/under
Smith
Expected: 70.7
70.5
Over 70.5
42.7%
+134
Under 70.5
57.3%
-134
089177
Rua
Expected: 83.3
83.5
Over 83.5
42.4%
+136
Under 83.5
57.6%
-136
0105209
Takedowns — over/under
Smith
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
4.5%
Exactly 0
95.5%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Rua
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
18.9%
+428
Under 0.5
81.1%
-428
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 13.3 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
Smith28.3%42.0%−13.7+130
Rua71.7%58.0%+13.7-150

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
56.9Striking67.4
Rua +10.6
33.8Grappling42.0
Rua +8.2
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
SmithRua
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1553
Pound-for-pound
1585
1531
Divisional
1576
1527
Striking offense
1540
1502
Striking defense
1508
Grappling offense
Grappling defense
Physical
29 yrs
Age
36 yrs
6'4"
Height
6'1"
76"
Reach
76"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.30
Strikes landed / min
3.56
47%
Strike accuracy
52%
4.29
Strikes absorbed / min
3.35
46%
Strike defense
54%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.61
Takedowns / 15 min
1.62
27%
Takedown accuracy
41%
48%
Takedown defense
41%
0.4
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.3
Form & résumé
63%
UFC win rate
53%
+1
Win/loss streak
+3
80%
Last-5 win rate
60%
80%
Finish rate
78%
Recent opp. quality
43
Days since last fight
498
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Anthony Smith
  • WRashad EvansKO/TKO R1
    Close -20543d before
  • LThiago SantosKO/TKO R2
    Close +2156mo before
  • WHector LombardKO/TKO R3
    Close -15510mo before
  • WAndrew SanchezKO/TKO R3
    Close +2701y 3mo before
  • WElvis MutapcicKO/TKO R2
    Close -1151y 8mo before
Mauricio Rua
  • WGian VillanteKO/TKO R3
    Close -1551y 4mo before
  • WCorey AndersonS-DEC R3
    Close +1402y 2mo before
  • WRogerio NogueiraU-DEC R3
    Close -2303y before
  • LOvince Saint PreuxKO/TKO R1
    Close -1603y 8mo before
  • LDan HendersonKO/TKO R3
    Close -1654y 4mo before
Smith — win / loss by method
Record: 30-13-0

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
18 wins, 8 losses
W
60% of wins
L
62% of losses
Submission
10 wins, 4 losses
W
33% of wins
L
31% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 1 loss
W
7% of wins
L
8% of losses
UFC
5win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (80%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(33%) 1
1 (20%)Decision(33%) 1
Non-UFC
25win10loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
14 (56%)KO/TKO(70%) 7
10 (40%)Submission(30%) 3
1 (4%)Decision(0%) 0
Rua — win / loss by method
Record: 25-10-0

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
20 wins, 4 losses
W
80% of wins
L
40% of losses
Submission
1 win, 3 losses
W
4% of wins
L
30% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 3 losses
W
16% of wins
L
30% of losses
UFC
9win8loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (78%)KO/TKO(38%) 3
0 (0%)Submission(25%) 2
2 (22%)Decision(38%) 3
Non-UFC
16win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
13 (81%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
1 (6%)Submission(50%) 1
2 (13%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Smith
Rua
8
UFC fights
17
73.7 min · 9.2 avg
Octagon time
194.9 min · 11.5 avg
18y 5m
Career length
23y 9m
UFC schedule strength

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

Smith
Rua
121W–32L · 79.1%
Overall
294W–89L · 76.8%
88W–21L · 80.7%
Wins
140W–45L · 75.7%
33W–11L · 75.0%
Losses
154W–44L · 77.8%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Smith
Rua
336W–164L · 67.2%
Overall
230W–100L · 69.7%
251W–133L · 65.4%
Wins
195W–87L · 69.1%
85W–31L · 73.3%
Losses
35W–13L · 72.9%
Distance striking
Smith
Rua
5.06
Landed / min
4.98
41.5%
Accuracy
46.9%
54.7%
Defense
62.6%
0.81
Knockdowns / 15 min
1.00
49.1%
Time at distance
47.8%
Grappling & control
Smith
Rua
0.61
Takedowns / 15 min
1.62
27.3%
Takedown accuracy
41.2%
47.8%
Takedown defense
40.8%
0.41
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.31
18.8%
Control share
50.9%
Strike target map
Smith
  • Head74%(179)div 65%
  • Body18%(43)div 19%
  • Legs9%(21)div 16%
Rua
  • Head62%(430)div 65%
  • Body16%(109)div 19%
  • Legs22%(155)div 16%

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

Anthony Smith
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Mauricio Rua
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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