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UFC Fight Night: Werdum vs. Volkov
Leon Edwards
Leon Edwards
14-3 · GBR
VS
Peter Sobotta
Peter Sobotta
17-5-1 · DEU
March 17, 2018 · London, England, United Kingdom
Welterweight · 3 rounds
170.0lb
Weigh-in
171.0lb
Leon Edwards def. Peter Sobotta by KO/TKO (Punch), R3 4:59
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Edwards8/190/012:53
Sobotta6/140/000:00
R2
Edwards4/191/102:54
Sobotta4/150/000:13
R3 · 4:59
Edwards30/480/102:33
Sobotta6/141/400:51
Total
Edwards42/861/218:20
Sobotta16/431/401:04

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
EdwardsWin probabilitySobotta
82.4%17.6%
KO / TKO
28%
Submission
11%
Decision
61%
Expected fight time: 11.5 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Edwards82%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO23%28%
Submission7%9%
Decision52%63%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes43 (2457)act 42
Takedowns0.7 (0.02.5)act 1
Sobotta18%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO5%31%
Submission4%21%
Decision9%48%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes27 (1535)act 16
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.5)act 1
Combined totals~70 sig strikes~1.1 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R118%
R214%
R37%
Distance61%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.4%
Edwards
70.2%-247
Sobotta
+24728.4%
Most takedownstie 44.2%
Edwards
35.5%-175
Sobotta
+17520.3%
Significant strikes — over/under
Edwards
Expected: 43.5
43.5
Over 43.5
42.5%
+135
Under 43.5
57.5%
-135
055109
Sobotta
Expected: 26.9
27
Over 27
41.1%
+137
Exactly 27
2.4%
push
Under 27
56.5%
-137
03468
Takedowns — over/under
Edwards
Expected: 0.7
0.5
Over 0.5
42.8%
+134
Under 0.5
57.2%
-134
035
Sobotta
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
29.5%
+239
Under 0.5
70.5%
-239
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 11.5 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
Edwards82.4%63.5%+18.9-190
Sobotta17.6%36.5%−18.9+165

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
65.7Striking62.1
Edwards +3.7
49.9Grappling58.5
Sobotta +8.6
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
EdwardsSobotta
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1585
Pound-for-pound
1534
1585
Divisional
1533
1492
Striking offense
1495
1518
Striking defense
1505
1512
Grappling offense
1500
1498
Grappling defense
1536
Physical
26 yrs
Age
31 yrs
6'2"
Height
6'0"
74"
Reach
75"
Southpaw
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
2.07
Strikes landed / min
2.36
47%
Strike accuracy
40%
2.03
Strikes absorbed / min
2.90
56%
Strike defense
61%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.60
Takedowns / 15 min
1.89
31%
Takedown accuracy
37%
67%
Takedown defense
86%
0.7
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.7
Form & résumé
75%
UFC win rate
50%
+4
Win/loss streak
+2
80%
Last-5 win rate
80%
33%
Finish rate
50%
Recent opp. quality
196
Days since last fight
293
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Leon Edwards
  • WBryan BarberenaU-DEC R3
    Close -2506mo before
  • WVicente LuqueU-DEC R3
    Close +1001y before
  • WAlbert TumenovSUB R3
    Close +1501y 5mo before
  • WDominic WatersU-DEC R3
    Close -2701y 10mo before
  • LKamaru UsmanU-DEC R3
    Close +2002y 3mo before
Peter Sobotta
  • WBen SaundersKO/TKO R2
    Close -13510mo before
  • WNicolas DalbyU-DEC R3
    Close +1701y 6mo before
  • LKyle NokeKO/TKO R1
    Close -2452y 4mo before
  • WSteve KennedySUB R1
    Close -3702y 9mo before
  • WPawel PawlakU-DEC R3
    Close +1403y 10mo before
Edwards — win / loss by method
Record: 14-3-0

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
5 wins, 0 losses
W
36% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 0 losses
W
21% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 2 losses
W
43% of wins
L
67% of losses
DQ / other
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
6win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (17%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (17%)Submission(0%) 0
4 (67%)Decision(100%) 2
Non-UFC
8win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (50%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (25%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (25%)Decision(0%) 0
0 (0%)DQ / other(100%) 1
Sobotta — win / loss by method
Record: 17-5-1

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, 1 loss
W
29% of wins
L
20% of losses
Submission
10 wins, 1 loss
W
59% of wins
L
20% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 3 losses
W
12% of wins
L
60% of losses
UFC
4win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (25%)KO/TKO(25%) 1
1 (25%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (50%)Decision(75%) 3
Non-UFC
13win1loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (31%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
9 (69%)Submission(100%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Edwards
Sobotta
8
UFC fights
8
103.2 min · 12.9 avg
Octagon time
87.5 min · 10.9 avg
15y 2m
Career length
21y 9m
UFC schedule strength

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

Edwards
Sobotta
94W–30L · 75.8%
Overall
106W–30L · 77.9%
78W–28L · 73.6%
Wins
67W–14L · 82.7%
16W–2L · 88.9%
Losses
39W–16L · 70.9%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Edwards
Sobotta
45W–12L · 78.9%
Overall
39W–21L · 65.0%
43W–12L · 78.2%
Wins
37W–19L · 66.1%
2W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
2W–2L · 50.0%
Distance striking
Edwards
Sobotta
4.12
Landed / min
3.86
40.3%
Accuracy
36.8%
65.1%
Defense
65.4%
0.29
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.69
35.3%
Time at distance
46.8%
Grappling & control
Edwards
Sobotta
1.60
Takedowns / 15 min
1.89
31.4%
Takedown accuracy
36.7%
66.7%
Takedown defense
85.7%
0.73
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.69
48.5%
Control share
78.3%
Strike target map
Edwards
  • Head69%(148)div 63%
  • Body23%(49)div 20%
  • Legs8%(17)div 16%
Sobotta
  • Head62%(128)div 63%
  • Body17%(35)div 20%
  • Legs21%(43)div 16%

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

Leon Edwards
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Peter Sobotta
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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