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UFC Fight Night: Machida vs. Anders
Lyoto Machida
Lyoto Machida
22-8 · BRA
VS
Eryk Anders
Eryk Anders
10-0 · USA
February 3, 2018 · Belem, Para, Brazil
Middleweight · 5 rounds · Main event
Lyoto Machida def. Eryk Anders by S-DEC, R5 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Machida15/260/002:18
Anders2/60/000:00
R2
Machida14/220/000:00
Anders6/130/200:29
R3
Machida10/190/000:00
Anders9/191/300:36
R4
Machida10/180/000:00
Anders6/181/502:25
R5
Machida13/270/000:00
Anders9/211/100:16
Total
Machida62/1120/002:18
Anders32/773/1103:46

Scorecards

Machida vs Anders

RdGuilherme BravoMarcos RosalesTony WeeksCommunity
R110-910-910-910-9
R210-99-1010-99.4-9.6
R39-1010-910-99.1-9.9
R49-109-109-109.1-9.9
R510-99-1010-99.9-9.2
Total48-4747-4849-4647.5-47.6

Media (23 cards) · avg 48.146.9 · 23 Machida · 0 Anders

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Machida-Anders.

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
MachidaWin probabilityAnders
44.6%55.4%
KO / TKO
40%
Submission
5%
Decision
55%
Expected fight time: 17.0 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Machida45%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO17%37%
Submission2%5%
Decision26%58%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes68 (3989)act 62
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.7)act 0
Anders55%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO24%43%
Submission2%5%
Decision29%52%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes46 (2659)act 32
Takedowns0.8 (0.02.7)act 3
Combined totals~114 sig strikes~1.0 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R115%
R224%
R33%
R42%
R51%
Distance55%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.9%
Machida
67.6%-215
Anders
+21531.5%
Most takedownstie 48.2%
Machida
10.6%+388
Anders
-38841.2%
Significant strikes — over/under
Machida
Expected: 68.0
68
Over 68
42.1%
+135
Exactly 68
1.0%
push
Under 68
57.0%
-135
086171
Anders
Expected: 45.5
45.5
Over 45.5
42.6%
+135
Under 45.5
57.4%
-135
057114
Takedowns — over/under
Machida
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
16.3%
Exactly 0
83.7%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Anders
Expected: 0.8
1
Over 1
28.5%
+193
Exactly 1
16.5%
push
Under 1
55.0%
-193
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 17.0 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
Machida44.6%31.6%+13.0+205
Anders55.4%68.4%−13.0-245

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
73.2Striking79.7
Anders +6.5
56.4Grappling53.8
Machida +2.6
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
MachidaAnders
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1598
Pound-for-pound
1563
1527
Divisional
1563
1504
Striking offense
1507
1580
Striking defense
1501
1474
Grappling offense
1509
1554
Grappling defense
1505
Physical
39 yrs
Age
30 yrs
6'1"
Height
6'1"
74"
Reach
75"
Southpaw
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
2.52
Strikes landed / min
5.70
51%
Strike accuracy
60%
1.68
Strikes absorbed / min
2.46
63%
Strike defense
47%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.82
Takedowns / 15 min
2.51
64%
Takedown accuracy
50%
77%
Takedown defense
67%
0.5
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
64%
UFC win rate
100%
-3
Win/loss streak
+2
20%
Last-5 win rate
100%
50%
Finish rate
50%
Recent opp. quality
98
Days since last fight
56
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Lyoto Machida
  • LDerek BrunsonKO/TKO R1
    Close +1353mo before
  • LYoel RomeroKO/TKO R3
    Close -1652y 7mo before
  • LLuke RockholdSUB R2
    Close +1252y 10mo before
  • WCB DollawayKO/TKO R1
    Close -8603y 1mo before
  • LChris WeidmanU-DEC R5
    Close +1703y 7mo before
Eryk Anders
  • WMarkus PerezU-DEC R3
    Close -47056d before
  • WRafael NatalKO/TKO R1
    Close -1156mo before
Machida — win / loss by method
Record: 22-8-0

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
9 wins, 3 losses
W
41% of wins
L
38% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 2 losses
W
9% of wins
L
25% of losses
Decision
11 wins, 3 losses
W
50% of wins
L
38% of losses
UFC
14win8loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (43%)KO/TKO(38%) 3
1 (7%)Submission(25%) 2
7 (50%)Decision(38%) 3
Non-UFC
8win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (38%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (13%)Submission() 0
4 (50%)Decision() 0
Anders — win / loss by method
Record: 10-0-0

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
6 wins, 0 losses
W
60% of wins
L
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
10% of wins
L
Decision
3 wins, 0 losses
W
30% of wins
L
UFC
2win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (50%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (50%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
8win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (63%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (13%)Submission() 0
2 (25%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Machida
Anders
22
UFC fights
2
254.8 min · 11.6 avg
Octagon time
17.9 min · 8.9 avg
23y 3m
Career length
10y 11m
UFC schedule strength

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

Machida
Anders
335W–70L · 82.7%
Overall
31W–8L · 79.5%
212W–48L · 81.5%
Wins
31W–8L · 79.5%
123W–22L · 84.8%
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Machida
Anders
62W–35L · 63.9%
Overall
34W–23L · 59.6%
62W–35L · 63.9%
Wins
34W–23L · 59.6%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Machida
Anders
2.65
Landed / min
6.00
47.4%
Accuracy
51.4%
69.7%
Defense
52.5%
0.77
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.84
66.6%
Time at distance
33.5%
Grappling & control
Machida
Anders
0.82
Takedowns / 15 min
2.51
63.6%
Takedown accuracy
50.0%
77.0%
Takedown defense
66.7%
0.47
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
64.6%
Control share
91.3%
Strike target map
Machida
  • Head53%(340)div 63%
  • Body26%(166)div 19%
  • Legs21%(137)div 18%
Anders
  • Head82%(84)div 63%
  • Body17%(17)div 19%
  • Legs1%(1)div 18%

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

Lyoto Machida
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Eryk Anders
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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