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UFC Fight Night: Jacare vs. Brunson 2
Niko Price
Niko Price
10-1 · USA
VS
George Sullivan
George Sullivan
17-5 · USA
January 27, 2018 · Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
Welterweight · 3 rounds
Niko Price def. George Sullivan by SUB (Rear Naked Choke), R2 4:21
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Price10/221/402:14
Sullivan7/310/500:32
R2 · 4:21
Price14/251/100:43
Sullivan14/301/102:33
Total
Price24/472/502:57
Sullivan21/611/603:05

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
PriceWin probabilitySullivan
50.3%49.7%
KO / TKO
27%
Submission
55%
Decision
19%
Expected fight time: 6.6 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Price50%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO12%24%
Submission33%65%
Decision5%11%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes29 (1637)act 24
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.5)act 2
Sullivan50%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO14%29%
Submission22%44%
Decision14%27%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes33 (1843)act 21
Takedowns0.5 (0.01.9)act 1
Combined totals~62 sig strikes~0.8 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R159%
R28%
R314%
Distance19%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.7%
Price
42.5%+131
Sullivan
-13155.8%
Most takedownstie 52.6%
Price
19.2%+147
Sullivan
-14728.2%
Significant strikes — over/under
Price
Expected: 28.7
28.5
Over 28.5
42.9%
+133
Under 28.5
57.1%
-133
03672
Sullivan
Expected: 33.2
33
Over 33
41.8%
+134
Exactly 33
2.0%
push
Under 33
56.2%
-134
04283
Takedowns — over/under
Price
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
24.6%
+306
Under 0.5
75.4%
-306
035
Sullivan
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
33.7%
+197
Under 0.5
66.3%
-197
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 6.6 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
Price50.3%76.1%−25.8-365
Sullivan49.7%23.9%+25.8+305

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
47.1Striking68.9
Sullivan +21.8
25.3Grappling36.6
Sullivan +11.3
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
PriceSullivan
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1542
Pound-for-pound
1542
1542
Divisional
1541
1498
Striking offense
1508
1503
Striking defense
1498
1489
Grappling offense
1497
1498
Grappling defense
1483
Physical
28 yrs
Age
36 yrs
6'0"
Height
6'0"
76"
Reach
73"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.52
Strikes landed / min
3.82
25%
Strike accuracy
40%
4.69
Strikes absorbed / min
2.45
55%
Strike defense
59%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.59
Takedowns / 15 min
1.36
17%
Takedown accuracy
22%
Takedown defense
35%
1.2
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.8
Form & résumé
50%
UFC win rate
60%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
50%
Last-5 win rate
60%
100%
Finish rate
33%
Recent opp. quality
91
Days since last fight
728
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Niko Price
  • LVicente LuqueSUB R2
    Close +1103mo before
  • WAlan JoubanKO/TKO R1
    Close +1456mo before
  • WBrandon ThatchSUB R1
    Close +1351y 1mo before
George Sullivan
  • LAlexander YakovlevKO/TKO R1
    Close -1152y before
  • WDominic WatersU-DEC R3
    Close -2502y 7mo before
  • LTim MeansSUB R3
    Close +1352y 9mo before
  • WIgor AraujoKO/TKO R2
    Close +1203y 4mo before
  • WMike RhodesU-DEC R3
    Close +2554y before
Price — win / loss by method
Record: 10-1-0, 1 NC

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
7 wins, 0 losses
W
70% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 1 loss
W
20% of wins
L
100% of losses
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
10% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
2win1loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
1 (50%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (50%)Submission(100%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
8win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (75%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (13%)Submission() 0
1 (13%)Decision() 0
Sullivan — win / loss by method
Record: 17-5-0, 1 NC

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
11 wins, 1 loss
W
65% of wins
L
20% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 3 losses
W
0% of wins
L
60% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 1 loss
W
35% of wins
L
20% of losses
UFC
3win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (33%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(50%) 1
2 (67%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
14win3loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
10 (71%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(67%) 2
4 (29%)Decision(33%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Price
Sullivan
4
UFC fights
5
25.4 min · 6.3 avg
Octagon time
55.2 min · 11.0 avg
14y 5m
Career length
20y 6m
UFC schedule strength

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

Price
Sullivan
37W–15L · 71.2%
Overall
86W–22L · 79.6%
26W–9L · 74.3%
Wins
40W–9L · 81.6%
11W–6L · 64.7%
Losses
46W–13L · 78.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Price
Sullivan
26W–17L · 60.5%
Overall
84W–40L · 67.7%
26W–17L · 60.5%
Wins
75W–37L · 67.0%
0W–0L
Losses
9W–3L · 75.0%
Distance striking
Price
Sullivan
2.52
Landed / min
4.86
23.3%
Accuracy
30.1%
55.0%
Defense
63.0%
1.18
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
82.9%
Time at distance
46.3%
Grappling & control
Price
Sullivan
0.59
Takedowns / 15 min
1.36
16.7%
Takedown accuracy
21.7%
Takedown defense
35.0%
1.18
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.82
86.8%
Control share
56.6%
Strike target map
Price
  • Head66%(42)div 63%
  • Body13%(8)div 21%
  • Legs22%(14)div 16%
Sullivan
  • Head56%(118)div 63%
  • Body24%(50)div 21%
  • Legs20%(43)div 16%

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

Niko Price
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

George Sullivan
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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