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Nik Lentz
Nik Lentz
27-8-2 · USA
VS
Will Brooks
Will Brooks
18-3 · USA
November 18, 2017 · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Lightweight · 3 rounds
155.0lb
Weigh-in
156.0lb
Nik Lentz def. Will Brooks by SUB (Guillotine Choke), R2 2:05
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Lentz23/520/100:46
Brooks26/431/300:33
R2 · 2:05
Lentz11/300/100:00
Brooks23/351/100:12
Total
Lentz34/820/200:46
Brooks49/782/400:45

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
LentzWin probabilityBrooks
21.9%78.1%
KO / TKO
35%
Submission
41%
Decision
24%
Expected fight time: 6.9 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Lentz22%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO8%37%
Submission8%38%
Decision6%25%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes26 (1434)act 34
Takedowns0.9 (0.02.8)act 0
Brooks78%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO26%34%
Submission33%42%
Decision19%24%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes31 (1740)act 49
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.4)act 2
Combined totals~57 sig strikes~1.2 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R153%
R218%
R35%
Distance24%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.9%
Lentz
41.8%+135
Brooks
-13556.3%
Most takedownstie 36.0%
Lentz
48.1%-301
Brooks
+30116.0%
Significant strikes — over/under
Lentz
Expected: 26.2
26
Over 26
41.8%
+133
Exactly 26
2.5%
push
Under 26
55.7%
-133
03366
Brooks
Expected: 30.8
31
Over 31
41.0%
+139
Exactly 31
2.1%
push
Under 31
56.9%
-139
03977
Takedowns — over/under
Lentz
Expected: 0.9
1
Over 1
34.4%
+125
Exactly 1
22.8%
push
Under 1
42.8%
-125
035
Brooks
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
27.8%
+260
Under 0.5
72.2%
-260
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 6.9 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
Lentz21.9%21.7%+0.2+345
Brooks78.1%78.3%−0.2-430

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
64.4Striking63.7
Lentz +0.8
64.7Grappling44.2
Lentz +20.5
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
LentzBrooks
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1598
Pound-for-pound
1546
1579
Divisional
1543
1511
Striking offense
1500
1489
Striking defense
1498
1538
Grappling offense
1498
1476
Grappling defense
1489
Physical
33 yrs
Age
31 yrs
5'8"
Height
5'10"
68"
Reach
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.11
Strikes landed / min
3.23
49%
Strike accuracy
58%
2.81
Strikes absorbed / min
3.39
49%
Strike defense
42%
Grappling (UFC career)
3.79
Takedowns / 15 min
2.42
37%
Takedown accuracy
36%
44%
Takedown defense
57%
1.3
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
65%
UFC win rate
33%
-1
Win/loss streak
-2
60%
Last-5 win rate
33%
27%
Finish rate
0%
Recent opp. quality
280
Days since last fight
224
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Nik Lentz
  • LIslam MakhachevU-DEC R3
    Close +2709mo before
  • WMichael McBrideKO/TKO R2
    opp missedClose -5501y 2mo before
  • WDanny CastilloS-DEC R3
    Close -1401y 11mo before
  • LCharles OliveiraSUB R3
    Close +2252y 6mo before
  • WManvel GamburyanU-DEC R3
    Close -5403y 6mo before
Will Brooks
  • LCharles OliveiraSUB R1
    Close -2207mo before
  • LAlex OliveiraKO/TKO R3
    Close -3201y 2mo before
  • WRoss PearsonU-DEC R3
    Close -3651y 4mo before
Lentz — win / loss by method
Record: 27-8-2, 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
10 wins, 2 losses
W
37% of wins
L
25% of losses
Submission
7 wins, 2 losses
W
26% of wins
L
25% of losses
Decision
10 wins, 4 losses
W
37% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
11win5loss1draw1NC
WinsLosses
2 (18%)KO/TKO(20%) 1
1 (9%)Submission(20%) 1
8 (73%)Decision(60%) 3
Non-UFC
16win3loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
8 (50%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
6 (38%)Submission(33%) 1
2 (13%)Decision(33%) 1
Brooks — win / loss by method
Record: 18-3-0

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, 2 losses
W
28% of wins
L
67% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 1 loss
W
22% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
9 wins, 0 losses
W
50% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
1win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(50%) 1
1 (100%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
17win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (29%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
4 (24%)Submission(0%) 0
8 (47%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Lentz
Brooks
18
UFC fights
3
233.4 min · 13.0 avg
Octagon time
31.0 min · 10.3 avg
21y 0m
Career length
15y 6m
UFC schedule strength

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

Lentz
Brooks
219W–61L · 78.2%
Overall
55W–21L · 72.4%
151W–49L · 75.5%
Wins
19W–10L · 65.5%
68W–12L · 85.0%
Losses
36W–11L · 76.6%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Lentz
Brooks
108W–59L · 64.7%
Overall
257W–108L · 70.4%
82W–43L · 65.6%
Wins
244W–103L · 70.3%
26W–16L · 61.9%
Losses
13W–5L · 72.2%
Distance striking
Lentz
Brooks
5.74
Landed / min
6.91
39.4%
Accuracy
44.8%
56.1%
Defense
62.1%
0.06
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
29.7%
Time at distance
24.3%
Grappling & control
Lentz
Brooks
3.79
Takedowns / 15 min
2.42
36.6%
Takedown accuracy
35.7%
44.0%
Takedown defense
57.1%
1.35
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
55.2%
Control share
40.9%
Strike target map
Lentz
  • Head61%(439)div 63%
  • Body25%(181)div 20%
  • Legs14%(105)div 17%
Brooks
  • Head39%(39)div 63%
  • Body43%(43)div 20%
  • Legs18%(18)div 17%

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

Nik Lentz
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Will Brooks
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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