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UFC 216: Ferguson vs. Lee
Matt Schnell
Matt Schnell
10-4 · USA
VS
Marco Beltran
Marco Beltran
14-5 · MEX
October 7, 2017 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Flyweight · 3 rounds
126.0lb
Weigh-in
126.0lb
Matt Schnell def. Marco Beltran by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Schnell16/520/100:00
Beltran11/280/000:00
R2
Schnell9/410/000:00
Beltran10/370/000:00
R3
Schnell13/470/100:16
Beltran13/441/100:11
Total
Schnell38/1400/200:16
Beltran34/1091/100:11

Scorecards

Schnell vs Beltran

RdJeff MullenMarcos RosalesSal D'AmatoCommunity
R110-910-910-910-9
R29-1010-910-99.9-9.1
R310-910-910-99.6-9.4
Total29-2830-2730-2729.5-27.5

Media (12 cards) · avg 29.327.8 · 12 Schnell · 0 Beltran

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Schnell-Beltran.

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
SchnellWin probabilityBeltran
36.6%63.4%
KO / TKO
26%
Submission
27%
Decision
47%
Expected fight time: 10.3 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Schnell37%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO11%28%
Submission9%26%
Decision17%46%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes36 (2047)act 38
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.9)act 0
Beltran63%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO16%25%
Submission17%27%
Decision30%48%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes43 (2456)act 34
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.3)act 1
Combined totals~79 sig strikes~0.8 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R130%
R27%
R316%
Distance47%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.4%
Schnell
40.7%+142
Beltran
-14257.9%
Most takedownstie 53.3%
Schnell
12.9%+263
Beltran
-26333.8%
Significant strikes — over/under
Schnell
Expected: 35.8
36
Over 36
41.2%
+138
Exactly 36
1.8%
push
Under 36
57.0%
-138
04590
Beltran
Expected: 43.1
43
Over 43
41.9%
+135
Exactly 43
1.5%
push
Under 43
56.5%
-135
054108
Takedowns — over/under
Schnell
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
17.5%
Exactly 0
82.5%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Beltran
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
37.8%
+165
Under 0.5
62.2%
-165
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 10.3 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
Schnell36.6%53.2%−16.6-125
Beltran63.4%46.8%+16.6+105

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
42.8Striking64.1
Beltran +21.3
72.5Grappling35.1
Schnell +37.4
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
SchnellBeltran
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1491
Pound-for-pound
1528
1505
Divisional
1500
1498
Striking offense
1481
1486
Striking defense
1513
1494
Grappling offense
1491
1488
Grappling defense
1489
Physical
27 yrs
Age
31 yrs
5'8"
Height
5'8"
70"
Reach
69"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.67
Strikes landed / min
2.01
41%
Strike accuracy
40%
7.09
Strikes absorbed / min
1.75
30%
Strike defense
57%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.83
Takedowns / 15 min
0.60
100%
Takedown accuracy
40%
56%
Takedown defense
36%
1.8
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.3
Form & résumé
0%
UFC win rate
60%
-2
Win/loss streak
-2
0%
Last-5 win rate
60%
Finish rate
33%
Recent opp. quality
168
Days since last fight
126
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Matt Schnell
  • LHector SandovalKO/TKO R1
    Close -1506mo before
  • LRob FontKO/TKO R1
    Close +23010mo before
Marco Beltran
  • LDeiveson FigueiredoKO/TKO R2
    Close +1254mo before
  • LJoe SotoSUB R1
    Close -13511mo before
  • WReginaldo VieiraSUB R2
    Close +1051y 3mo before
  • WGuangyou NingS-DEC R3
    Close +1401y 10mo before
  • WMarlon VeraU-DEC R3
    Close +2052y 11mo before
Schnell — win / loss by method
Record: 10-4-0

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
2 wins, 2 losses
W
20% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 1 loss
W
60% of wins
L
25% of losses
Decision
1 win, 1 loss
W
10% of wins
L
25% of losses
DQ / other
1 win, 0 losses
W
10% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
0win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(100%) 2
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
10win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (20%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
6 (60%)Submission(50%) 1
1 (10%)Decision(50%) 1
1 (10%)DQ / other(0%) 0
Beltran — win / loss by method
Record: 14-5-0

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
3 wins, 2 losses
W
21% of wins
L
40% of losses
Submission
9 wins, 3 losses
W
64% of wins
L
60% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 0 losses
W
14% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
3win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
1 (33%)Submission(50%) 1
2 (67%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
11win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (27%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
8 (73%)Submission(67%) 2
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Schnell
Beltran
2
UFC fights
5
8.2 min · 4.1 avg
Octagon time
49.7 min · 9.9 avg
13y 10m
Career length
18y 0m
UFC schedule strength

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

Schnell
Beltran
25W–5L · 83.3%
Overall
53W–11L · 82.8%
0W–0L
Wins
26W–6L · 81.3%
25W–5L · 83.3%
Losses
27W–5L · 84.4%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Schnell
Beltran
39W–24L · 61.9%
Overall
52W–17L · 75.4%
31W–23L · 57.4%
Wins
11W–7L · 61.1%
8W–1L · 88.9%
Losses
41W–10L · 80.4%
Distance striking
Schnell
Beltran
6.21
Landed / min
2.23
35.1%
Accuracy
28.4%
46.9%
Defense
69.2%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.30
39.4%
Time at distance
41.6%
Grappling & control
Schnell
Beltran
1.83
Takedowns / 15 min
0.60
100.0%
Takedown accuracy
40.0%
55.6%
Takedown defense
36.4%
1.83
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.30
3.1%
Control share
30.5%
Strike target map
Schnell
  • Head57%(17)div 62%
  • Body17%(5)div 23%
  • Legs27%(8)div 15%
Beltran
  • Head62%(62)div 62%
  • Body22%(22)div 23%
  • Legs16%(16)div 15%

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

Matt Schnell
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Marco Beltran
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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