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UFC Fight Night: Rockhold vs. Branch
Anthony Smith
Anthony Smith
28-12 · USA
VS
Hector Lombard
Hector Lombard
34-7-1 · CUB
September 16, 2017 · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Middleweight · 3 rounds
186.0lb
Weigh-in
186.0lb
Anthony Smith def. Hector Lombard by KO/TKO (Punches), R3 2:33
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Smith8/440/100:00
Lombard31/620/000:17
R2
Smith10/360/000:02
Lombard22/431/201:19
R3 · 2:33
Smith17/350/010:01
Lombard12/290/000:00
Total
Smith35/1150/110:03
Lombard65/1341/201:36

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
SmithWin probabilityLombard
20.0%80.0%
KO / TKO
39%
Submission
26%
Decision
36%
Expected fight time: 9.7 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Smith20%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO7%34%
Submission8%41%
Decision5%25%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes47 (2661)act 35
Takedowns0.0 (0.00.0)act 0
Lombard80%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO32%40%
Submission17%22%
Decision31%38%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes48 (2762)act 65
Takedowns0.8 (0.02.7)act 1
Combined totals~95 sig strikes~0.9 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R132%
R210%
R323%
Distance35%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.2%
Smith
48.5%+104
Lombard
-10450.3%
Most takedownstie 48.2%
Smith
3.3%+1455
Lombard
-145548.5%
Significant strikes — over/under
Smith
Expected: 47.1
47
Over 47
41.9%
+135
Exactly 47
1.4%
push
Under 47
56.7%
-135
059118
Lombard
Expected: 48.0
48
Over 48
41.8%
+136
Exactly 48
1.4%
push
Under 48
56.8%
-136
061121
Takedowns — over/under
Smith
Expected: 0.0
0
Over 0
5.5%
Exactly 0
94.5%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Lombard
Expected: 0.8
1
Over 1
30.1%
+166
Exactly 1
19.9%
push
Under 1
50.0%
-166
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 9.7 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
Smith20.0%58.8%−38.8-155
Lombard80.0%41.2%+38.8+135

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
63.2Striking62.1
Smith +1.1
36.5Grappling59.9
Lombard +23.3
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
SmithLombard
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1532
Pound-for-pound
1554
1532
Divisional
1532
1512
Striking offense
1505
1502
Striking defense
1509
1489
Grappling offense
1506
1489
Grappling defense
1542
Physical
29 yrs
Age
39 yrs
6'4"
Height
5'9"
76"
Reach
71"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
3.54
Strikes landed / min
3.12
51%
Strike accuracy
48%
3.54
Strikes absorbed / min
3.68
47%
Strike defense
54%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.55
Takedowns / 15 min
2.15
33%
Takedown accuracy
48%
42%
Takedown defense
84%
0.6
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.3
Form & résumé
60%
UFC win rate
33%
+2
Win/loss streak
-4
60%
Last-5 win rate
20%
67%
Finish rate
67%
Recent opp. quality
154
Days since last fight
209
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Anthony Smith
  • WAndrew SanchezKO/TKO R3
    Close +2705mo before
  • WElvis MutapcicKO/TKO R2
    Close -1159mo before
  • LCezar FerreiraU-DEC R3
    Close -1051y 2mo before
  • WLeonardo GuimaraesU-DEC R3
    Close -1401y 7mo before
  • LAntonio Braga NetoSUB R1
    Close +2204y 3mo before
Hector Lombard
  • LJohny HendricksU-DEC R3
    Close -1307mo before
  • LDan HendersonKO/TKO R2
    Close -3251y 3mo before
  • LNeil MagnyKO/TKO R3
    Close +1001y 6mo before
  • WJake ShieldsU-DEC R3
    Close -1703y 6mo before
  • WNate MarquardtKO/TKO R1
    Close -1853y 11mo before
Smith — win / loss by method
Record: 28-12-0

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
16 wins, 7 losses
W
57% of wins
L
58% of losses
Submission
10 wins, 4 losses
W
36% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 1 loss
W
7% of wins
L
8% of losses
UFC
3win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (67%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(50%) 1
1 (33%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
25win10loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
14 (56%)KO/TKO(70%) 7
10 (40%)Submission(30%) 3
1 (4%)Decision(0%) 0
Lombard — win / loss by method
Record: 34-7-1, 2 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
22 wins, 2 losses
W
65% of wins
L
29% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 0 losses
W
12% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
8 wins, 5 losses
W
24% of wins
L
71% of losses
UFC
3win5loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
2 (67%)KO/TKO(40%) 2
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (33%)Decision(60%) 3
Non-UFC
31win2loss1draw1NC
WinsLosses
20 (65%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
4 (13%)Submission(0%) 0
7 (23%)Decision(100%) 2

Profiles

Experience
Smith
Lombard
5
UFC fights
9
54.2 min · 10.8 avg
Octagon time
97.7 min · 10.9 avg
18y 5m
Career length
21y 10m
UFC schedule strength

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

Smith
Lombard
52W–13L · 80.0%
Overall
182W–58L · 75.8%
35W–7L · 83.3%
Wins
75W–23L · 76.5%
17W–6L · 73.9%
Losses
107W–35L · 75.4%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Smith
Lombard
336W–164L · 67.2%
Overall
402W–164L · 71.0%
251W–133L · 65.4%
Wins
364W–151L · 70.7%
85W–31L · 73.3%
Losses
38W–13L · 74.5%
Distance striking
Smith
Lombard
5.93
Landed / min
3.29
46.2%
Accuracy
39.5%
56.3%
Defense
66.0%
0.55
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.92
45.5%
Time at distance
59.5%
Grappling & control
Smith
Lombard
0.55
Takedowns / 15 min
2.15
33.3%
Takedown accuracy
48.3%
42.1%
Takedown defense
84.0%
0.55
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.31
19.5%
Control share
78.7%
Strike target map
Smith
  • Head72%(138)div 63%
  • Body19%(37)div 19%
  • Legs9%(17)div 18%
Lombard
  • Head78%(239)div 63%
  • Body13%(40)div 19%
  • Legs9%(26)div 18%

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

Anthony Smith
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Hector Lombard
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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