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UFC Fight Night: Rockhold vs. Branch
Daniel Spitz
Daniel Spitz
5-1 · USA
VS
Anthony Hamilton
Anthony Hamilton
15-7 · USA
September 16, 2017 · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Heavyweight · 3 rounds
Daniel Spitz def. Anthony Hamilton by KO/TKO (Punches), R1 0:24
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 0:24
Spitz5/61/100:02
Hamilton0/10/000:00
Total
Spitz5/61/100:02
Hamilton0/10/000:00

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
SpitzWin probabilityHamilton
70.0%30.0%
KO / TKO
36%
Submission
26%
Decision
38%
Expected fight time: 8.8 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Spitz70%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO22%32%
Submission22%31%
Decision26%37%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes28 (1536)act 5
Takedowns0.5 (0.02.0)act 1
Hamilton30%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO14%45%
Submission4%14%
Decision12%41%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes26 (1434)act 0
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.3)act 0
Combined totals~54 sig strikes~1.1 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R138%
R217%
R37%
Distance38%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 2.0%
Spitz
52.0%-113
Hamilton
+11346.0%
Most takedownstie 48.7%
Spitz
22.3%+130
Hamilton
-13029.1%
Significant strikes — over/under
Spitz
Expected: 28.1
28
Over 28
41.5%
+136
Exactly 28
2.3%
push
Under 28
56.2%
-136
03671
Hamilton
Expected: 26.3
26.5
Over 26.5
41.9%
+139
Under 26.5
58.1%
-139
03366
Takedowns — over/under
Spitz
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
28.4%
+252
Under 0.5
71.6%
-252
035
Hamilton
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
35.7%
+180
Under 0.5
64.3%
-180
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 8.8 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
Spitz70.0%35.4%+34.6+177
Hamilton30.0%64.6%−34.6-192

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
46.0Striking71.2
Hamilton +25.2
27.7Grappling61.4
Hamilton +33.7
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
SpitzHamilton
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1501
Pound-for-pound
1500
1501
Divisional
1500
Striking offense
Striking defense
1495
Grappling offense
1517
1505
Grappling defense
1497
Physical
27 yrs
Age
37 yrs
6'7"
Height
6'5"
82"
Reach
76"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.40
Strikes landed / min
4.51
38%
Strike accuracy
68%
6.13
Strikes absorbed / min
3.01
45%
Strike defense
43%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.00
Takedowns / 15 min
2.84
50%
Takedown accuracy
53%
Takedown defense
83%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
0%
UFC win rate
38%
-1
Win/loss streak
-2
0%
Last-5 win rate
40%
Finish rate
67%
Recent opp. quality
196
Days since last fight
224
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Daniel Spitz
  • LMark GodbeerU-DEC R3
    Close +1256mo before
Anthony Hamilton
  • LMarcel FortunaKO/TKO R1
    Close -2707mo before
  • LFrancis NgannouSUB R1
    Close +3509mo before
  • WDamian GrabowskiKO/TKO R1
    Close -1351y 2mo before
  • LShamil AbdurakhimovU-DEC R3
    Close +1051y 7mo before
  • WDaniel OmielanczukU-DEC R3
    Close +1152y 5mo before
Spitz — win / loss by method
Record: 5-1-0

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
1 win, 0 losses
W
20% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 0 losses
W
60% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
1 win, 1 loss
W
20% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
5win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (20%)KO/TKO() 0
3 (60%)Submission() 0
1 (20%)Decision() 0
Hamilton — win / loss by method
Record: 15-7-0

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
8 wins, 3 losses
W
53% of wins
L
43% of losses
Submission
1 win, 3 losses
W
7% of wins
L
43% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 1 loss
W
40% of wins
L
14% of losses
UFC
3win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (67%)KO/TKO(40%) 2
0 (0%)Submission(40%) 2
1 (33%)Decision(20%) 1
Non-UFC
12win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (50%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
1 (8%)Submission(50%) 1
5 (42%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Spitz
Hamilton
1
UFC fights
8
15.0 min · 15.0 avg
Octagon time
47.5 min · 5.9 avg
11y 0m
Career length
15y 10m
UFC schedule strength

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

Spitz
Hamilton
11W–3L · 78.6%
Overall
134W–24L · 84.8%
0W–0L
Wins
44W–9L · 83.0%
11W–3L · 78.6%
Losses
90W–15L · 85.7%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Spitz
Hamilton
39W–34L · 53.4%
Overall
72W–66L · 52.2%
39W–34L · 53.4%
Wins
60W–56L · 51.7%
0W–0L
Losses
12W–10L · 54.5%
Distance striking
Spitz
Hamilton
3.84
Landed / min
2.67
35.0%
Accuracy
37.8%
47.9%
Defense
57.8%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.32
74.7%
Time at distance
33.1%
Grappling & control
Spitz
Hamilton
1.00
Takedowns / 15 min
2.84
50.0%
Takedown accuracy
52.9%
Takedown defense
83.3%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
46.3%
Control share
89.1%
Strike target map
Spitz
  • Head65%(33)div 66%
  • Body25%(13)div 19%
  • Legs10%(5)div 15%
Hamilton
  • Head33%(71)div 66%
  • Body61%(130)div 19%
  • Legs6%(13)div 15%

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

Daniel Spitz
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Anthony Hamilton
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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