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UFC Fight Night: Weidman vs. Gastelum
Alex Oliveira
Alex Oliveira
17-4-1 · BRA
VS
Ryan LaFlare
Ryan LaFlare
13-1 · USA
July 22, 2017 · Uniondale, New York, USA
Welterweight · 3 rounds
Alex Oliveira def. Ryan LaFlare by KO/TKO (Punch), R2 1:50
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Oliveira1/40/100:01
LaFlare3/30/104:18
R2 · 1:50
Oliveira7/170/010:00
LaFlare2/110/100:01
Total
Oliveira8/210/110:01
LaFlare5/140/204:19

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
OliveiraWin probabilityLaFlare
45.6%54.4%
KO / TKO
26%
Submission
19%
Decision
56%
Expected fight time: 10.4 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Oliveira46%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO16%35%
Submission10%22%
Decision20%43%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes29 (1638)act 8
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.4)act 0
LaFlare54%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO10%18%
Submission8%16%
Decision36%66%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes29 (1637)act 5
Takedowns0.9 (0.02.8)act 0
Combined totals~57 sig strikes~1.2 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R130%
R210%
R35%
Distance55%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.9%
Oliveira
49.5%-102
LaFlare
+10248.6%
Most takedownstie 41.1%
Oliveira
16.4%+259
LaFlare
-25942.5%
Significant strikes — over/under
Oliveira
Expected: 28.9
29
Over 29
41.1%
+138
Exactly 29
2.3%
push
Under 29
56.6%
-138
03773
LaFlare
Expected: 28.6
28.5
Over 28.5
42.7%
+134
Under 28.5
57.3%
-134
03672
Takedowns — over/under
Oliveira
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
25.8%
+287
Under 0.5
74.2%
-287
035
LaFlare
Expected: 0.9
1
Over 1
31.1%
+162
Exactly 1
18.7%
push
Under 1
50.2%
-162
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 10.4 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
Oliveira45.6%38.1%+7.5+155
LaFlare54.4%61.9%−7.5-175

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
66.7Striking69.6
LaFlare +2.9
62.4Grappling58.1
Oliveira +4.2
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
OliveiraLaFlare
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1594
Pound-for-pound
1603
1571
Divisional
1600
1500
Striking offense
1498
1539
Striking defense
1517
1527
Grappling offense
1505
1477
Grappling defense
1516
Physical
29 yrs
Age
33 yrs
5'11"
Height
6'1"
76"
Reach
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
2.62
Strikes landed / min
3.16
52%
Strike accuracy
39%
1.66
Strikes absorbed / min
1.91
43%
Strike defense
63%
Grappling (UFC career)
3.70
Takedowns / 15 min
2.61
36%
Takedown accuracy
53%
59%
Takedown defense
65%
0.9
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.3
Form & résumé
67%
UFC win rate
86%
+1
Win/loss streak
+2
60%
Last-5 win rate
80%
67%
Finish rate
0%
Recent opp. quality
133
Days since last fight
161
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Alex Oliveira
  • WTim MeansSUB R2
    Close +1754mo before
  • WWill BrooksKO/TKO R3
    Close +26010mo before
  • WJames MoontasriU-DEC R3
    Close -2201y before
  • LDonald CerroneSUB R1
    Close +2301y 5mo before
  • WPiotr HallmannKO/TKO R3
    Close -2801y 8mo before
Ryan LaFlare
  • WRoan CarneiroU-DEC R3
    Close -3255mo before
  • WMike PierceU-DEC R3
    Close -2201y 7mo before
  • LDemian MaiaU-DEC R5
    Close -1152y 4mo before
  • WJohn HowardU-DEC R3
    Close -4103y 3mo before
  • WCourt McGeeU-DEC R3
    Close -1203y 7mo before
Oliveira — win / loss by method
Record: 17-4-1, 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
10 wins, 0 losses
W
59% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 3 losses
W
24% of wins
L
75% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 1 loss
W
18% of wins
L
25% of losses
UFC
6win2loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
2 (33%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (33%)Submission(100%) 2
2 (33%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
11win2loss1draw1NC
WinsLosses
8 (73%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (18%)Submission(50%) 1
1 (9%)Decision(50%) 1
LaFlare — win / loss by method
Record: 13-1-0

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
4 wins, 0 losses
W
31% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 0 losses
W
23% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 1 loss
W
46% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
6win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
6 (100%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
7win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (57%)KO/TKO() 0
3 (43%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Oliveira
LaFlare
9
UFC fights
7
85.2 min · 9.5 avg
Octagon time
115.0 min · 16.4 avg
14y 8m
Career length
18y 1m
UFC schedule strength

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

Oliveira
LaFlare
124W–29L · 81.0%
Overall
124W–35L · 78.0%
87W–22L · 79.8%
Wins
105W–29L · 78.4%
37W–7L · 84.1%
Losses
19W–6L · 76.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Oliveira
LaFlare
60W–45L · 57.1%
Overall
23W–18L · 56.1%
41W–37L · 52.6%
Wins
23W–18L · 56.1%
19W–8L · 70.4%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Oliveira
LaFlare
5.13
Landed / min
4.44
36.4%
Accuracy
32.2%
62.0%
Defense
68.4%
0.35
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.26
18.1%
Time at distance
44.5%
Grappling & control
Oliveira
LaFlare
3.70
Takedowns / 15 min
2.61
36.2%
Takedown accuracy
52.6%
59.1%
Takedown defense
64.5%
0.88
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.26
70.5%
Control share
57.6%
Strike target map
Oliveira
  • Head56%(124)div 63%
  • Body26%(59)div 21%
  • Legs18%(40)div 16%
LaFlare
  • Head53%(193)div 63%
  • Body36%(129)div 21%
  • Legs11%(41)div 16%

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

Alex Oliveira
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Ryan LaFlare
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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