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UFC Fight Night: Nelson vs. Ponzinibbio
VS
Neil Seery
Neil Seery
16-12 · IRL
July 16, 2017 · Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
Flyweight · 3 rounds
125.0lb
Weigh-in
125.0lb
Alexandre Pantoja def. Neil Seery by SUB (Rear Naked Choke), R3 2:31
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Pantoja45/990/010:21
Seery29/780/200:04
R2
Pantoja67/1130/001:49
Seery47/900/000:00
R3 · 2:31
Pantoja7/151/102:16
Seery6/150/000:00
Total
Pantoja119/2271/114:26
Seery82/1830/200:04

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
PantojaWin probabilitySeery
94.5%5.5%
KO / TKO
26%
Submission
57%
Decision
17%
Expected fight time: 6.1 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Pantoja95%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO25%26%
Submission54%57%
Decision16%17%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes38 (2150)act 119
Takedowns1.6 (0.03.7)act 1
Seery5%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO1%25%
Submission3%59%
Decision1%16%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes21 (1128)act 82
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.2)act 0
Combined totals~60 sig strikes~1.6 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R163%
R211%
R39%
Distance17%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.6%
Pantoja
73.6%-296
Seery
+29624.9%
Most takedownstie 16.4%
Pantoja
80.7%-2810
Seery
+28102.9%
Significant strikes — over/under
Pantoja
Expected: 38.1
38
Over 38
41.8%
+135
Exactly 38
1.7%
push
Under 38
56.5%
-135
04896
Seery
Expected: 21.4
21.5
Over 21.5
42.3%
+136
Under 21.5
57.7%
-136
02754
Takedowns — over/under
Pantoja
Expected: 1.6
1.5
Over 1.5
54.9%
-122
Under 1.5
45.1%
+122
035
Seery
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
12.0%
Exactly 0
88.0%
push
Under 0
0.0%
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 6.1 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
Pantoja94.5%75.2%+19.3-350
Seery5.5%24.8%−19.3+290

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
66.2Striking65.6
Pantoja +0.6
63.7Grappling56.2
Pantoja +7.5
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
PantojaSeery
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1559
Pound-for-pound
1506
1559
Divisional
1505
1484
Striking offense
1503
1502
Striking defense
1505
1554
Grappling offense
1498
1548
Grappling defense
1485
Physical
27 yrs
Age
37 yrs
5'5"
Height
5'4"
67"
Reach
64"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.47
Strikes landed / min
3.11
37%
Strike accuracy
40%
2.13
Strikes absorbed / min
2.95
66%
Strike defense
63%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.89
33%
Takedown accuracy
31%
67%
Takedown defense
55%
2.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.8
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
50%
+1
Win/loss streak
-1
100%
Last-5 win rate
60%
0%
Finish rate
33%
Recent opp. quality
169
Days since last fight
434
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Alexandre Pantoja
  • WEric SheltonS-DEC R3
    Close +1006mo before
Neil Seery
  • LKyoji HoriguchiU-DEC R3
    Close +4501y 2mo before
  • WJon Delos ReyesSUB R2
    Close -1301y 9mo before
  • LLouis SmolkaU-DEC R3
    Close +1152y before
  • WChris BealU-DEC R3
    Close +1782y 6mo before
  • WPhil HarrisU-DEC R3
    Close -1553y before
Pantoja — win / loss by method
Record: 17-2-0

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
6 wins, 0 losses
W
35% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 0 losses
W
35% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 2 losses
W
29% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (100%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
16win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (38%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
6 (38%)Submission(0%) 0
4 (25%)Decision(100%) 2
Seery — win / loss by method
Record: 16-12-0

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
6 wins, 1 loss
W
38% of wins
L
8% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 5 losses
W
38% of wins
L
42% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 5 losses
W
25% of wins
L
42% of losses
DQ / other
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
8% of losses
UFC
3win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (33%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (67%)Decision(100%) 3
Non-UFC
13win9loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (46%)KO/TKO(11%) 1
5 (38%)Submission(56%) 5
2 (15%)Decision(22%) 2
0 (0%)DQ / other(11%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Pantoja
Seery
1
UFC fights
6
15.0 min · 15.0 avg
Octagon time
84.2 min · 14.0 avg
19y 0m
Career length
20y 9m
UFC schedule strength

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

Pantoja
Seery
10W–2L · 83.3%
Overall
87W–26L · 77.0%
10W–2L · 83.3%
Wins
40W–15L · 72.7%
0W–0L
Losses
47W–11L · 81.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Pantoja
Seery
95W–31L · 75.4%
Overall
138W–71L · 66.0%
79W–26L · 75.2%
Wins
74W–41L · 64.3%
16W–5L · 76.2%
Losses
64W–30L · 68.1%
Distance striking
Pantoja
Seery
3.95
Landed / min
4.83
34.8%
Accuracy
35.2%
66.3%
Defense
67.9%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.36
54.0%
Time at distance
47.0%
Grappling & control
Pantoja
Seery
1.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.89
33.3%
Takedown accuracy
31.3%
66.7%
Takedown defense
54.9%
2.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.78
57.0%
Control share
16.0%
Strike target map
Pantoja
  • Head73%(27)div 62%
  • Body16%(6)div 23%
  • Legs11%(4)div 15%
Seery
  • Head84%(220)div 62%
  • Body6%(16)div 23%
  • Legs10%(26)div 15%

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

Alexandre Pantoja
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Neil Seery
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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