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UFC 212: Aldo vs. Holloway
Max Holloway
Max Holloway
17-3 · USA
VS
Jose Aldo
Jose Aldo
26-2 · BRA
June 3, 2017 · Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Featherweight · 5 rounds · Main event
145.0lb
Weigh-in
145.0lb
Max Holloway def. Jose Aldo by KO/TKO (Punches), R3 4:13
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Holloway12/320/000:00
Aldo19/350/000:00
R2
Holloway28/780/000:00
Aldo29/550/000:00
R3 · 4:13
Holloway64/970/012:04
Aldo7/230/000:00
Total
Holloway104/2070/012:04
Aldo55/1130/000:00

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
HollowayWin probabilityAldo
67.6%32.4%
KO / TKO
70%
Submission
0%
Decision
29%
Expected fight time: 18.6 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Holloway68%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO48%71%
Submission0%0%
Decision20%29%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes203 (118264)act 104
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.5)act 0
Aldo32%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO23%71%
Submission0%0%
Decision9%29%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes117 (68153)act 55
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.3)act 0
Combined totals~320 sig strikes~0.2 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R12%
R28%
R331%
R418%
R512%
Distance29%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikes
Holloway
74.0%-288
Aldo
+28825.7%
Most takedownstie 75.6%
Holloway
13.0%-115
Aldo
+11511.4%
Significant strikes — over/under
Holloway
Expected: 203.0
203
Over 203
42.3%
+135
Exactly 203
0.3%
push
Under 203
57.3%
-135
0254508
Aldo
Expected: 117.5
117.5
Over 117.5
42.5%
+135
Under 117.5
57.5%
-135
0147294
Takedowns — over/under
Holloway
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
14.3%
Exactly 0
85.7%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Aldo
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
12.7%
Exactly 0
87.3%
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 18.6 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
Holloway67.6%42.9%+24.7+125
Aldo32.4%57.1%−24.7-145

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
74.3Striking68.2
Holloway +6.1
56.7Grappling58.5
Aldo +1.8
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
HollowayAldo
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1666
Pound-for-pound
1669
1653
Divisional
1658
1542
Striking offense
1510
1519
Striking defense
1530
1493
Grappling offense
1500
1564
Grappling defense
1551
Physical
25 yrs
Age
30 yrs
5'11"
Height
5'7"
69"
Reach
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
5.67
Strikes landed / min
2.96
43%
Strike accuracy
40%
3.74
Strikes absorbed / min
2.34
67%
Strike defense
70%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.32
Takedowns / 15 min
1.05
80%
Takedown accuracy
71%
83%
Takedown defense
91%
0.6
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.3
Form & résumé
81%
UFC win rate
89%
+10
Win/loss streak
+1
100%
Last-5 win rate
80%
62%
Finish rate
25%
Recent opp. quality
175
Days since last fight
329
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Max Holloway
  • WAnthony PettisKO/TKO R3
    opp missedClose -3006mo before
  • WRicardo LamasU-DEC R3
    Close -2701y before
  • WJeremy StephensU-DEC R3
    Close -4501y 6mo before
  • WCharles OliveiraKO/TKO R1
    Close -2551y 9mo before
  • WCub SwansonSUB R3
    Close +1352y 2mo before
Jose Aldo
  • WFrankie EdgarU-DEC R5
    Close +12011mo before
  • LConor McGregorKO/TKO R1
    Close -1151y 6mo before
  • WChad MendesU-DEC R5
    Close -2002y 7mo before
  • WRicardo LamasU-DEC R5
    Close -7503y 4mo before
  • WChan Sung JungKO/TKO R4
    Close -8753y 10mo before
Holloway — win / loss by method
Record: 17-3-0

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
7 wins, 0 losses
W
41% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 1 loss
W
12% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
8 wins, 2 losses
W
47% of wins
L
67% of losses
UFC
13win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (46%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (15%)Submission(33%) 1
5 (38%)Decision(67%) 2
Non-UFC
4win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (25%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
3 (75%)Decision() 0
Aldo — win / loss by method
Record: 26-2-0

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
15 wins, 1 loss
W
58% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
1 win, 1 loss
W
4% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
10 wins, 0 losses
W
38% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
8win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (25%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
6 (75%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
18win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
13 (72%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (6%)Submission(100%) 1
4 (22%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Holloway
Aldo
16
UFC fights
9
186.7 min · 11.7 avg
Octagon time
172.2 min · 19.1 avg
15y 11m
Career length
22y 0m
UFC schedule strength

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

Holloway
Aldo
236W–68L · 77.6%
Overall
140W–28L · 83.3%
202W–62L · 76.5%
Wins
122W–26L · 82.4%
34W–6L · 85.0%
Losses
18W–2L · 90.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Holloway
Aldo
48W–46L · 51.1%
Overall
159W–48L · 76.8%
48W–46L · 51.1%
Wins
154W–46L · 77.0%
0W–0L
Losses
5W–2L · 71.4%
Distance striking
Holloway
Aldo
6.01
Landed / min
3.62
39.1%
Accuracy
37.7%
69.1%
Defense
72.8%
0.56
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.26
73.7%
Time at distance
70.7%
Grappling & control
Holloway
Aldo
0.32
Takedowns / 15 min
1.05
80.0%
Takedown accuracy
70.6%
83.2%
Takedown defense
90.6%
0.56
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.26
36.0%
Control share
59.8%
Strike target map
Holloway
  • Head69%(728)div 64%
  • Body23%(245)div 19%
  • Legs8%(86)div 17%
Aldo
  • Head75%(383)div 64%
  • Body11%(56)div 19%
  • Legs14%(70)div 17%

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

Max Holloway
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Jose Aldo
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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