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Robert Whittaker
Robert Whittaker
17-4 · AUS
VS
Jacare Souza
Jacare Souza
24-4 · BRA
April 15, 2017 · Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Middleweight · 3 rounds
Robert Whittaker def. Jacare Souza by KO/TKO (Kick), R2 3:28
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Whittaker18/390/000:04
Souza5/241/200:48
R2 · 3:28
Whittaker37/710/010:21
Souza4/120/100:00
Total
Whittaker55/1100/010:25
Souza9/361/300:48

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
WhittakerWin probabilitySouza
62.3%37.7%
KO / TKO
53%
Submission
7%
Decision
40%
Expected fight time: 12.0 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Whittaker62%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO34%55%
Submission2%4%
Decision26%41%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes72 (4194)act 55
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.8)act 0
Souza38%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO19%50%
Submission5%13%
Decision14%37%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes42 (2455)act 9
Takedowns0.5 (0.02.0)act 1
Combined totals~114 sig strikes~0.7 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R110%
R29%
R341%
Distance40%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.8%
Whittaker
72.6%-273
Souza
+27326.6%
Most takedownstie 49.3%
Whittaker
12.0%+321
Souza
-32138.6%
Significant strikes — over/under
Whittaker
Expected: 71.9
72
Over 72
41.9%
+136
Exactly 72
0.9%
push
Under 72
57.1%
-136
090180
Souza
Expected: 42.5
42.5
Over 42.5
42.5%
+135
Under 42.5
57.5%
-135
054107
Takedowns — over/under
Whittaker
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
17.6%
Exactly 0
82.4%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Souza
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
43.6%
+129
Under 0.5
56.4%
-129
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 12.0 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
Whittaker62.3%29.8%+32.5+225
Souza37.7%70.2%−32.5-265

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
69.1Striking73.2
Souza +4.1
52.9Grappling75.7
Souza +22.8
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
WhittakerSouza
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1616
Pound-for-pound
1647
1603
Divisional
1644
1532
Striking offense
1500
1501
Striking defense
1519
1483
Grappling offense
1536
1553
Grappling defense
1531
Physical
26 yrs
Age
37 yrs
6'0"
Height
6'1"
73"
Reach
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
5.07
Strikes landed / min
2.69
42%
Strike accuracy
55%
4.09
Strikes absorbed / min
1.83
63%
Strike defense
59%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.59
Takedowns / 15 min
2.67
67%
Takedown accuracy
35%
94%
Takedown defense
100%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.7
Form & résumé
80%
UFC win rate
88%
+6
Win/loss streak
+2
100%
Last-5 win rate
80%
50%
Finish rate
86%
Recent opp. quality
140
Days since last fight
63
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Robert Whittaker
  • WDerek BrunsonKO/TKO R1
    Close +1005mo before
  • WRafael NatalU-DEC R3
    Close -3251y before
  • WUriah HallU-DEC R3
    Close +1351y 5mo before
  • WBrad TavaresKO/TKO R1
    Close +1151y 11mo before
  • WClint HesterKO/TKO R2
    Close +1702y 5mo before
Jacare Souza
  • WTim BoetschSUB R1
    Close -6002mo before
  • WVitor BelfortKO/TKO R1
    Close -28011mo before
  • LYoel RomeroS-DEC R3
    Close -1401y 4mo before
  • WChris CamozziSUB R1
    Close -16002y before
  • WGegard MousasiSUB R3
    Close -1852y 7mo before
Whittaker — win / loss by method
Record: 17-4-0

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, 1 loss
W
47% of wins
L
25% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 1 loss
W
29% of wins
L
25% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 2 losses
W
24% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
8win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (50%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
4 (50%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
9win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (44%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
5 (56%)Submission(50%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(50%) 1
Souza — win / loss by method
Record: 24-4-0, 1 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
6 wins, 2 losses
W
25% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
14 wins, 0 losses
W
58% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 2 losses
W
17% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
7win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (29%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
4 (57%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (14%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
17win3loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
4 (24%)KO/TKO(67%) 2
10 (59%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (18%)Decision(33%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Whittaker
Souza
10
UFC fights
8
102.0 min · 10.2 avg
Octagon time
61.8 min · 7.7 avg
17y 4m
Career length
22y 10m
UFC schedule strength

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

Whittaker
Souza
113W–28L · 80.1%
Overall
181W–53L · 77.4%
90W–24L · 78.9%
Wins
171W–52L · 76.7%
23W–4L · 85.2%
Losses
10W–1L · 90.9%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Whittaker
Souza
64W–29L · 68.8%
Overall
241W–61L · 79.8%
39W–13L · 75.0%
Wins
194W–53L · 78.5%
25W–16L · 61.0%
Losses
47W–8L · 85.5%
Distance striking
Whittaker
Souza
5.35
Landed / min
2.62
38.4%
Accuracy
40.1%
66.0%
Defense
62.6%
1.03
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.24
76.0%
Time at distance
40.1%
Grappling & control
Whittaker
Souza
0.59
Takedowns / 15 min
2.67
66.7%
Takedown accuracy
35.5%
93.8%
Takedown defense
100.0%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.70
54.9%
Control share
92.2%
Strike target map
Whittaker
  • Head76%(392)div 63%
  • Body9%(48)div 19%
  • Legs15%(77)div 18%
Souza
  • Head72%(119)div 63%
  • Body20%(33)div 19%
  • Legs8%(14)div 18%

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

Robert Whittaker
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Jacare Souza
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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