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UFC Fight Night: Belfort vs. Gastelum
Ray Borg
Ray Borg
10-2 · USA
VS
Jussier Formiga
Jussier Formiga
19-4 · BRA
March 11, 2017 · Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil
Flyweight · 3 rounds
Ray Borg def. Jussier Formiga by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Borg14/430/000:00
Formiga17/290/201:03
R2
Borg7/280/501:44
Formiga13/330/100:10
R3
Borg15/170/102:39
Formiga0/00/002:11
Total
Borg36/880/604:23
Formiga30/620/303:24

Scorecards

Borg vs Formiga

RdFabio AlvesSal D'AmatoTony WeeksCommunity
R19-1010-99-109.3-9.7
R210-99-1010-99.4-9.6
R310-910-910-99.9-9.1
Total29-2829-2829-2828.6-28.4

Media (17 cards) · avg 29.227.8 · 17 Borg · 0 Formiga

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Borg-Formiga.

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
BorgWin probabilityFormiga
67.3%32.7%
KO / TKO
12%
Submission
10%
Decision
78%
Expected fight time: 13.2 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Borg67%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO10%15%
Submission7%10%
Decision50%75%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes34 (1944)act 36
Takedowns1.2 (0.03.3)act 0
Formiga33%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO2%7%
Submission3%8%
Decision28%85%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes28 (1536)act 30
Takedowns0.8 (0.02.6)act 0
Combined totals~61 sig strikes~1.9 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R17%
R210%
R35%
Distance78%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.7%
Borg
58.1%-145
Formiga
+14540.2%
Most takedownstie 26.9%
Borg
44.7%-158
Formiga
+15828.3%
Significant strikes — over/under
Borg
Expected: 33.7
33.5
Over 33.5
42.8%
+134
Under 33.5
57.2%
-134
04385
Formiga
Expected: 27.6
27.5
Over 27.5
42.8%
+134
Under 27.5
57.2%
-134
03570
Takedowns — over/under
Borg
Expected: 1.2
1
Over 1
40.6%
-110
Exactly 1
22.6%
push
Under 1
36.8%
+110
035
Formiga
Expected: 0.8
1
Over 1
29.0%
+174
Exactly 1
20.4%
push
Under 1
50.6%
-174
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 13.2 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
Borg67.3%54.3%+13.0-130
Formiga32.7%45.7%−13.0+110

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
65.7Striking58.7
Borg +7.0
82.8Grappling55.6
Borg +27.2
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
BorgFormiga
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1555
Pound-for-pound
1577
1555
Divisional
1574
1467
Striking offense
1458
1526
Striking defense
1517
1521
Grappling offense
1499
1522
Grappling defense
1510
Physical
23 yrs
Age
31 yrs
5'4"
Height
5'5"
63"
Reach
67"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
1.33
Strikes landed / min
1.09
52%
Strike accuracy
32%
1.65
Strikes absorbed / min
2.14
54%
Strike defense
67%
Grappling (UFC career)
3.79
Takedowns / 15 min
1.98
56%
Takedown accuracy
38%
50%
Takedown defense
81%
2.2
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.5
Form & résumé
67%
UFC win rate
63%
+1
Win/loss streak
+1
80%
Last-5 win rate
80%
50%
Finish rate
20%
Recent opp. quality
71
Days since last fight
168
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Ray Borg
  • WLouis SmolkaU-DEC R3
    Close -1402mo before
  • LJustin ScogginsU-DEC R3
    Close -1851y 1mo before
  • WGeane HerreraU-DEC R3
    Close -4401y 7mo before
  • WChris KeladesSUB R3
    Close -9752y 1mo before
  • WShane HowellSUB R1
    Close -4602y 8mo before
Jussier Formiga
  • WDustin OrtizU-DEC R3
    Close -2106mo before
  • LHenry CejudoS-DEC R3
    Close +4251y 4mo before
  • WWilson ReisU-DEC R3
    Close -1051y 9mo before
  • WZach MakovskyU-DEC R3
    Close +2902y 7mo before
  • WScott JorgensenSUB R1
    Close +1703y before
Borg — win / loss by method
Record: 10-2-0

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
1 win, 0 losses
W
10% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 0 losses
W
60% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 2 losses
W
30% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
4win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (50%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (50%)Decision(100%) 2
Non-UFC
6win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (17%)KO/TKO() 0
4 (67%)Submission() 0
1 (17%)Decision() 0
Formiga — win / loss by method
Record: 19-4-0

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
0 wins, 2 losses
W
0% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
8 wins, 0 losses
W
42% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
11 wins, 2 losses
W
58% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
5win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(67%) 2
1 (20%)Submission(0%) 0
4 (80%)Decision(33%) 1
Non-UFC
14win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
7 (50%)Submission(0%) 0
7 (50%)Decision(100%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Borg
Formiga
6
UFC fights
8
75.2 min · 12.5 avg
Octagon time
90.8 min · 11.4 avg
14y 0m
Career length
21y 2m
UFC schedule strength

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

Borg
Formiga
62W–15L · 80.5%
Overall
120W–34L · 77.9%
40W–10L · 80.0%
Wins
80W–26L · 75.5%
22W–5L · 81.5%
Losses
40W–8L · 83.3%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Borg
Formiga
33W–10L · 76.7%
Overall
109W–22L · 83.2%
33W–10L · 76.7%
Wins
101W–20L · 83.5%
0W–0L
Losses
8W–2L · 80.0%
Distance striking
Borg
Formiga
1.64
Landed / min
1.49
27.6%
Accuracy
25.0%
71.8%
Defense
77.6%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.17
17.0%
Time at distance
48.0%
Grappling & control
Borg
Formiga
3.79
Takedowns / 15 min
1.98
55.9%
Takedown accuracy
37.5%
50.0%
Takedown defense
81.0%
2.19
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.50
76.0%
Control share
62.5%
Strike target map
Borg
  • Head70%(70)div 62%
  • Body27%(27)div 24%
  • Legs3%(3)div 15%
Formiga
  • Head69%(68)div 62%
  • Body20%(20)div 24%
  • Legs11%(11)div 15%

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

Ray Borg
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Jussier Formiga
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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