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UFC Fight Night: Belfort vs. Gastelum
Alex Oliveira
Alex Oliveira
16-4-1 · BRA
VS
Tim Means
Tim Means
26-7-1 · USA
March 11, 2017 · Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil
Welterweight · 3 rounds
171.0lb
Weigh-in
170.0lb
Alex Oliveira def. Tim Means by SUB (Rear Naked Choke), R2 2:38
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Oliveira6/144/602:47
Means4/70/001:44
R2 · 2:38
Oliveira6/102/502:02
Means5/50/100:17
Total
Oliveira12/246/1104:49
Means9/120/102:01

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 probabilityMeans
54.0%46.0%
KO / TKO
49%
Submission
10%
Decision
41%
Expected fight time: 9.2 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 Means. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Oliveira54%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO25%46%
Submission5%10%
Decision24%44%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes40 (2252)act 12
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.8)act 6
Means46%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO24%52%
Submission4%9%
Decision18%39%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes36 (2047)act 9
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.3)act 0
Combined totals~76 sig strikes~0.7 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R134%
R218%
R36%
Distance42%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.4%
Oliveira
54.7%-125
Means
+12543.9%
Most takedownstie 54.5%
Oliveira
27.3%-150
Means
+15018.2%
Significant strikes — over/under
Oliveira
Expected: 40.3
40.5
Over 40.5
42.2%
+137
Under 40.5
57.8%
-137
051101
Means
Expected: 35.9
36
Over 36
41.3%
+137
Exactly 36
1.8%
push
Under 36
56.8%
-137
04590
Takedowns — over/under
Oliveira
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
32.2%
+211
Under 0.5
67.8%
-211
035
Means
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
23.3%
+329
Under 0.5
76.7%
-329
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 9.2 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
Oliveira54.0%34.9%+19.1+175
Means46.0%65.1%−19.1-210

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
67.3Striking73.8
Means +6.5
54.6Grappling47.5
Oliveira +7.1
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
OliveiraMeans
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1577
Pound-for-pound
1595
1553
Divisional
1597
1503
Striking offense
1520
1527
Striking defense
1516
1520
Grappling offense
1485
1478
Grappling defense
1515
Physical
29 yrs
Age
33 yrs
5'11"
Height
6'2"
76"
Reach
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.72
Strikes landed / min
4.35
52%
Strike accuracy
46%
1.70
Strikes absorbed / min
2.83
44%
Strike defense
64%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.90
Takedowns / 15 min
0.93
32%
Takedown accuracy
50%
57%
Takedown defense
62%
0.8
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.2
Form & résumé
63%
UFC win rate
62%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
60%
Last-5 win rate
60%
60%
Finish rate
63%
Recent opp. quality
71
Days since last fight
71
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Alex Oliveira
  • WWill BrooksKO/TKO R3
    Close +2605mo before
  • WJames MoontasriU-DEC R3
    Close -2208mo before
  • LDonald CerroneSUB R1
    Close +2301y 1mo before
  • WPiotr HallmannKO/TKO R3
    Close -2801y 4mo before
  • WJoe MerrittU-DEC R3
    Close -4251y 8mo before
Tim Means
  • WSabah HomasiKO/TKO R2
    Close -4207mo before
  • WJohn HowardKO/TKO R2
    Close -4101y 3mo before
  • LMatt BrownSUB R1
    Close +1301y 8mo before
  • WGeorge SullivanSUB R3
    Close -1551y 11mo before
  • WDhiego LimaKO/TKO R1
    Close -1602y before
Oliveira — win / loss by method
Record: 16-4-1, 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
63% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 3 losses
W
19% of wins
L
75% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 1 loss
W
19% of wins
L
25% of losses
UFC
5win2loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
2 (40%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (20%)Submission(100%) 2
2 (40%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
11win2loss1draw1NC
WinsLosses
8 (73%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (18%)Submission(50%) 1
1 (9%)Decision(50%) 1
Means — win / loss by method
Record: 26-7-1, 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
18 wins, 1 loss
W
69% of wins
L
14% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 3 losses
W
15% of wins
L
43% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 3 losses
W
15% of wins
L
43% of losses
UFC
8win4loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
4 (50%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (13%)Submission(25%) 1
3 (38%)Decision(75%) 3
Non-UFC
18win3loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
14 (78%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
3 (17%)Submission(67%) 2
1 (6%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Oliveira
Means
8
UFC fights
13
77.5 min · 9.7 avg
Octagon time
128.6 min · 9.9 avg
14y 8m
Career length
22y 4m
UFC schedule strength

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

Oliveira
Means
98W–22L · 81.7%
Overall
174W–59L · 74.7%
61W–15L · 80.3%
Wins
108W–31L · 77.7%
37W–7L · 84.1%
Losses
66W–28L · 70.2%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Oliveira
Means
60W–45L · 57.1%
Overall
155W–100L · 60.8%
41W–37L · 52.6%
Wins
115W–87L · 56.9%
19W–8L · 70.4%
Losses
40W–13L · 75.5%
Distance striking
Oliveira
Means
5.11
Landed / min
4.76
36.7%
Accuracy
41.3%
61.4%
Defense
67.0%
0.39
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.70
19.4%
Time at distance
63.7%
Grappling & control
Oliveira
Means
2.90
Takedowns / 15 min
0.93
31.9%
Takedown accuracy
50.0%
57.1%
Takedown defense
61.9%
0.77
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.23
70.4%
Control share
31.4%
Strike target map
Oliveira
  • Head56%(118)div 63%
  • Body27%(58)div 21%
  • Legs17%(35)div 16%
Means
  • Head64%(357)div 63%
  • Body25%(142)div 21%
  • Legs11%(61)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.

Tim Means
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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