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Ray Borg
Ray Borg
9-2 · USA
VS
Louis Smolka
Louis Smolka
11-2 · USA
December 30, 2016 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Flyweight · 3 rounds
Ray Borg def. Louis Smolka by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Borg10/131/103:06
Smolka1/120/000:38
R2
Borg8/161/203:45
Smolka2/80/100:02
R3
Borg3/92/504:04
Smolka7/230/000:05
Total
Borg21/384/8010:55
Smolka10/430/100:45

Scorecards

Borg vs Smolka

RdChris LeeMarcos RosalesSal D'AmatoCommunity
R110-810-810-910-8.9
R210-910-910-910-9
R310-910-910-910-9
Total30-2630-2630-2730-26.9

Media (21 cards) · avg 3027 · 21 Borg · 0 Smolka

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

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 probabilitySmolka
77.4%22.6%
KO / TKO
36%
Submission
21%
Decision
43%
Expected fight time: 9.5 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 Smolka. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Borg77%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO25%33%
Submission18%23%
Decision34%44%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes32 (1842)act 21
Takedowns2.6 (0.05.6)act 4
Smolka23%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO11%46%
Submission3%15%
Decision9%39%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes32 (1842)act 10
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.5)act 0
Combined totals~64 sig strikes~2.7 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R130%
R222%
R35%
Distance43%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.7%
Borg
48.8%+101
Smolka
-10149.5%
Most takedownstie 14.9%
Borg
81.3%-2136
Smolka
+21363.8%
Significant strikes — over/under
Borg
Expected: 32.1
32
Over 32
41.6%
+135
Exactly 32
2.1%
push
Under 32
56.4%
-135
04181
Smolka
Expected: 32.3
32.5
Over 32.5
42.1%
+138
Under 32.5
57.9%
-138
04181
Takedowns — over/under
Borg
Expected: 2.6
2.5
Over 2.5
49.7%
+101
Under 2.5
50.3%
-101
048
Smolka
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
14.2%
Exactly 0
85.8%
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 9.5 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
Borg77.4%56.2%+21.2-140
Smolka22.6%43.8%−21.2+120

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
62.6Striking72.6
Smolka +10.0
81.3Grappling63.7
Borg +17.6
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
BorgSmolka
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1538
Pound-for-pound
1566
1538
Divisional
1565
1472
Striking offense
1517
1522
Striking defense
1500
1518
Grappling offense
1520
1517
Grappling defense
1481
Physical
23 yrs
Age
25 yrs
5'4"
Height
5'9"
63"
Reach
68"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
1.31
Strikes landed / min
4.86
51%
Strike accuracy
50%
1.89
Strikes absorbed / min
3.23
50%
Strike defense
56%
Grappling (UFC career)
3.74
Takedowns / 15 min
2.35
58%
Takedown accuracy
38%
45%
Takedown defense
36%
2.5
Sub attempts / 15 min
2.9
Form & résumé
60%
UFC win rate
71%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
60%
Last-5 win rate
80%
67%
Finish rate
60%
Recent opp. quality
328
Days since last fight
90
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Ray Borg
  • LJustin ScogginsU-DEC R3
    Close -18511mo before
  • WGeane HerreraU-DEC R3
    Close -4401y 5mo before
  • WChris KeladesSUB R3
    Close -9751y 11mo before
  • WShane HowellSUB R1
    Close -4602y 6mo before
  • LDustin OrtizS-DEC R3
    Close +1452y 8mo before
Louis Smolka
  • LBrandon MorenoSUB R1
    Close -5253mo before
  • WBen NguyenKO/TKO R2
    Close +1056mo before
  • WPaddy HolohanSUB R2
    Close -1851y 2mo before
  • WNeil SeeryU-DEC R3
    Close -1351y 6mo before
  • WRichie VaculikKO/TKO R3
    Close -3402y 2mo before
Borg — win / loss by method
Record: 9-2-0

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
11% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 0 losses
W
67% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 2 losses
W
22% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
3win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (67%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (33%)Decision(100%) 2
Non-UFC
6win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (17%)KO/TKO() 0
4 (67%)Submission() 0
1 (17%)Decision() 0
Smolka — win / loss by method
Record: 11-2-0

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
4 wins, 0 losses
W
36% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 1 loss
W
45% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 1 loss
W
18% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
5win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (40%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (20%)Submission(50%) 1
2 (40%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
6win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (33%)KO/TKO() 0
4 (67%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Borg
Smolka
5
UFC fights
7
60.2 min · 12.0 avg
Octagon time
76.5 min · 10.9 avg
14y 0m
Career length
14y 3m
UFC schedule strength

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

Borg
Smolka
51W–13L · 79.7%
Overall
87W–27L · 76.3%
29W–8L · 78.4%
Wins
60W–19L · 75.9%
22W–5L · 81.5%
Losses
27W–8L · 77.1%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Borg
Smolka
33W–10L · 76.7%
Overall
28W–14L · 66.7%
33W–10L · 76.7%
Wins
28W–14L · 66.7%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Borg
Smolka
1.62
Landed / min
6.69
27.6%
Accuracy
37.2%
69.6%
Defense
63.2%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.20
16.4%
Time at distance
32.2%
Grappling & control
Borg
Smolka
3.74
Takedowns / 15 min
2.35
57.7%
Takedown accuracy
37.5%
45.5%
Takedown defense
35.7%
2.49
Sub attempts / 15 min
2.94
71.8%
Control share
68.4%
Strike target map
Borg
  • Head71%(56)div 61%
  • Body27%(21)div 24%
  • Legs3%(2)div 15%
Smolka
  • Head74%(277)div 61%
  • Body19%(71)div 24%
  • Legs6%(24)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.

Louis Smolka
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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