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UFC 207: Nunes vs. Rousey
Alex Garcia
Alex Garcia
13-3 · CAN
VS
Mike Pyle
Mike Pyle
27-12-1 · USA
December 30, 2016 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Welterweight · 3 rounds
170.5lb
Weigh-in
170.0lb
Alex Garcia def. Mike Pyle by KO/TKO (Punch), R1 3:34
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 3:34
Garcia14/291/211:28
Pyle5/240/000:00
Total
Garcia14/291/211:28
Pyle5/240/000:00

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
GarciaWin probabilityPyle
89.2%10.8%
KO / TKO
28%
Submission
16%
Decision
56%
Expected fight time: 11.0 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Garcia89%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO25%28%
Submission13%15%
Decision51%57%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes43 (2456)act 14
Takedowns1.4 (0.03.9)act 1
Pyle11%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO3%29%
Submission3%27%
Decision5%44%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes30 (1639)act 5
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.6)act 0
Combined totals~73 sig strikes~1.6 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R121%
R215%
R38%
Distance56%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.4%
Garcia
65.6%-199
Pyle
+19933.0%
Most takedownstie 37.4%
Garcia
54.7%-686
Pyle
+6868.0%
Significant strikes — over/under
Garcia
Expected: 42.9
43
Over 43
41.5%
+137
Exactly 43
1.5%
push
Under 43
56.9%
-137
054108
Pyle
Expected: 29.7
29.5
Over 29.5
43.0%
+133
Under 29.5
57.0%
-133
03875
Takedowns — over/under
Garcia
Expected: 1.4
1.5
Over 1.5
42.4%
+136
Under 1.5
57.6%
-136
035
Pyle
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
14.8%
Exactly 0
85.2%
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 11.0 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
Garcia89.2%65.8%+23.4-220
Pyle10.8%34.2%−23.4+180

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
56.3Striking65.5
Pyle +9.2
64.1Grappling64.0
Garcia +0.1
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
GarciaPyle
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1545
Pound-for-pound
1564
1542
Divisional
1565
1492
Striking offense
1499
1504
Striking defense
1492
1511
Grappling offense
1494
1514
Grappling defense
1498
Physical
29 yrs
Age
41 yrs
5'9"
Height
6'0"
72"
Reach
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.03
Strikes landed / min
2.60
34%
Strike accuracy
45%
3.34
Strikes absorbed / min
2.82
61%
Strike defense
61%
Grappling (UFC career)
4.74
Takedowns / 15 min
1.67
63%
Takedown accuracy
37%
56%
Takedown defense
74%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.5
Form & résumé
60%
UFC win rate
59%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
60%
Last-5 win rate
40%
33%
Finish rate
70%
Recent opp. quality
313
Days since last fight
176
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Alex Garcia
  • LSean StricklandKO/TKO R3
    Close -10510mo before
  • WMike SwickU-DEC R3
    Close -4701y 6mo before
  • LNeil MagnyU-DEC R3
    Close -1452y 4mo before
  • WSean SpencerS-DEC R3
    Close -3202y 10mo before
  • WBen WallKO/TKO R1
    Close -6603y 1mo before
Mike Pyle
  • LAlberto MinaKO/TKO R2
    Close -1256mo before
  • WSean SpencerKO/TKO R3
    Close +13511mo before
  • LColby CovingtonU-DEC R3
    Close +2651y 7mo before
  • LJordan MeinKO/TKO R1
    Close +2452y 4mo before
  • WTJ WaldburgerKO/TKO R3
    Close -1652y 10mo before
Garcia — win / loss by method
Record: 13-3-0

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
5 wins, 2 losses
W
38% of wins
L
67% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 0 losses
W
38% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 1 loss
W
23% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
3win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (33%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (67%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
10win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (40%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
5 (50%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (10%)Decision(0%) 0
Pyle — win / loss by method
Record: 27-12-1

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, 6 losses
W
26% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
16 wins, 4 losses
W
59% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 2 losses
W
15% of wins
L
17% of losses
UFC
10win7loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (50%)KO/TKO(71%) 5
2 (20%)Submission(14%) 1
3 (30%)Decision(14%) 1
Non-UFC
17win5loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (12%)KO/TKO(20%) 1
14 (82%)Submission(60%) 3
1 (6%)Decision(20%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Garcia
Pyle
5
UFC fights
17
60.1 min · 12.0 avg
Octagon time
144.0 min · 8.5 avg
16y 11m
Career length
26y 8m
UFC schedule strength

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

Garcia
Pyle
60W–11L · 84.5%
Overall
274W–73L · 79.0%
33W–7L · 82.5%
Wins
150W–45L · 76.9%
27W–4L · 87.1%
Losses
124W–28L · 81.6%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Garcia
Pyle
57W–34L · 62.6%
Overall
218W–85L · 71.9%
44W–26L · 62.9%
Wins
157W–66L · 70.4%
13W–8L · 61.9%
Losses
61W–19L · 76.3%
Distance striking
Garcia
Pyle
3.07
Landed / min
3.55
30.6%
Accuracy
35.1%
65.6%
Defense
69.1%
0.50
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.42
49.9%
Time at distance
42.5%
Grappling & control
Garcia
Pyle
4.74
Takedowns / 15 min
1.67
63.3%
Takedown accuracy
37.2%
55.6%
Takedown defense
74.0%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.46
73.5%
Control share
37.8%
Strike target map
Garcia
  • Head89%(108)div 63%
  • Body9%(11)div 21%
  • Legs2%(3)div 16%
Pyle
  • Head68%(256)div 63%
  • Body15%(57)div 21%
  • Legs16%(61)div 16%

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

Alex Garcia
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Mike Pyle
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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