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UFC 207: Nunes vs. Rousey
Niko Price
Niko Price
8-0 · USA
VS
Brandon Thatch
Brandon Thatch
11-4 · USA
December 30, 2016 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Welterweight · 3 rounds
Niko Price def. Brandon Thatch by SUB (Arm Triangle), R1 4:30
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 4:30
Price6/161/402:52
Thatch8/140/000:01
Total
Price6/161/402:52
Thatch8/140/000:01

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
PriceWin probabilityThatch
29.5%70.5%
KO / TKO
22%
Submission
62%
Decision
16%
Expected fight time: 6.1 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Price29%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO6%19%
Submission17%60%
Decision6%21%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes26 (1434)act 6
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.4)act 1
Thatch71%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO17%23%
Submission44%63%
Decision10%14%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes29 (1638)act 8
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.3)act 0
Combined totals~56 sig strikes~0.6 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R165%
R25%
R314%
Distance16%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.9%
Price
44.1%+122
Thatch
-12254.0%
Most takedownstie 56.2%
Price
21.9%+100
Thatch
-10021.9%
Significant strikes — over/under
Price
Expected: 26.3
26.5
Over 26.5
42.1%
+138
Under 26.5
57.9%
-138
03366
Thatch
Expected: 29.3
29.5
Over 29.5
42.2%
+137
Under 29.5
57.8%
-137
03774
Takedowns — over/under
Price
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
26.7%
+274
Under 0.5
73.3%
-274
035
Thatch
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
27.0%
+270
Under 0.5
73.0%
-270
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 6.1 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
Price29.5%41.2%−11.7+135
Thatch70.5%58.8%+11.7-155

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
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
PriceThatch
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1527
Pound-for-pound
1514
1527
Divisional
1509
1500
Striking offense
1510
1500
Striking defense
1512
1500
Grappling offense
1492
1500
Grappling defense
1484
Physical
27 yrs
Age
31 yrs
6'0"
Height
6'2"
76"
Reach
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Switch
Striking (UFC career)
Strikes landed / min
2.80
Strike accuracy
42%
Strikes absorbed / min
3.89
Strike defense
52%
Grappling (UFC career)
Takedowns / 15 min
1.52
Takedown accuracy
67%
Takedown defense
42%
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
UFC win rate
40%
Win/loss streak
-3
Last-5 win rate
40%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
Days since last fight
300
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Niko Price
No prior UFC fights.
Brandon Thatch
  • LSiyar BahadurzadaSUB R3
    Close -33510mo before
  • LGunnar NelsonSUB R1
    Close -1701y 6mo before
  • LBenson HendersonSUB R4
    Close -1651y 11mo before
  • WPaulo ThiagoKO/TKO R1
    Close -3603y 2mo before
  • WJustin EdwardsKO/TKO R1
    Close -2703y 4mo before
Price — win / loss by method
Record: 8-0-0

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
6 wins, 0 losses
W
75% of wins
L
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
13% of wins
L
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
13% of wins
L
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
8win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (75%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (13%)Submission() 0
1 (13%)Decision() 0
Thatch — win / loss by method
Record: 11-4-0

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, 0 losses
W
73% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 3 losses
W
27% of wins
L
75% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
25% of losses
UFC
2win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (100%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(100%) 3
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
9win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (67%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (33%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(100%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Price
Thatch
0
UFC fights
5
Octagon time
39.6 min · 7.9 avg
Career length
18y 1m
UFC schedule strength

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

Price
Thatch
Overall
78W–19L · 80.4%
Wins
23W–7L · 76.7%
Losses
55W–12L · 82.1%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Price
Thatch
26W–17L · 60.5%
Overall
60W–33L · 64.5%
26W–17L · 60.5%
Wins
55W–32L · 63.2%
0W–0L
Losses
5W–1L · 83.3%
Distance striking
Price
Thatch
Landed / min
3.67
Accuracy
34.9%
Defense
65.1%
Knockdowns / 15 min
1.14
Time at distance
50.9%
Grappling & control
Price
Thatch
Takedowns / 15 min
1.52
Takedown accuracy
66.7%
Takedown defense
41.7%
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
Control share
9.3%
Strike target map
Price
  • Head0%(0)div 63%
  • Body0%(0)div 21%
  • Legs0%(0)div 16%
  • No strike data on record.
Thatch
  • Head53%(59)div 63%
  • Body28%(31)div 21%
  • Legs19%(21)div 16%

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

Niko Price

No UFC fights on record.

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

Brandon Thatch
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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