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UFC 206: Holloway vs. Pettis
Max Holloway
Max Holloway
16-3 · USA
VS
Anthony Pettis
Anthony Pettis
19-5 · USA
December 10, 2016 · Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Featherweight · 5 rounds · Main event
145.0lb
Weigh-in
148.0lbMissed +2.0
Max Holloway def. Anthony Pettis by KO/TKO (Punches), R3 4:50
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Holloway23/580/000:00
Pettis19/560/100:01
R2
Holloway26/630/010:11
Pettis15/510/100:54
R3 · 4:50
Holloway45/872/200:26
Pettis19/510/000:29
Total
Holloway94/2082/210:37
Pettis53/1580/201:24

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
HollowayWin probabilityPettis
70.1%29.9%
KO / TKO
86%
Submission
3%
Decision
11%
Expected fight time: 16.2 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Holloway70%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO59%84%
Submission1%2%
Decision10%14%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes160 (93208)act 94
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.2)act 2
Pettis30%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO27%89%
Submission1%5%
Decision2%6%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes98 (56128)act 53
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.2)act 0
Combined totals~258 sig strikes~0.4 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R14%
R215%
R335%
R420%
R514%
Distance12%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikes
Holloway
71.6%-256
Pettis
+25628.0%
Most takedownstie 69.8%
Holloway
20.9%-224
Pettis
+2249.3%
Significant strikes — over/under
Holloway
Expected: 159.8
160
Over 160
42.2%
+136
Exactly 160
0.4%
push
Under 160
57.4%
-136
0200400
Pettis
Expected: 98.2
98
Over 98
42.3%
+135
Exactly 98
0.7%
push
Under 98
57.0%
-135
0123246
Takedowns — over/under
Holloway
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
22.5%
+345
Under 0.5
77.5%
-345
035
Pettis
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
11.2%
Exactly 0
88.8%
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 16.2 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
Holloway70.1%72.4%−2.3-300
Pettis29.9%27.6%+2.3+250

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
74.0Striking63.6
Holloway +10.4
56.5Grappling47.1
Holloway +9.4
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
HollowayPettis
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1653
Pound-for-pound
1588
1640
Divisional
1562
1535
Striking offense
1522
1518
Striking defense
1513
1494
Grappling offense
1498
1556
Grappling defense
1492
Physical
25 yrs
Age
29 yrs
5'11"
Height
5'10"
69"
Reach
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
5.61
Strikes landed / min
2.78
43%
Strike accuracy
44%
3.76
Strikes absorbed / min
2.88
67%
Strike defense
56%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.17
Takedowns / 15 min
0.80
67%
Takedown accuracy
46%
83%
Takedown defense
56%
0.6
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.5
Form & résumé
80%
UFC win rate
60%
+9
Win/loss streak
+1
100%
Last-5 win rate
40%
58%
Finish rate
83%
Recent opp. quality
189
Days since last fight
105
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Max Holloway
  • WRicardo LamasU-DEC R3
    Close -2706mo before
  • WJeremy StephensU-DEC R3
    Close -4501y before
  • WCharles OliveiraKO/TKO R1
    Close -2551y 4mo before
  • WCub SwansonSUB R3
    Close +1351y 8mo before
  • WCole MillerU-DEC R3
    Close -4501y 10mo before
Anthony Pettis
  • WCharles OliveiraSUB R3
    Close -1653mo before
  • LEdson BarbozaU-DEC R3
    Close -1908mo before
  • LEddie AlvarezS-DEC R3
    Close -36011mo before
  • LRafael Dos AnjosU-DEC R5
    Close -4501y 9mo before
  • WGilbert MelendezSUB R2
    Close -3152y before
Holloway — win / loss by method
Record: 16-3-0

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
6 wins, 0 losses
W
38% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 1 loss
W
13% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
8 wins, 2 losses
W
50% of wins
L
67% of losses
UFC
12win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (42%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (17%)Submission(33%) 1
5 (42%)Decision(67%) 2
Non-UFC
4win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (25%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
3 (75%)Decision() 0
Pettis — win / loss by method
Record: 19-5-0

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
10 wins, 0 losses
W
53% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 0 losses
W
32% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 5 losses
W
16% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
6win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (33%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (50%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (17%)Decision(100%) 4
Non-UFC
13win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
8 (62%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (23%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (15%)Decision(100%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Holloway
Pettis
15
UFC fights
10
171.9 min · 11.5 avg
Octagon time
112.3 min · 11.2 avg
15y 11m
Career length
19y 6m
UFC schedule strength

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

Holloway
Pettis
217W–63L · 77.5%
Overall
215W–52L · 80.5%
183W–57L · 76.3%
Wins
122W–26L · 82.4%
34W–6L · 85.0%
Losses
93W–26L · 78.2%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Holloway
Pettis
48W–46L · 51.1%
Overall
116W–70L · 62.4%
48W–46L · 51.1%
Wins
84W–57L · 59.6%
0W–0L
Losses
32W–13L · 71.1%
Distance striking
Holloway
Pettis
5.99
Landed / min
5.55
38.9%
Accuracy
42.5%
69.3%
Defense
60.4%
0.52
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.27
73.0%
Time at distance
43.5%
Grappling & control
Holloway
Pettis
0.17
Takedowns / 15 min
0.80
66.7%
Takedown accuracy
46.2%
82.8%
Takedown defense
55.6%
0.61
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.53
36.3%
Control share
19.5%
Strike target map
Holloway
  • Head70%(680)div 64%
  • Body22%(216)div 19%
  • Legs7%(69)div 17%
Pettis
  • Head70%(218)div 64%
  • Body18%(55)div 19%
  • Legs13%(39)div 17%

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

Max Holloway
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Anthony Pettis
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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