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UFC 206: Holloway vs. Pettis
VS
Drew Dober
Drew Dober
17-7 · USA
December 10, 2016 · Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Lightweight · 3 rounds
156.0lb
Weigh-in
156.0lb
Olivier Aubin-Mercier def. Drew Dober by SUB (Rear Naked Choke), R2 2:57
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Aubin-Mercier25/500/000:00
Dober14/570/000:00
R2 · 2:57
Aubin-Mercier2/30/001:33
Dober10/140/011:13
Total
Aubin-Mercier27/530/001:33
Dober24/710/011:13

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
Aubin-MercierWin probabilityDober
61.7%38.3%
KO / TKO
44%
Submission
10%
Decision
47%
Expected fight time: 9.8 min
What drives the pick

Each bar is a feature's push on the model from the center axis. Red pushes toward Aubin-Mercier, blue toward Dober. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Aubin-Mercier62%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO24%39%
Submission8%12%
Decision30%49%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes42 (2455)act 27
Takedowns1.0 (0.02.9)act 0
Dober38%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO20%52%
Submission2%5%
Decision16%43%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes43 (2456)act 24
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.0)act 0
Combined totals~85 sig strikes~1.0 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R127%
R223%
R33%
Distance47%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.3%
Aubin-Mercier
48.6%+103
Dober
-10350.1%
Most takedownstie 40.7%
Aubin-Mercier
55.2%-1345
Dober
+13454.1%
Significant strikes — over/under
Aubin-Mercier
Expected: 42.4
42.5
Over 42.5
42.3%
+136
Under 42.5
57.7%
-136
053106
Dober
Expected: 43.1
43
Over 43
41.8%
+135
Exactly 43
1.5%
push
Under 43
56.6%
-135
054108
Takedowns — over/under
Aubin-Mercier
Expected: 1.0
1
Over 1
35.3%
+120
Exactly 1
22.1%
push
Under 1
42.6%
-120
035
Dober
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
7.7%
Exactly 0
92.3%
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 9.8 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
Aubin-Mercier61.7%62.8%−1.1-185
Dober38.3%37.2%+1.1+160

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
67.8Striking56.8
Aubin-Mercier +11.0
61.7Grappling35.9
Aubin-Mercier +25.8
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
Aubin-MercierDober
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1545
Pound-for-pound
1528
1557
Divisional
1540
1494
Striking offense
1488
1511
Striking defense
1506
1520
Grappling offense
1489
1507
Grappling defense
1496
Physical
27 yrs
Age
28 yrs
5'9"
Height
5'8"
70"
Reach
70"
Southpaw
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
2.85
Strikes landed / min
3.37
54%
Strike accuracy
34%
2.96
Strikes absorbed / min
4.07
57%
Strike defense
56%
Grappling (UFC career)
3.29
Takedowns / 15 min
1.31
33%
Takedown accuracy
17%
83%
Takedown defense
67%
0.6
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.3
Form & résumé
67%
UFC win rate
43%
+1
Win/loss streak
+2
80%
Last-5 win rate
60%
75%
Finish rate
67%
Recent opp. quality
175
Days since last fight
91
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Olivier Aubin-Mercier
  • WThibault GoutiSUB R3
    Close -4706mo before
  • LDiego FerreiraU-DEC R3
    Close -26010mo before
  • WTony SimsU-DEC R3
    Close -2001y 4mo before
  • WDavid MichaudSUB R3
    Close -3401y 8mo before
  • WJake LindseySUB R2
    Close -5252y 2mo before
Drew Dober
  • WJason GonzalezKO/TKO R1
    Close -1503mo before
  • WScott HoltzmanU-DEC R3
    Close +18011mo before
  • LEfrain EscuderoSUB R1
    Close -1401y 6mo before
  • WJamie VarnerSUB R1
    Close +4002y before
  • LNick HeinU-DEC R3
    Close +1302y 6mo before
Aubin-Mercier — win / loss by method
Record: 8-2-0

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
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
7 wins, 0 losses
W
88% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
1 win, 2 losses
W
13% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
4win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (75%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (25%)Decision(100%) 2
Non-UFC
4win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
4 (100%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Dober — win / loss by method
Record: 17-7-0, 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
7 wins, 1 loss
W
41% of wins
L
14% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 1 loss
W
29% of wins
L
14% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 5 losses
W
29% of wins
L
71% of losses
UFC
3win3loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
1 (33%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (33%)Submission(33%) 1
1 (33%)Decision(67%) 2
Non-UFC
14win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (43%)KO/TKO(25%) 1
4 (29%)Submission(0%) 0
4 (29%)Decision(75%) 3

Profiles

Experience
Aubin-Mercier
Dober
6
UFC fights
7
77.4 min · 12.9 avg
Octagon time
57.3 min · 8.2 avg
14y 9m
Career length
17y 0m
UFC schedule strength

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

Aubin-Mercier
Dober
58W–7L · 89.2%
Overall
82W–24L · 77.4%
40W–5L · 88.9%
Wins
39W–12L · 76.5%
18W–2L · 90.0%
Losses
43W–12L · 78.2%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Aubin-Mercier
Dober
7W–2L · 77.8%
Overall
159W–104L · 60.5%
7W–2L · 77.8%
Wins
140W–101L · 58.1%
0W–0L
Losses
19W–3L · 86.4%
Distance striking
Aubin-Mercier
Dober
4.37
Landed / min
4.77
47.5%
Accuracy
28.8%
62.1%
Defense
60.3%
0.19
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.26
47.0%
Time at distance
49.4%
Grappling & control
Aubin-Mercier
Dober
3.29
Takedowns / 15 min
1.31
32.7%
Takedown accuracy
16.7%
83.3%
Takedown defense
66.7%
0.58
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.26
83.1%
Control share
54.5%
Strike target map
Aubin-Mercier
  • Head68%(151)div 63%
  • Body21%(47)div 20%
  • Legs10%(23)div 17%
Dober
  • Head65%(125)div 63%
  • Body17%(32)div 20%
  • Legs19%(36)div 17%

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

Olivier Aubin-Mercier
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Drew Dober
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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