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UFC Fight Night: Dos Anjos vs. Ferguson
Joe Soto
Joe Soto
16-5 · USA
VS
Marco Beltran
Marco Beltran
14-3 · MEX
November 5, 2016 · Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
Catch Weight · 140 lb · 3 rounds
140.0lb
Weigh-in
139.0lb
Joe Soto def. Marco Beltran by SUB (Heel Hook), R1 1:37
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 1:37
Soto2/21/100:26
Beltran3/80/000:00
Total
Soto2/21/100:26
Beltran3/80/000:00

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
SotoWin probabilityBeltran
58.0%42.0%
KO / TKO
19%
Submission
13%
Decision
68%
Expected fight time: 12.3 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Soto58%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO12%21%
Submission8%13%
Decision38%66%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes35 (1945)act 2
Takedowns0.8 (0.02.7)act 1
Beltran42%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO6%15%
Submission6%13%
Decision30%72%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes48 (2762)act 3
Takedowns0.5 (0.01.9)act 0
Combined totals~83 sig strikes~1.2 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R113%
R212%
R37%
Distance68%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.3%
Soto
34.9%+183
Beltran
-18363.8%
Most takedownstie 43.8%
Soto
33.7%-149
Beltran
+14922.5%
Significant strikes — over/under
Soto
Expected: 34.8
35
Over 35
41.2%
+138
Exactly 35
1.9%
push
Under 35
56.9%
-138
04488
Beltran
Expected: 48.0
48
Over 48
41.8%
+136
Exactly 48
1.4%
push
Under 48
56.9%
-136
060120
Takedowns — over/under
Soto
Expected: 0.8
1
Over 1
26.7%
+220
Exactly 1
14.4%
push
Under 1
58.8%
-220
035
Beltran
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
31.4%
+218
Under 0.5
68.6%
-218
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 12.3 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
Soto58.0%44.7%+13.3+115
Beltran42.0%55.3%−13.3-135

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
56.1Striking66.0
Beltran +9.8
42.6Grappling39.0
Soto +3.7
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
SotoBeltran
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1513
Pound-for-pound
1563
1542
Divisional
1515
1486
Striking offense
1490
1484
Striking defense
1515
1519
Grappling offense
1504
1524
Grappling defense
1499
Physical
29 yrs
Age
30 yrs
5'6"
Height
5'8"
65"
Reach
69"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.44
Strikes landed / min
2.13
40%
Strike accuracy
41%
5.70
Strikes absorbed / min
1.79
66%
Strike defense
61%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.57
Takedowns / 15 min
0.79
13%
Takedown accuracy
40%
44%
Takedown defense
43%
1.7
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.4
Form & résumé
25%
UFC win rate
100%
+1
Win/loss streak
+3
25%
Last-5 win rate
100%
100%
Finish rate
33%
Recent opp. quality
140
Days since last fight
121
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Joe Soto
  • WChris BealSUB R3
    Close -1255mo before
  • LMichinori TanakaS-DEC R3
    Close +12010mo before
  • LAnthony BirchakKO/TKO R1
    Close -2001y 5mo before
  • LTJ DillashawKO/TKO R5
    Close +9002y 2mo before
Marco Beltran
  • WReginaldo VieiraSUB R2
    Close +1054mo before
  • WGuangyou NingS-DEC R3
    Close +14011mo before
  • WMarlon VeraU-DEC R3
    Close +2052y before
Soto — win / loss by method
Record: 16-5-0

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
5 wins, 3 losses
W
31% of wins
L
60% of losses
Submission
9 wins, 1 loss
W
56% of wins
L
20% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 1 loss
W
13% of wins
L
20% of losses
UFC
1win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(67%) 2
1 (100%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(33%) 1
Non-UFC
15win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (33%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
8 (53%)Submission(50%) 1
2 (13%)Decision(0%) 0
Beltran — win / loss by method
Record: 14-3-0

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
3 wins, 1 loss
W
21% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
9 wins, 2 losses
W
64% of wins
L
67% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 0 losses
W
14% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
3win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (33%)Submission() 0
2 (67%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
11win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (27%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
8 (73%)Submission(67%) 2
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Soto
Beltran
4
UFC fights
3
52.6 min · 13.2 avg
Octagon time
38.1 min · 12.7 avg
20y 0m
Career length
18y 0m
UFC schedule strength

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

Soto
Beltran
41W–7L · 85.4%
Overall
26W–6L · 81.3%
10W–2L · 83.3%
Wins
26W–6L · 81.3%
31W–5L · 86.1%
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Soto
Beltran
132W–59L · 69.1%
Overall
52W–17L · 75.4%
113W–54L · 67.7%
Wins
11W–7L · 61.1%
19W–5L · 79.2%
Losses
41W–10L · 80.4%
Distance striking
Soto
Beltran
4.11
Landed / min
2.15
39.2%
Accuracy
26.7%
67.7%
Defense
73.9%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.39
79.5%
Time at distance
42.7%
Grappling & control
Soto
Beltran
0.57
Takedowns / 15 min
0.79
13.3%
Takedown accuracy
40.0%
44.4%
Takedown defense
42.9%
1.71
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.39
24.4%
Control share
31.9%
Strike target map
Soto
  • Head80%(145)div 67%
  • Body7%(13)div 20%
  • Legs13%(23)div 13%
Beltran
  • Head62%(50)div 67%
  • Body25%(20)div 20%
  • Legs14%(11)div 13%

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

Joe Soto
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Marco Beltran
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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