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UFC 203: Miocic vs. Overeem
Jimmie Rivera
Jimmie Rivera
19-1 · USA
VS
Urijah Faber
Urijah Faber
33-9 · USA
September 10, 2016 · Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Bantamweight · 3 rounds
Jimmie Rivera def. Urijah Faber by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Rivera12/460/000:00
Faber9/400/200:00
R2
Rivera23/600/000:00
Faber8/330/100:00
R3
Rivera19/540/000:00
Faber5/390/100:00
Total
Rivera54/1600/000:00
Faber22/1120/400:00

Scorecards

Rivera vs Faber

RdDerek ClearyRick WinterSal D'AmatoCommunity
R110-910-910-910-9
R210-910-910-910-9
R310-910-910-910-9
Total30-2730-2730-2730-27

Media (18 cards) · avg 3027 · 18 Rivera · 0 Faber

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Rivera-Faber.

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
RiveraWin probabilityFaber
67.4%32.6%
KO / TKO
22%
Submission
6%
Decision
72%
Expected fight time: 13.1 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Rivera67%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO13%19%
Submission1%2%
Decision53%79%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes54 (3170)act 54
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.3)act 0
Faber33%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO9%27%
Submission5%14%
Decision19%59%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes41 (2353)act 22
Takedowns0.5 (0.02.0)act 0
Combined totals~95 sig strikes~0.8 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R18%
R29%
R311%
Distance72%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.1%
Rivera
62.3%-171
Faber
+17136.6%
Most takedownstie 49.0%
Rivera
17.7%+187
Faber
-18733.3%
Significant strikes — over/under
Rivera
Expected: 54.1
54
Over 54
42.1%
+135
Exactly 54
1.2%
push
Under 54
56.7%
-135
068136
Faber
Expected: 40.8
41
Over 41
41.4%
+138
Exactly 41
1.6%
push
Under 41
57.0%
-138
052103
Takedowns — over/under
Rivera
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
24.5%
+308
Under 0.5
75.5%
-308
035
Faber
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
39.4%
+154
Under 0.5
60.6%
-154
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 13.1 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
Rivera67.4%61.2%+6.2-170
Faber32.6%38.8%−6.2+150

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
70.5Striking67.3
Rivera +3.2
47.3Grappling46.1
Rivera +1.2
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
RiveraFaber
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1598
Pound-for-pound
1617
1597
Divisional
1632
1507
Striking offense
1465
1502
Striking defense
1527
1498
Grappling offense
1517
1514
Grappling defense
1524
Physical
27 yrs
Age
37 yrs
5'4"
Height
5'6"
68"
Reach
67"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.96
Strikes landed / min
2.90
43%
Strike accuracy
43%
3.68
Strikes absorbed / min
2.84
62%
Strike defense
66%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.43
Takedowns / 15 min
1.54
33%
Takedown accuracy
28%
100%
Takedown defense
66%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.6
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
64%
+3
Win/loss streak
-1
100%
Last-5 win rate
60%
33%
Finish rate
67%
Recent opp. quality
224
Days since last fight
98
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Jimmie Rivera
  • WIuri AlcantaraU-DEC R3
    Close -1707mo before
  • WPedro MunhozS-DEC R3
    Close +15010mo before
  • WMarcus BrimageKO/TKO R1
    Close -1401y 2mo before
Urijah Faber
  • LDominick CruzU-DEC R5
    Close +3153mo before
  • WFrankie SaenzU-DEC R3
    Close -4909mo before
  • LFrankie EdgarU-DEC R5
    Close +4251y 4mo before
  • WFrancisco RiveraSUB R2
    Close -9251y 9mo before
  • WAlex CaceresSUB R3
    Close -7052y 2mo before
Rivera — win / loss by method
Record: 19-1-0

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
4 wins, 0 losses
W
21% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 0 losses
W
11% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
13 wins, 1 loss
W
68% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
3win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (33%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
2 (67%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
16win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (19%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (13%)Submission(0%) 0
11 (69%)Decision(100%) 1
Faber — win / loss by method
Record: 33-9-0

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
9 wins, 3 losses
W
27% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
17 wins, 0 losses
W
52% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 6 losses
W
18% of wins
L
67% of losses
DQ / other
1 win, 0 losses
W
3% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
9win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(20%) 1
6 (67%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (33%)Decision(80%) 4
Non-UFC
24win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
9 (38%)KO/TKO(50%) 2
11 (46%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (13%)Decision(50%) 2
1 (4%)DQ / other(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Rivera
Faber
3
UFC fights
14
31.5 min · 10.5 avg
Octagon time
204.1 min · 14.6 avg
17y 10m
Career length
22y 8m
UFC schedule strength

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

Rivera
Faber
50W–11L · 82.0%
Overall
256W–46L · 84.8%
50W–11L · 82.0%
Wins
141W–38L · 78.8%
0W–0L
Losses
115W–8L · 93.5%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Rivera
Faber
123W–43L · 74.1%
Overall
309W–96L · 76.3%
123W–43L · 74.1%
Wins
251W–87L · 74.3%
0W–0L
Losses
58W–9L · 86.6%
Distance striking
Rivera
Faber
5.19
Landed / min
2.85
42.3%
Accuracy
35.9%
63.4%
Defense
68.4%
0.48
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.22
87.4%
Time at distance
65.1%
Grappling & control
Rivera
Faber
1.43
Takedowns / 15 min
1.54
33.3%
Takedown accuracy
28.0%
100.0%
Takedown defense
66.0%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.59
94.0%
Control share
67.9%
Strike target map
Rivera
  • Head64%(100)div 64%
  • Body21%(33)div 21%
  • Legs15%(23)div 16%
Faber
  • Head72%(429)div 64%
  • Body21%(124)div 21%
  • Legs7%(39)div 16%

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

Jimmie Rivera
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Urijah Faber
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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