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Peter Sobotta
Peter Sobotta
15-5-1 · DEU
VS
Nicolas Dalby
Nicolas Dalby
14-1-1 · DNK
September 3, 2016 · Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
Welterweight · 3 rounds
171.0lb
Weigh-in
170.0lb
Peter Sobotta def. Nicolas Dalby by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Sobotta22/380/014:06
Dalby1/80/100:00
R2
Sobotta5/152/204:23
Dalby2/90/000:00
R3
Sobotta11/231/301:53
Dalby11/350/000:28
Total
Sobotta38/763/5110:22
Dalby14/520/100:28

Scorecards

Sobotta vs Dalby

RdAndy RobertsHoward HughesMark CollettCommunity
R1---10-8.1
R2---10-8.9
R3---9.8-9.2
Total30-2630-2630-2629.8-26.2

Media (14 cards) · avg 29.926.1 · 14 Sobotta · 0 Dalby

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Sobotta-Dalby.

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
SobottaWin probabilityDalby
44.8%55.2%
KO / TKO
32%
Submission
7%
Decision
61%
Expected fight time: 11.6 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Sobotta45%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO16%35%
Submission5%11%
Decision24%54%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes40 (2252)act 38
Takedowns0.7 (0.02.5)act 3
Dalby55%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO16%30%
Submission2%3%
Decision37%67%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes48 (2763)act 14
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.5)act 0
Combined totals~88 sig strikes~1.0 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R115%
R218%
R36%
Distance61%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.2%
Sobotta
40.6%+143
Dalby
-14358.2%
Most takedownstie 49.2%
Sobotta
33.5%-193
Dalby
+19317.3%
Significant strikes — over/under
Sobotta
Expected: 40.0
40
Over 40
41.6%
+136
Exactly 40
1.7%
push
Under 40
56.7%
-136
050100
Dalby
Expected: 48.4
48.5
Over 48.5
42.3%
+136
Under 48.5
57.7%
-136
061121
Takedowns — over/under
Sobotta
Expected: 0.7
0.5
Over 0.5
39.1%
+156
Under 0.5
60.9%
-156
035
Dalby
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
23.4%
+327
Under 0.5
76.6%
-327
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 11.6 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
Sobotta44.8%35.7%+9.1+170
Dalby55.2%64.3%−9.1-200

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
55.3Striking64.0
Dalby +8.7
55.6Grappling61.9
Dalby +6.3
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
SobottaDalby
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1497
Pound-for-pound
1542
1496
Divisional
1542
1485
Striking offense
1495
1496
Striking defense
1501
1503
Grappling offense
1498
1519
Grappling defense
1511
Physical
29 yrs
Age
31 yrs
6'0"
Height
5'11"
75"
Reach
74"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
1.88
Strikes landed / min
4.04
36%
Strike accuracy
40%
3.40
Strikes absorbed / min
3.60
58%
Strike defense
57%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.85
Takedowns / 15 min
2.67
32%
Takedown accuracy
53%
83%
Takedown defense
88%
0.7
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
33%
UFC win rate
50%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
40%
Last-5 win rate
33%
50%
Finish rate
0%
Recent opp. quality
294
Days since last fight
146
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Peter Sobotta
  • LKyle NokeKO/TKO R1
    Close -24510mo before
  • WSteve KennedySUB R1
    Close -3701y 2mo before
  • WPawel PawlakU-DEC R3
    Close +1402y 3mo before
  • LAmir SadollahU-DEC R3
    Close +2455y 10mo before
  • LJames WilksU-DEC R3
    Close +2656y 3mo before
Nicolas Dalby
  • LZak CummingsU-DEC R3
    Close -1055mo before
  • DDarren TillM-DEC R3
    Close -14510mo before
  • WElizeu Zaleski dos SantosS-DEC R3
    Close -2701y 3mo before
Sobotta — win / loss by method
Record: 15-5-1

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, 1 loss
W
27% of wins
L
20% of losses
Submission
10 wins, 1 loss
W
67% of wins
L
20% of losses
Decision
1 win, 3 losses
W
7% of wins
L
60% of losses
UFC
2win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(25%) 1
1 (50%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (50%)Decision(75%) 3
Non-UFC
13win1loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (31%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
9 (69%)Submission(100%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Dalby — win / loss by method
Record: 14-1-1

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
29% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 0 losses
W
21% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
7 wins, 1 loss
W
50% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
1win1loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (100%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
13win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (31%)KO/TKO() 0
3 (23%)Submission() 0
6 (46%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Sobotta
Dalby
6
UFC fights
3
65.0 min · 10.8 avg
Octagon time
45.0 min · 15.0 avg
21y 9m
Career length
16y 5m
UFC schedule strength

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

Sobotta
Dalby
71W–22L · 76.3%
Overall
32W–8L · 80.0%
32W–6L · 84.2%
Wins
14W–4L · 77.8%
39W–16L · 70.9%
Losses
18W–4L · 81.8%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Sobotta
Dalby
39W–21L · 65.0%
Overall
119W–78L · 60.4%
37W–19L · 66.1%
Wins
119W–78L · 60.4%
2W–2L · 50.0%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Sobotta
Dalby
3.29
Landed / min
3.90
33.0%
Accuracy
31.1%
62.2%
Defense
61.2%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
47.3%
Time at distance
61.5%
Grappling & control
Sobotta
Dalby
1.85
Takedowns / 15 min
2.67
32.0%
Takedown accuracy
53.3%
83.3%
Takedown defense
87.5%
0.69
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
71.7%
Control share
62.6%
Strike target map
Sobotta
  • Head49%(60)div 63%
  • Body24%(29)div 21%
  • Legs27%(33)div 16%
Dalby
  • Head61%(111)div 63%
  • Body16%(30)div 21%
  • Legs23%(41)div 16%

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

Peter Sobotta
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Nicolas Dalby
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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