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UFC 201: Lawler vs. Woodley
Tyron Woodley
Tyron Woodley
15-3 · USA
VS
Robbie Lawler
Robbie Lawler
27-10 · USA
July 30, 2016 · Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Welterweight · 5 rounds · Main event
170.0lb
Weigh-in
170.0lb
Tyron Woodley def. Robbie Lawler by KO/TKO (Punch), R1 2:12
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 2:12
Woodley8/110/010:19
Lawler3/60/000:00
Total
Woodley8/110/010:19
Lawler3/60/000:00

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
WoodleyWin probabilityLawler
67.0%33.0%
KO / TKO
30%
Submission
5%
Decision
66%
Expected fight time: 19.4 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Woodley67%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO18%26%
Submission4%6%
Decision45%68%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes74 (4296)act 8
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.8)act 0
Lawler33%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO12%37%
Submission1%1%
Decision20%62%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes74 (4296)act 3
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.8)act 0
Combined totals~148 sig strikes~0.6 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R114%
R210%
R35%
R43%
R52%
Distance66%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.8%
Woodley
49.8%-101
Lawler
+10149.5%
Most takedownstie 62.6%
Woodley
24.3%-185
Lawler
+18513.1%
Significant strikes — over/under
Woodley
Expected: 74.0
74
Over 74
42.1%
+136
Exactly 74
0.9%
push
Under 74
57.0%
-136
093186
Lawler
Expected: 73.7
73.5
Over 73.5
42.7%
+134
Under 73.5
57.3%
-134
093185
Takedowns — over/under
Woodley
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
26.9%
+271
Under 0.5
73.1%
-271
035
Lawler
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
16.1%
Exactly 0
83.9%
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 19.4 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
Woodley67.0%47.8%+19.2+100
Lawler33.0%52.2%−19.2-120

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
68.1Striking66.2
Woodley +1.9
53.9Grappling49.6
Woodley +4.2
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
WoodleyLawler
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1597
Pound-for-pound
1650
1595
Divisional
1657
1501
Striking offense
1509
1517
Striking defense
1518
Grappling offense
Grappling defense
Physical
34 yrs
Age
34 yrs
5'9"
Height
5'11"
74"
Reach
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
3.04
Strikes landed / min
3.86
47%
Strike accuracy
46%
3.14
Strikes absorbed / min
4.01
68%
Strike defense
62%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.77
Takedowns / 15 min
1.13
60%
Takedown accuracy
80%
95%
Takedown defense
68%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
71%
UFC win rate
75%
+2
Win/loss streak
+5
80%
Last-5 win rate
100%
80%
Finish rate
50%
Recent opp. quality
546
Days since last fight
210
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Tyron Woodley
  • WKelvin GastelumS-DEC R3
    Close -1851y 6mo before
  • WDong Hyun KimKO/TKO R1
    Close -2101y 11mo before
  • LRory MacDonaldU-DEC R3
    Close +1052y 2mo before
  • WCarlos ConditKO/TKO R2
    Close +1852y 5mo before
  • WJosh KoscheckKO/TKO R1
    Close -1102y 8mo before
Robbie Lawler
  • WCarlos ConditS-DEC R5
    Close -1157mo before
  • WRory MacDonaldKO/TKO R5
    Close +1451y 1mo before
  • WJohny HendricksS-DEC R5
    Close +2001y 8mo before
  • WMatt BrownU-DEC R5
    opp missedClose -3252y before
  • WJake EllenbergerKO/TKO R3
    Close -1702y 2mo before
Woodley — win / loss by method
Record: 15-3-0

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, 1 loss
W
40% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 0 losses
W
27% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 2 losses
W
33% of wins
L
67% of losses
UFC
5win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (80%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (20%)Decision(100%) 2
Non-UFC
10win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (20%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
4 (40%)Submission(0%) 0
4 (40%)Decision(0%) 0
Lawler — win / loss by method
Record: 27-10-0, 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
20 wins, 1 loss
W
74% of wins
L
10% of losses
Submission
1 win, 5 losses
W
4% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 4 losses
W
22% of wins
L
40% of losses
UFC
12win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (50%)KO/TKO(25%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(50%) 2
6 (50%)Decision(25%) 1
Non-UFC
15win6loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
14 (93%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (7%)Submission(50%) 3
0 (0%)Decision(50%) 3

Profiles

Experience
Woodley
Lawler
7
UFC fights
16
58.3 min · 8.3 avg
Octagon time
211.7 min · 13.2 avg
17y 6m
Career length
25y 4m
UFC schedule strength

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

Woodley
Lawler
142W–30L · 82.6%
Overall
282W–81L · 77.7%
99W–22L · 81.8%
Wins
219W–67L · 76.6%
43W–8L · 84.3%
Losses
63W–14L · 81.8%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Woodley
Lawler
139W–81L · 63.2%
Overall
285W–78L · 78.5%
108W–71L · 60.3%
Wins
176W–56L · 75.9%
31W–10L · 75.6%
Losses
109W–22L · 83.2%
Distance striking
Woodley
Lawler
2.50
Landed / min
4.11
32.3%
Accuracy
41.4%
74.7%
Defense
65.1%
1.29
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.64
58.4%
Time at distance
66.5%
Grappling & control
Woodley
Lawler
0.77
Takedowns / 15 min
1.13
60.0%
Takedown accuracy
80.0%
95.0%
Takedown defense
68.3%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
51.4%
Control share
47.5%
Strike target map
Woodley
  • Head47%(84)div 63%
  • Body38%(68)div 21%
  • Legs14%(25)div 16%
Lawler
  • Head80%(651)div 63%
  • Body17%(135)div 21%
  • Legs4%(32)div 16%

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

Tyron Woodley
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Robbie Lawler
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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