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The Ultimate Fighter: Team Joanna vs. Team Cláudia Finale
Cezar Ferreira
Cezar Ferreira
9-5 · BRA
VS
Anthony Smith
Anthony Smith
26-11 · USA
July 8, 2016 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Middleweight · 3 rounds
Cezar Ferreira def. Anthony Smith by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Ferreira11/182/202:33
Smith13/240/000:00
R2
Ferreira14/242/201:50
Smith15/310/000:03
R3
Ferreira5/92/204:16
Smith5/80/000:00
Total
Ferreira30/516/608:39
Smith33/630/000:03

Scorecards

Ferreira vs Smith

RdChris LeeGlenn TrowbridgeLester GriffinCommunity
R110-910-910-99.9-9.1
R29-109-109-109.4-9.6
R310-910-910-910-8.9
Total29-2829-2829-2829.3-27.6

Media (17 cards) · avg 29.627.5 · 17 Ferreira · 0 Smith

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Ferreira-Smith.

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
FerreiraWin probabilitySmith
68.8%31.2%
KO / TKO
32%
Submission
14%
Decision
54%
Expected fight time: 10.9 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Ferreira69%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO17%26%
Submission8%11%
Decision44%63%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes49 (2864)act 30
Takedowns1.9 (0.04.7)act 6
Smith31%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO14%46%
Submission6%20%
Decision11%34%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes41 (2354)act 33
Takedowns0.0 (0.00.0)act 0
Combined totals~90 sig strikes~1.9 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R121%
R218%
R37%
Distance54%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.2%
Ferreira
57.5%-139
Smith
+13941.3%
Most takedownstie 28.3%
Ferreira
70.5%-5968
Smith
+59681.2%
Significant strikes — over/under
Ferreira
Expected: 49.2
49
Over 49
42.1%
+134
Exactly 49
1.4%
push
Under 49
56.6%
-134
062123
Smith
Expected: 41.2
41
Over 41
42.1%
+134
Exactly 41
1.6%
push
Under 41
56.3%
-134
052104
Takedowns — over/under
Ferreira
Expected: 1.9
2
Over 2
37.3%
+123
Exactly 2
17.0%
push
Under 2
45.7%
-123
036
Smith
Expected: 0.0
0
Over 0
3.1%
Exactly 0
96.9%
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 10.9 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
Ferreira68.8%51.1%+17.7-115
Smith31.2%48.9%−17.7-105

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
62.1Striking59.9
Ferreira +2.2
62.4Grappling45.6
Ferreira +16.8
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
FerreiraSmith
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1535
Pound-for-pound
1512
1548
Divisional
1512
1483
Striking offense
1498
1500
Striking defense
1501
1507
Grappling offense
1504
1539
Grappling defense
1495
Physical
31 yrs
Age
27 yrs
6'1"
Height
6'4"
78"
Reach
76"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
1.86
Strikes landed / min
3.68
38%
Strike accuracy
52%
1.77
Strikes absorbed / min
4.15
57%
Strike defense
43%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.95
Takedowns / 15 min
1.78
56%
Takedown accuracy
40%
100%
Takedown defense
67%
0.2
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
63%
UFC win rate
50%
+1
Win/loss streak
+1
40%
Last-5 win rate
50%
20%
Finish rate
0%
Recent opp. quality
83
Days since last fight
138
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Cezar Ferreira
  • WOluwale BamgboseU-DEC R3
    Close +1603mo before
  • LJorge MasvidalKO/TKO R1
    Close +1701y before
  • LSam AlveyKO/TKO R1
    Close -3401y 4mo before
  • WAndrew CraigU-DEC R3
    Close -2702y before
  • LCB DollawayKO/TKO R1
    Close -3802y 4mo before
Anthony Smith
  • WLeonardo GuimaraesU-DEC R3
    Close -1405mo before
  • LAntonio Braga NetoSUB R1
    Close +2203y 1mo before
Ferreira — win / loss by method
Record: 9-5-0

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
3 wins, 4 losses
W
33% of wins
L
80% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 0 losses
W
22% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 1 loss
W
44% of wins
L
20% of losses
UFC
5win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(100%) 3
1 (20%)Submission(0%) 0
4 (80%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
4win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (75%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
1 (25%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(50%) 1
Smith — win / loss by method
Record: 26-11-0

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
14 wins, 7 losses
W
54% of wins
L
64% of losses
Submission
10 wins, 4 losses
W
38% of wins
L
36% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 0 losses
W
8% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
1win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(100%) 1
1 (100%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
25win10loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
14 (56%)KO/TKO(70%) 7
10 (40%)Submission(30%) 3
1 (4%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Ferreira
Smith
8
UFC fights
2
69.4 min · 8.7 avg
Octagon time
16.9 min · 8.4 avg
19y 3m
Career length
18y 5m
UFC schedule strength

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

Ferreira
Smith
102W–28L · 78.5%
Overall
19W–2L · 90.5%
37W–8L · 82.2%
Wins
11W–1L · 91.7%
65W–20L · 76.5%
Losses
8W–1L · 88.9%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Ferreira
Smith
42W–21L · 66.7%
Overall
336W–164L · 67.2%
33W–19L · 63.5%
Wins
251W–133L · 65.4%
9W–2L · 81.8%
Losses
85W–31L · 73.3%
Distance striking
Ferreira
Smith
2.45
Landed / min
5.83
33.6%
Accuracy
44.8%
60.9%
Defense
54.1%
0.43
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
57.6%
Time at distance
43.7%
Grappling & control
Ferreira
Smith
1.95
Takedowns / 15 min
1.78
56.3%
Takedown accuracy
40.0%
100.0%
Takedown defense
66.7%
0.22
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
86.2%
Control share
49.8%
Strike target map
Ferreira
  • Head63%(81)div 63%
  • Body27%(35)div 19%
  • Legs10%(13)div 18%
Smith
  • Head68%(42)div 63%
  • Body24%(15)div 19%
  • Legs8%(5)div 18%

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

Cezar Ferreira
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Anthony Smith
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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