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UFC Fight Night: Almeida vs Garbrandt
Cody Garbrandt
Cody Garbrandt
8-0 · USA
VS
Thomas Almeida
Thomas Almeida
21-0 · BRA
May 29, 2016 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Bantamweight · 5 rounds · Main event
135.5lb
Weigh-in
136.0lb
Cody Garbrandt def. Thomas Almeida by KO/TKO (Punches), R1 2:53
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 2:53
Garbrandt21/480/010:02
Almeida10/250/000:00
Total
Garbrandt21/480/010:02
Almeida10/250/000:00

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
GarbrandtWin probabilityAlmeida
42.4%57.6%
KO / TKO
50%
Submission
4%
Decision
46%
Expected fight time: 18.8 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Garbrandt42%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO19%45%
Submission0%1%
Decision23%54%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes93 (53121)act 21
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.4)act 0
Almeida58%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO31%53%
Submission4%7%
Decision23%40%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes105 (60136)act 10
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.8)act 0
Combined totals~197 sig strikes~0.6 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R110%
R26%
R319%
R411%
R58%
Distance46%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.6%
Garbrandt
44.1%+125
Almeida
-12555.3%
Most takedownstie 68.1%
Garbrandt
18.7%-141
Almeida
+14113.3%
Significant strikes — over/under
Garbrandt
Expected: 92.9
93
Over 93
42.1%
+136
Exactly 93
0.7%
push
Under 93
57.2%
-136
0117233
Almeida
Expected: 104.6
104.5
Over 104.5
42.5%
+135
Under 104.5
57.5%
-135
0131262
Takedowns — over/under
Garbrandt
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
20.6%
+385
Under 0.5
79.4%
-385
035
Almeida
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
15.4%
Exactly 0
84.6%
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 18.8 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
Garbrandt42.4%35.7%+6.7+170
Almeida57.6%64.3%−6.7-200

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
68.6Striking76.8
Almeida +8.1
29.0Grappling23.1
Garbrandt +5.8
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
GarbrandtAlmeida
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1564
Pound-for-pound
1608
1549
Divisional
1609
1514
Striking offense
1525
1529
Striking defense
1499
Grappling offense
Grappling defense
Physical
24 yrs
Age
24 yrs
5'8"
Height
5'7"
65"
Reach
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
3.63
Strikes landed / min
6.82
37%
Strike accuracy
50%
2.61
Strikes absorbed / min
4.59
68%
Strike defense
66%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.76
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
44%
Takedown accuracy
Takedown defense
83%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
100%
+3
Win/loss streak
+4
100%
Last-5 win rate
100%
67%
Finish rate
75%
Recent opp. quality
98
Days since last fight
204
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Cody Garbrandt
  • WAugusto MendesKO/TKO R1
    Close -4503mo before
  • WHenry BrionesU-DEC R3
    Close -100011mo before
  • WMarcus BrimageKO/TKO R3
    Close -1101y 5mo before
Thomas Almeida
  • WAnthony BirchakKO/TKO R1
    Close -5257mo before
  • WBrad PickettKO/TKO R2
    Close -70011mo before
  • WYves JabouinKO/TKO R1
    Close -4201y 1mo before
  • WTim GormanU-DEC R3
    Close -3651y 7mo before
Garbrandt — win / loss by method
Record: 8-0-0

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
7 wins, 0 losses
W
88% of wins
L
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
13% of wins
L
UFC
3win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (67%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (33%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
5win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (100%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Almeida — win / loss by method
Record: 21-0-0

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
16 wins, 0 losses
W
76% of wins
L
Submission
4 wins, 0 losses
W
19% of wins
L
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
5% of wins
L
UFC
4win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (75%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (25%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
17win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
13 (76%)KO/TKO() 0
4 (24%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Garbrandt
Almeida
3
UFC fights
4
34.1 min · 11.4 avg
Octagon time
29.2 min · 7.3 avg
13y 7m
Career length
15y 2m
UFC schedule strength

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

Garbrandt
Almeida
28W–7L · 80.0%
Overall
64W–24L · 72.7%
28W–7L · 80.0%
Wins
64W–24L · 72.7%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Garbrandt
Almeida
19W–6L · 76.0%
Overall
51W–34L · 60.0%
19W–6L · 76.0%
Wins
51W–34L · 60.0%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Garbrandt
Almeida
3.49
Landed / min
7.08
35.9%
Accuracy
48.3%
67.9%
Defense
67.3%
1.76
Knockdowns / 15 min
1.03
92.4%
Time at distance
80.9%
Grappling & control
Garbrandt
Almeida
1.76
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
44.4%
Takedown accuracy
Takedown defense
83.3%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
83.8%
Control share
4.7%
Strike target map
Garbrandt
  • Head86%(107)div 63%
  • Body8%(10)div 21%
  • Legs6%(7)div 16%
Almeida
  • Head67%(133)div 63%
  • Body20%(40)div 21%
  • Legs13%(26)div 16%

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

Cody Garbrandt
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Thomas Almeida
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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