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UFC Fight Night: Almeida vs Garbrandt
Rick Story
Rick Story
18-8 · USA
VS
Tarec Saffiedine
Tarec Saffiedine
16-4 · BEL
May 29, 2016 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Welterweight · 3 rounds
171.0lb
Weigh-in
170.0lb
Rick Story def. Tarec Saffiedine by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Story16/320/301:56
Saffiedine6/150/000:07
R2
Story13/240/102:42
Saffiedine11/220/100:30
R3
Story29/550/202:15
Saffiedine15/340/000:00
Total
Story58/1110/606:53
Saffiedine32/710/100:37

Scorecards

Story vs Saffiedine

RdChris LeeSal D'AmatoTony WeeksCommunity
R110-910-910-99.9-9.1
R210-99-109-109.9-9.1
R310-910-910-99.9-9.1
Total30-2729-2829-2829.7-27.3

Media (18 cards) · avg 3027 · 18 Story · 0 Saffiedine

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Story-Saffiedine.

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
StoryWin probabilitySaffiedine
41.8%58.2%
KO / TKO
35%
Submission
11%
Decision
54%
Expected fight time: 10.7 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Story42%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO17%40%
Submission4%10%
Decision21%50%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes45 (2659)act 58
Takedowns1.2 (0.03.4)act 0
Saffiedine58%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO18%31%
Submission7%12%
Decision33%57%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes36 (2046)act 32
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.2)act 0
Combined totals~81 sig strikes~1.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R122%
R218%
R36%
Distance54%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.3%
Story
60.4%-157
Saffiedine
+15738.3%
Most takedownstie 29.8%
Story
58.3%-490
Saffiedine
+49011.9%
Significant strikes — over/under
Story
Expected: 45.5
45.5
Over 45.5
42.4%
+136
Under 45.5
57.6%
-136
057114
Saffiedine
Expected: 35.7
35.5
Over 35.5
42.9%
+133
Under 35.5
57.1%
-133
04590
Takedowns — over/under
Story
Expected: 1.2
1
Over 1
43.1%
-130
Exactly 1
23.8%
push
Under 1
33.1%
+130
035
Saffiedine
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
24.3%
+311
Under 0.5
75.7%
-311
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 10.7 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
Story41.8%55.3%−13.5-135
Saffiedine58.2%44.7%+13.5+115

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
73.3Striking67.0
Story +6.3
68.1Grappling40.3
Story +27.8
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
StorySaffiedine
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1593
Pound-for-pound
1562
1589
Divisional
1561
1509
Striking offense
1501
1527
Striking defense
1497
1530
Grappling offense
1487
1539
Grappling defense
1521
Physical
31 yrs
Age
29 yrs
5'9"
Height
5'10"
71"
Reach
70"
Southpaw
Stance
Switch
Striking (UFC career)
3.84
Strikes landed / min
4.20
41%
Strike accuracy
46%
2.04
Strikes absorbed / min
3.87
64%
Strike defense
59%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.72
Takedowns / 15 min
0.29
54%
Takedown accuracy
25%
64%
Takedown defense
86%
1.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.3
Form & résumé
65%
UFC win rate
67%
+2
Win/loss streak
+1
60%
Last-5 win rate
67%
36%
Finish rate
0%
Recent opp. quality
603
Days since last fight
120
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Rick Story
  • WGunnar NelsonS-DEC R5
    Close +3251y 8mo before
  • WLeonardo MafraSUB R2
    Close -3001y 10mo before
  • LKelvin GastelumS-DEC R3
    Close +1602y 2mo before
  • WBrian EbersoleU-DEC R3
    Close -2102y 6mo before
  • LMike PyleS-DEC R3
    Close -1603y before
Tarec Saffiedine
  • WJake EllenbergerU-DEC R3
    Close -2654mo before
  • LRory MacDonaldKO/TKO R3
    Close +3801y 8mo before
  • WHyun Gyu LimU-DEC R5
    Close -2402y 5mo before
Story — win / loss by method
Record: 18-8-0

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
22% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 1 loss
W
22% of wins
L
13% of losses
Decision
10 wins, 7 losses
W
56% of wins
L
88% of losses
UFC
11win6loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (18%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (18%)Submission(17%) 1
7 (64%)Decision(83%) 5
Non-UFC
7win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (29%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (29%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (43%)Decision(100%) 2
Saffiedine — win / loss by method
Record: 16-4-0

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
1 win, 1 loss
W
6% of wins
L
25% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 0 losses
W
31% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
10 wins, 3 losses
W
63% of wins
L
75% of losses
UFC
2win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (100%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
14win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (7%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
5 (36%)Submission(0%) 0
8 (57%)Decision(100%) 3

Profiles

Experience
Story
Saffiedine
17
UFC fights
3
215.2 min · 12.7 avg
Octagon time
51.5 min · 17.2 avg
18y 9m
Career length
19y 4m
UFC schedule strength

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

Story
Saffiedine
261W–55L · 82.6%
Overall
59W–15L · 79.7%
172W–36L · 82.7%
Wins
42W–13L · 76.4%
89W–19L · 82.4%
Losses
17W–2L · 89.5%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Story
Saffiedine
86W–41L · 67.7%
Overall
172W–65L · 72.6%
83W–41L · 66.9%
Wins
158W–57L · 73.5%
3W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
14W–8L · 63.6%
Distance striking
Story
Saffiedine
5.21
Landed / min
4.87
34.0%
Accuracy
44.5%
68.3%
Defense
61.1%
0.42
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.87
45.4%
Time at distance
79.4%
Grappling & control
Story
Saffiedine
2.72
Takedowns / 15 min
0.29
54.2%
Takedown accuracy
25.0%
63.5%
Takedown defense
85.7%
0.98
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.29
63.6%
Control share
82.6%
Strike target map
Story
  • Head53%(440)div 63%
  • Body34%(281)div 21%
  • Legs13%(105)div 16%
Saffiedine
  • Head50%(108)div 63%
  • Body13%(28)div 21%
  • Legs37%(80)div 16%

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

Rick Story
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Tarec Saffiedine
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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