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Clint Hester
Clint Hester
11-5 · USA
April 23, 2016 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Light Heavyweight · 3 rounds
205.0lb
Weigh-in
205.0lb
Marcos Rogerio de Lima def. Clint Hester by SUB (Arm Triangle), R1 4:35
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 4:35
Rogerio de Lima29/410/013:57
Hester0/50/000:00
Total
Rogerio de Lima29/410/013:57
Hester0/50/000:00

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
Rogerio de LimaWin probabilityHester
61.7%38.3%
KO / TKO
37%
Submission
48%
Decision
15%
Expected fight time: 6.0 min
What drives the pick

Each bar is a feature's push on the model from the center axis. Red pushes toward Rogerio de Lima, blue toward Hester. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Rogerio de Lima62%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO24%39%
Submission31%50%
Decision7%11%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes26 (1434)act 29
Takedowns0.5 (0.01.9)act 0
Hester38%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO12%33%
Submission17%44%
Decision9%23%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes19 (1025)act 0
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.9)act 0
Combined totals~45 sig strikes~0.7 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R164%
R211%
R310%
Distance15%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 2.2%
Rogerio de Lima
63.2%-183
Hester
+18334.5%
Most takedownstie 47.7%
Rogerio de Lima
38.7%-284
Hester
+28413.6%
Significant strikes — over/under
Rogerio de Lima
Expected: 26.4
26.5
Over 26.5
42.1%
+137
Under 26.5
57.9%
-137
03366
Hester
Expected: 19.0
19
Over 19
40.8%
+137
Exactly 19
3.4%
push
Under 19
55.8%
-137
02448
Takedowns — over/under
Rogerio de Lima
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
44.5%
+125
Under 0.5
55.5%
-125
035
Hester
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
20.5%
Exactly 0
79.5%
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 6.0 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
Rogerio de Lima61.7%52.2%+9.5-120
Hester38.3%47.8%−9.5+100

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
62.4Striking65.9
Hester +3.5
50.0Grappling38.3
Rogerio de Lima +11.7
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
Rogerio de LimaHester
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1538
Pound-for-pound
1533
1523
Divisional
1504
1504
Striking offense
1521
1494
Striking defense
1498
1506
Grappling offense
1495
1505
Grappling defense
1499
Physical
30 yrs
Age
29 yrs
6'1"
Height
6'2"
75"
Reach
77"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
6.25
Strikes landed / min
3.58
73%
Strike accuracy
43%
5.63
Strikes absorbed / min
3.25
31%
Strike defense
59%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
1.08
Takedown accuracy
36%
100%
Takedown defense
60%
6.3
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
67%
UFC win rate
67%
-1
Win/loss streak
-2
67%
Last-5 win rate
60%
100%
Finish rate
50%
Recent opp. quality
244
Days since last fight
266
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Marcos Rogerio de Lima
  • LNikita KrylovSUB R1
    Close -1508mo before
  • WIgor PokrajacKO/TKO R1
    Close -4501y 4mo before
  • WRichardson MoreiraKO/TKO R1
    Close -1501y 11mo before
Clint Hester
  • LVitor MirandaKO/TKO R2
    Close -1409mo before
  • LRobert WhittakerKO/TKO R2
    Close -1851y 6mo before
  • WAntonio Braga NetoS-DEC R3
    Close +1401y 10mo before
  • WAndy EnzU-DEC R3
    Close -2002y 3mo before
  • WDylan AndrewsKO/TKO R2
    Close +1302y 5mo before
Rogerio de Lima — win / loss by method
Record: 13-3-1

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
11 wins, 1 loss
W
85% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
1 win, 1 loss
W
8% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
1 win, 1 loss
W
8% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
2win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (100%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(100%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
11win2loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
9 (82%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
1 (9%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (9%)Decision(50%) 1
Hester — win / loss by method
Record: 11-5-0

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
8 wins, 2 losses
W
73% of wins
L
40% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 2 losses
W
0% of wins
L
40% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 1 loss
W
27% of wins
L
20% of losses
UFC
4win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (50%)KO/TKO(100%) 2
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (50%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
7win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (86%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(67%) 2
1 (14%)Decision(33%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Rogerio de Lima
Hester
3
UFC fights
6
4.8 min · 1.6 avg
Octagon time
69.2 min · 11.5 avg
17y 4m
Career length
17y 9m
UFC schedule strength

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

Rogerio de Lima
Hester
50W–16L · 75.8%
Overall
70W–21L · 76.9%
32W–12L · 72.7%
Wins
48W–13L · 78.7%
18W–4L · 81.8%
Losses
22W–8L · 73.3%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Rogerio de Lima
Hester
79W–41L · 65.8%
Overall
53W–28L · 65.4%
54W–31L · 63.5%
Wins
27W–19L · 58.7%
25W–10L · 71.4%
Losses
26W–9L · 74.3%
Distance striking
Rogerio de Lima
Hester
22.06
Landed / min
5.33
63.6%
Accuracy
38.8%
47.4%
Defense
66.7%
6.25
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.65
13.2%
Time at distance
51.7%
Grappling & control
Rogerio de Lima
Hester
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
1.08
Takedown accuracy
35.7%
100.0%
Takedown defense
60.0%
6.25
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
46.6%
Control share
41.0%
Strike target map
Rogerio de Lima
  • Head50%(15)div 65%
  • Body23%(7)div 19%
  • Legs27%(8)div 17%
Hester
  • Head72%(179)div 65%
  • Body17%(42)div 19%
  • Legs11%(27)div 17%

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

Marcos Rogerio de Lima
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Clint Hester
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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