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Brad Pickett
Brad Pickett
24-11 · GBR
VS
Francisco Rivera
Francisco Rivera
11-5 · USA
February 27, 2016 · London, England, United Kingdom
Bantamweight · 3 rounds
Brad Pickett def. Francisco Rivera by S-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Pickett16/540/100:00
Rivera37/810/000:03
R2
Pickett17/581/100:33
Rivera25/651/100:06
R3
Pickett6/252/302:47
Rivera7/191/100:12
Total
Pickett39/1373/503:20
Rivera69/1652/200:21

Scorecards

Pickett vs Rivera

RdBen CartlidgeMaciej MotylewskiPaul SutherlandCommunity
R19-109-109-109-10
R210-99-1010-99.2-9.8
R310-910-910-99.9-9.1
Total29-2828-2929-2828.1-28.9

Media (24 cards) · avg 2928 · 23 Pickett · 0 Rivera · 1 draw

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Pickett-Rivera.

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
PickettWin probabilityRivera
34.9%65.1%
KO / TKO
29%
Submission
14%
Decision
57%
Expected fight time: 11.2 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Pickett35%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO6%18%
Submission10%28%
Decision19%54%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes37 (2048)act 39
Takedowns0.9 (0.03.1)act 3
Rivera65%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO22%35%
Submission5%7%
Decision38%58%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes58 (3375)act 69
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.9)act 2
Combined totals~94 sig strikes~1.2 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R120%
R213%
R310%
Distance57%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.1%
Pickett
29.3%+238
Rivera
-23869.7%
Most takedownstie 47.7%
Pickett
40.7%-351
Rivera
+35111.6%
Significant strikes — over/under
Pickett
Expected: 36.5
36.5
Over 36.5
42.6%
+135
Under 36.5
57.4%
-135
04692
Rivera
Expected: 57.7
57.5
Over 57.5
42.7%
+134
Under 57.5
57.3%
-134
073145
Takedowns — over/under
Pickett
Expected: 0.9
1
Over 1
30.6%
+181
Exactly 1
14.1%
push
Under 1
55.3%
-181
035
Rivera
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
17.4%
Exactly 0
82.6%
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 11.2 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
Pickett34.9%41.2%−6.3+135
Rivera65.1%58.8%+6.3-155

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
54.1Striking70.5
Rivera +16.4
49.6Grappling61.2
Rivera +11.6
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
PickettRivera
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1506
Pound-for-pound
1520
1527
Divisional
1520
1494
Striking offense
1514
1479
Striking defense
1507
1487
Grappling offense
1488
1506
Grappling defense
1491
Physical
37 yrs
Age
34 yrs
5'6"
Height
5'8"
68"
Reach
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.36
Strikes landed / min
4.13
32%
Strike accuracy
43%
4.67
Strikes absorbed / min
3.17
58%
Strike defense
68%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.12
Takedowns / 15 min
1.04
36%
Takedown accuracy
56%
69%
Takedown defense
74%
0.3
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.8
Form & résumé
40%
UFC win rate
44%
-3
Win/loss streak
-1
20%
Last-5 win rate
40%
50%
Finish rate
75%
Recent opp. quality
231
Days since last fight
175
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Brad Pickett
  • LThomas AlmeidaKO/TKO R2
    Close +5008mo before
  • LChico CamusS-DEC R3
    Close -1751y 3mo before
  • LIan McCallU-DEC R3
    Close +1491y 7mo before
  • WNeil SeeryU-DEC R3
    Close -10002y before
  • LMichael McDonaldSUB R2
    Close +2902y 6mo before
Francisco Rivera
  • LJohn LinekerSUB R1
    Close +1306mo before
  • WAlex CaceresKO/TKO R1
    Close -1359mo before
  • LUrijah FaberSUB R2
    Close +7251y 3mo before
  • LTakeya MizugakiU-DEC R3
    Close +1351y 9mo before
  • WGeorge RoopKO/TKO R2
    Close -1352y 4mo before
Pickett — win / loss by method
Record: 24-11-0

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
7 wins, 2 losses
W
29% of wins
L
18% of losses
Submission
10 wins, 4 losses
W
42% of wins
L
36% of losses
Decision
7 wins, 5 losses
W
29% of wins
L
45% of losses
UFC
4win6loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (25%)KO/TKO(17%) 1
1 (25%)Submission(33%) 2
2 (50%)Decision(50%) 3
Non-UFC
20win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (30%)KO/TKO(20%) 1
9 (45%)Submission(40%) 2
5 (25%)Decision(40%) 2
Rivera — win / loss by method
Record: 11-5-0, 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
8 wins, 1 loss
W
73% of wins
L
20% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 3 losses
W
0% of wins
L
60% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 1 loss
W
27% of wins
L
20% of losses
UFC
4win4loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
3 (75%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(75%) 3
1 (25%)Decision(25%) 1
Non-UFC
7win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (71%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (29%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Pickett
Rivera
10
UFC fights
9
106.1 min · 10.6 avg
Octagon time
72.0 min · 8.0 avg
21y 8m
Career length
18y 1m
UFC schedule strength

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

Pickett
Rivera
163W–44L · 78.7%
Overall
121W–42L · 74.2%
59W–24L · 71.1%
Wins
39W–18L · 68.4%
104W–20L · 83.9%
Losses
82W–24L · 77.4%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Pickett
Rivera
164W–95L · 63.3%
Overall
38W–10L · 79.2%
100W–61L · 62.1%
Wins
28W–9L · 75.7%
64W–34L · 65.3%
Losses
10W–1L · 90.9%
Distance striking
Pickett
Rivera
3.88
Landed / min
5.46
27.7%
Accuracy
40.0%
60.6%
Defense
75.2%
0.42
Knockdowns / 15 min
1.04
63.6%
Time at distance
59.8%
Grappling & control
Pickett
Rivera
2.12
Takedowns / 15 min
1.04
35.7%
Takedown accuracy
55.6%
69.2%
Takedown defense
74.1%
0.28
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.83
77.0%
Control share
15.9%
Strike target map
Pickett
  • Head68%(241)div 63%
  • Body13%(47)div 21%
  • Legs19%(68)div 16%
Rivera
  • Head68%(201)div 63%
  • Body12%(37)div 21%
  • Legs20%(59)div 16%

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

Brad Pickett
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Francisco Rivera
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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