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Eddie Alvarez
Eddie Alvarez
26-4 · USA
VS
Anthony Pettis
Anthony Pettis
18-3 · USA
January 17, 2016 · Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Lightweight · 3 rounds
Eddie Alvarez def. Anthony Pettis by S-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Alvarez4/103/503:07
Pettis11/230/000:00
R2
Alvarez16/440/401:08
Pettis25/550/000:00
R3
Alvarez22/363/603:22
Pettis20/310/000:00
Total
Alvarez42/906/1507:37
Pettis56/1090/000:00

Scorecards

Alvarez vs Pettis

RdBryan MinerDouglas CrosbyRyan SheaCommunity
R110-910-99-109.5-9.5
R29-109-109-109.1-9.9
R310-910-910-99.9-9.1
Total29-2829-2828-2928.5-28.5

Media (18 cards) · avg 29.128 · 17 Alvarez · 0 Pettis · 1 draw

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Alvarez-Pettis.

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
AlvarezWin probabilityPettis
45.5%54.5%
KO / TKO
41%
Submission
14%
Decision
46%
Expected fight time: 9.8 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Alvarez46%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO20%42%
Submission5%11%
Decision21%47%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes42 (2455)act 42
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.4)act 6
Pettis54%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO21%39%
Submission9%16%
Decision24%45%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes52 (2968)act 56
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.7)act 0
Combined totals~95 sig strikes~0.8 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R128%
R221%
R35%
Distance46%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.1%
Alvarez
39.7%+149
Pettis
-14959.1%
Most takedownstie 51.0%
Alvarez
38.2%-353
Pettis
+35310.8%
Significant strikes — over/under
Alvarez
Expected: 42.3
42.5
Over 42.5
42.2%
+137
Under 42.5
57.8%
-137
053106
Pettis
Expected: 52.2
52
Over 52
42.1%
+134
Exactly 52
1.3%
push
Under 52
56.6%
-134
066131
Takedowns — over/under
Alvarez
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
42.0%
+138
Under 0.5
58.0%
-138
035
Pettis
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
15.8%
Exactly 0
84.2%
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 9.8 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
Alvarez45.5%24.2%+21.3+300
Pettis54.5%75.8%−21.3-360

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
56.2Striking62.6
Pettis +6.4
41.0Grappling53.6
Pettis +12.6
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
AlvarezPettis
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1578
Pound-for-pound
1603
1578
Divisional
1603
1480
Striking offense
1520
1502
Striking defense
1517
1542
Grappling offense
1505
1549
Grappling defense
1490
Physical
32 yrs
Age
28 yrs
5'9"
Height
5'10"
69"
Reach
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.63
Strikes landed / min
2.20
39%
Strike accuracy
41%
4.17
Strikes absorbed / min
2.38
58%
Strike defense
58%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.50
Takedowns / 15 min
1.28
19%
Takedown accuracy
60%
100%
Takedown defense
51%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.6
Form & résumé
50%
UFC win rate
71%
+1
Win/loss streak
-1
50%
Last-5 win rate
80%
0%
Finish rate
80%
Recent opp. quality
218
Days since last fight
309
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Eddie Alvarez
  • WGilbert MelendezS-DEC R3
    Close +1507mo before
  • LDonald CerroneU-DEC R3
    Close +1251y 4mo before
Anthony Pettis
  • LRafael Dos AnjosU-DEC R5
    Close -45010mo before
  • WGilbert MelendezSUB R2
    Close -3151y 1mo before
  • WBenson HendersonSUB R1
    Close -1102y 5mo before
  • WDonald CerroneKO/TKO R1
    Close -1503y before
  • WJoe LauzonKO/TKO R1
    Close -2853y 11mo before
Alvarez — win / loss by method
Record: 26-4-0

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
16 wins, 1 loss
W
62% of wins
L
25% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 2 losses
W
19% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 1 loss
W
19% of wins
L
25% of losses
UFC
1win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (100%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
25win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
16 (64%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
5 (20%)Submission(67%) 2
4 (16%)Decision(0%) 0
Pettis — win / loss by method
Record: 18-3-0

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
10 wins, 0 losses
W
56% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 0 losses
W
28% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 3 losses
W
17% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
5win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (40%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (40%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (20%)Decision(100%) 2
Non-UFC
13win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
8 (62%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (23%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (15%)Decision(100%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Alvarez
Pettis
2
UFC fights
7
30.0 min · 15.0 avg
Octagon time
70.5 min · 10.1 avg
22y 7m
Career length
19y 6m
UFC schedule strength

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

Alvarez
Pettis
46W–10L · 82.1%
Overall
152W–39L · 79.6%
22W–4L · 84.6%
Wins
101W–21L · 82.8%
24W–6L · 80.0%
Losses
51W–18L · 73.9%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Alvarez
Pettis
387W–130L · 74.9%
Overall
116W–70L · 62.4%
332W–118L · 73.8%
Wins
84W–57L · 59.6%
55W–12L · 82.1%
Losses
32W–13L · 71.1%
Distance striking
Alvarez
Pettis
2.96
Landed / min
5.78
36.0%
Accuracy
38.8%
60.4%
Defense
65.1%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.43
70.8%
Time at distance
33.9%
Grappling & control
Alvarez
Pettis
1.50
Takedowns / 15 min
1.28
18.8%
Takedown accuracy
60.0%
100.0%
Takedown defense
51.4%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.64
69.4%
Control share
19.3%
Strike target map
Alvarez
  • Head66%(52)div 63%
  • Body23%(18)div 20%
  • Legs11%(9)div 17%
Pettis
  • Head70%(109)div 63%
  • Body16%(25)div 20%
  • Legs14%(21)div 17%

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

Eddie Alvarez
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Anthony Pettis
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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