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UFC 194: Aldo vs McGregor
Luke Rockhold
Luke Rockhold
14-2 · USA
VS
Chris Weidman
Chris Weidman
13-0 · USA
December 12, 2015 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Middleweight · 5 rounds
185.0lb
Weigh-in
185.0lb
Luke Rockhold def. Chris Weidman by KO/TKO (Punches), R4 3:12
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Rockhold7/90/001:05
Weidman10/122/403:07
R2
Rockhold31/600/000:00
Weidman14/310/100:14
R3
Rockhold68/991/101:35
Weidman21/291/101:06
R4 · 3:12
Rockhold20/231/302:50
Weidman3/30/000:00
Total
Rockhold126/1912/405:30
Weidman48/753/604:27

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
RockholdWin probabilityWeidman
51.1%48.9%
KO / TKO
52%
Submission
23%
Decision
25%
Expected fight time: 12.7 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Rockhold51%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO25%49%
Submission16%31%
Decision10%20%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes51 (2966)act 126
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.2)act 2
Weidman49%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO27%55%
Submission7%15%
Decision15%30%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes56 (3273)act 48
Takedowns1.5 (0.04.1)act 3
Combined totals~107 sig strikes~1.8 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R130%
R221%
R312%
R47%
R55%
Distance25%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.0%
Rockhold
45.0%+120
Weidman
-12053.9%
Most takedownstie 35.4%
Rockhold
10.6%+510
Weidman
-51054.0%
Significant strikes — over/under
Rockhold
Expected: 50.9
51
Over 51
41.8%
+136
Exactly 51
1.3%
push
Under 51
56.9%
-136
064128
Weidman
Expected: 56.0
56
Over 56
41.9%
+136
Exactly 56
1.2%
push
Under 56
56.9%
-136
071141
Takedowns — over/under
Rockhold
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
19.1%
+425
Under 0.5
80.9%
-425
035
Weidman
Expected: 1.5
1.5
Over 1.5
43.9%
+128
Under 1.5
56.1%
-128
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 12.7 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
Rockhold51.1%42.0%+9.1+130
Weidman48.9%58.0%−9.1-150

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
75.4Striking70.9
Rockhold +4.6
76.4Grappling84.3
Weidman +8.0
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
RockholdWeidman
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1600
Pound-for-pound
1670
1594
Divisional
1662
1505
Striking offense
1522
1504
Striking defense
1527
1522
Grappling offense
1541
1534
Grappling defense
1557
Physical
31 yrs
Age
31 yrs
6'3"
Height
6'2"
77"
Reach
78"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.15
Strikes landed / min
3.43
53%
Strike accuracy
43%
2.08
Strikes absorbed / min
2.18
68%
Strike defense
62%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.73
Takedowns / 15 min
3.75
50%
Takedown accuracy
57%
100%
Takedown defense
100%
3.6
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.2
Form & résumé
80%
UFC win rate
100%
+4
Win/loss streak
+9
80%
Last-5 win rate
100%
100%
Finish rate
67%
Recent opp. quality
238
Days since last fight
203
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Luke Rockhold
  • WLyoto MachidaSUB R2
    Close -1458mo before
  • WMichael BispingSUB R2
    Close -5251y 1mo before
  • WTim BoetschSUB R1
    Close -10001y 8mo before
  • WConstantinos PhilippouKO/TKO R1
    Close -4051y 11mo before
  • LVitor BelfortKO/TKO R1
    Close -1052y 7mo before
Chris Weidman
  • WVitor BelfortKO/TKO R1
    Close -4207mo before
  • WLyoto MachidaU-DEC R5
    Close -1851y 5mo before
  • WAnderson SilvaKO/TKO R2
    Close +1651y 11mo before
  • WAnderson SilvaKO/TKO R2
    Close +2102y 5mo before
  • WMark MunozKO/TKO R2
    Close -1403y 5mo before
Rockhold — win / loss by method
Record: 14-2-0

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, 2 losses
W
29% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
8 wins, 0 losses
W
57% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 0 losses
W
14% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
4win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (25%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
3 (75%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
10win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (30%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
5 (50%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (20%)Decision(0%) 0
Weidman — win / loss by method
Record: 13-0-0

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
6 wins, 0 losses
W
46% of wins
L
Submission
3 wins, 0 losses
W
23% of wins
L
Decision
4 wins, 0 losses
W
31% of wins
L
UFC
9win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (44%)KO/TKO() 0
2 (22%)Submission() 0
3 (33%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
4win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (50%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (25%)Submission() 0
1 (25%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Rockhold
Weidman
5
UFC fights
9
20.6 min · 4.1 avg
Octagon time
84.1 min · 9.3 avg
19y 0m
Career length
17y 5m
UFC schedule strength

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

Rockhold
Weidman
98W–30L · 76.6%
Overall
175W–43L · 80.3%
76W–20L · 79.2%
Wins
175W–43L · 80.3%
22W–10L · 68.8%
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Rockhold
Weidman
98W–33L · 74.8%
Overall
12W–3L · 80.0%
97W–32L · 75.2%
Wins
12W–3L · 80.0%
1W–1L · 50.0%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Rockhold
Weidman
3.16
Landed / min
3.09
47.1%
Accuracy
32.5%
71.5%
Defense
65.8%
1.45
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.54
62.8%
Time at distance
55.5%
Grappling & control
Rockhold
Weidman
0.73
Takedowns / 15 min
3.75
50.0%
Takedown accuracy
56.8%
100.0%
Takedown defense
100.0%
3.63
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.25
73.8%
Control share
98.9%
Strike target map
Rockhold
  • Head46%(30)div 63%
  • Body34%(22)div 19%
  • Legs20%(13)div 18%
Weidman
  • Head82%(236)div 63%
  • Body8%(23)div 19%
  • Legs10%(29)div 18%

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

Luke Rockhold
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Chris Weidman
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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