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The Ultimate Fighter: Team McGregor vs. Team Faber Finale
Ryan LaFlare
Ryan LaFlare
11-1 · USA
VS
Mike Pierce
Mike Pierce
17-6 · USA
December 11, 2015 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Welterweight · 3 rounds
171.0lb
Weigh-in
170.5lb
Ryan LaFlare def. Mike Pierce by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
LaFlare15/450/100:00
Pierce5/250/200:53
R2
LaFlare25/810/100:00
Pierce14/400/100:29
R3
LaFlare25/630/000:00
Pierce23/620/001:06
Total
LaFlare65/1890/200:00
Pierce42/1270/302:28

Scorecards

LaFlare vs Pierce

RdJunichiro KamijoLester GriffinMarcos RosalesCommunity
R110-910-910-99.9-9.1
R210-910-910-99.9-9.1
R39-1010-99-109.3-9.7
Total29-2830-2729-2829.1-27.9

Media (12 cards) · avg 29.327.8 · 12 LaFlare · 0 Pierce

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: LaFlare-Pierce.

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
LaFlareWin probabilityPierce
58.2%41.8%
KO / TKO
24%
Submission
11%
Decision
65%
Expected fight time: 12.1 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
LaFlare58%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO12%21%
Submission8%13%
Decision38%66%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes35 (1945)act 65
Takedowns0.5 (0.01.9)act 0
Pierce42%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO12%29%
Submission3%8%
Decision27%63%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes31 (1740)act 42
Takedowns1.0 (0.03.0)act 0
Combined totals~66 sig strikes~1.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R115%
R211%
R39%
Distance65%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.7%
LaFlare
54.7%-125
Pierce
+12543.7%
Most takedownstie 33.9%
LaFlare
20.3%+226
Pierce
-22645.8%
Significant strikes — over/under
LaFlare
Expected: 34.8
35
Over 35
41.2%
+138
Exactly 35
1.9%
push
Under 35
56.9%
-138
04488
Pierce
Expected: 30.9
31
Over 31
41.2%
+138
Exactly 31
2.1%
push
Under 31
56.7%
-138
03978
Takedowns — over/under
LaFlare
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
33.7%
+197
Under 0.5
66.3%
-197
035
Pierce
Expected: 1.0
1
Over 1
36.1%
+119
Exactly 1
21.0%
push
Under 1
43.0%
-119
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 12.1 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
LaFlare58.2%65.8%−7.6-220
Pierce41.8%34.2%+7.6+180

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
70.3Striking67.5
LaFlare +2.8
61.2Grappling57.0
LaFlare +4.2
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
LaFlarePierce
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1573
Pound-for-pound
1596
1570
Divisional
1593
1495
Striking offense
1485
1509
Striking defense
1531
1511
Grappling offense
1524
1506
Grappling defense
1517
Physical
32 yrs
Age
35 yrs
6'1"
Height
5'8"
74"
Reach
71"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.16
Strikes landed / min
2.62
41%
Strike accuracy
44%
1.87
Strikes absorbed / min
2.26
62%
Strike defense
62%
Grappling (UFC career)
3.35
Takedowns / 15 min
3.05
59%
Takedown accuracy
43%
54%
Takedown defense
67%
0.4
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.3
Form & résumé
80%
UFC win rate
69%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
80%
Last-5 win rate
80%
0%
Finish rate
44%
Recent opp. quality
265
Days since last fight
793
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Ryan LaFlare
  • LDemian MaiaU-DEC R5
    Close -1159mo before
  • WJohn HowardU-DEC R3
    Close -4101y 8mo before
  • WCourt McGeeU-DEC R3
    Close -1202y before
  • WSantiago PonzinibbioU-DEC R3
    Close -1152y 1mo before
  • WBen AllowayU-DEC R3
    Close -2602y 8mo before
Mike Pierce
  • LRousimar PalharesSUB R1
    Close -2302y 2mo before
  • WDavid MitchellKO/TKO R2
    Close -6602y 5mo before
  • WSeth BaczynskiU-DEC R3
    Close -4003y before
  • WAaron SimpsonKO/TKO R2
    Close -1453y 2mo before
  • WCarlos Eduardo RochaU-DEC R3
    Close -2303y 6mo before
LaFlare — win / loss by method
Record: 11-1-0

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
36% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 0 losses
W
27% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 1 loss
W
36% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
4win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
4 (100%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
7win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (57%)KO/TKO() 0
3 (43%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Pierce — win / loss by method
Record: 17-6-0

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, 0 losses
W
47% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
1 win, 1 loss
W
6% of wins
L
17% of losses
Decision
8 wins, 5 losses
W
47% of wins
L
83% of losses
UFC
9win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (33%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (11%)Submission(25%) 1
5 (56%)Decision(75%) 3
Non-UFC
8win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (63%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (38%)Decision(100%) 2

Profiles

Experience
LaFlare
Pierce
5
UFC fights
13
85.0 min · 17.0 avg
Octagon time
152.6 min · 11.7 avg
18y 1m
Career length
19y 2m
UFC schedule strength

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

LaFlare
Pierce
87W–21L · 80.6%
Overall
197W–35L · 84.9%
68W–15L · 81.9%
Wins
136W–20L · 87.2%
19W–6L · 76.0%
Losses
61W–15L · 80.3%
Non-UFC schedule strength
LaFlare
Pierce
23W–18L · 56.1%
Overall
70W–40L · 63.6%
23W–18L · 56.1%
Wins
65W–40L · 61.9%
0W–0L
Losses
5W–0L · 100.0%
Distance striking
LaFlare
Pierce
4.72
Landed / min
3.63
33.1%
Accuracy
30.4%
67.4%
Defense
69.7%
0.18
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.29
38.2%
Time at distance
32.3%
Grappling & control
LaFlare
Pierce
3.35
Takedowns / 15 min
3.05
59.4%
Takedown accuracy
43.1%
54.2%
Takedown defense
66.7%
0.35
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.29
58.2%
Control share
86.2%
Strike target map
LaFlare
  • Head53%(143)div 63%
  • Body34%(92)div 21%
  • Legs13%(34)div 16%
Pierce
  • Head63%(251)div 63%
  • Body19%(76)div 21%
  • Legs18%(73)div 16%

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

Ryan LaFlare
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Mike Pierce
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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