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UFC Fight Night: Belfort vs Henderson 3
Thomas Almeida
Thomas Almeida
20-0 · BRA
VS
Anthony Birchak
Anthony Birchak
12-2 · USA
November 7, 2015 · Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Bantamweight · 3 rounds
135.0lb
Weigh-in
136.0lb
Thomas Almeida def. Anthony Birchak by KO/TKO (Punches), R1 4:24
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 4:24
Almeida24/500/010:05
Birchak27/910/500:21
Total
Almeida24/500/010:05
Birchak27/910/500:21

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
AlmeidaWin probabilityBirchak
60.4%39.6%
KO / TKO
37%
Submission
19%
Decision
44%
Expected fight time: 10.1 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Almeida60%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO27%44%
Submission9%16%
Decision24%40%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes48 (2762)act 24
Takedowns0.5 (0.02.0)act 0
Birchak40%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO10%26%
Submission10%25%
Decision20%49%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes49 (2764)act 27
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.7)act 0
Combined totals~97 sig strikes~0.9 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R127%
R216%
R313%
Distance44%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.1%
Almeida
48.3%+105
Birchak
-10550.6%
Most takedownstie 52.3%
Almeida
25.6%-116
Birchak
+11622.1%
Significant strikes — over/under
Almeida
Expected: 47.7
47.5
Over 47.5
42.7%
+134
Under 47.5
57.3%
-134
060120
Birchak
Expected: 48.9
49
Over 49
41.6%
+137
Exactly 49
1.4%
push
Under 49
57.0%
-137
062123
Takedowns — over/under
Almeida
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
30.9%
+224
Under 0.5
69.1%
-224
035
Birchak
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
28.0%
+257
Under 0.5
72.0%
-257
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 10.1 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
Almeida60.4%81.2%−20.8-525
Birchak39.6%18.8%+20.8+415

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
77.8Striking90.8
Birchak +13.0
21.4Grappling50.0
Birchak +28.6
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
AlmeidaBirchak
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1595
Pound-for-pound
1530
1596
Divisional
1531
1517
Striking offense
1507
1500
Striking defense
1507
1484
Grappling offense
1507
1510
Grappling defense
1492
Physical
24 yrs
Age
29 yrs
5'7"
Height
5'8"
70"
Reach
69"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
7.06
Strikes landed / min
7.45
50%
Strike accuracy
42%
4.32
Strikes absorbed / min
0.37
64%
Strike defense
91%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
5.59
Takedown accuracy
100%
77%
Takedown defense
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
50%
+3
Win/loss streak
+1
100%
Last-5 win rate
50%
67%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
119
Days since last fight
154
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Thomas Almeida
  • WBrad PickettKO/TKO R2
    Close -7004mo before
  • WYves JabouinKO/TKO R1
    Close -4206mo before
  • WTim GormanU-DEC R3
    Close -3651y before
Anthony Birchak
  • WJoe SotoKO/TKO R1
    Close +1705mo before
  • LIan EntwistleSUB R1
    Close -27011mo before
Almeida — win / loss by method
Record: 20-0-0

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
15 wins, 0 losses
W
75% of wins
L
Submission
4 wins, 0 losses
W
20% of wins
L
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
5% of wins
L
UFC
3win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (67%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (33%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
17win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
13 (76%)KO/TKO() 0
4 (24%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Birchak — win / loss by method
Record: 12-2-0

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, 0 losses
W
33% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 2 losses
W
50% of wins
L
100% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 0 losses
W
17% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
1win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (100%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(100%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
11win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (27%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
6 (55%)Submission(100%) 1
2 (18%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Almeida
Birchak
3
UFC fights
2
24.8 min · 8.3 avg
Octagon time
2.7 min · 1.3 avg
15y 2m
Career length
17y 1m
UFC schedule strength

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

Almeida
Birchak
52W–22L · 70.3%
Overall
23W–5L · 82.1%
52W–22L · 70.3%
Wins
15W–3L · 83.3%
0W–0L
Losses
8W–2L · 80.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Almeida
Birchak
51W–34L · 60.0%
Overall
70W–27L · 72.2%
51W–34L · 60.0%
Wins
55W–24L · 69.6%
0W–0L
Losses
15W–3L · 83.3%
Distance striking
Almeida
Birchak
7.44
Landed / min
3.17
49.2%
Accuracy
22.7%
66.1%
Defense
90.0%
0.61
Knockdowns / 15 min
11.18
80.8%
Time at distance
58.8%
Grappling & control
Almeida
Birchak
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
5.59
Takedown accuracy
100.0%
76.9%
Takedown defense
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
2.6%
Control share
100.0%
Strike target map
Almeida
  • Head65%(114)div 63%
  • Body21%(36)div 21%
  • Legs14%(25)div 15%
Birchak
  • Head75%(15)div 63%
  • Body10%(2)div 21%
  • Legs15%(3)div 15%

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

Thomas Almeida
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Anthony Birchak
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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