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UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs Oliveira
Max Holloway
Max Holloway
13-3 · USA
VS
Charles Oliveira
Charles Oliveira
20-4 · BRA
August 23, 2015 · Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Featherweight · 5 rounds · Main event
145.0lb
Weigh-in
145.5lb
Max Holloway def. Charles Oliveira by KO/TKO (to Shoulder Injury), R1 1:39
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 1:39
Holloway14/290/000:06
Oliveira5/170/100:00
Total
Holloway14/290/000:06
Oliveira5/170/100:00

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
HollowayWin probabilityOliveira
31.5%68.5%
KO / TKO
87%
Submission
2%
Decision
11%
Expected fight time: 16.1 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Holloway32%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO27%83%
Submission0%1%
Decision5%16%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes157 (91204)act 14
Takedowns0.0 (0.00.0)act 0
Oliveira68%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO60%88%
Submission2%3%
Decision6%9%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes112 (64146)act 5
Takedowns1.5 (0.04.0)act 0
Combined totals~269 sig strikes~1.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R16%
R214%
R335%
R420%
R514%
Distance11%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikes
Holloway
65.4%-191
Oliveira
+19134.2%
Most takedownstie 36.3%
Holloway
2.7%+2270
Oliveira
-227061.0%
Significant strikes — over/under
Holloway
Expected: 156.9
157
Over 157
42.2%
+136
Exactly 157
0.4%
push
Under 157
57.3%
-136
0197393
Oliveira
Expected: 111.8
112
Over 112
42.1%
+136
Exactly 112
0.6%
push
Under 112
57.3%
-136
0140280
Takedowns — over/under
Holloway
Expected: 0.0
0
Over 0
5.7%
Exactly 0
94.3%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Oliveira
Expected: 1.5
1.5
Over 1.5
45.1%
+122
Under 1.5
54.9%
-122
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 16.1 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
Holloway31.5%69.4%−37.9-255
Oliveira68.5%30.6%+37.9+215

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
73.3Striking67.5
Holloway +5.9
51.7Grappling68.9
Oliveira +17.2
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
HollowayOliveira
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1610
Pound-for-pound
1605
1595
Divisional
1598
1527
Striking offense
1492
1515
Striking defense
1493
Grappling offense
Grappling defense
Physical
23 yrs
Age
25 yrs
5'11"
Height
5'10"
69"
Reach
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
5.64
Strikes landed / min
3.29
42%
Strike accuracy
50%
3.78
Strikes absorbed / min
2.93
69%
Strike defense
55%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.11
Takedowns / 15 min
2.24
50%
Takedown accuracy
35%
78%
Takedown defense
61%
0.5
Sub attempts / 15 min
2.8
Form & résumé
75%
UFC win rate
62%
+6
Win/loss streak
+4
100%
Last-5 win rate
80%
67%
Finish rate
88%
Recent opp. quality
127
Days since last fight
85
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Max Holloway
  • WCub SwansonSUB R3
    Close +1354mo before
  • WCole MillerU-DEC R3
    Close -4506mo before
  • WAkira CorassaniKO/TKO R1
    Close -57011mo before
  • WClay CollardKO/TKO R3
    Close -9501y before
  • WAndre FiliSUB R3
    Close +1251y 4mo before
Charles Oliveira
  • WNik LentzSUB R3
    Close -2653mo before
  • WJeremy StephensU-DEC R3
    missedClose +1708mo before
  • WHatsu HiokiSUB R2
    Close -2001y 2mo before
  • WAndy OgleSUB R3
    Close -7351y 6mo before
  • LFrankie EdgarU-DEC R3
    Close +4702y 2mo before
Holloway — win / loss by method
Record: 13-3-0

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
5 wins, 0 losses
W
38% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 1 loss
W
15% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 2 losses
W
46% of wins
L
67% of losses
UFC
9win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (44%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (22%)Submission(33%) 1
3 (33%)Decision(67%) 2
Non-UFC
4win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (25%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
3 (75%)Decision() 0
Oliveira — win / loss by method
Record: 20-4-0, 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
6 wins, 2 losses
W
30% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
12 wins, 1 loss
W
60% of wins
L
25% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 1 loss
W
10% of wins
L
25% of losses
UFC
8win4loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(50%) 2
7 (88%)Submission(25%) 1
1 (13%)Decision(25%) 1
Non-UFC
12win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (50%)KO/TKO() 0
5 (42%)Submission() 0
1 (8%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Holloway
Oliveira
12
UFC fights
13
140.2 min · 11.7 avg
Octagon time
100.3 min · 7.7 avg
15y 11m
Career length
18y 4m
UFC schedule strength

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

Holloway
Oliveira
157W–44L · 78.1%
Overall
205W–52L · 79.8%
123W–38L · 76.4%
Wins
140W–38L · 78.7%
34W–6L · 85.0%
Losses
65W–14L · 82.3%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Holloway
Oliveira
48W–46L · 51.1%
Overall
34W–17L · 66.7%
48W–46L · 51.1%
Wins
34W–17L · 66.7%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Holloway
Oliveira
5.93
Landed / min
4.60
37.4%
Accuracy
38.5%
71.6%
Defense
61.0%
0.64
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.30
73.9%
Time at distance
36.6%
Grappling & control
Holloway
Oliveira
0.11
Takedowns / 15 min
2.24
50.0%
Takedown accuracy
34.9%
78.4%
Takedown defense
60.6%
0.53
Sub attempts / 15 min
2.84
28.7%
Control share
37.0%
Strike target map
Holloway
  • Head70%(554)div 64%
  • Body23%(184)div 19%
  • Legs7%(53)div 17%
Oliveira
  • Head53%(176)div 64%
  • Body29%(97)div 19%
  • Legs17%(57)div 17%

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

Max Holloway
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Charles Oliveira
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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