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The Ultimate Fighter: American Top Team vs. Blackzilians Finale
Maximo Blanco
Maximo Blanco
11-6-1 · VEN
VS
Mike de la Torre
Mike de la Torre
13-4 · USA
July 12, 2015 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Featherweight · 3 rounds
148.5lbMissed +2.5
Weigh-in
145.5lb
Maximo Blanco def. Mike de la Torre by KO/TKO (Punch), R1 0:16
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 0:16
Blanco4/70/010:01
de la Torre1/50/000:00
Total
Blanco4/70/010:01
de la Torre1/50/000:00

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
BlancoWin probabilityde la Torre
52.7%47.3%
KO / TKO
25%
Submission
12%
Decision
63%
Expected fight time: 11.2 min
What drives the pick

Each bar is a feature's push on the model from the center axis. Red pushes toward Blanco, blue toward de la Torre. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Blanco53%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO12%23%
Submission3%5%
Decision38%72%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes45 (2558)act 4
Takedowns0.9 (0.02.9)act 0
de la Torre47%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO13%27%
Submission10%21%
Decision24%52%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes41 (2354)act 1
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.8)act 0
Combined totals~86 sig strikes~1.3 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R124%
R210%
R34%
Distance62%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.3%
Blanco
52.9%-116
de la Torre
+11645.8%
Most takedownstie 41.3%
Blanco
39.9%-213
de la Torre
+21318.8%
Significant strikes — over/under
Blanco
Expected: 44.7
44.5
Over 44.5
42.8%
+134
Under 44.5
57.2%
-134
056112
de la Torre
Expected: 41.4
41.5
Over 41.5
42.3%
+136
Under 41.5
57.7%
-136
052104
Takedowns — over/under
Blanco
Expected: 0.9
1
Over 1
30.7%
+170
Exactly 1
17.0%
push
Under 1
52.3%
-170
035
de la Torre
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
27.7%
+261
Under 0.5
72.3%
-261
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 11.2 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
Blanco52.7%38.1%+14.6+155
de la Torre47.3%61.9%−14.6-175

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
71.6Striking60.8
Blanco +10.9
50.3Grappling36.8
Blanco +13.5
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
Blancode la Torre
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1517
Pound-for-pound
1524
1516
Divisional
1537
Striking offense
Striking defense
Grappling offense
Grappling defense
Physical
31 yrs
Age
28 yrs
5'8"
Height
5'11"
71"
Reach
71"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.12
Strikes landed / min
4.02
45%
Strike accuracy
36%
3.09
Strikes absorbed / min
4.07
66%
Strike defense
58%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.99
Takedowns / 15 min
0.76
34%
Takedown accuracy
25%
80%
Takedown defense
78%
0.2
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
50%
UFC win rate
33%
+2
Win/loss streak
+1
60%
Last-5 win rate
33%
0%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
295
Days since last fight
140
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Maximo Blanco
  • WDan HookerU-DEC R3
    Close -13510mo before
  • WAndy OgleU-DEC R3
    Close -2251y 1mo before
  • LFelipe ArantesU-DEC R3
    Close -1101y 5mo before
  • LAkira CorassaniDQ R1
    Close -1921y 7mo before
  • WSam SiciliaU-DEC R3
    Close -1952y 3mo before
Mike de la Torre
  • WTiago dos Santos e SilvaKO/TKO R1
    Close +2055mo before
  • LMark BocekS-DEC R3
    Close +5401y 3mo before
Blanco — win / loss by method
Record: 11-6-1, 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
7 wins, 0 losses
W
64% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 2 losses
W
0% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 2 losses
W
36% of wins
L
33% of losses
DQ / other
0 wins, 2 losses
W
0% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
3win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (100%)Decision(67%) 2
0 (0%)DQ / other(33%) 1
Non-UFC
8win3loss1draw1NC
WinsLosses
7 (88%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(67%) 2
1 (13%)Decision(0%) 0
0 (0%)DQ / other(33%) 1
de la Torre — win / loss by method
Record: 13-4-0, 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
7 wins, 0 losses
W
54% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 3 losses
W
38% of wins
L
75% of losses
Decision
1 win, 1 loss
W
8% of wins
L
25% of losses
UFC
1win1loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
1 (100%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
12win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (50%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
5 (42%)Submission(100%) 3
1 (8%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Blanco
de la Torre
6
UFC fights
3
75.4 min · 12.6 avg
Octagon time
19.6 min · 6.5 avg
17y 11m
Career length
19y 11m
UFC schedule strength

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

Blanco
de la Torre
61W–20L · 75.3%
Overall
30W–9L · 76.9%
31W–10L · 75.6%
Wins
19W–4L · 82.6%
30W–10L · 75.0%
Losses
11W–5L · 68.8%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Blanco
de la Torre
133W–74L · 64.3%
Overall
66W–36L · 64.7%
93W–43L · 68.4%
Wins
50W–34L · 59.5%
40W–31L · 56.3%
Losses
16W–2L · 88.9%
Distance striking
Blanco
de la Torre
5.80
Landed / min
6.37
43.1%
Accuracy
26.3%
70.4%
Defense
71.9%
0.20
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.76
58.6%
Time at distance
37.6%
Grappling & control
Blanco
de la Torre
1.99
Takedowns / 15 min
0.76
34.5%
Takedown accuracy
25.0%
80.0%
Takedown defense
77.8%
0.20
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
50.0%
Control share
15.6%
Strike target map
Blanco
  • Head78%(243)div 64%
  • Body12%(36)div 19%
  • Legs10%(32)div 17%
de la Torre
  • Head78%(62)div 64%
  • Body20%(16)div 19%
  • Legs1%(1)div 17%

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

Maximo Blanco
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Mike de la Torre
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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