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The Ultimate Fighter: American Top Team vs. Blackzilians Finale
George Sullivan
George Sullivan
16-4 · USA
VS
Dominic Waters
Dominic Waters
9-2 · USA
July 12, 2015 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Welterweight · 3 rounds
George Sullivan def. Dominic Waters by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Sullivan38/671/100:52
Waters9/442/201:18
R2
Sullivan12/181/103:45
Waters1/51/100:51
R3
Sullivan4/110/001:24
Waters3/42/203:16
Total
Sullivan54/962/206:01
Waters13/535/505:25

Scorecards

Sullivan vs Waters

RdDerek ClearyGlenn TrowbridgePatricia Morse JarmanCommunity
R110-910-910-810-8.9
R210-810-910-810-8.8
R39-109-1010-99.2-9.8
Total29-2729-2830-2529.2-27.5

Media (11 cards) · avg 29.127.8 · 11 Sullivan · 0 Waters

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Sullivan-Waters.

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
SullivanWin probabilityWaters
38.0%62.0%
KO / TKO
40%
Submission
20%
Decision
40%
Expected fight time: 8.9 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Sullivan38%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO19%50%
Submission4%12%
Decision15%38%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes24 (1331)act 54
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.8)act 2
Waters62%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO21%33%
Submission15%25%
Decision26%42%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes26 (1434)act 13
Takedowns1.4 (0.03.8)act 5
Combined totals~50 sig strikes~1.9 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R136%
R220%
R34%
Distance40%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 2.1%
Sullivan
45.4%+115
Waters
-11552.4%
Most takedownstie 29.3%
Sullivan
16.3%+334
Waters
-33454.4%
Significant strikes — over/under
Sullivan
Expected: 24.1
24
Over 24
41.5%
+134
Exactly 24
2.7%
push
Under 24
55.8%
-134
03161
Waters
Expected: 26.1
26
Over 26
41.4%
+135
Exactly 26
2.5%
push
Under 26
56.1%
-135
03366
Takedowns — over/under
Sullivan
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
31.0%
+222
Under 0.5
69.0%
-222
035
Waters
Expected: 1.4
1.5
Over 1.5
45.5%
+120
Under 1.5
54.5%
-120
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 8.9 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
Sullivan38.0%68.9%−30.9-250
Waters62.0%31.1%+30.9+210

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
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
SullivanWaters
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1544
Pound-for-pound
1518
1544
Divisional
1518
1507
Striking offense
1500
1503
Striking defense
1500
1497
Grappling offense
1500
1489
Grappling defense
1500
Physical
34 yrs
Age
26 yrs
6'0"
Height
6'1"
73"
Reach
79"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.95
Strikes landed / min
35%
Strike accuracy
2.96
Strikes absorbed / min
58%
Strike defense
Grappling (UFC career)
1.24
Takedowns / 15 min
14%
Takedown accuracy
54%
Takedown defense
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
Form & résumé
67%
UFC win rate
-1
Win/loss streak
67%
Last-5 win rate
50%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
85
Days since last fight
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
George Sullivan
  • LTim MeansSUB R3
    Close +1353mo before
  • WIgor AraujoKO/TKO R2
    Close +12010mo before
  • WMike RhodesU-DEC R3
    Close +2551y 6mo before
Dominic Waters
No prior UFC fights.
Sullivan — win / loss by method
Record: 16-4-0, 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
11 wins, 0 losses
W
69% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 3 losses
W
0% of wins
L
75% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 1 loss
W
31% of wins
L
25% of losses
UFC
2win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (50%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(100%) 1
1 (50%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
14win3loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
10 (71%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(67%) 2
4 (29%)Decision(33%) 1
Waters — win / loss by method
Record: 9-2-0

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
3 wins, 0 losses
W
33% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 0 losses
W
22% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 2 losses
W
44% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
9win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (33%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (22%)Submission(0%) 0
4 (44%)Decision(100%) 2

Profiles

Experience
Sullivan
Waters
3
UFC fights
0
36.2 min · 12.1 avg
Octagon time
20y 6m
Career length
UFC schedule strength

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

Sullivan
Waters
54W–13L · 80.6%
Overall
31W–7L · 81.6%
Wins
23W–6L · 79.3%
Losses
Non-UFC schedule strength
Sullivan
Waters
84W–40L · 67.7%
Overall
77W–52L · 59.7%
75W–37L · 67.0%
Wins
64W–49L · 56.6%
9W–3L · 75.0%
Losses
13W–3L · 81.3%
Distance striking
Sullivan
Waters
4.47
Landed / min
26.9%
Accuracy
61.2%
Defense
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
56.8%
Time at distance
Grappling & control
Sullivan
Waters
1.24
Takedowns / 15 min
14.3%
Takedown accuracy
53.8%
Takedown defense
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
54.4%
Control share
Strike target map
Sullivan
  • Head62%(88)div 63%
  • Body19%(27)div 21%
  • Legs20%(28)div 16%
Waters
  • Head0%(0)div 63%
  • Body0%(0)div 21%
  • Legs0%(0)div 16%
  • No strike data on record.

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

George Sullivan
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Dominic Waters

No UFC fights on record.

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