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Alex Oliveira
Alex Oliveira
12-3-1 · BRA
VS
Joe Merritt
Joe Merritt
6-0 · USA
June 27, 2015 · Hollywood, Florida, USA
Welterweight · 3 rounds
Alex Oliveira def. Joe Merritt by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Oliveira2/51/503:56
Merritt8/110/000:50
R2
Oliveira3/141/202:14
Merritt10/160/201:29
R3
Oliveira6/143/904:14
Merritt5/120/000:12
Total
Oliveira11/335/16010:24
Merritt23/390/202:31

Scorecards

Oliveira vs Merritt

RdChris LeeEliseo RodriguezRichard BertrandCommunity
R110-910-910-910-9
R210-910-910-910-9
R310-910-910-910-9
Total30-2730-2730-2730-27

Media (13 cards) · avg 3027.1 · 13 Oliveira · 0 Merritt

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Oliveira-Merritt.

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
OliveiraWin probabilityMerritt
71.8%28.2%
KO / TKO
29%
Submission
40%
Decision
30%
Expected fight time: 7.2 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Oliveira72%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO21%28%
Submission30%42%
Decision21%30%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes32 (1841)act 11
Takedowns1.0 (0.02.7)act 5
Merritt28%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO9%32%
Submission10%35%
Decision9%33%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes26 (1434)act 23
Takedowns0.2 (0.01.0)act 0
Combined totals~58 sig strikes~1.2 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R156%
R29%
R34%
Distance31%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.8%
Oliveira
57.7%-142
Merritt
+14240.5%
Most takedownstie 18.1%
Oliveira
73.8%-908
Merritt
+9088.1%
Significant strikes — over/under
Oliveira
Expected: 31.9
32
Over 32
41.2%
+137
Exactly 32
2.1%
push
Under 32
56.7%
-137
04080
Merritt
Expected: 26.4
26.5
Over 26.5
42.2%
+137
Under 26.5
57.8%
-137
03366
Takedowns — over/under
Oliveira
Expected: 1.0
1
Over 1
43.1%
-507
Exactly 1
48.4%
push
Under 1
8.5%
+507
035
Merritt
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
30.7%
Exactly 0
69.3%
push
Under 0
0.0%
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 7.2 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
Oliveira71.8%78.1%−6.3-425
Merritt28.2%21.9%+6.3+340

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
OliveiraMerritt
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1525
Pound-for-pound
1520
1539
Divisional
1520
1494
Striking offense
1500
1507
Striking defense
1500
1505
Grappling offense
1500
1493
Grappling defense
1500
Physical
27 yrs
Age
31 yrs
5'11"
Height
6'0"
76"
Reach
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
1.87
Strikes landed / min
36%
Strike accuracy
1.40
Strikes absorbed / min
56%
Strike defense
Grappling (UFC career)
2.63
Takedowns / 15 min
60%
Takedown accuracy
60%
Takedown defense
0.9
Sub attempts / 15 min
Form & résumé
50%
UFC win rate
+1
Win/loss streak
50%
Last-5 win rate
100%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
28
Days since last fight
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Alex Oliveira
  • WKJ NoonsSUB R1
    Close -18528d before
  • LGilbert BurnsSUB R3
    Close +5503mo before
Joe Merritt
No prior UFC fights.
Oliveira — win / loss by method
Record: 12-3-1, 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
8 wins, 0 losses
W
67% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 2 losses
W
25% of wins
L
67% of losses
Decision
1 win, 1 loss
W
8% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
1win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (100%)Submission(100%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
11win2loss1draw1NC
WinsLosses
8 (73%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (18%)Submission(50%) 1
1 (9%)Decision(50%) 1
Merritt — win / loss by method
Record: 6-0-0

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
6 wins, 0 losses
W
100% of wins
L
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
Decision
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
6win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (100%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Oliveira
Merritt
2
UFC fights
0
17.1 min · 8.5 avg
Octagon time
14y 8m
Career length
UFC schedule strength

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

Oliveira
Merritt
22W–7L · 75.9%
Overall
13W–7L · 65.0%
Wins
9W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
Non-UFC schedule strength
Oliveira
Merritt
60W–45L · 57.1%
Overall
9W–19L · 32.1%
41W–37L · 52.6%
Wins
9W–19L · 32.1%
19W–8L · 70.4%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Oliveira
Merritt
3.73
Landed / min
35.8%
Accuracy
66.0%
Defense
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
45.5%
Time at distance
Grappling & control
Oliveira
Merritt
2.63
Takedowns / 15 min
60.0%
Takedown accuracy
60.0%
Takedown defense
0.88
Sub attempts / 15 min
53.5%
Control share
Strike target map
Oliveira
  • Head72%(23)div 62%
  • Body9%(3)div 21%
  • Legs19%(6)div 16%
Merritt
  • Head0%(0)div 62%
  • 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.

Alex Oliveira
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Joe Merritt

No UFC fights on record.

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