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Eddie Alvarez
Eddie Alvarez
25-4 · USA
VS
Gilbert Melendez
Gilbert Melendez
22-4 · USA
June 13, 2015 · Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
Lightweight · 3 rounds
Eddie Alvarez def. Gilbert Melendez by S-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Alvarez8/170/000:00
Melendez15/530/000:00
R2
Alvarez9/171/301:32
Melendez6/310/100:00
R3
Alvarez14/302/802:15
Melendez16/450/000:00
Total
Alvarez31/643/1103:47
Melendez37/1290/100:00

Scorecards

Alvarez vs Melendez

RdChris LeeDerek ClearySal D'AmatoCommunity
R19-109-109-109-10
R29-1010-910-99.8-9.3
R310-910-910-99.9-9.1
Total28-2929-2829-2828.7-28.4

Media (16 cards) · avg 2928 · 16 Alvarez · 0 Melendez

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Alvarez-Melendez.

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
AlvarezWin probabilityMelendez
58.0%42.0%
KO / TKO
32%
Submission
6%
Decision
62%
Expected fight time: 11.9 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Alvarez58%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO21%36%
Submission5%9%
Decision32%55%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes52 (2968)act 31
Takedowns0.9 (0.02.9)act 3
Melendez42%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO11%26%
Submission0%1%
Decision31%73%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes46 (2660)act 37
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.5)act 0
Combined totals~98 sig strikes~1.0 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R112%
R218%
R38%
Distance62%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.1%
Alvarez
55.1%-126
Melendez
+12643.8%
Most takedownstie 47.7%
Alvarez
43.4%-489
Melendez
+4898.9%
Significant strikes — over/under
Alvarez
Expected: 52.1
52
Over 52
42.0%
+135
Exactly 52
1.3%
push
Under 52
56.7%
-135
066131
Melendez
Expected: 46.1
46
Over 46
41.9%
+135
Exactly 46
1.4%
push
Under 46
56.6%
-135
058116
Takedowns — over/under
Alvarez
Expected: 0.9
1
Over 1
30.6%
+174
Exactly 1
16.1%
push
Under 1
53.3%
-174
035
Melendez
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
14.0%
Exactly 0
86.0%
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 11.9 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
Alvarez58.0%38.8%+19.2+150
Melendez42.0%61.2%−19.2-170

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
45.4Striking64.5
Melendez +19.1
25.0Grappling43.4
Melendez +18.4
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
AlvarezMelendez
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1562
Pound-for-pound
1567
1562
Divisional
1564
1482
Striking offense
1500
1500
Striking defense
1499
1547
Grappling offense
1496
1552
Grappling defense
1506
Physical
31 yrs
Age
33 yrs
5'9"
Height
5'9"
69"
Reach
73"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.20
Strikes landed / min
3.54
35%
Strike accuracy
32%
5.87
Strikes absorbed / min
2.99
47%
Strike defense
65%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.96
0%
Takedown accuracy
30%
100%
Takedown defense
90%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
0%
UFC win rate
33%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
0%
Last-5 win rate
33%
Finish rate
0%
Recent opp. quality
259
Days since last fight
189
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Eddie Alvarez
  • LDonald CerroneU-DEC R3
    Close +1259mo before
Gilbert Melendez
  • LAnthony PettisSUB R2
    Close +2856mo before
  • WDiego SanchezU-DEC R3
    Close -5451y 8mo before
  • LBenson HendersonS-DEC R5
    Close +2802y 2mo before
Alvarez — win / loss by method
Record: 25-4-0

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
16 wins, 1 loss
W
64% of wins
L
25% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 2 losses
W
20% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 1 loss
W
16% of wins
L
25% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
25win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
16 (64%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
5 (20%)Submission(67%) 2
4 (16%)Decision(0%) 0
Melendez — win / loss by method
Record: 22-4-0

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
12 wins, 0 losses
W
55% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
25% of losses
Decision
10 wins, 3 losses
W
45% of wins
L
75% of losses
UFC
1win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(50%) 1
1 (100%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
21win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
12 (57%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
9 (43%)Decision(100%) 2

Profiles

Experience
Alvarez
Melendez
1
UFC fights
3
15.0 min · 15.0 avg
Octagon time
46.9 min · 15.6 avg
22y 7m
Career length
23y 9m
UFC schedule strength

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

Alvarez
Melendez
24W–6L · 80.0%
Overall
59W–9L · 86.8%
0W–0L
Wins
24W–5L · 82.8%
24W–6L · 80.0%
Losses
35W–4L · 89.7%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Alvarez
Melendez
387W–130L · 74.9%
Overall
321W–86L · 78.9%
332W–118L · 73.8%
Wins
293W–81L · 78.3%
55W–12L · 82.1%
Losses
28W–5L · 84.8%
Distance striking
Alvarez
Melendez
3.25
Landed / min
3.77
29.8%
Accuracy
28.9%
50.8%
Defense
66.5%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
69.8%
Time at distance
77.0%
Grappling & control
Alvarez
Melendez
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.96
0.0%
Takedown accuracy
30.0%
100.0%
Takedown defense
90.0%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
24.5%
Control share
71.4%
Strike target map
Alvarez
  • Head75%(36)div 63%
  • Body21%(10)div 20%
  • Legs4%(2)div 17%
Melendez
  • Head69%(115)div 63%
  • Body21%(35)div 20%
  • Legs10%(16)div 17%

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

Eddie Alvarez
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Gilbert Melendez
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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