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UFC 188: Velasquez vs Werdum
Efrain Escudero
Efrain Escudero
23-9 · USA
VS
Drew Dober
Drew Dober
15-6 · USA
June 13, 2015 · Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
Lightweight · 3 rounds
156.0lb
Weigh-in
155.0lb
Efrain Escudero def. Drew Dober by SUB (Guillotine Choke), R1 0:54
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 0:54
Escudero1/10/000:22
Dober0/30/000:00
Total
Escudero1/10/000:22
Dober0/30/000:00

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
EscuderoWin probabilityDober
49.2%50.8%
KO / TKO
33%
Submission
8%
Decision
59%
Expected fight time: 11.0 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Escudero49%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO12%24%
Submission5%10%
Decision32%66%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes47 (2661)act 1
Takedowns0.5 (0.02.0)act 0
Dober51%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO21%41%
Submission4%7%
Decision26%52%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes50 (2865)act 0
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.2)act 0
Combined totals~96 sig strikes~0.6 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R120%
R218%
R33%
Distance59%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.1%
Escudero
46.3%+114
Dober
-11452.6%
Most takedownstie 55.1%
Escudero
36.9%-458
Dober
+4588.1%
Significant strikes — over/under
Escudero
Expected: 46.6
46.5
Over 46.5
42.7%
+134
Under 46.5
57.3%
-134
059117
Dober
Expected: 49.9
50
Over 50
41.6%
+137
Exactly 50
1.3%
push
Under 50
57.0%
-137
063125
Takedowns — over/under
Escudero
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
39.7%
+152
Under 0.5
60.3%
-152
035
Dober
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
11.4%
Exactly 0
88.6%
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 11.0 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
Escudero49.2%43.8%+5.4+120
Dober50.8%56.2%−5.4-140

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
69.9Striking54.1
Escudero +15.8
60.8Grappling24.0
Escudero +36.8
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
EscuderoDober
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1515
Pound-for-pound
1509
1516
Divisional
1524
1490
Striking offense
1494
1527
Striking defense
1512
1490
Grappling offense
1494
1504
Grappling defense
1504
Physical
29 yrs
Age
26 yrs
5'9"
Height
5'8"
71"
Reach
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
2.88
Strikes landed / min
3.46
43%
Strike accuracy
31%
2.07
Strikes absorbed / min
4.64
64%
Strike defense
58%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.27
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
56%
Takedown accuracy
0%
66%
Takedown defense
69%
0.9
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.4
Form & résumé
44%
UFC win rate
25%
+1
Win/loss streak
-1
20%
Last-5 win rate
25%
25%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
119
Days since last fight
84
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Efrain Escudero
  • WRodrigo de LimaU-DEC R3
    Close +1554mo before
  • LLeonardo SantosU-DEC R3
    Close +1909mo before
  • LMac DanzigU-DEC R3
    Close +1253y 2mo before
  • LJacob VolkmannU-DEC R3
    Close +2453y 5mo before
  • LCharles OliveiraSUB R3
    Close -1554y 9mo before
Drew Dober
  • WJamie VarnerSUB R1
    Close +4006mo before
  • LNick HeinU-DEC R3
    Close +1301y before
  • LSean SpencerU-DEC R3
    Close +2101y 6mo before
Escudero — win / loss by method
Record: 23-9-0

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
2 wins, 0 losses
W
9% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
12 wins, 2 losses
W
52% of wins
L
22% of losses
Decision
9 wins, 7 losses
W
39% of wins
L
78% of losses
UFC
4win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (25%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(40%) 2
3 (75%)Decision(60%) 3
Non-UFC
19win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (5%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
12 (63%)Submission(0%) 0
6 (32%)Decision(100%) 4
Dober — win / loss by method
Record: 15-6-0, 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, 1 loss
W
40% of wins
L
17% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 0 losses
W
33% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 5 losses
W
27% of wins
L
83% of losses
UFC
1win2loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (100%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(100%) 2
Non-UFC
14win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (43%)KO/TKO(25%) 1
4 (29%)Submission(0%) 0
4 (29%)Decision(75%) 3

Profiles

Experience
Escudero
Dober
9
UFC fights
4
118.0 min · 13.1 avg
Octagon time
39.6 min · 9.9 avg
20y 2m
Career length
17y 0m
UFC schedule strength

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

Escudero
Dober
107W–22L · 82.9%
Overall
41W–13L · 75.9%
40W–8L · 83.3%
Wins
21W–10L · 67.7%
67W–14L · 82.7%
Losses
20W–3L · 87.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Escudero
Dober
168W–65L · 72.1%
Overall
159W–104L · 60.5%
93W–34L · 73.2%
Wins
140W–101L · 58.1%
75W–31L · 70.8%
Losses
19W–3L · 86.4%
Distance striking
Escudero
Dober
4.11
Landed / min
4.43
35.2%
Accuracy
26.1%
71.3%
Defense
60.1%
0.64
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
42.7%
Time at distance
55.8%
Grappling & control
Escudero
Dober
1.27
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
55.6%
Takedown accuracy
0.0%
65.9%
Takedown defense
69.2%
0.89
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.38
43.1%
Control share
53.9%
Strike target map
Escudero
  • Head64%(217)div 63%
  • Body14%(48)div 20%
  • Legs22%(75)div 17%
Dober
  • Head60%(82)div 63%
  • Body19%(26)div 20%
  • Legs21%(29)div 17%

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

Efrain Escudero
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Drew Dober
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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