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Rafael Natal
Rafael Natal
19-6-1 · BRA
VS
Uriah Hall
Uriah Hall
10-4 · JAM
May 23, 2015 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Middleweight · 3 rounds
185.5lb
Weigh-in
186.0lb
Rafael Natal def. Uriah Hall by S-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Natal21/490/400:19
Hall21/330/000:00
R2
Natal12/231/401:59
Hall9/141/300:52
R3
Natal12/310/300:37
Hall13/270/000:00
Total
Natal45/1031/1102:55
Hall43/741/300:52

Scorecards

Natal vs Hall

RdJunichiro KamijoPatricia Morse JarmanSal D'AmatoCommunity
R19-109-1010-99.1-9.9
R210-910-910-99.8-9.3
R310-99-109-109.4-9.7
Total29-2828-2929-2828.3-28.9

Media (14 cards) · avg 29.128 · 13 Natal · 0 Hall · 1 draw

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Natal-Hall.

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
NatalWin probabilityHall
35.4%64.6%
KO / TKO
41%
Submission
6%
Decision
54%
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 Natal, blue toward Hall. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Natal35%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO8%23%
Submission4%11%
Decision23%66%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes45 (2559)act 45
Takedowns0.7 (0.02.6)act 1
Hall65%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO33%50%
Submission2%3%
Decision30%47%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes44 (2557)act 43
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.0)act 1
Combined totals~89 sig strikes~0.8 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R117%
R223%
R36%
Distance54%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.2%
Natal
50.3%-104
Hall
+10448.4%
Most takedownstie 54.0%
Natal
39.9%-646
Hall
+6466.2%
Significant strikes — over/under
Natal
Expected: 45.1
45
Over 45
41.9%
+135
Exactly 45
1.5%
push
Under 45
56.6%
-135
057113
Hall
Expected: 44.2
44
Over 44
42.0%
+135
Exactly 44
1.5%
push
Under 44
56.5%
-135
056111
Takedowns — over/under
Natal
Expected: 0.7
0.5
Over 0.5
41.9%
+138
Under 0.5
58.1%
-138
035
Hall
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
9.0%
Exactly 0
91.0%
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 11.0 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
Natal35.4%22.2%+13.2+335
Hall64.6%77.8%−13.2-420

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
71.1Striking71.6
Hall +0.5
61.7Grappling47.3
Natal +14.4
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
NatalHall
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1570
Pound-for-pound
1532
1570
Divisional
1532
1487
Striking offense
1510
1517
Striking defense
1519
1515
Grappling offense
1497
1515
Grappling defense
1505
Physical
32 yrs
Age
30 yrs
6'0"
Height
6'0"
77"
Reach
79"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.94
Strikes landed / min
3.25
48%
Strike accuracy
51%
2.10
Strikes absorbed / min
2.41
62%
Strike defense
59%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.87
Takedowns / 15 min
1.40
38%
Takedown accuracy
42%
79%
Takedown defense
64%
0.6
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.3
Form & résumé
64%
UFC win rate
60%
+2
Win/loss streak
+3
60%
Last-5 win rate
60%
14%
Finish rate
67%
Recent opp. quality
112
Days since last fight
125
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Rafael Natal
  • WTom WatsonU-DEC R3
    Close -1354mo before
  • WChris CamozziS-DEC R3
    Close -1859mo before
  • LEd HermanU-DEC R3
    Close -1551y before
  • LTim KennedyKO/TKO R1
    Close +3401y 6mo before
  • WTor TroengU-DEC R3
    Close -2501y 9mo before
Uriah Hall
  • WRon StallingsKO/TKO R1
    Close -10004mo before
  • WThiago SantosU-DEC R3
    Close -31011mo before
  • WChris LebenKO/TKO R1
    Close -3251y 5mo before
  • LJohn HowardS-DEC R3
    Close -4751y 9mo before
  • LKelvin GastelumS-DEC R3
    Close -2852y 1mo before
Natal — win / loss by method
Record: 19-6-1

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, 4 losses
W
16% of wins
L
67% of losses
Submission
8 wins, 0 losses
W
42% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
8 wins, 2 losses
W
42% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
7win4loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(50%) 2
1 (14%)Submission(0%) 0
6 (86%)Decision(50%) 2
Non-UFC
12win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (25%)KO/TKO(100%) 2
7 (58%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (17%)Decision(0%) 0
Hall — win / loss by method
Record: 10-4-0

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
7 wins, 1 loss
W
70% of wins
L
25% of losses
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
10% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 3 losses
W
20% of wins
L
75% of losses
UFC
3win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (67%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (33%)Decision(100%) 2
Non-UFC
7win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (71%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
1 (14%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (14%)Decision(50%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Natal
Hall
12
UFC fights
5
161.8 min · 13.5 avg
Octagon time
53.6 min · 10.7 avg
21y 3m
Career length
20y 9m
UFC schedule strength

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

Natal
Hall
155W–43L · 78.3%
Overall
69W–27L · 71.9%
103W–26L · 79.8%
Wins
43W–19L · 69.4%
52W–17L · 75.4%
Losses
26W–8L · 76.5%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Natal
Hall
65W–22L · 74.7%
Overall
69W–37L · 65.1%
58W–22L · 72.5%
Wins
61W–35L · 63.5%
7W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
8W–2L · 80.0%
Distance striking
Natal
Hall
3.76
Landed / min
3.84
40.5%
Accuracy
44.8%
69.7%
Defense
64.8%
0.37
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.56
50.3%
Time at distance
58.8%
Grappling & control
Natal
Hall
2.87
Takedowns / 15 min
1.40
38.3%
Takedown accuracy
41.7%
78.6%
Takedown defense
64.3%
0.65
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.28
62.7%
Control share
39.8%
Strike target map
Natal
  • Head58%(275)div 63%
  • Body16%(75)div 19%
  • Legs26%(126)div 18%
Hall
  • Head52%(90)div 63%
  • Body20%(34)div 19%
  • Legs29%(50)div 18%

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

Rafael Natal
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Uriah Hall
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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