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Tim Means
Tim Means
23-6-1 · USA
VS
George Sullivan
George Sullivan
16-3 · USA
April 18, 2015 · Newark, New Jersey, USA
Welterweight · 3 rounds
170.0lb
Weigh-in
171.0lb
Tim Means def. George Sullivan by SUB (Arm Triangle), R3 3:41
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Means12/570/000:03
Sullivan15/680/300:27
R2
Means25/541/111:23
Sullivan19/710/100:00
R3 · 3:41
Means11/191/102:20
Sullivan5/250/100:00
Total
Means48/1302/213:46
Sullivan39/1640/500:27

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
MeansWin probabilitySullivan
51.2%48.8%
KO / TKO
27%
Submission
48%
Decision
25%
Expected fight time: 6.9 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Means51%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO14%28%
Submission25%50%
Decision12%22%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes32 (1842)act 48
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.6)act 2
Sullivan49%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO13%26%
Submission23%47%
Decision13%27%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes31 (1740)act 39
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.4)act 0
Combined totals~63 sig strikes~0.7 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R156%
R211%
R38%
Distance25%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.7%
Means
50.9%-107
Sullivan
+10747.4%
Most takedownstie 52.8%
Means
24.4%-107
Sullivan
+10722.7%
Significant strikes — over/under
Means
Expected: 32.2
32
Over 32
41.9%
+134
Exactly 32
2.1%
push
Under 32
56.1%
-134
04181
Sullivan
Expected: 31.0
31
Over 31
41.4%
+136
Exactly 31
2.1%
push
Under 31
56.5%
-136
03978
Takedowns — over/under
Means
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
30.2%
+231
Under 0.5
69.8%
-231
035
Sullivan
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
28.8%
+247
Under 0.5
71.2%
-247
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 6.9 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
Means51.2%58.8%−7.6-155
Sullivan48.8%41.2%+7.6+135

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
72.6Striking70.2
Means +2.4
44.6Grappling36.2
Means +8.4
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
MeansSullivan
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1568
Pound-for-pound
1560
1572
Divisional
1560
1505
Striking offense
1508
1520
Striking defense
1502
1496
Grappling offense
1504
1524
Grappling defense
1496
Physical
31 yrs
Age
34 yrs
6'2"
Height
6'0"
75"
Reach
73"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.97
Strikes landed / min
4.62
45%
Strike accuracy
43%
2.58
Strikes absorbed / min
2.62
63%
Strike defense
53%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.80
Takedowns / 15 min
2.00
45%
Takedown accuracy
19%
65%
Takedown defense
64%
0.2
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
63%
UFC win rate
100%
+3
Win/loss streak
+2
60%
Last-5 win rate
100%
40%
Finish rate
50%
Recent opp. quality
49
Days since last fight
217
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Tim Means
  • WDhiego LimaKO/TKO R1
    Close -16049d before
  • WMarcio Alexandre JuniorS-DEC R3
    Close -1704mo before
  • WHernani PerpetuoU-DEC R3
    Close -1799mo before
  • LNeil MagnyU-DEC R3
    Close -30511mo before
  • LDanny CastilloU-DEC R3
    missedClose +2451y 9mo before
George Sullivan
  • WIgor AraujoKO/TKO R2
    Close +1207mo before
  • WMike RhodesU-DEC R3
    Close +2551y 3mo before
Means — win / loss by method
Record: 23-6-1

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
16 wins, 1 loss
W
70% of wins
L
17% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 2 losses
W
13% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 3 losses
W
17% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
5win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (40%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (60%)Decision(100%) 3
Non-UFC
18win3loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
14 (78%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
3 (17%)Submission(67%) 2
1 (6%)Decision(0%) 0
Sullivan — win / loss by method
Record: 16-3-0, 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, 2 losses
W
0% of wins
L
67% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 1 loss
W
31% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
2win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (50%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (50%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
14win3loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
10 (71%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(67%) 2
4 (29%)Decision(33%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Means
Sullivan
8
UFC fights
2
93.4 min · 11.7 avg
Octagon time
22.5 min · 11.3 avg
22y 4m
Career length
20y 6m
UFC schedule strength

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

Means
Sullivan
105W–27L · 79.5%
Overall
31W–7L · 81.6%
58W–12L · 82.9%
Wins
31W–7L · 81.6%
47W–15L · 75.8%
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Means
Sullivan
155W–100L · 60.8%
Overall
84W–40L · 67.7%
115W–87L · 56.9%
Wins
75W–37L · 67.0%
40W–13L · 75.5%
Losses
9W–3L · 75.0%
Distance striking
Means
Sullivan
4.15
Landed / min
4.86
39.2%
Accuracy
30.7%
66.4%
Defense
53.5%
0.64
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
64.8%
Time at distance
53.0%
Grappling & control
Means
Sullivan
0.80
Takedowns / 15 min
2.00
45.5%
Takedown accuracy
18.8%
64.6%
Takedown defense
63.6%
0.16
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
24.4%
Control share
73.6%
Strike target map
Means
  • Head61%(228)div 63%
  • Body26%(98)div 21%
  • Legs12%(45)div 16%
Sullivan
  • Head59%(61)div 63%
  • Body17%(18)div 21%
  • Legs24%(25)div 16%

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

Tim Means
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

George Sullivan
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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