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UFC Fight Night: Bigfoot vs Mir
Sam Alvey
Sam Alvey
24-6 · USA
VS
Cezar Ferreira
Cezar Ferreira
8-3 · BRA
February 22, 2015 · Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Middleweight · 3 rounds
Sam Alvey def. Cezar Ferreira by KO/TKO (Punches), R1 3:34
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 3:34
Alvey4/80/010:03
Ferreira13/360/000:00
Total
Alvey4/80/010:03
Ferreira13/360/000:00

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
AlveyWin probabilityFerreira
27.3%72.7%
KO / TKO
28%
Submission
2%
Decision
70%
Expected fight time: 13.1 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Alvey27%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO12%43%
Submission0%1%
Decision15%56%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes38 (2149)act 4
Takedowns0.0 (0.00.0)act 0
Ferreira73%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO16%22%
Submission2%3%
Decision55%75%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes52 (2967)act 13
Takedowns2.0 (0.05.0)act 0
Combined totals~89 sig strikes~2.1 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R16%
R211%
R313%
Distance70%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.2%
Alvey
34.9%+183
Ferreira
-18363.9%
Most takedownstie 29.0%
Alvey
1.8%+3744
Ferreira
-374469.1%
Significant strikes — over/under
Alvey
Expected: 37.6
37.5
Over 37.5
42.7%
+134
Under 37.5
57.3%
-134
04895
Ferreira
Expected: 51.8
52
Over 52
41.6%
+137
Exactly 52
1.3%
push
Under 52
57.1%
-137
065130
Takedowns — over/under
Alvey
Expected: 0.0
0
Over 0
4.7%
Exactly 0
95.3%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Ferreira
Expected: 2.0
2
Over 2
39.5%
+113
Exactly 2
15.8%
push
Under 2
44.7%
-113
047

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 13.1 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
Alvey27.3%25.4%+1.9+280
Ferreira72.7%74.6%−1.9-340

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
62.9Striking60.8
Alvey +2.1
19.8Grappling62.1
Ferreira +42.3
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
AlveyFerreira
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1542
Pound-for-pound
1549
1542
Divisional
1549
1505
Striking offense
1491
1498
Striking defense
1511
Grappling offense
Grappling defense
Physical
28 yrs
Age
30 yrs
6'2"
Height
6'1"
75"
Reach
78"
Southpaw
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
5.10
Strikes landed / min
1.79
50%
Strike accuracy
36%
5.15
Strikes absorbed / min
1.87
49%
Strike defense
57%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
1.62
Takedown accuracy
63%
71%
Takedown defense
100%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.3
Form & résumé
50%
UFC win rate
80%
+1
Win/loss streak
+1
50%
Last-5 win rate
80%
100%
Finish rate
25%
Recent opp. quality
107
Days since last fight
239
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Sam Alvey
  • WDylan AndrewsKO/TKO R1
    Close +1404mo before
  • LTom WatsonU-DEC R3
    Close +1156mo before
Cezar Ferreira
  • WAndrew CraigU-DEC R3
    Close -2708mo before
  • LCB DollawayKO/TKO R1
    Close -38011mo before
  • WDaniel SarafianS-DEC R3
    Close -1651y 3mo before
  • WThiago SantosSUB R1
    Close -4601y 7mo before
  • WSergio MoraesU-DEC R3
    Close -3152y 8mo before
Alvey — win / loss by method
Record: 24-6-0, 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
15 wins, 0 losses
W
63% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 1 loss
W
8% of wins
L
17% of losses
Decision
7 wins, 5 losses
W
29% of wins
L
83% of losses
UFC
1win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (100%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
23win5loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
14 (61%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (9%)Submission(20%) 1
7 (30%)Decision(80%) 4
Ferreira — win / loss by method
Record: 8-3-0

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
3 wins, 2 losses
W
38% of wins
L
67% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 0 losses
W
25% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 1 loss
W
38% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
4win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
1 (25%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (75%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
4win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (75%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
1 (25%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(50%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Alvey
Ferreira
2
UFC fights
5
17.3 min · 8.6 avg
Octagon time
46.4 min · 9.3 avg
18y 0m
Career length
19y 3m
UFC schedule strength

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

Alvey
Ferreira
33W–12L · 73.3%
Overall
44W–12L · 78.6%
17W–5L · 77.3%
Wins
31W–7L · 81.6%
16W–7L · 69.6%
Losses
13W–5L · 72.2%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Alvey
Ferreira
265W–160L · 62.4%
Overall
42W–21L · 66.7%
220W–153L · 59.0%
Wins
33W–19L · 63.5%
45W–7L · 86.5%
Losses
9W–2L · 81.8%
Distance striking
Alvey
Ferreira
3.61
Landed / min
2.64
39.0%
Accuracy
33.3%
48.8%
Defense
59.2%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.65
65.7%
Time at distance
57.9%
Grappling & control
Alvey
Ferreira
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
1.62
Takedown accuracy
62.5%
71.4%
Takedown defense
100.0%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.32
14.4%
Control share
84.5%
Strike target map
Alvey
  • Head88%(77)div 63%
  • Body11%(10)div 19%
  • Legs1%(1)div 18%
Ferreira
  • Head59%(49)div 63%
  • Body34%(28)div 19%
  • Legs7%(6)div 18%

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

Sam Alvey
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Cezar Ferreira
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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