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UFC on FOX: Dos Santos vs Miocic
Alistair Overeem
Alistair Overeem
37-14 · NLD
VS
Stefan Struve
Stefan Struve
25-6 · NLD
December 13, 2014 · Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Heavyweight · 3 rounds
253.0lb
Weigh-in
254.0lb
Alistair Overeem def. Stefan Struve by KO/TKO (Punch), R1 4:13
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 4:13
Overeem17/251/202:41
Struve2/50/000:00
Total
Overeem17/251/202:41
Struve2/50/000:00

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
OvereemWin probabilityStruve
48.2%51.8%
KO / TKO
65%
Submission
7%
Decision
28%
Expected fight time: 8.8 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Overeem48%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO32%66%
Submission3%6%
Decision13%28%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes48 (2762)act 17
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.8)act 1
Struve52%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO33%64%
Submission4%8%
Decision15%28%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes39 (2251)act 2
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.0)act 0
Combined totals~87 sig strikes~0.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R127%
R233%
R312%
Distance28%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.2%
Overeem
58.2%-144
Struve
+14440.5%
Most takedownstie 70.5%
Overeem
23.9%-422
Struve
+4225.7%
Significant strikes — over/under
Overeem
Expected: 47.9
48
Over 48
41.6%
+137
Exactly 48
1.4%
push
Under 48
57.0%
-137
060120
Struve
Expected: 39.5
39.5
Over 39.5
42.5%
+136
Under 39.5
57.5%
-136
05099
Takedowns — over/under
Overeem
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
24.8%
+303
Under 0.5
75.2%
-303
035
Struve
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
6.9%
Exactly 0
93.1%
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 8.8 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
Overeem48.2%65.5%−17.3-200
Struve51.8%34.5%+17.3+185

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
86.3Striking59.4
Overeem +26.9
39.6Grappling62.1
Struve +22.5
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
OvereemStruve
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1548
Pound-for-pound
1601
1548
Divisional
1601
1513
Striking offense
1522
1498
Striking defense
1491
1496
Grappling offense
1517
1527
Grappling defense
1508
Physical
34 yrs
Age
26 yrs
6'4"
Height
6'11"
80"
Reach
84"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
5.63
Strikes landed / min
3.26
75%
Strike accuracy
47%
1.78
Strikes absorbed / min
3.96
57%
Strike defense
49%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.44
Takedowns / 15 min
0.56
33%
Takedown accuracy
75%
80%
Takedown defense
33%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
3.5
Form & résumé
40%
UFC win rate
69%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
40%
Last-5 win rate
80%
50%
Finish rate
89%
Recent opp. quality
99
Days since last fight
651
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Alistair Overeem
  • LBen RothwellKO/TKO R1
    Close -3303mo before
  • WFrank MirU-DEC R3
    Close -42010mo before
  • LTravis BrowneKO/TKO R1
    Close -1501y 4mo before
  • LAntonio SilvaKO/TKO R3
    Close -4401y 10mo before
  • WBrock LesnarKO/TKO R1
    Close -1402y 11mo before
Stefan Struve
  • LMark HuntKO/TKO R3
    Close -2051y 9mo before
  • WStipe MiocicKO/TKO R2
    Close +1552y 2mo before
  • WLavar JohnsonSUB R1
    Close -1302y 7mo before
  • WDave HermanKO/TKO R2
    Close +1012y 10mo before
  • WPat BarrySUB R2
    Close +1553y 2mo before
Overeem — win / loss by method
Record: 37-14-0, 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
17 wins, 10 losses
W
46% of wins
L
71% of losses
Submission
17 wins, 1 loss
W
46% of wins
L
7% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 3 losses
W
8% of wins
L
21% of losses
UFC
2win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (50%)KO/TKO(100%) 3
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (50%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
35win11loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
16 (46%)KO/TKO(64%) 7
17 (49%)Submission(9%) 1
2 (6%)Decision(27%) 3
Struve — win / loss by method
Record: 25-6-0

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, 5 losses
W
28% of wins
L
83% of losses
Submission
16 wins, 1 loss
W
64% of wins
L
17% of losses
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
4% of wins
L
0% of losses
DQ / other
1 win, 0 losses
W
4% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
9win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (44%)KO/TKO(100%) 4
4 (44%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (11%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
16win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (19%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
12 (75%)Submission(50%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
1 (6%)DQ / other(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Overeem
Struve
5
UFC fights
13
34.3 min · 6.9 avg
Octagon time
80.6 min · 6.2 avg
26y 9m
Career length
21y 4m
UFC schedule strength

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

Overeem
Struve
85W–24L · 78.0%
Overall
145W–34L · 81.0%
21W–10L · 67.7%
Wins
107W–22L · 82.9%
64W–14L · 82.1%
Losses
38W–12L · 76.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Overeem
Struve
448W–166L · 73.0%
Overall
72W–63L · 53.3%
340W–147L · 69.8%
Wins
64W–58L · 52.5%
108W–19L · 85.0%
Losses
8W–5L · 61.5%
1 of Struve's non-UFC opponents have no record in our data, so this is understated. Refresh data to fill them in.
Distance striking
Overeem
Struve
4.65
Landed / min
5.01
67.9%
Accuracy
44.7%
64.6%
Defense
47.9%
1.75
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.37
34.5%
Time at distance
52.3%
Grappling & control
Overeem
Struve
0.44
Takedowns / 15 min
0.56
33.3%
Takedown accuracy
75.0%
80.0%
Takedown defense
33.3%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
3.54
96.0%
Control share
36.5%
Strike target map
Overeem
  • Head51%(99)div 67%
  • Body41%(79)div 18%
  • Legs8%(15)div 15%
Struve
  • Head58%(152)div 67%
  • Body16%(41)div 18%
  • Legs27%(70)div 15%

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

Alistair Overeem
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Stefan Struve
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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