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UFC 181: Hendricks vs Lawler II
Urijah Faber
Urijah Faber
31-7 · USA
VS
Francisco Rivera
Francisco Rivera
10-3 · USA
December 6, 2014 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Bantamweight · 3 rounds
Urijah Faber def. Francisco Rivera by SUB (Bulldog Choke), R2 1:34
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Faber11/360/200:00
Rivera13/420/000:00
R2 · 1:34
Faber8/160/110:14
Rivera2/140/000:00
Total
Faber19/520/310:14
Rivera15/560/000:00

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
FaberWin probabilityRivera
58.6%41.4%
KO / TKO
20%
Submission
11%
Decision
69%
Expected fight time: 12.1 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Faber59%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO10%18%
Submission10%17%
Decision39%65%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes38 (2150)act 19
Takedowns1.4 (0.03.8)act 0
Rivera41%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO10%24%
Submission1%2%
Decision30%74%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes44 (2457)act 15
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.2)act 0
Combined totals~82 sig strikes~1.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R116%
R210%
R35%
Distance69%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.3%
Faber
43.5%+127
Rivera
-12755.1%
Most takedownstie 34.6%
Faber
59.9%-1093
Rivera
+10935.5%
Significant strikes — over/under
Faber
Expected: 38.4
38.5
Over 38.5
42.3%
+136
Under 38.5
57.7%
-136
04896
Rivera
Expected: 43.5
43.5
Over 43.5
42.5%
+135
Under 43.5
57.5%
-135
055109
Takedowns — over/under
Faber
Expected: 1.4
1.5
Over 1.5
44.1%
+127
Under 1.5
55.9%
-127
035
Rivera
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
11.5%
Exactly 0
88.5%
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 12.1 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
Faber58.6%88.2%−29.6-925
Rivera41.4%11.8%+29.6+725

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
71.0Striking72.3
Rivera +1.3
55.0Grappling62.6
Rivera +7.6
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
FaberRivera
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1624
Pound-for-pound
1529
1625
Divisional
1531
1476
Striking offense
1517
1521
Striking defense
1509
1519
Grappling offense
1493
1525
Grappling defense
1506
Physical
35 yrs
Age
33 yrs
5'6"
Height
5'8"
67"
Reach
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.14
Strikes landed / min
4.15
46%
Strike accuracy
44%
2.48
Strikes absorbed / min
2.88
67%
Strike defense
70%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.04
Takedowns / 15 min
1.19
36%
Takedown accuracy
63%
67%
Takedown defense
71%
0.8
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.0
Form & résumé
70%
UFC win rate
50%
+1
Win/loss streak
-1
80%
Last-5 win rate
60%
71%
Finish rate
67%
Recent opp. quality
154
Days since last fight
196
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Urijah Faber
  • WAlex CaceresSUB R3
    Close -7055mo before
  • LRenan BaraoKO/TKO R1
    Close +30510mo before
  • WMichael McDonaldSUB R2
    Close -1501y before
  • WIuri AlcantaraU-DEC R3
    Close -2151y 4mo before
  • WScott JorgensenSUB R4
    Close -4401y 8mo before
Francisco Rivera
  • LTakeya MizugakiU-DEC R3
    Close +1356mo before
  • WGeorge RoopKO/TKO R2
    Close -1351y 1mo before
  • WEdwin FigueroaKO/TKO R2
    Close -3051y 10mo before
  • WAlex SotoU-DEC R3
    Close -2352y 7mo before
  • LReuben DuranSUB R3
    Close +1903y 6mo before
Faber — win / loss by method
Record: 31-7-0

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
9 wins, 3 losses
W
29% of wins
L
43% of losses
Submission
16 wins, 0 losses
W
52% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 4 losses
W
16% of wins
L
57% of losses
DQ / other
1 win, 0 losses
W
3% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
7win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
5 (71%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (29%)Decision(67%) 2
Non-UFC
24win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
9 (38%)KO/TKO(50%) 2
11 (46%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (13%)Decision(50%) 2
1 (4%)DQ / other(0%) 0
Rivera — win / loss by method
Record: 10-3-0, 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
7 wins, 1 loss
W
70% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 1 loss
W
30% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
3win2loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
2 (67%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(50%) 1
1 (33%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
7win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (71%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (29%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Faber
Rivera
10
UFC fights
6
132.5 min · 13.3 avg
Octagon time
62.9 min · 10.5 avg
22y 8m
Career length
18y 1m
UFC schedule strength

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

Faber
Rivera
197W–36L · 84.5%
Overall
55W–21L · 72.4%
121W–33L · 78.6%
Wins
29W–11L · 72.5%
76W–3L · 96.2%
Losses
26W–10L · 72.2%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Faber
Rivera
309W–96L · 76.3%
Overall
38W–10L · 79.2%
251W–87L · 74.3%
Wins
28W–9L · 75.7%
58W–9L · 86.6%
Losses
10W–1L · 90.9%
Distance striking
Faber
Rivera
3.26
Landed / min
5.86
39.5%
Accuracy
41.1%
68.5%
Defense
76.3%
0.23
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.95
59.8%
Time at distance
56.6%
Grappling & control
Faber
Rivera
2.04
Takedowns / 15 min
1.19
36.0%
Takedown accuracy
62.5%
66.7%
Takedown defense
70.8%
0.79
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.95
79.6%
Control share
15.5%
Strike target map
Faber
  • Head72%(301)div 63%
  • Body20%(84)div 21%
  • Legs7%(31)div 16%
Rivera
  • Head67%(176)div 63%
  • Body13%(34)div 21%
  • Legs20%(51)div 16%

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

Urijah Faber
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Francisco Rivera
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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