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UFC 180: Werdum vs Hunt
Fabricio Werdum
Fabricio Werdum
18-5-1 · BRA
VS
Mark Hunt
Mark Hunt
10-8-1 · NZL
November 15, 2014 · Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
Heavyweight · 5 rounds · Main event
232.0lb
Weigh-in
265.0lb
Fabricio Werdum def. Mark Hunt by KO/TKO (Flying Knee), R2 2:27
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Werdum8/120/200:00
Hunt9/251/111:48
R2 · 2:27
Werdum13/250/110:07
Hunt1/110/000:05
Total
Werdum21/370/310:07
Hunt10/361/111:53

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
WerdumWin probabilityHunt
71.5%28.5%
KO / TKO
66%
Submission
5%
Decision
28%
Expected fight time: 15.4 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Werdum71%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO45%63%
Submission5%7%
Decision21%30%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes77 (44100)act 21
Takedowns0.7 (0.02.6)act 0
Hunt29%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO22%75%
Submission0%0%
Decision7%25%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes52 (2967)act 10
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.1)act 1
Combined totals~128 sig strikes~0.8 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R117%
R217%
R319%
R411%
R58%
Distance28%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.8%
Werdum
67.4%-212
Hunt
+21231.8%
Most takedownstie 58.4%
Werdum
33.9%-441
Hunt
+4417.7%
Significant strikes — over/under
Werdum
Expected: 76.7
76.5
Over 76.5
42.6%
+135
Under 76.5
57.4%
-135
096192
Hunt
Expected: 51.7
51.5
Over 51.5
42.7%
+134
Under 51.5
57.3%
-134
065130
Takedowns — over/under
Werdum
Expected: 0.7
0.5
Over 0.5
35.9%
+179
Under 0.5
64.1%
-179
035
Hunt
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
10.6%
Exactly 0
89.4%
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 15.4 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
Werdum71.5%79.6%−8.1-430
Hunt28.5%20.4%+8.1+380

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
80.4Striking66.2
Werdum +14.3
34.2Grappling53.6
Hunt +19.4
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
WerdumHunt
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1599
Pound-for-pound
1560
1599
Divisional
1560
1523
Striking offense
1527
1522
Striking defense
1511
1497
Grappling offense
1498
1524
Grappling defense
1506
Physical
37 yrs
Age
40 yrs
6'4"
Height
5'10"
77"
Reach
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.52
Strikes landed / min
3.38
57%
Strike accuracy
47%
2.13
Strikes absorbed / min
2.95
60%
Strike defense
55%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.93
Takedowns / 15 min
1.07
29%
Takedown accuracy
50%
50%
Takedown defense
84%
0.2
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.2
Form & résumé
75%
UFC win rate
71%
+4
Win/loss streak
+1
80%
Last-5 win rate
60%
67%
Finish rate
80%
Recent opp. quality
210
Days since last fight
56
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Fabricio Werdum
  • WTravis BrowneU-DEC R5
    Close +2007mo before
  • WAntonio Rodrigo NogueiraSUB R2
    Close -2751y 5mo before
  • WMike RussowKO/TKO R1
    Close -4752y 5mo before
  • WRoy NelsonU-DEC R3
    Close -1502y 9mo before
  • LJunior Dos SantosKO/TKO R1
    Close -6506y 1mo before
Mark Hunt
  • WRoy NelsonKO/TKO R2
    Close -12056d before
  • DAntonio SilvaM-DEC R5
    Close +13011mo before
  • LJunior Dos SantosKO/TKO R3
    Close +4201y 6mo before
  • WStefan StruveKO/TKO R3
    Close +1881y 8mo before
  • WCheick KongoKO/TKO R1
    Close +2552y 9mo before
Werdum — win / loss by method
Record: 18-5-1

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
5 wins, 1 loss
W
28% of wins
L
20% of losses
Submission
9 wins, 0 losses
W
50% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 4 losses
W
22% of wins
L
80% of losses
UFC
6win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (50%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
1 (17%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (33%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
12win3loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (17%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
8 (67%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (17%)Decision(100%) 3
Hunt — win / loss by method
Record: 10-8-1

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
7 wins, 2 losses
W
70% of wins
L
25% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 6 losses
W
0% of wins
L
75% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 0 losses
W
30% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
5win2loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (80%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(50%) 1
1 (20%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
5win6loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (60%)KO/TKO(17%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(83%) 5
2 (40%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Werdum
Hunt
8
UFC fights
8
80.7 min · 10.1 avg
Octagon time
84.0 min · 10.5 avg
24y 1m
Career length
22y 1m
UFC schedule strength

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

Werdum
Hunt
110W–24L · 82.1%
Overall
137W–32L · 81.1%
93W–18L · 83.8%
Wins
113W–30L · 79.0%
17W–6L · 73.9%
Losses
24W–2L · 92.3%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Werdum
Hunt
205W–48L · 81.0%
Overall
199W–52L · 79.3%
132W–33L · 80.0%
Wins
78W–29L · 72.9%
73W–15L · 83.0%
Losses
121W–23L · 84.0%
Distance striking
Werdum
Hunt
5.24
Landed / min
4.51
54.2%
Accuracy
43.7%
67.2%
Defense
57.9%
0.19
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.89
62.9%
Time at distance
63.7%
Grappling & control
Werdum
Hunt
0.93
Takedowns / 15 min
1.07
29.4%
Takedown accuracy
50.0%
50.0%
Takedown defense
83.9%
0.19
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.18
62.6%
Control share
62.7%
Strike target map
Werdum
  • Head66%(242)div 67%
  • Body15%(55)div 18%
  • Legs19%(68)div 15%
Hunt
  • Head87%(248)div 67%
  • Body7%(19)div 18%
  • Legs6%(17)div 15%

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

Fabricio Werdum
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Mark Hunt
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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