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UFC Fight Night 56: Shogun vs Saint Preux
VS
Mauricio Rua
Mauricio Rua
22-9 · BRA
November 8, 2014 · Uberlandia, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Light Heavyweight · 5 rounds · Main event
205.0lb
Weigh-in
206.0lb
Ovince Saint Preux def. Mauricio Rua by KO/TKO (Punch), R1 0:34
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 0:34
Saint Preux9/150/010:06
Rua2/30/000:00
Total
Saint Preux9/150/010:06
Rua2/30/000:00

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
Saint PreuxWin probabilityRua
50.1%49.9%
KO / TKO
67%
Submission
10%
Decision
24%
Expected fight time: 12.0 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Saint Preux50%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO28%56%
Submission7%14%
Decision15%30%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes51 (2866)act 9
Takedowns0.3 (0.00.9)act 0
Rua50%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO39%78%
Submission3%5%
Decision8%17%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes58 (3376)act 2
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.6)act 0
Combined totals~109 sig strikes~0.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R139%
R215%
R311%
R47%
R55%
Distance23%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.0%
Saint Preux
42.8%+131
Rua
-13156.2%
Most takedownstie 74.4%
Saint Preux
13.8%-117
Rua
+11711.8%
Significant strikes — over/under
Saint Preux
Expected: 50.5
50.5
Over 50.5
42.5%
+135
Under 50.5
57.5%
-135
064127
Rua
Expected: 58.3
58.5
Over 58.5
42.3%
+136
Under 58.5
57.7%
-136
073146
Takedowns — over/under
Saint Preux
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
15.0%
+567
Under 0.5
85.0%
-567
035
Rua
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
13.1%
Exactly 0
86.9%
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 12.0 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
Saint Preux50.1%39.4%+10.7+150
Rua49.9%60.6%−10.7-160

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
63.8Striking66.0
Rua +2.3
60.3Grappling41.6
Saint Preux +18.8
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
Saint PreuxRua
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1568
Pound-for-pound
1552
1568
Divisional
1541
Striking offense
Striking defense
Grappling offense
Grappling defense
Physical
31 yrs
Age
32 yrs
6'3"
Height
6'1"
80"
Reach
76"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
1.99
Strikes landed / min
3.24
42%
Strike accuracy
52%
1.68
Strikes absorbed / min
3.08
54%
Strike defense
51%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.62
Takedowns / 15 min
1.66
56%
Takedown accuracy
40%
69%
Takedown defense
38%
0.6
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.4
Form & résumé
80%
UFC win rate
46%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
80%
Last-5 win rate
40%
75%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
84
Days since last fight
230
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Ovince Saint Preux
  • LRyan BaderU-DEC R5
    Close +1703mo before
  • WRyan JimmoKO/TKO R2
    Close -1655mo before
  • WNikita KrylovSUB R1
    Close -5008mo before
  • WCody DonovanKO/TKO R1
    Close -4401y 3mo before
  • WGian VillanteM-DEC R3
    Close -1451y 6mo before
Mauricio Rua
  • LDan HendersonKO/TKO R3
    Close -1658mo before
  • WJames Te HunaKO/TKO R1
    Close +12511mo before
  • LChael SonnenSUB R1
    Close -1601y 3mo before
  • LAlexander GustafssonU-DEC R3
    Close +2401y 11mo before
  • WBrandon VeraKO/TKO R4
    Close -4002y 3mo before
Saint Preux — win / loss by method
Record: 16-6-0

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
9 wins, 1 loss
W
56% of wins
L
17% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 0 losses
W
19% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 5 losses
W
25% of wins
L
83% of losses
UFC
4win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (50%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (25%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (25%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
12win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (58%)KO/TKO(20%) 1
2 (17%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (25%)Decision(80%) 4
Rua — win / loss by method
Record: 22-9-0

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
19 wins, 3 losses
W
86% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
1 win, 3 losses
W
5% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 3 losses
W
9% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
6win7loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (100%)KO/TKO(29%) 2
0 (0%)Submission(29%) 2
0 (0%)Decision(43%) 3
Non-UFC
16win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
13 (81%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
1 (6%)Submission(50%) 1
2 (13%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Saint Preux
Rua
5
UFC fights
13
46.3 min · 9.3 avg
Octagon time
153.4 min · 11.8 avg
17y 10m
Career length
23y 9m
UFC schedule strength

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

Saint Preux
Rua
70W–15L · 82.4%
Overall
234W–69L · 77.2%
53W–11L · 82.8%
Wins
96W–31L · 75.6%
17W–4L · 81.0%
Losses
138W–38L · 78.4%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Saint Preux
Rua
151W–55L · 73.3%
Overall
230W–100L · 69.7%
105W–47L · 69.1%
Wins
195W–87L · 69.1%
46W–8L · 85.2%
Losses
35W–13L · 72.9%
Distance striking
Saint Preux
Rua
3.09
Landed / min
4.37
38.7%
Accuracy
43.8%
60.2%
Defense
61.7%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.88
53.8%
Time at distance
42.4%
Grappling & control
Saint Preux
Rua
1.62
Takedowns / 15 min
1.66
55.6%
Takedown accuracy
39.5%
69.0%
Takedown defense
37.5%
0.65
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.39
29.4%
Control share
52.1%
Strike target map
Saint Preux
  • Head68%(63)div 64%
  • Body16%(15)div 19%
  • Legs15%(14)div 17%
Rua
  • Head62%(306)div 64%
  • Body15%(73)div 19%
  • Legs24%(118)div 17%

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

Ovince Saint Preux
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Mauricio Rua
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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