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UFC Fight Night: Rockhold vs Bisping
Louis Smolka
Louis Smolka
7-1 · USA
VS
Richie Vaculik
Richie Vaculik
10-2 · AUS
November 7, 2014 · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Flyweight · 3 rounds
Louis Smolka def. Richie Vaculik by KO/TKO (Kick), R3 0:18
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Smolka30/710/100:19
Vaculik42/721/100:35
R2
Smolka36/641/100:41
Vaculik27/611/100:30
R3 · 0:18
Smolka1/80/010:06
Vaculik5/90/000:00
Total
Smolka67/1431/211:06
Vaculik74/1422/201:05

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
SmolkaWin probabilityVaculik
56.3%43.7%
KO / TKO
29%
Submission
57%
Decision
14%
Expected fight time: 5.5 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Smolka56%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO16%29%
Submission31%56%
Decision9%15%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes26 (1434)act 67
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.5)act 1
Vaculik44%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO13%29%
Submission25%57%
Decision6%14%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes25 (1433)act 74
Takedowns0.7 (0.02.3)act 2
Combined totals~52 sig strikes~1.0 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R169%
R210%
R37%
Distance14%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 2.1%
Smolka
50.8%-108
Vaculik
+10847.1%
Most takedownstie 39.7%
Smolka
19.1%+217
Vaculik
-21741.3%
Significant strikes — over/under
Smolka
Expected: 26.3
26.5
Over 26.5
41.9%
+138
Under 26.5
58.1%
-138
03366
Vaculik
Expected: 25.2
25
Over 25
41.8%
+133
Exactly 25
2.6%
push
Under 25
55.6%
-133
03264
Takedowns — over/under
Smolka
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
30.1%
+232
Under 0.5
69.9%
-232
035
Vaculik
Expected: 0.7
0.5
Over 0.5
51.1%
-104
Under 0.5
48.9%
+104
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 5.5 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
Smolka56.3%76.0%−19.7-340
Vaculik43.7%24.0%+19.7+310

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
64.7Striking56.5
Smolka +8.2
21.6Grappling57.5
Vaculik +35.9
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
SmolkaVaculik
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1523
Pound-for-pound
1524
1522
Divisional
1524
1500
Striking offense
1494
1497
Striking defense
1493
1500
Grappling offense
1496
1491
Grappling defense
1493
Physical
23 yrs
Age
31 yrs
5'9"
Height
5'6"
68"
Reach
69"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.47
Strikes landed / min
1.47
39%
Strike accuracy
51%
4.13
Strikes absorbed / min
3.20
61%
Strike defense
47%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.50
Takedowns / 15 min
3.04
9%
Takedown accuracy
27%
31%
Takedown defense
40%
0.5
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.5
Form & résumé
50%
UFC win rate
50%
-1
Win/loss streak
+1
50%
Last-5 win rate
50%
0%
Finish rate
0%
Recent opp. quality
181
Days since last fight
132
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Louis Smolka
  • LChris CariasoS-DEC R3
    Close -1456mo before
  • WAlptekin OzkilicU-DEC R3
    Close +24810mo before
Richie Vaculik
  • WRoldan Sangcha'anU-DEC R3
    Close -1254mo before
  • LJustin ScogginsKO/TKO R1
    Close +31011mo before
Smolka — win / loss by method
Record: 7-1-0

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
2 wins, 0 losses
W
29% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 0 losses
W
57% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
1 win, 1 loss
W
14% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
1win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (100%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
6win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (33%)KO/TKO() 0
4 (67%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Vaculik — win / loss by method
Record: 10-2-0

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, 1 loss
W
30% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 0 losses
W
60% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
1 win, 1 loss
W
10% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
1win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (100%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
9win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (33%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
6 (67%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(100%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Smolka
Vaculik
2
UFC fights
2
30.0 min · 15.0 avg
Octagon time
19.7 min · 9.9 avg
14y 3m
Career length
19y 9m
UFC schedule strength

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

Smolka
Vaculik
25W–6L · 80.6%
Overall
11W–0L · 100.0%
9W–1L · 90.0%
Wins
4W–0L · 100.0%
16W–5L · 76.2%
Losses
7W–0L · 100.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Smolka
Vaculik
28W–14L · 66.7%
Overall
62W–25L · 71.3%
28W–14L · 66.7%
Wins
53W–23L · 69.7%
0W–0L
Losses
9W–2L · 81.8%
Distance striking
Smolka
Vaculik
5.59
Landed / min
2.72
29.2%
Accuracy
40.0%
67.7%
Defense
55.3%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
40.5%
Time at distance
33.5%
Grappling & control
Smolka
Vaculik
0.50
Takedowns / 15 min
3.04
9.1%
Takedown accuracy
26.7%
31.3%
Takedown defense
40.0%
0.50
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.52
61.7%
Control share
59.1%
Strike target map
Smolka
  • Head67%(90)div 58%
  • Body24%(32)div 24%
  • Legs9%(12)div 17%
Vaculik
  • Head45%(13)div 58%
  • Body31%(9)div 24%
  • Legs24%(7)div 17%

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

Louis Smolka
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Richie Vaculik
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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