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UFC Fight Night: Hunt vs Nelson
Mark Hunt
Mark Hunt
9-8-1 · NZL
VS
Roy Nelson
Roy Nelson
19-9 · USA
September 20, 2014 · Saitama, Japan
Heavyweight · 5 rounds · Main event
264.0lb
Weigh-in
260.0lb
Mark Hunt def. Roy Nelson by KO/TKO (Punch), R2 3:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Hunt16/480/000:00
Nelson11/370/300:00
R2 · 3:00
Hunt16/430/010:02
Nelson9/231/300:19
Total
Hunt32/910/010:02
Nelson20/601/600:19

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
HuntWin probabilityNelson
41.6%58.4%
KO / TKO
54%
Submission
6%
Decision
40%
Expected fight time: 14.8 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Hunt42%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO19%45%
Submission1%2%
Decision22%53%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes66 (3886)act 32
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.4)act 0
Nelson58%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO35%60%
Submission5%9%
Decision18%31%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes56 (3172)act 20
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.7)act 1
Combined totals~122 sig strikes~0.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R127%
R217%
R38%
R45%
R53%
Distance40%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.9%
Hunt
57.8%-140
Nelson
+14041.3%
Most takedownstie 66.9%
Hunt
10.0%+230
Nelson
-23023.1%
Significant strikes — over/under
Hunt
Expected: 66.5
66.5
Over 66.5
42.5%
+136
Under 66.5
57.5%
-136
084167
Nelson
Expected: 55.6
55.5
Over 55.5
42.6%
+135
Under 55.5
57.4%
-135
070140
Takedowns — over/under
Hunt
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
12.3%
Exactly 0
87.7%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Nelson
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
24.9%
+302
Under 0.5
75.1%
-302
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 14.8 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
Hunt41.6%53.4%−11.8-120
Nelson58.4%46.6%+11.8+110

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
66.0Striking44.2
Hunt +21.8
54.5Grappling29.4
Hunt +25.0
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
HuntNelson
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1543
Pound-for-pound
1558
1543
Divisional
1558
1520
Striking offense
1528
1508
Striking defense
1500
1498
Grappling offense
1482
1504
Grappling defense
1513
Physical
40 yrs
Age
38 yrs
5'10"
Height
6'0"
72"
Reach
73"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.32
Strikes landed / min
2.21
49%
Strike accuracy
34%
3.00
Strikes absorbed / min
5.21
53%
Strike defense
47%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.18
Takedowns / 15 min
0.45
50%
Takedown accuracy
21%
84%
Takedown defense
56%
0.2
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.1
Form & résumé
67%
UFC win rate
58%
0
Win/loss streak
+1
60%
Last-5 win rate
60%
75%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
288
Days since last fight
162
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Mark Hunt
  • DAntonio SilvaM-DEC R5
    Close +1309mo before
  • LJunior Dos SantosKO/TKO R3
    Close +4201y 4mo before
  • WStefan StruveKO/TKO R3
    Close +1881y 7mo before
  • WCheick KongoKO/TKO R1
    Close +2552y 7mo before
  • WBen RothwellU-DEC R3
    Close +3203y before
Roy Nelson
  • WAntonio Rodrigo NogueiraKO/TKO R1
    Close -1655mo before
  • LDaniel CormierU-DEC R3
    Close +43511mo before
  • LStipe MiocicU-DEC R3
    Close -2751y 3mo before
  • WCheick KongoKO/TKO R1
    Close -2351y 5mo before
  • WMatt MitrioneKO/TKO R1
    Close -1851y 9mo before
Hunt — win / loss by method
Record: 9-8-1

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
6 wins, 2 losses
W
67% 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
33% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
4win2loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (75%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(50%) 1
1 (25%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
5win6loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (60%)KO/TKO(17%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(83%) 5
2 (40%)Decision(0%) 0
Nelson — win / loss by method
Record: 19-9-0

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
14 wins, 1 loss
W
74% of wins
L
11% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 0 losses
W
21% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
1 win, 8 losses
W
5% of wins
L
89% of losses
UFC
7win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (100%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(100%) 5
Non-UFC
12win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (58%)KO/TKO(25%) 1
4 (33%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (8%)Decision(75%) 3

Profiles

Experience
Hunt
Nelson
7
UFC fights
12
76.0 min · 10.8 avg
Octagon time
100.4 min · 8.4 avg
22y 1m
Career length
22y 3m
UFC schedule strength

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

Hunt
Nelson
118W–23L · 83.7%
Overall
185W–43L · 81.1%
94W–21L · 81.7%
Wins
125W–31L · 80.1%
24W–2L · 92.3%
Losses
60W–12L · 83.3%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Hunt
Nelson
199W–52L · 79.3%
Overall
158W–71L · 69.0%
78W–29L · 72.9%
Wins
90W–53L · 62.9%
121W–23L · 84.0%
Losses
68W–18L · 79.1%
Distance striking
Hunt
Nelson
4.62
Landed / min
2.80
45.7%
Accuracy
30.0%
56.6%
Defense
51.1%
0.79
Knockdowns / 15 min
1.05
60.7%
Time at distance
58.4%
Grappling & control
Hunt
Nelson
1.18
Takedowns / 15 min
0.45
50.0%
Takedown accuracy
21.4%
84.0%
Takedown defense
56.0%
0.20
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.15
63.3%
Control share
51.7%
Strike target map
Hunt
  • Head87%(220)div 66%
  • Body6%(16)div 18%
  • Legs6%(16)div 16%
Nelson
  • Head84%(187)div 66%
  • Body8%(17)div 18%
  • Legs8%(18)div 16%

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

Mark Hunt
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Roy Nelson
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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