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UFC Fight Night: Bigfoot vs Arlovski
George Sullivan
George Sullivan
15-3 · USA
VS
Igor Araujo
Igor Araujo
25-6 · BRA
September 13, 2014 · Brasilia, Distrito Federal, Brazil
Welterweight · 3 rounds
George Sullivan def. Igor Araujo by KO/TKO (Punch), R2 2:31
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Sullivan30/431/103:35
Araujo5/132/400:00
R2 · 2:31
Sullivan13/200/101:49
Araujo3/70/300:00
Total
Sullivan43/631/205:24
Araujo8/202/700:00

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
SullivanWin probabilityAraujo
59.0%41.0%
KO / TKO
32%
Submission
21%
Decision
47%
Expected fight time: 9.6 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Sullivan59%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO26%45%
Submission5%8%
Decision28%47%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes29 (1638)act 43
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.7)act 1
Araujo41%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO6%14%
Submission16%40%
Decision19%46%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes28 (1536)act 8
Takedowns1.2 (0.03.6)act 2
Combined totals~57 sig strikes~1.6 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R132%
R216%
R35%
Distance47%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.9%
Sullivan
51.8%-112
Araujo
+11246.3%
Most takedownstie 34.0%
Sullivan
16.7%+296
Araujo
-29649.3%
Significant strikes — over/under
Sullivan
Expected: 29.5
29.5
Over 29.5
42.5%
+135
Under 29.5
57.5%
-135
03774
Araujo
Expected: 27.8
28
Over 28
40.8%
+139
Exactly 28
2.3%
push
Under 28
56.9%
-139
03570
Takedowns — over/under
Sullivan
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
29.0%
+245
Under 0.5
71.0%
-245
035
Araujo
Expected: 1.2
1
Over 1
40.1%
+104
Exactly 1
18.1%
push
Under 1
41.9%
-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 9.6 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
Sullivan59.0%44.6%+14.4+120
Araujo41.0%55.4%−14.4-130

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
60.6Striking57.7
Sullivan +3.0
30.4Grappling27.0
Sullivan +3.4
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
SullivanAraujo
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1542
Pound-for-pound
1571
1542
Divisional
1571
1501
Striking offense
1473
1500
Striking defense
1512
1499
Grappling offense
1547
1497
Grappling defense
1539
Physical
33 yrs
Age
33 yrs
6'0"
Height
6'1"
73"
Reach
77"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.07
Strikes landed / min
1.10
34%
Strike accuracy
38%
3.40
Strikes absorbed / min
1.20
51%
Strike defense
46%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.50
14%
Takedown accuracy
11%
50%
Takedown defense
25%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.0
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
100%
+1
Win/loss streak
+2
100%
Last-5 win rate
100%
0%
Finish rate
0%
Recent opp. quality
231
Days since last fight
189
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
George Sullivan
  • WMike RhodesU-DEC R3
    Close +2558mo before
Igor Araujo
  • WDanny MitchellU-DEC R3
    Close -2656mo before
  • WIldemar AlcantaraU-DEC R3
    Close +31511mo before
Sullivan — win / loss by method
Record: 15-3-0, 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
10 wins, 0 losses
W
67% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 2 losses
W
0% of wins
L
67% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 1 loss
W
33% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (100%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
14win3loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
10 (71%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(67%) 2
4 (29%)Decision(33%) 1
Araujo — win / loss by method
Record: 25-6-0, 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
1 win, 2 losses
W
4% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
17 wins, 1 loss
W
68% of wins
L
17% of losses
Decision
7 wins, 3 losses
W
28% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
2win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
2 (100%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
23win6loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
1 (4%)KO/TKO(33%) 2
17 (74%)Submission(17%) 1
5 (22%)Decision(50%) 3

Profiles

Experience
Sullivan
Araujo
1
UFC fights
2
15.0 min · 15.0 avg
Octagon time
30.0 min · 15.0 avg
20y 6m
Career length
21y 8m
UFC schedule strength

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

Sullivan
Araujo
6W–1L · 85.7%
Overall
33W–9L · 78.6%
6W–1L · 85.7%
Wins
33W–9L · 78.6%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Sullivan
Araujo
84W–40L · 67.7%
Overall
168W–90L · 65.1%
75W–37L · 67.0%
Wins
107W–62L · 63.3%
9W–3L · 75.0%
Losses
61W–28L · 68.5%
Distance striking
Sullivan
Araujo
5.32
Landed / min
1.66
32.1%
Accuracy
26.7%
51.6%
Defense
69.0%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
66.4%
Time at distance
16.1%
Grappling & control
Sullivan
Araujo
2.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.50
14.3%
Takedown accuracy
11.1%
50.0%
Takedown defense
25.0%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.00
39.7%
Control share
66.9%
Strike target map
Sullivan
  • Head48%(29)div 62%
  • Body16%(10)div 22%
  • Legs36%(22)div 16%
Araujo
  • Head73%(24)div 62%
  • Body21%(7)div 22%
  • Legs6%(2)div 16%

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

George Sullivan
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Igor Araujo
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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