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UFC Fight Night: Jacare vs Mousasi
Jacare Souza
Jacare Souza
20-3 · BRA
VS
Gegard Mousasi
Gegard Mousasi
35-4-2 · NLD
September 5, 2014 · Ledyard, Connecticut, USA
Middleweight · 5 rounds · Main event
Jacare Souza def. Gegard Mousasi by SUB (Guillotine Choke), R3 4:30
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Souza9/121/404:05
Mousasi8/140/000:00
R2
Souza12/231/304:03
Mousasi1/80/000:08
R3 · 4:30
Souza11/212/302:39
Mousasi17/340/000:06
Total
Souza32/564/10010:47
Mousasi26/560/000:14

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
SouzaWin probabilityMousasi
31.3%68.7%
KO / TKO
30%
Submission
11%
Decision
59%
Expected fight time: 18.6 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Souza31%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO6%20%
Submission4%12%
Decision21%68%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes47 (2762)act 32
Takedowns0.8 (0.02.8)act 4
Mousasi69%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO24%35%
Submission7%10%
Decision38%55%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes93 (53121)act 26
Takedowns0.7 (0.02.5)act 0
Combined totals~140 sig strikes~1.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R115%
R210%
R38%
R45%
R53%
Distance59%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.6%
Souza
21.3%+366
Mousasi
-36678.0%
Most takedownstie 38.1%
Souza
34.7%-127
Mousasi
+12727.2%
Significant strikes — over/under
Souza
Expected: 47.3
47.5
Over 47.5
42.2%
+137
Under 47.5
57.8%
-137
060119
Mousasi
Expected: 92.6
92.5
Over 92.5
42.6%
+135
Under 92.5
57.4%
-135
0116232
Takedowns — over/under
Souza
Expected: 0.8
1
Over 1
29.1%
+188
Exactly 1
16.4%
push
Under 1
54.6%
-188
035
Mousasi
Expected: 0.7
0.5
Over 0.5
38.2%
+162
Under 0.5
61.8%
-162
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 18.6 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
Souza31.3%63.7%−32.4-185
Mousasi68.7%36.3%+32.4+170

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
74.2Striking76.7
Mousasi +2.5
77.6Grappling31.3
Souza +46.3
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
SouzaMousasi
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1608
Pound-for-pound
1596
1608
Divisional
1580
1483
Striking offense
1496
1509
Striking defense
1538
1546
Grappling offense
1489
1545
Grappling defense
1518
Physical
34 yrs
Age
29 yrs
6'1"
Height
6'2"
72"
Reach
76"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.43
Strikes landed / min
3.05
47%
Strike accuracy
47%
1.12
Strikes absorbed / min
1.11
75%
Strike defense
78%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.10
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
38%
Takedown accuracy
0%
100%
Takedown defense
82%
2.8
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.7
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
67%
+3
Win/loss streak
+1
100%
Last-5 win rate
67%
67%
Finish rate
50%
Recent opp. quality
202
Days since last fight
97
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Jacare Souza
  • WFrancis CarmontU-DEC R3
    Close -5007mo before
  • WYushin OkamiKO/TKO R1
    Close -2301y before
  • WChris CamozziSUB R1
    Close -6001y 4mo before
Gegard Mousasi
  • WMark MunozSUB R1
    Close -2553mo before
  • LLyoto MachidaU-DEC R5
    Close +1907mo before
  • WIlir LatifiU-DEC R3
    Close -7101y 5mo before
Souza — win / loss by method
Record: 20-3-0, 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
5 wins, 2 losses
W
25% of wins
L
67% of losses
Submission
11 wins, 0 losses
W
55% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 1 loss
W
20% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
3win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (33%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (33%)Submission() 0
1 (33%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
17win3loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
4 (24%)KO/TKO(67%) 2
10 (59%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (18%)Decision(33%) 1
Mousasi — win / loss by method
Record: 35-4-2

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, 0 losses
W
54% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
12 wins, 2 losses
W
34% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 2 losses
W
11% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
2win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (50%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (50%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
33win3loss2draw0NC
WinsLosses
19 (58%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
11 (33%)Submission(67%) 2
3 (9%)Decision(33%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Souza
Mousasi
3
UFC fights
3
21.4 min · 7.1 avg
Octagon time
44.0 min · 14.7 avg
22y 10m
Career length
23y 3m
UFC schedule strength

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

Souza
Mousasi
70W–18L · 79.5%
Overall
40W–10L · 80.0%
70W–18L · 79.5%
Wins
20W–6L · 76.9%
0W–0L
Losses
20W–4L · 83.3%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Souza
Mousasi
241W–61L · 79.8%
Overall
338W–149L · 69.4%
194W–53L · 78.5%
Wins
288W–133L · 68.4%
47W–8L · 85.5%
Losses
50W–16L · 75.8%
Distance striking
Souza
Mousasi
2.08
Landed / min
3.21
29.6%
Accuracy
45.8%
74.7%
Defense
79.1%
0.70
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
35.9%
Time at distance
80.9%
Grappling & control
Souza
Mousasi
2.10
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
37.5%
Takedown accuracy
0.0%
100.0%
Takedown defense
81.8%
2.80
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.68
96.8%
Control share
46.2%
Strike target map
Souza
  • Head83%(43)div 63%
  • Body12%(6)div 19%
  • Legs6%(3)div 18%
Mousasi
  • Head70%(94)div 63%
  • Body10%(13)div 19%
  • Legs20%(27)div 18%

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

Jacare Souza
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Gegard Mousasi
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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