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UFC Fight Night: Bader vs Saint Preux
Tom Watson
Tom Watson
16-7 · GBR
VS
Sam Alvey
Sam Alvey
23-5 · USA
August 16, 2014 · Bangor, Maine, USA
Middleweight · 3 rounds
Tom Watson def. Sam Alvey by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Watson33/620/000:33
Alvey12/380/000:03
R2
Watson28/580/100:30
Alvey18/420/000:01
R3
Watson24/470/300:23
Alvey52/880/000:22
Total
Watson85/1670/401:26
Alvey82/1680/000:26

Scorecards

Watson vs Alvey

RdChris LeeDavid GinsbergLars BorssenCommunity
R110-910-910-910-9
R210-910-910-99.9-9
R39-109-109-108.9-10
Total29-2829-2829-2828.8-28

Media (12 cards) · avg 28.928 · 11 Watson · 0 Alvey · 1 draw

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Watson-Alvey.

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
WatsonWin probabilityAlvey
59.2%40.8%
KO / TKO
32%
Submission
9%
Decision
59%
Expected fight time: 11.0 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Watson59%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO18%30%
Submission5%8%
Decision36%62%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes55 (3172)act 85
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.9)act 0
Alvey41%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO15%36%
Submission4%10%
Decision22%54%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes42 (2354)act 82
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.2)act 0
Combined totals~97 sig strikes~0.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R121%
R216%
R34%
Distance59%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.1%
Watson
62.2%-170
Alvey
+17036.7%
Most takedownstie 67.2%
Watson
15.2%+115
Alvey
-11517.5%
Significant strikes — over/under
Watson
Expected: 55.0
55
Over 55
41.9%
+136
Exactly 55
1.2%
push
Under 55
56.8%
-136
069138
Alvey
Expected: 41.6
41.5
Over 41.5
42.7%
+134
Under 41.5
57.3%
-134
053105
Takedowns — over/under
Watson
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
17.6%
Exactly 0
82.4%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Alvey
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
19.7%
+407
Under 0.5
80.3%
-407
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 11.0 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
Watson59.2%54.4%+4.8-125
Alvey40.8%45.6%−4.8+115

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
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
WatsonAlvey
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1496
Pound-for-pound
1544
1496
Divisional
1544
1513
Striking offense
1500
1513
Striking defense
1500
1490
Grappling offense
1500
1485
Grappling defense
1500
Physical
32 yrs
Age
28 yrs
6'1"
Height
6'2"
73"
Reach
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
3.73
Strikes landed / min
46%
Strike accuracy
3.73
Strikes absorbed / min
51%
Strike defense
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0%
Takedown accuracy
47%
Takedown defense
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
Form & résumé
25%
UFC win rate
-2
Win/loss streak
25%
Last-5 win rate
100%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
196
Days since last fight
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Tom Watson
  • LNick CatoneS-DEC R3
    Close -1256mo before
  • LThales LeitesU-DEC R3
    Close +1501y before
  • WStanislav NedkovKO/TKO R2
    Close -1101y 6mo before
  • LBrad TavaresS-DEC R3
    Close +1501y 11mo before
Sam Alvey
No prior UFC fights.
Watson — win / loss by method
Record: 16-7-0

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
8 wins, 0 losses
W
50% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
1 win, 2 losses
W
6% of wins
L
29% of losses
Decision
7 wins, 5 losses
W
44% of wins
L
71% of losses
UFC
1win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (100%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(100%) 3
Non-UFC
15win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (47%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (7%)Submission(50%) 2
7 (47%)Decision(50%) 2
Alvey — win / loss by method
Record: 23-5-0, 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
14 wins, 0 losses
W
61% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 1 loss
W
9% of wins
L
20% of losses
Decision
7 wins, 4 losses
W
30% of wins
L
80% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
23win5loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
14 (61%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (9%)Submission(20%) 1
7 (30%)Decision(80%) 4

Profiles

Experience
Watson
Alvey
4
UFC fights
0
54.7 min · 13.7 avg
Octagon time
20y 5m
Career length
UFC schedule strength

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

Watson
Alvey
49W–9L · 84.5%
Overall
12W–0L · 100.0%
Wins
37W–9L · 80.4%
Losses
Non-UFC schedule strength
Watson
Alvey
175W–109L · 61.6%
Overall
265W–160L · 62.4%
128W–69L · 65.0%
Wins
220W–153L · 59.0%
47W–40L · 54.0%
Losses
45W–7L · 86.5%
Distance striking
Watson
Alvey
5.75
Landed / min
38.9%
Accuracy
59.9%
Defense
0.27
Knockdowns / 15 min
39.1%
Time at distance
Grappling & control
Watson
Alvey
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.0%
Takedown accuracy
47.4%
Takedown defense
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
23.4%
Control share
Strike target map
Watson
  • Head50%(102)div 63%
  • Body25%(50)div 19%
  • Legs25%(52)div 18%
Alvey
  • Head0%(0)div 63%
  • Body0%(0)div 19%
  • Legs0%(0)div 18%
  • No strike data on record.

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

Tom Watson
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Sam Alvey

No UFC fights on record.

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