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UFC on FOX: Lawler vs Brown
Robbie Lawler
Robbie Lawler
23-10 · USA
VS
Matt Brown
Matt Brown
19-11 · USA
July 26, 2014 · San Jose, California, USA
Welterweight · 5 rounds · Main event
171.0lb
Weigh-in
172.5lbMissed +1.5
Robbie Lawler def. Matt Brown by U-DEC, R5 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Lawler20/490/001:16
Brown20/501/200:31
R2
Lawler9/250/000:00
Brown15/531/100:17
R3
Lawler17/340/000:00
Brown11/470/300:22
R4
Lawler9/232/202:21
Brown6/240/100:00
R5
Lawler25/690/000:20
Brown30/680/100:00
Total
Lawler80/2002/203:57
Brown82/2422/801:10

Scorecards

Lawler vs Brown

RdDerek ClearyMichael BellWade VierraCommunity
R19-1010-910-99.6-9.4
R29-109-109-109-10
R310-910-910-910-9
R410-910-910-910-9
R510-910-910-99.5-9.5
Total48-4749-4649-4648.1-46.9

Media (16 cards) · avg 48.846.3 · 16 Lawler · 0 Brown

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Lawler-Brown.

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
LawlerWin probabilityBrown
56.2%43.8%
KO / TKO
60%
Submission
20%
Decision
21%
Expected fight time: 14.2 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Lawler56%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO36%64%
Submission7%13%
Decision13%23%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes66 (3886)act 80
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.8)act 2
Brown44%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO24%55%
Submission12%28%
Decision8%17%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes82 (47107)act 82
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.5)act 2
Combined totals~148 sig strikes~0.6 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R119%
R220%
R320%
R412%
R58%
Distance21%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.7%
Lawler
39.3%+153
Brown
-15360.0%
Most takedownstie 65.1%
Lawler
24.3%-228
Brown
+22810.6%
Significant strikes — over/under
Lawler
Expected: 65.9
66
Over 66
41.9%
+136
Exactly 66
1.0%
push
Under 66
57.0%
-136
083165
Brown
Expected: 82.4
82.5
Over 82.5
42.4%
+136
Under 82.5
57.6%
-136
0103206
Takedowns — over/under
Lawler
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
26.2%
+282
Under 0.5
73.8%
-282
035
Brown
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
13.2%
Exactly 0
86.8%
push
Under 0
0.0%
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 14.2 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
Lawler56.2%75.1%−18.9-325
Brown43.8%24.9%+18.9+295

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
68.5Striking78.1
Brown +9.7
51.2Grappling78.1
Brown +26.9
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
LawlerBrown
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1582
Pound-for-pound
1607
1591
Divisional
1607
1505
Striking offense
1556
1518
Striking defense
1520
1500
Grappling offense
1535
1511
Grappling defense
1482
Physical
32 yrs
Age
33 yrs
5'11"
Height
6'0"
74"
Reach
75"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.97
Strikes landed / min
4.13
44%
Strike accuracy
59%
3.40
Strikes absorbed / min
2.31
62%
Strike defense
58%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.81
Takedowns / 15 min
2.09
78%
Takedown accuracy
53%
62%
Takedown defense
68%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
2.3
Form & résumé
67%
UFC win rate
71%
+1
Win/loss streak
+7
80%
Last-5 win rate
100%
63%
Finish rate
83%
Recent opp. quality
63
Days since last fight
77
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Robbie Lawler
  • WJake EllenbergerKO/TKO R3
    Close -1702mo before
  • LJohny HendricksU-DEC R5
    Close +3284mo before
  • WRory MacDonaldS-DEC R3
    Close +3658mo before
  • WBobby VoelkerKO/TKO R2
    Close -3451y before
  • WJosh KoscheckKO/TKO R1
    Close +2801y 5mo before
Matt Brown
  • WErick SilvaKO/TKO R3
    Close +2103mo before
  • WMike PyleKO/TKO R1
    Close -12511mo before
  • WJordan MeinKO/TKO R2
    Close +2901y 3mo before
  • WMike SwickKO/TKO R2
    Close +1201y 8mo before
  • WLuis RamosKO/TKO R2
    Close -1552y 1mo before
Lawler — win / loss by method
Record: 23-10-0, 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
19 wins, 1 loss
W
83% of wins
L
10% of losses
Submission
1 win, 5 losses
W
4% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 4 losses
W
13% of wins
L
40% of losses
UFC
8win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (63%)KO/TKO(25%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(50%) 2
3 (38%)Decision(25%) 1
Non-UFC
15win6loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
14 (93%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (7%)Submission(50%) 3
0 (0%)Decision(50%) 3
Brown — win / loss by method
Record: 19-11-0

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
12 wins, 0 losses
W
63% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 9 losses
W
26% of wins
L
82% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 2 losses
W
11% of wins
L
18% of losses
UFC
12win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
9 (75%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (8%)Submission(80%) 4
2 (17%)Decision(20%) 1
Non-UFC
7win6loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (43%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
4 (57%)Submission(83%) 5
0 (0%)Decision(17%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Lawler
Brown
12
UFC fights
17
115.7 min · 9.6 avg
Octagon time
143.8 min · 8.5 avg
25y 4m
Career length
20y 10m
UFC schedule strength

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

Lawler
Brown
199W–58L · 77.4%
Overall
231W–78L · 74.8%
136W–44L · 75.6%
Wins
153W–47L · 76.5%
63W–14L · 81.8%
Losses
78W–31L · 71.6%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Lawler
Brown
285W–78L · 78.5%
Overall
62W–37L · 62.6%
176W–56L · 75.9%
Wins
12W–2L · 85.7%
109W–22L · 83.2%
Losses
50W–35L · 58.8%
Distance striking
Lawler
Brown
4.59
Landed / min
6.60
39.9%
Accuracy
47.2%
66.2%
Defense
64.3%
0.91
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.73
59.5%
Time at distance
29.8%
Grappling & control
Lawler
Brown
1.81
Takedowns / 15 min
2.09
77.8%
Takedown accuracy
52.6%
61.8%
Takedown defense
67.5%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
2.29
54.6%
Control share
40.0%
Strike target map
Lawler
  • Head80%(366)div 62%
  • Body15%(69)div 22%
  • Legs5%(25)div 16%
Brown
  • Head62%(367)div 62%
  • Body28%(166)div 22%
  • Legs10%(61)div 16%

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

Robbie Lawler
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Matt Brown
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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