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UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs Miller
Rick Story
Rick Story
16-8 · USA
VS
Leonardo Mafra
Leonardo Mafra
11-1 · BRA
July 16, 2014 · Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA
Welterweight · 3 rounds
170.5lb
Weigh-in
165.5lb
Rick Story def. Leonardo Mafra by SUB (Arm Triangle), R2 2:12
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Story18/292/204:16
Mafra7/90/000:00
R2 · 2:12
Story6/101/201:29
Mafra4/110/000:00
Total
Story24/393/405:45
Mafra11/200/000:00

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
StoryWin probabilityMafra
66.8%33.2%
KO / TKO
35%
Submission
17%
Decision
48%
Expected fight time: 9.7 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Story67%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO19%28%
Submission12%18%
Decision36%54%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes42 (2355)act 24
Takedowns1.4 (0.03.7)act 3
Mafra33%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO16%50%
Submission5%15%
Decision12%35%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes35 (1945)act 11
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.3)act 0
Combined totals~77 sig strikes~1.7 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R132%
R215%
R35%
Distance48%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.4%
Story
58.3%-144
Mafra
+14440.3%
Most takedownstie 27.0%
Story
61.8%-554
Mafra
+55411.2%
Significant strikes — over/under
Story
Expected: 42.0
42
Over 42
41.7%
+136
Exactly 42
1.6%
push
Under 42
56.7%
-136
053106
Mafra
Expected: 34.5
34.5
Over 34.5
42.6%
+135
Under 34.5
57.4%
-135
04487
Takedowns — over/under
Story
Expected: 1.4
1.5
Over 1.5
47.6%
+110
Under 1.5
52.4%
-110
035
Mafra
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
24.6%
+307
Under 0.5
75.4%
-307
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 9.7 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
Story66.8%73.5%−6.7-300
Mafra33.2%26.5%+6.7+270

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
70.9Striking39.5
Story +31.4
68.9Grappling38.4
Story +30.5
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
StoryMafra
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1563
Pound-for-pound
1504
1559
Divisional
1520
1507
Striking offense
1501
1525
Striking defense
1493
1528
Grappling offense
1496
1523
Grappling defense
1499
Physical
29 yrs
Age
25 yrs
5'9"
Height
5'10"
71"
Reach
70"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.46
Strikes landed / min
3.09
39%
Strike accuracy
41%
2.04
Strikes absorbed / min
6.37
66%
Strike defense
28%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.87
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
52%
Takedown accuracy
63%
Takedown defense
75%
1.1
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.4
Form & résumé
60%
UFC win rate
0%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
40%
Last-5 win rate
0%
33%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
123
Days since last fight
753
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Rick Story
  • LKelvin GastelumS-DEC R3
    Close +1604mo before
  • WBrian EbersoleU-DEC R3
    Close -2108mo before
  • LMike PyleS-DEC R3
    Close -1601y 2mo before
  • WQuinn MulhernKO/TKO R1
    Close -3701y 4mo before
  • LDemian MaiaSUB R1
    Close +1051y 9mo before
Leonardo Mafra
  • LThiago PerpetuoKO/TKO R3
    Close +1052y 1mo before
Story — win / loss by method
Record: 16-8-0

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
4 wins, 0 losses
W
25% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 1 loss
W
19% of wins
L
13% of losses
Decision
9 wins, 7 losses
W
56% of wins
L
88% of losses
UFC
9win6loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (22%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (11%)Submission(17%) 1
6 (67%)Decision(83%) 5
Non-UFC
7win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (29%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (29%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (43%)Decision(100%) 2
Mafra — win / loss by method
Record: 11-1-0

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, 1 loss
W
73% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
9% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 0 losses
W
18% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
11win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
8 (73%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (9%)Submission() 0
2 (18%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Story
Mafra
15
UFC fights
1
183.0 min · 12.2 avg
Octagon time
10.7 min · 10.7 avg
18y 9m
Career length
15y 5m
UFC schedule strength

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

Story
Mafra
237W–54L · 81.4%
Overall
8W–1L · 88.9%
148W–35L · 80.9%
Wins
0W–0L
89W–19L · 82.4%
Losses
8W–1L · 88.9%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Story
Mafra
86W–41L · 67.7%
Overall
65W–35L · 65.0%
83W–41L · 66.9%
Wins
65W–35L · 65.0%
3W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Story
Mafra
4.89
Landed / min
5.57
30.2%
Accuracy
38.5%
70.4%
Defense
33.3%
0.41
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
40.8%
Time at distance
50.4%
Grappling & control
Story
Mafra
2.87
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
52.2%
Takedown accuracy
62.9%
Takedown defense
75.0%
1.07
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.40
61.4%
Control share
0.0%
Strike target map
Story
  • Head53%(337)div 62%
  • Body35%(221)div 22%
  • Legs12%(76)div 16%
Mafra
  • Head58%(19)div 62%
  • Body15%(5)div 22%
  • Legs27%(9)div 16%

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

Rick Story
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Leonardo Mafra
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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