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Hugo Viana
Hugo Viana
8-1 · BRA
July 16, 2014 · Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA
Bantamweight · 3 rounds
Aljamain Sterling def. Hugo Viana by KO/TKO (Punches), R3 3:50
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Sterling16/331/101:58
Viana10/290/000:00
R2
Sterling18/262/203:07
Viana5/150/000:00
R3 · 3:50
Sterling28/391/103:29
Viana0/20/000:00
Total
Sterling62/984/408:34
Viana15/460/000:00

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
SterlingWin probabilityViana
91.4%8.6%
KO / TKO
27%
Submission
35%
Decision
38%
Expected fight time: 9.1 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Sterling91%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO24%27%
Submission33%36%
Decision34%37%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes47 (2762)act 62
Takedowns1.2 (0.03.3)act 4
Viana9%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO3%30%
Submission2%21%
Decision4%49%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes23 (1229)act 15
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.5)act 0
Combined totals~70 sig strikes~1.3 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R141%
R26%
R315%
Distance38%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.2%
Sterling
79.4%-409
Viana
+40919.4%
Most takedownstie 28.7%
Sterling
65.4%-1118
Viana
+11185.9%
Significant strikes — over/under
Sterling
Expected: 47.4
47.5
Over 47.5
42.4%
+136
Under 47.5
57.6%
-136
060119
Viana
Expected: 22.7
22.5
Over 22.5
42.9%
+133
Under 22.5
57.1%
-133
02957
Takedowns — over/under
Sterling
Expected: 1.2
1
Over 1
43.6%
-148
Exactly 1
26.8%
push
Under 1
29.6%
+148
035
Viana
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
14.4%
Exactly 0
85.6%
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 9.1 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
Sterling91.4%70.2%+21.2-250
Viana8.6%29.8%−21.2+230

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
78.3Striking71.1
Sterling +7.3
74.3Grappling21.6
Sterling +52.7
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
SterlingViana
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1543
Pound-for-pound
1547
1543
Divisional
1533
1482
Striking offense
1504
1507
Striking defense
1505
1556
Grappling offense
1489
1546
Grappling defense
1511
Physical
24 yrs
Age
31 yrs
5'7"
Height
5'6"
71"
Reach
67"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.07
Strikes landed / min
4.60
52%
Strike accuracy
40%
1.20
Strikes absorbed / min
3.15
66%
Strike defense
66%
Grappling (UFC career)
3.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
60%
Takedown accuracy
33%
Takedown defense
78%
3.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
75%
+1
Win/loss streak
+1
100%
Last-5 win rate
75%
0%
Finish rate
33%
Recent opp. quality
144
Days since last fight
172
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Aljamain Sterling
  • WCody GibsonU-DEC R3
    Close -3405mo before
Hugo Viana
  • WRamiro HernandezU-DEC R3
    Close -3506mo before
  • LTJ DillashawKO/TKO R1
    Close +2901y 3mo before
  • WReuben DuranKO/TKO R1
    Close +1151y 7mo before
  • WJohn TeixeiraS-DEC R3
    opp missedClose -2002y 1mo before
Sterling — win / loss by method
Record: 9-0-0

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
1 win, 0 losses
W
11% of wins
L
Submission
4 wins, 0 losses
W
44% of wins
L
Decision
4 wins, 0 losses
W
44% of wins
L
UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (100%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
8win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (13%)KO/TKO() 0
4 (50%)Submission() 0
3 (38%)Decision() 0
Viana — win / loss by method
Record: 8-1-0

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
1 win, 1 loss
W
13% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
7 wins, 0 losses
W
88% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
3win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (33%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (67%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
5win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
5 (100%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Sterling
Viana
1
UFC fights
4
15.0 min · 15.0 avg
Octagon time
38.5 min · 9.6 avg
15y 3m
Career length
16y 2m
UFC schedule strength

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

Sterling
Viana
11W–3L · 78.6%
Overall
40W–9L · 81.6%
11W–3L · 78.6%
Wins
33W–8L · 80.5%
0W–0L
Losses
7W–1L · 87.5%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Sterling
Viana
34W–17L · 66.7%
Overall
6W–1L · 85.7%
34W–17L · 66.7%
Wins
6W–1L · 85.7%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Sterling
Viana
5.28
Landed / min
5.18
28.2%
Accuracy
39.2%
80.8%
Defense
69.5%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
1.56
13.9%
Time at distance
81.8%
Grappling & control
Sterling
Viana
3.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
60.0%
Takedown accuracy
33.3%
Takedown defense
77.8%
3.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
71.4%
Control share
38.2%
Strike target map
Sterling
  • Head50%(23)div 62%
  • Body37%(17)div 21%
  • Legs13%(6)div 16%
Viana
  • Head64%(113)div 62%
  • Body30%(53)div 21%
  • Legs6%(11)div 16%

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

Aljamain Sterling
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Hugo Viana
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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