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The Ultimate Fighter: Team Edgar vs. Team Penn Finale
Corey Anderson
Corey Anderson
3-0 · USA
VS
Matt Van Buren
Matt Van Buren
6-2 · USA
July 6, 2014 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Light Heavyweight · 3 rounds
Corey Anderson def. Matt Van Buren by KO/TKO (Punches), R1 1:01
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 1:01
Anderson24/372/200:19
Van Buren2/100/000:00
Total
Anderson24/372/200:19
Van Buren2/100/000:00

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
AndersonWin probabilityVan Buren
93.1%6.9%
KO / TKO
50%
Submission
18%
Decision
32%
Expected fight time: 9.0 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Anderson93%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO48%51%
Submission16%17%
Decision29%32%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes74 (4296)act 24
Takedowns2.4 (0.34.9)act 2
Van Buren7%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO3%44%
Submission1%20%
Decision3%36%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes43 (2456)act 2
Takedowns0.0 (0.00.0)act 0
Combined totals~117 sig strikes~2.4 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R134%
R217%
R317%
Distance32%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.8%
Anderson
73.1%-281
Van Buren
+28126.1%
Most takedownstie 2.9%
Anderson
96.7%-25995
Van Buren
+259950.4%
Significant strikes — over/under
Anderson
Expected: 74.1
74
Over 74
42.2%
+135
Exactly 74
0.9%
push
Under 74
56.9%
-135
093186
Van Buren
Expected: 43.2
43
Over 43
42.1%
+134
Exactly 43
1.5%
push
Under 43
56.4%
-134
055109
Takedowns — over/under
Anderson
Expected: 2.4
2.5
Over 2.5
47.7%
+110
Under 2.5
52.3%
-110
048
Van Buren
Expected: 0.0
0
Over 0
3.8%
Exactly 0
96.2%
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 9.0 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
Anderson93.1%71.5%+21.6-265
Van Buren6.9%28.5%−21.6+245

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.

Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1508
Pound-for-pound
1513
1508
Divisional
1513
1482
Striking offense
1500
1500
Striking defense
1500
1561
Grappling offense
1500
1558
Grappling defense
1500
Physical
24 yrs
Age
28 yrs
6'3"
Height
6'5"
79"
Reach
Orthodox
Stance
Striking (UFC career)
Strikes landed / min
Strike accuracy
Strikes absorbed / min
Strike defense
Grappling (UFC career)
Takedowns / 15 min
Takedown accuracy
Takedown defense
Sub attempts / 15 min
Form & résumé
UFC win rate
Win/loss streak
Last-5 win rate
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
Days since last fight
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Corey Anderson
No prior UFC fights.
Matt Van Buren
No prior UFC fights.
Anderson — win / loss by method
Record: 3-0-0

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
2 wins, 0 losses
W
67% of wins
L
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
33% of wins
L
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
3win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (67%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (33%)Decision() 0
Van Buren — win / loss by method
Record: 6-2-0

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
2 wins, 1 loss
W
33% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
1 win, 1 loss
W
17% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 0 losses
W
50% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
6win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (33%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
1 (17%)Submission(50%) 1
3 (50%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Anderson
Van Buren
0
UFC fights
0
Octagon time
Career length
UFC schedule strength

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

Anderson
Van Buren
Overall
Wins
Losses
Non-UFC schedule strength
Anderson
Van Buren
7W–3L · 70.0%
Overall
25W–15L · 62.5%
7W–3L · 70.0%
Wins
14W–10L · 58.3%
0W–0L
Losses
11W–5L · 68.8%
Distance striking
Anderson
Van Buren
Landed / min
Accuracy
Defense
Knockdowns / 15 min
Time at distance
Grappling & control
Anderson
Van Buren
Takedowns / 15 min
Takedown accuracy
Takedown defense
Sub attempts / 15 min
Control share
Strike target map
Anderson
  • Head0%(0)div 64%
  • Body0%(0)div 19%
  • Legs0%(0)div 18%
  • No strike data on record.
Van Buren
  • Head0%(0)div 64%
  • 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.

Corey Anderson

No UFC fights on record.

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

Matt Van Buren

No UFC fights on record.

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