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UFC Fight Night: Swanson vs Stephens
Ray Borg
Ray Borg
6-1 · USA
VS
Shane Howell
Shane Howell
13-7 · USA
June 28, 2014 · San Antonio, Texas, USA
Flyweight · 3 rounds
Ray Borg def. Shane Howell by SUB (Rear Naked Choke), R1 2:17
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 2:17
Borg2/31/101:45
Howell0/30/000:00
Total
Borg2/31/101:45
Howell0/30/000:00

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
BorgWin probabilityHowell
92.7%7.3%
KO / TKO
20%
Submission
17%
Decision
63%
Expected fight time: 11.4 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Borg93%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO19%20%
Submission15%16%
Decision59%64%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes50 (2865)act 2
Takedowns2.6 (0.45.2)act 1
Howell7%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO2%27%
Submission1%19%
Decision4%54%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes36 (2047)act 0
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.4)act 0
Combined totals~86 sig strikes~2.7 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R123%
R27%
R37%
Distance63%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.2%
Borg
64.1%-185
Howell
+18534.7%
Most takedownstie 4.6%
Borg
94.0%-6431
Howell
+64311.5%
Significant strikes — over/under
Borg
Expected: 49.9
50
Over 50
41.7%
+137
Exactly 50
1.3%
push
Under 50
57.0%
-137
063125
Howell
Expected: 36.1
36
Over 36
41.7%
+135
Exactly 36
1.8%
push
Under 36
56.5%
-135
04691
Takedowns — over/under
Borg
Expected: 2.6
2.5
Over 2.5
51.2%
-105
Under 2.5
48.8%
+105
048
Howell
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
13.4%
Exactly 0
86.6%
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 11.4 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
Borg92.7%80.7%+12.0-460
Howell7.3%19.3%−12.0+410

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
BorgHowell
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1507
Pound-for-pound
1504
1507
Divisional
1504
1494
Striking offense
1500
1502
Striking defense
1500
1504
Grappling offense
1500
1498
Grappling defense
1500
Physical
20 yrs
Age
30 yrs
5'4"
Height
5'8"
63"
Reach
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
0.80
Strikes landed / min
44%
Strike accuracy
3.07
Strikes absorbed / min
43%
Strike defense
Grappling (UFC career)
5.00
Takedowns / 15 min
63%
Takedown accuracy
50%
Takedown defense
2.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
Form & résumé
0%
UFC win rate
-1
Win/loss streak
0%
Last-5 win rate
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
70
Days since last fight
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Ray Borg
  • LDustin OrtizS-DEC R3
    Close +1452mo before
Shane Howell
No prior UFC fights.
Borg — win / loss by method
Record: 6-1-0

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, 0 losses
W
17% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 0 losses
W
67% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
1 win, 1 loss
W
17% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
6win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (17%)KO/TKO() 0
4 (67%)Submission() 0
1 (17%)Decision() 0
Howell — win / loss by method
Record: 13-7-0

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
4 wins, 1 loss
W
31% of wins
L
14% of losses
Submission
7 wins, 4 losses
W
54% of wins
L
57% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 2 losses
W
15% of wins
L
29% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
13win7loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (31%)KO/TKO(14%) 1
7 (54%)Submission(57%) 4
2 (15%)Decision(29%) 2

Profiles

Experience
Borg
Howell
1
UFC fights
0
15.0 min · 15.0 avg
Octagon time
14y 0m
Career length
UFC schedule strength

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

Borg
Howell
12W–3L · 80.0%
Overall
0W–0L
Wins
12W–3L · 80.0%
Losses
Non-UFC schedule strength
Borg
Howell
33W–10L · 76.7%
Overall
85W–40L · 68.0%
33W–10L · 76.7%
Wins
61W–32L · 65.6%
0W–0L
Losses
24W–8L · 75.0%
Distance striking
Borg
Howell
2.16
Landed / min
35.7%
Accuracy
69.2%
Defense
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
15.4%
Time at distance
Grappling & control
Borg
Howell
5.00
Takedowns / 15 min
62.5%
Takedown accuracy
50.0%
Takedown defense
2.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
52.6%
Control share
Strike target map
Borg
  • Head75%(9)div 57%
  • Body25%(3)div 25%
  • Legs0%(0)div 18%
Howell
  • Head0%(0)div 57%
  • Body0%(0)div 25%
  • Legs0%(0)div 18%
  • No strike data on record.

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

Ray Borg
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Shane Howell

No UFC fights on record.

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