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UFC 173: Barao vs Dillashaw
Takeya Mizugaki
Takeya Mizugaki
19-7-2 · JPN
VS
Francisco Rivera
Francisco Rivera
10-2 · USA
May 24, 2014 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Bantamweight · 3 rounds
Takeya Mizugaki def. Francisco Rivera by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Mizugaki16/480/112:19
Rivera14/253/400:39
R2
Mizugaki5/240/203:14
Rivera8/260/000:02
R3
Mizugaki14/630/002:35
Rivera19/530/000:00
Total
Mizugaki35/1350/318:08
Rivera41/1043/400:41

Scorecards

Mizugaki vs Rivera

RdChris LeeGlenn TrowbridgeRoy SilbertCommunity
R110-910-910-910-9
R29-1010-910-99.8-9.2
R310-910-910-910-9
Total29-2830-2730-2729.8-27.2

Media (14 cards) · avg 29.927.2 · 14 Mizugaki · 0 Rivera

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Mizugaki-Rivera.

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
MizugakiWin probabilityRivera
44.6%55.4%
KO / TKO
36%
Submission
14%
Decision
50%
Expected fight time: 10.5 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Mizugaki45%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO11%25%
Submission6%14%
Decision28%61%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes41 (2354)act 35
Takedowns0.9 (0.03.0)act 0
Rivera55%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO25%45%
Submission8%14%
Decision22%41%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes41 (2353)act 41
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.8)act 3
Combined totals~82 sig strikes~1.1 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R123%
R219%
R38%
Distance50%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.3%
Mizugaki
49.9%-103
Rivera
+10348.7%
Most takedownstie 43.6%
Mizugaki
45.3%-406
Rivera
+40611.2%
Significant strikes — over/under
Mizugaki
Expected: 41.3
41.5
Over 41.5
42.2%
+137
Under 41.5
57.8%
-137
052104
Rivera
Expected: 40.8
41
Over 41
41.3%
+138
Exactly 41
1.6%
push
Under 41
57.0%
-138
051102
Takedowns — over/under
Mizugaki
Expected: 0.9
1
Over 1
32.4%
+154
Exactly 1
17.6%
push
Under 1
50.0%
-154
035
Rivera
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
18.1%
Exactly 0
81.9%
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 10.5 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
Mizugaki44.6%58.2%−13.6-145
Rivera55.4%41.8%+13.6+135

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
68.7Striking73.7
Rivera +4.9
57.5Grappling56.1
Mizugaki +1.4
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
MizugakiRivera
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1581
Pound-for-pound
1544
1582
Divisional
1545
1495
Striking offense
1516
1515
Striking defense
1508
1502
Grappling offense
1491
1522
Grappling defense
1505
Physical
30 yrs
Age
32 yrs
5'7"
Height
5'8"
69"
Reach
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.16
Strikes landed / min
4.59
42%
Strike accuracy
45%
3.06
Strikes absorbed / min
3.05
60%
Strike defense
69%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.10
Takedowns / 15 min
0.63
59%
Takedown accuracy
50%
74%
Takedown defense
67%
0.1
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.9
Form & résumé
75%
UFC win rate
60%
+4
Win/loss streak
+2
80%
Last-5 win rate
60%
17%
Finish rate
67%
Recent opp. quality
169
Days since last fight
199
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Takeya Mizugaki
  • WNam PhanU-DEC R3
    Close -3256mo before
  • WErik PerezS-DEC R3
    Close +1609mo before
  • WBryan CarawayS-DEC R3
    Close -2151y 3mo before
  • WJeff HouglandU-DEC R3
    Close -4401y 6mo before
  • LChris CariasoU-DEC R3
    Close -2902y 3mo before
Francisco Rivera
  • WGeorge RoopKO/TKO R2
    Close -1357mo before
  • WEdwin FigueroaKO/TKO R2
    Close -3051y 4mo before
  • WAlex SotoU-DEC R3
    Close -2352y before
  • LReuben DuranSUB R3
    Close +1903y before
Mizugaki — win / loss by method
Record: 19-7-2

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
5 wins, 1 loss
W
26% of wins
L
14% of losses
Submission
1 win, 1 loss
W
5% of wins
L
14% of losses
Decision
13 wins, 5 losses
W
68% of wins
L
71% of losses
UFC
6win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (17%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
5 (83%)Decision(100%) 2
Non-UFC
13win5loss2draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (31%)KO/TKO(20%) 1
1 (8%)Submission(20%) 1
8 (62%)Decision(60%) 3
Rivera — win / loss by method
Record: 10-2-0, 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
7 wins, 1 loss
W
70% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 0 losses
W
30% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
3win1loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
2 (67%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(100%) 1
1 (33%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
7win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (71%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (29%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Mizugaki
Rivera
8
UFC fights
5
114.5 min · 14.3 avg
Octagon time
47.9 min · 9.6 avg
21y 6m
Career length
18y 1m
UFC schedule strength

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

Mizugaki
Rivera
103W–38L · 73.0%
Overall
36W–14L · 72.0%
82W–34L · 70.7%
Wins
29W–11L · 72.5%
21W–4L · 84.0%
Losses
7W–3L · 70.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Mizugaki
Rivera
181W–60L · 75.1%
Overall
38W–10L · 79.2%
95W–44L · 68.3%
Wins
28W–9L · 75.7%
86W–16L · 84.3%
Losses
10W–1L · 90.9%
Distance striking
Mizugaki
Rivera
6.13
Landed / min
5.89
37.3%
Accuracy
42.4%
65.8%
Defense
74.8%
0.26
Knockdowns / 15 min
1.25
47.7%
Time at distance
62.0%
Grappling & control
Mizugaki
Rivera
2.10
Takedowns / 15 min
0.63
59.3%
Takedown accuracy
50.0%
73.5%
Takedown defense
66.7%
0.13
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.94
60.8%
Control share
19.9%
Strike target map
Mizugaki
  • Head72%(344)div 62%
  • Body19%(91)div 22%
  • Legs9%(41)div 16%
Rivera
  • Head66%(145)div 62%
  • Body13%(28)div 22%
  • Legs21%(47)div 16%

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

Takeya Mizugaki
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Francisco Rivera
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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