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UFC 173: Barao vs Dillashaw
Sam Sicilia
Sam Sicilia
12-4 · USA
VS
Aaron Phillips
Aaron Phillips
7-0 · USA
May 24, 2014 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Featherweight · 3 rounds
Sam Sicilia def. Aaron Phillips by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Sicilia16/361/302:14
Phillips9/270/000:01
R2
Sicilia8/121/103:31
Phillips7/90/001:05
R3
Sicilia13/203/404:27
Phillips2/40/000:02
Total
Sicilia37/685/8010:12
Phillips18/400/001:08

Scorecards

Sicilia vs Phillips

RdAdalaide ByrdDerek ClearyGlenn TrowbridgeCommunity
R19-1010-99-109.6-9.4
R210-910-910-910-9
R310-910-910-910-9
Total29-2830-2729-2829.6-27.4

Media (13 cards) · avg 29.727.3 · 13 Sicilia · 0 Phillips

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Sicilia-Phillips.

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
SiciliaWin probabilityPhillips
44.1%55.9%
KO / TKO
35%
Submission
11%
Decision
55%
Expected fight time: 11.0 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Sicilia44%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO19%42%
Submission6%14%
Decision19%44%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes32 (1741)act 37
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.4)act 5
Phillips56%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO16%29%
Submission5%8%
Decision35%63%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes41 (2353)act 18
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.2)act 0
Combined totals~72 sig strikes~1.2 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R118%
R222%
R35%
Distance55%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.5%
Sicilia
38.0%+159
Phillips
-15960.5%
Most takedownstie 42.9%
Sicilia
30.1%-111
Phillips
+11127.1%
Significant strikes — over/under
Sicilia
Expected: 31.8
32
Over 32
41.0%
+139
Exactly 32
2.1%
push
Under 32
56.9%
-139
04080
Phillips
Expected: 40.7
40.5
Over 40.5
42.8%
+134
Under 40.5
57.2%
-134
051102
Takedowns — over/under
Sicilia
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
39.0%
+156
Under 0.5
61.0%
-156
035
Phillips
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
36.2%
+176
Under 0.5
63.8%
-176
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 11.0 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
Sicilia44.1%57.3%−13.2-140
Phillips55.9%42.7%+13.2+130

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
SiciliaPhillips
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1510
Pound-for-pound
1523
1495
Divisional
1523
1502
Striking offense
1500
1496
Striking defense
1500
1494
Grappling offense
1500
1509
Grappling defense
1500
Physical
28 yrs
Age
24 yrs
5'8"
Height
5'9"
67"
Reach
71"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
3.02
Strikes landed / min
34%
Strike accuracy
4.37
Strikes absorbed / min
58%
Strike defense
Grappling (UFC career)
1.10
Takedowns / 15 min
27%
Takedown accuracy
67%
Takedown defense
0.4
Sub attempts / 15 min
Form & résumé
40%
UFC win rate
-1
Win/loss streak
40%
Last-5 win rate
100%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
129
Days since last fight
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Sam Sicilia
  • LCole MillerSUB R2
    Close +1104mo before
  • WGodofredo PepeyKO/TKO R1
    Close +1106mo before
  • LMaximo BlancoU-DEC R3
    Close +1801y 1mo before
  • LRony JasonKO/TKO R2
    Close +1901y 7mo before
  • WCristiano MarcelloKO/TKO R2
    Close -1922y before
Aaron Phillips
No prior UFC fights.
Sicilia — win / loss by method
Record: 12-4-0

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
7 wins, 1 loss
W
58% of wins
L
25% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 2 losses
W
33% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
1 win, 1 loss
W
8% of wins
L
25% of losses
UFC
2win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (100%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(33%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(33%) 1
Non-UFC
10win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (50%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
4 (40%)Submission(100%) 1
1 (10%)Decision(0%) 0
Phillips — win / loss by method
Record: 7-0-0

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
3 wins, 0 losses
W
43% of wins
L
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
14% of wins
L
Decision
3 wins, 0 losses
W
43% of wins
L
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
7win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (43%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (14%)Submission() 0
3 (43%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Sicilia
Phillips
5
UFC fights
0
40.8 min · 8.2 avg
Octagon time
18y 10m
Career length
UFC schedule strength

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

Sicilia
Phillips
60W–20L · 75.0%
Overall
21W–5L · 80.8%
Wins
39W–15L · 72.2%
Losses
Non-UFC schedule strength
Sicilia
Phillips
26W–23L · 53.1%
Overall
18W–20L · 47.4%
23W–23L · 50.0%
Wins
18W–20L · 47.4%
3W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Sicilia
Phillips
2.83
Landed / min
28.1%
Accuracy
60.7%
Defense
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
72.9%
Time at distance
Grappling & control
Sicilia
Phillips
1.10
Takedowns / 15 min
27.3%
Takedown accuracy
66.7%
Takedown defense
0.37
Sub attempts / 15 min
51.9%
Control share
Strike target map
Sicilia
  • Head70%(86)div 63%
  • Body22%(27)div 20%
  • Legs8%(10)div 17%
Phillips
  • Head0%(0)div 63%
  • Body0%(0)div 20%
  • Legs0%(0)div 17%
  • No strike data on record.

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

Sam Sicilia
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Aaron Phillips

No UFC fights on record.

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