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UFC Fight Night: Brown vs Silva
Matt Brown
Matt Brown
18-11 · USA
VS
Erick Silva
Erick Silva
16-4 · BRA
May 10, 2014 · Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Welterweight · 5 rounds · Main event
Matt Brown def. Erick Silva by KO/TKO (Punches), R3 2:11
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Brown40/563/300:48
Silva17/290/112:32
R2
Brown54/751/101:34
Silva7/190/201:15
R3 · 2:11
Brown24/351/101:26
Silva1/60/000:00
Total
Brown118/1665/503:48
Silva25/540/313:47

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
BrownWin probabilitySilva
29.0%71.0%
KO / TKO
46%
Submission
28%
Decision
26%
Expected fight time: 12.1 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Brown29%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO17%60%
Submission5%17%
Decision7%23%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes71 (4092)act 118
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.8)act 5
Silva71%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO29%40%
Submission23%33%
Decision19%27%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes48 (2762)act 25
Takedowns1.0 (0.03.1)act 0
Combined totals~119 sig strikes~1.2 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R138%
R216%
R310%
R46%
R54%
Distance26%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.9%
Brown
67.5%-213
Silva
+21331.7%
Most takedownstie 45.9%
Brown
10.4%+419
Silva
-41943.7%
Significant strikes — over/under
Brown
Expected: 71.0
71
Over 71
42.1%
+135
Exactly 71
1.0%
push
Under 71
57.0%
-135
089178
Silva
Expected: 47.8
48
Over 48
41.5%
+138
Exactly 48
1.4%
push
Under 48
57.1%
-138
060120
Takedowns — over/under
Brown
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
16.4%
Exactly 0
83.6%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Silva
Expected: 1.0
1
Over 1
32.3%
+162
Exactly 1
15.4%
push
Under 1
52.3%
-162
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 12.1 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
Brown29.0%31.6%−2.6+210
Silva71.0%68.4%+2.6-230

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
75.2Striking65.2
Brown +10.0
72.6Grappling73.8
Silva +1.2
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
BrownSilva
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1593
Pound-for-pound
1559
1592
Divisional
1558
1548
Striking offense
1508
1520
Striking defense
1510
1528
Grappling offense
1529
1478
Grappling defense
1525
Physical
33 yrs
Age
29 yrs
6'0"
Height
6'0"
75"
Reach
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.62
Strikes landed / min
2.83
57%
Strike accuracy
60%
2.34
Strikes absorbed / min
3.25
58%
Strike defense
47%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.71
Takedowns / 15 min
0.98
45%
Takedown accuracy
67%
66%
Takedown defense
68%
2.1
Sub attempts / 15 min
2.4
Form & résumé
69%
UFC win rate
57%
+6
Win/loss streak
+1
100%
Last-5 win rate
60%
82%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
266
Days since last fight
84
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Matt Brown
  • WMike PyleKO/TKO R1
    Close -1259mo before
  • WJordan MeinKO/TKO R2
    Close +2901y 1mo before
  • WMike SwickKO/TKO R2
    Close +1201y 5mo before
  • WLuis RamosKO/TKO R2
    Close -1551y 11mo before
  • WStephen ThompsonU-DEC R3
    Close +2002y 1mo before
Erick Silva
  • WTakenori SatoKO/TKO R1
    Close -11003mo before
  • LDong Hyun KimKO/TKO R2
    Close -1707mo before
  • WJason HighSUB R1
    Close -41011mo before
  • LJon FitchU-DEC R3
    Close -1921y 7mo before
  • WCharlie BrennemanSUB R1
    Close -1851y 11mo before
Brown — win / loss by method
Record: 18-11-0

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
11 wins, 0 losses
W
61% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 9 losses
W
28% of wins
L
82% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 2 losses
W
11% of wins
L
18% of losses
UFC
11win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
8 (73%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (9%)Submission(80%) 4
2 (18%)Decision(20%) 1
Non-UFC
7win6loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (43%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
4 (57%)Submission(83%) 5
0 (0%)Decision(17%) 1
Silva — win / loss by method
Record: 16-4-0, 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
4 wins, 1 loss
W
25% of wins
L
25% of losses
Submission
9 wins, 0 losses
W
56% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 2 losses
W
19% of wins
L
50% of losses
DQ / other
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
25% of losses
UFC
4win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (50%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
2 (50%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(33%) 1
0 (0%)DQ / other(33%) 1
Non-UFC
12win1loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
2 (17%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
7 (58%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (25%)Decision(100%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Brown
Silva
16
UFC fights
7
131.7 min · 8.2 avg
Octagon time
30.8 min · 4.4 avg
20y 10m
Career length
21y 2m
UFC schedule strength

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

Brown
Silva
215W–74L · 74.4%
Overall
137W–34L · 80.1%
137W–43L · 76.1%
Wins
67W–18L · 78.8%
78W–31L · 71.6%
Losses
70W–16L · 81.4%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Brown
Silva
62W–37L · 62.6%
Overall
58W–23L · 71.6%
12W–2L · 85.7%
Wins
58W–23L · 71.6%
50W–35L · 58.8%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Brown
Silva
6.02
Landed / min
4.27
45.1%
Accuracy
45.1%
64.0%
Defense
68.4%
0.80
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.49
30.2%
Time at distance
24.3%
Grappling & control
Brown
Silva
1.71
Takedowns / 15 min
0.98
45.5%
Takedown accuracy
66.7%
66.2%
Takedown defense
68.0%
2.05
Sub attempts / 15 min
2.44
39.1%
Control share
22.4%
Strike target map
Brown
  • Head56%(266)div 62%
  • Body32%(150)div 22%
  • Legs13%(60)div 16%
Silva
  • Head57%(50)div 62%
  • Body37%(32)div 22%
  • Legs6%(5)div 16%

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

Matt Brown
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Erick Silva
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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