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Soa Palelei
Soa Palelei
20-3 · AUS
VS
Ruan Potts
Ruan Potts
8-1 · ZAF
May 10, 2014 · Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Heavyweight · 3 rounds
Soa Palelei def. Ruan Potts by KO/TKO (Punch), R1 2:20
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 2:20
Palelei5/71/101:41
Potts0/30/000:06
Total
Palelei5/71/101:41
Potts0/30/000:06

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
PaleleiWin probabilityPotts
77.8%22.2%
KO / TKO
44%
Submission
25%
Decision
31%
Expected fight time: 8.0 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Palelei78%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO38%48%
Submission18%23%
Decision22%29%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes30 (1739)act 5
Takedowns0.8 (0.02.8)act 1
Potts22%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO6%27%
Submission8%35%
Decision8%38%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes22 (1228)act 0
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.3)act 0
Combined totals~52 sig strikes~1.1 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R144%
R216%
R39%
Distance31%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 2.0%
Palelei
63.5%-184
Potts
+18434.5%
Most takedownstie 44.2%
Palelei
40.7%-270
Potts
+27015.1%
Significant strikes — over/under
Palelei
Expected: 30.2
30
Over 30
41.8%
+134
Exactly 30
2.2%
push
Under 30
56.0%
-134
03876
Potts
Expected: 21.8
22
Over 22
40.3%
+141
Exactly 22
2.9%
push
Under 22
56.7%
-141
02855
Takedowns — over/under
Palelei
Expected: 0.8
1
Over 1
29.7%
+180
Exactly 1
17.0%
push
Under 1
53.3%
-180
035
Potts
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
22.6%
+342
Under 0.5
77.4%
-342
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 8.0 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
Palelei77.8%74.2%+3.6-310
Potts22.2%25.8%−3.6+280

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
PaleleiPotts
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1541
Pound-for-pound
1527
1541
Divisional
1527
Striking offense
Striking defense
1547
Grappling offense
1500
1544
Grappling defense
1500
Physical
36 yrs
Age
36 yrs
6'4"
Height
6'2"
81"
Reach
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.29
Strikes landed / min
67%
Strike accuracy
3.61
Strikes absorbed / min
47%
Strike defense
Grappling (UFC career)
3.32
Takedowns / 15 min
100%
Takedown accuracy
83%
Takedown defense
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
Form & résumé
67%
UFC win rate
+2
Win/loss streak
67%
Last-5 win rate
100%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
155
Days since last fight
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Soa Palelei
  • WPat BarryKO/TKO R1
    Close +1605mo before
  • WNikita KrylovKO/TKO R3
    Close +1208mo before
  • LEddie SanchezKO/TKO R3
    Close -1886y 4mo before
Ruan Potts
No prior UFC fights.
Palelei — win / loss by method
Record: 20-3-0

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
17 wins, 2 losses
W
85% of wins
L
67% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 1 loss
W
15% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
2win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (100%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
18win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
15 (83%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
3 (17%)Submission(50%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Potts — win / loss by method
Record: 8-1-0

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
4 wins, 0 losses
W
50% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 0 losses
W
50% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
8win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (50%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
4 (50%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(100%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Palelei
Potts
3
UFC fights
0
27.1 min · 9.0 avg
Octagon time
23y 10m
Career length
UFC schedule strength

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

Palelei
Potts
32W–9L · 78.0%
Overall
23W–8L · 74.2%
Wins
9W–1L · 90.0%
Losses
Non-UFC schedule strength
Palelei
Potts
108W–58L · 65.1%
Overall
29W–7L · 80.6%
100W–58L · 63.3%
Wins
23W–6L · 79.3%
8W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
6W–1L · 85.7%
Distance striking
Palelei
Potts
2.56
Landed / min
41.7%
Accuracy
64.6%
Defense
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
14.4%
Time at distance
Grappling & control
Palelei
Potts
3.32
Takedowns / 15 min
100.0%
Takedown accuracy
83.3%
Takedown defense
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
72.4%
Control share
Strike target map
Palelei
  • Head68%(42)div 67%
  • Body19%(12)div 18%
  • Legs13%(8)div 16%
Potts
  • Head0%(0)div 67%
  • Body0%(0)div 18%
  • Legs0%(0)div 16%
  • No strike data on record.

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

Soa Palelei
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Ruan Potts

No UFC fights on record.

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