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UFC 172: Jones vs Teixeira
Luke Rockhold
Luke Rockhold
11-2 · USA
VS
Tim Boetsch
Tim Boetsch
17-6 · USA
April 26, 2014 · Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Middleweight · 3 rounds
185.5lb
Weigh-in
185.5lb
Luke Rockhold def. Tim Boetsch by SUB (Kimura), R1 2:08
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 2:08
Rockhold4/40/001:35
Boetsch1/20/100:04
Total
Rockhold4/40/001:35
Boetsch1/20/100:04

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
RockholdWin probabilityBoetsch
73.1%26.9%
KO / TKO
39%
Submission
15%
Decision
46%
Expected fight time: 10.0 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Rockhold73%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO28%39%
Submission13%17%
Decision32%44%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes41 (2353)act 4
Takedowns0.9 (0.02.9)act 0
Boetsch27%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO11%40%
Submission2%8%
Decision14%52%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes38 (2150)act 1
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.0)act 0
Combined totals~79 sig strikes~0.9 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R127%
R219%
R38%
Distance46%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.4%
Rockhold
52.4%-113
Boetsch
+11346.3%
Most takedownstie 50.8%
Rockhold
44.0%-849
Boetsch
+8495.2%
Significant strikes — over/under
Rockhold
Expected: 40.9
41
Over 41
41.5%
+137
Exactly 41
1.6%
push
Under 41
56.9%
-137
052103
Boetsch
Expected: 38.2
38
Over 38
42.1%
+134
Exactly 38
1.7%
push
Under 38
56.2%
-134
04896
Takedowns — over/under
Rockhold
Expected: 0.9
1
Over 1
29.8%
+181
Exactly 1
16.0%
push
Under 1
54.1%
-181
035
Boetsch
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
8.3%
Exactly 0
91.7%
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 10.0 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
Rockhold73.1%89.1%−16.0-1000
Boetsch26.9%10.9%+16.0+800

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
75.0Striking68.2
Rockhold +6.9
0.0Grappling53.8
Boetsch +53.8
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
RockholdBoetsch
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1544
Pound-for-pound
1572
1543
Divisional
1570
Striking offense
Striking defense
1534
Grappling offense
1488
1545
Grappling defense
1500
Physical
29 yrs
Age
33 yrs
6'3"
Height
6'0"
77"
Reach
74"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.56
Strikes landed / min
2.79
53%
Strike accuracy
51%
2.57
Strikes absorbed / min
2.68
67%
Strike defense
58%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
1.81
0%
Takedown accuracy
35%
Takedown defense
54%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.1
Form & résumé
50%
UFC win rate
62%
+1
Win/loss streak
+1
50%
Last-5 win rate
60%
100%
Finish rate
38%
Recent opp. quality
101
Days since last fight
189
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Luke Rockhold
  • WConstantinos PhilippouKO/TKO R1
    Close -4053mo before
  • LVitor BelfortKO/TKO R1
    Close -10511mo before
Tim Boetsch
  • WCB DollawayS-DEC R3
    Close -1456mo before
  • LMark MunozU-DEC R3
    Close -11010mo before
  • LConstantinos PhilippouKO/TKO R3
    Close -1451y 4mo before
  • WHector LombardS-DEC R3
    Close +2801y 9mo before
  • WYushin OkamiKO/TKO R3
    Close +3652y 2mo before
Rockhold — win / loss by method
Record: 11-2-0

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, 2 losses
W
36% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 0 losses
W
45% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 0 losses
W
18% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
1win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (100%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
10win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (30%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
5 (50%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (20%)Decision(0%) 0
Boetsch — win / loss by method
Record: 17-6-0

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
9 wins, 2 losses
W
53% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 1 loss
W
18% of wins
L
17% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 3 losses
W
29% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
8win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (38%)KO/TKO(40%) 2
0 (0%)Submission(20%) 1
5 (63%)Decision(40%) 2
Non-UFC
9win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (67%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (33%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(100%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Rockhold
Boetsch
2
UFC fights
13
5.0 min · 2.5 avg
Octagon time
149.3 min · 11.5 avg
19y 0m
Career length
19y 9m
UFC schedule strength

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

Rockhold
Boetsch
34W–13L · 72.3%
Overall
180W–32L · 84.9%
12W–3L · 80.0%
Wins
130W–25L · 83.9%
22W–10L · 68.8%
Losses
50W–7L · 87.7%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Rockhold
Boetsch
98W–33L · 74.8%
Overall
80W–45L · 64.0%
97W–32L · 75.2%
Wins
62W–42L · 59.6%
1W–1L · 50.0%
Losses
18W–3L · 85.7%
Distance striking
Rockhold
Boetsch
3.23
Landed / min
3.94
46.7%
Accuracy
43.0%
78.1%
Defense
69.8%
2.97
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.30
85.9%
Time at distance
43.0%
Grappling & control
Rockhold
Boetsch
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
1.81
0.0%
Takedown accuracy
35.3%
Takedown defense
53.7%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.10
53.6%
Control share
36.2%
Strike target map
Rockhold
  • Head33%(6)div 63%
  • Body39%(7)div 19%
  • Legs28%(5)div 18%
Boetsch
  • Head55%(231)div 63%
  • Body26%(110)div 19%
  • Legs18%(76)div 18%

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

Luke Rockhold
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Tim Boetsch
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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