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UFC 171: Hendricks vs Lawler
Johny Hendricks
Johny Hendricks
15-2 · USA
VS
Robbie Lawler
Robbie Lawler
22-9 · USA
March 15, 2014 · Dallas, Texas, USA
Welterweight · 5 rounds · Main event
170.0lb
Weigh-in
170.0lb
Johny Hendricks def. Robbie Lawler by U-DEC, R5 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Hendricks15/420/201:42
Lawler13/330/000:00
R2
Hendricks42/1090/100:00
Lawler21/590/000:00
R3
Hendricks33/900/100:06
Lawler43/890/000:00
R4
Hendricks34/931/200:14
Lawler56/1040/000:00
R5
Hendricks34/631/402:07
Lawler17/460/000:00
Total
Hendricks158/3972/1004:09
Lawler150/3310/000:00

Scorecards

Hendricks vs Lawler

RdAladin MartinezDouglas CrosbyMike GonzalezCommunity
R110-910-910-99.9-9.2
R210-910-810-910-9
R39-109-109-109-10
R49-109-109-109-10
R510-910-1010-99.9-9.1
Total48-4748-4748-4747.8-47.3

Media (16 cards) · avg 4847 · 16 Hendricks · 0 Lawler

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Hendricks-Lawler.

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
HendricksWin probabilityLawler
57.2%42.8%
KO / TKO
47%
Submission
8%
Decision
45%
Expected fight time: 16.0 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Hendricks57%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO23%40%
Submission5%8%
Decision29%52%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes69 (4090)act 158
Takedowns0.9 (0.02.9)act 2
Lawler43%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO24%56%
Submission3%8%
Decision16%36%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes69 (4090)act 150
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.3)act 0
Combined totals~139 sig strikes~1.0 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R115%
R226%
R37%
R44%
R53%
Distance45%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.8%
Hendricks
49.6%-100
Lawler
+10049.6%
Most takedownstie 50.1%
Hendricks
42.3%-554
Lawler
+5547.6%
Significant strikes — over/under
Hendricks
Expected: 69.5
69.5
Over 69.5
42.5%
+136
Under 69.5
57.5%
-136
087174
Lawler
Expected: 69.4
69.5
Over 69.5
42.4%
+136
Under 69.5
57.6%
-136
087174
Takedowns — over/under
Hendricks
Expected: 0.9
1
Over 1
29.8%
+185
Exactly 1
15.2%
push
Under 1
55.0%
-185
035
Lawler
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
11.5%
Exactly 0
88.5%
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 16.0 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
Hendricks57.2%77.1%−19.9-365
Lawler42.8%22.9%+19.9+328

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
68.0Striking68.2
Lawler +0.2
73.8Grappling54.4
Hendricks +19.4
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
HendricksLawler
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1650
Pound-for-pound
1576
1647
Divisional
1587
1511
Striking offense
1494
1525
Striking defense
1515
1525
Grappling offense
1508
1516
Grappling defense
1505
Physical
30 yrs
Age
31 yrs
5'9"
Height
5'11"
69"
Reach
74"
Southpaw
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
3.21
Strikes landed / min
3.12
50%
Strike accuracy
44%
2.95
Strikes absorbed / min
2.65
58%
Strike defense
63%
Grappling (UFC career)
4.61
Takedowns / 15 min
2.71
57%
Takedown accuracy
82%
66%
Takedown defense
57%
0.6
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
83%
UFC win rate
70%
-1
Win/loss streak
+3
80%
Last-5 win rate
60%
50%
Finish rate
57%
Recent opp. quality
119
Days since last fight
119
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Johny Hendricks
  • LGeorges St-PierreS-DEC R5
    Close +1774mo before
  • WCarlos ConditU-DEC R3
    Close +1051y before
  • WMartin KampmannKO/TKO R1
    Close -1671y 4mo before
  • WJosh KoscheckS-DEC R3
    Close -1331y 10mo before
  • WJon FitchKO/TKO R1
    Close +2052y 2mo before
Robbie Lawler
  • WRory MacDonaldS-DEC R3
    Close +3654mo before
  • WBobby VoelkerKO/TKO R2
    Close -3458mo before
  • WJosh KoscheckKO/TKO R1
    Close +2801y 1mo before
  • LEvan TannerSUB R1
    Close +1309y 5mo before
  • LNick DiazKO/TKO R2
    Close -2609y 11mo before
Hendricks — win / loss by method
Record: 15-2-0

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
8 wins, 0 losses
W
53% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
7% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 2 losses
W
40% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
10win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (50%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
5 (50%)Decision(100%) 2
Non-UFC
5win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (60%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (20%)Submission() 0
1 (20%)Decision() 0
Lawler — win / loss by method
Record: 22-9-0, 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
18 wins, 1 loss
W
82% of wins
L
11% of losses
Submission
1 win, 5 losses
W
5% of wins
L
56% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 3 losses
W
14% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
7win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (57%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(67%) 2
3 (43%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
15win6loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
14 (93%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (7%)Submission(50%) 3
0 (0%)Decision(50%) 3

Profiles

Experience
Hendricks
Lawler
12
UFC fights
10
123.7 min · 10.3 avg
Octagon time
77.6 min · 7.8 avg
18y 10m
Career length
25y 4m
UFC schedule strength

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

Hendricks
Lawler
184W–36L · 83.6%
Overall
155W–49L · 76.0%
149W–31L · 82.8%
Wins
107W–37L · 74.3%
35W–5L · 87.5%
Losses
48W–12L · 80.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Hendricks
Lawler
16W–9L · 64.0%
Overall
285W–78L · 78.5%
16W–9L · 64.0%
Wins
176W–56L · 75.9%
0W–0L
Losses
109W–22L · 83.2%
Distance striking
Hendricks
Lawler
4.24
Landed / min
3.16
37.4%
Accuracy
35.2%
64.8%
Defense
67.7%
0.73
Knockdowns / 15 min
1.16
38.9%
Time at distance
50.1%
Grappling & control
Hendricks
Lawler
4.61
Takedowns / 15 min
2.71
56.7%
Takedown accuracy
82.4%
65.5%
Takedown defense
57.1%
0.61
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
70.4%
Control share
62.0%
Strike target map
Hendricks
  • Head69%(272)div 62%
  • Body11%(43)div 22%
  • Legs21%(82)div 16%
Lawler
  • Head69%(168)div 62%
  • Body22%(53)div 22%
  • Legs9%(21)div 16%

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

Johny Hendricks
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Robbie Lawler
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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