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UFC 169: Barao vs Faber 2
Alistair Overeem
Alistair Overeem
36-13 · NLD
VS
Frank Mir
Frank Mir
16-8 · USA
February 1, 2014 · Newark, New Jersey, USA
Heavyweight · 3 rounds
257.0lb
Weigh-in
256.5lb
Alistair Overeem def. Frank Mir by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Overeem30/350/012:29
Mir1/110/000:00
R2
Overeem14/170/003:05
Mir2/91/100:29
R3
Overeem18/220/003:03
Mir0/30/200:00
Total
Overeem62/740/018:37
Mir3/231/300:29

Scorecards

Overeem vs Mir

RdDave TirelliMichelle AgustinTony TamburrinoCommunity
R110-910-910-910-8.4
R210-910-910-910-9
R310-910-910-910-8.6
Total30-2730-2730-2730-26

Media (12 cards) · avg 3026.6 · 12 Overeem · 0 Mir

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Overeem-Mir.

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
OvereemWin probabilityMir
60.8%39.2%
KO / TKO
57%
Submission
19%
Decision
24%
Expected fight time: 8.5 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Overeem61%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO39%65%
Submission11%17%
Decision11%18%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes42 (2455)act 62
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.8)act 0
Mir39%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO18%45%
Submission8%21%
Decision13%34%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes26 (1434)act 3
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.8)act 1
Combined totals~68 sig strikes~0.4 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R135%
R222%
R319%
Distance24%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.4%
Overeem
70.1%-247
Mir
+24728.4%
Most takedownstie 71.4%
Overeem
14.0%+104
Mir
-10414.5%
Significant strikes — over/under
Overeem
Expected: 42.3
42.5
Over 42.5
42.1%
+137
Under 42.5
57.9%
-137
053106
Mir
Expected: 26.2
26
Over 26
41.7%
+134
Exactly 26
2.5%
push
Under 26
55.8%
-134
03366
Takedowns — over/under
Overeem
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
15.7%
Exactly 0
84.3%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Mir
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
16.3%
Exactly 0
83.7%
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 8.5 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
Overeem60.8%79.3%−18.5-420
Mir39.2%20.7%+18.5+375

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
86.4Striking52.9
Overeem +33.5
52.1Grappling73.1
Mir +21.0
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
OvereemMir
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1548
Pound-for-pound
1575
1548
Divisional
1574
1511
Striking offense
1482
1507
Striking defense
1488
1495
Grappling offense
1529
1524
Grappling defense
1486
Physical
33 yrs
Age
34 yrs
6'4"
Height
6'3"
80"
Reach
79"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
6.54
Strikes landed / min
2.38
69%
Strike accuracy
49%
2.41
Strikes absorbed / min
4.00
56%
Strike defense
39%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.88
Takedowns / 15 min
2.38
50%
Takedown accuracy
46%
100%
Takedown defense
55%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
2.5
Form & résumé
33%
UFC win rate
64%
-2
Win/loss streak
-3
33%
Last-5 win rate
40%
100%
Finish rate
79%
Recent opp. quality
168
Days since last fight
154
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Alistair Overeem
  • LTravis BrowneKO/TKO R1
    Close -1506mo before
  • LAntonio SilvaKO/TKO R3
    Close -4401y before
  • WBrock LesnarKO/TKO R1
    Close -1402y 1mo before
Frank Mir
  • LJosh BarnettKO/TKO R1
    Close +1675mo before
  • LDaniel CormierU-DEC R3
    Close +3359mo before
  • LJunior Dos SantosKO/TKO R2
    Close +4201y 8mo before
  • WAntonio Rodrigo NogueiraSUB R1
    Close -2202y 2mo before
  • WRoy NelsonU-DEC R3
    Close -1202y 8mo before
Overeem — win / loss by method
Record: 36-13-0, 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
17 wins, 9 losses
W
47% of wins
L
69% of losses
Submission
17 wins, 1 loss
W
47% of wins
L
8% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 3 losses
W
6% of wins
L
23% of losses
UFC
1win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (100%)KO/TKO(100%) 2
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
35win11loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
16 (46%)KO/TKO(64%) 7
17 (49%)Submission(9%) 1
2 (6%)Decision(27%) 3
Mir — win / loss by method
Record: 16-8-0

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, 7 losses
W
19% of wins
L
88% of losses
Submission
9 wins, 0 losses
W
56% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 1 loss
W
19% of wins
L
13% of losses
DQ / other
1 win, 0 losses
W
6% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
14win8loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (21%)KO/TKO(88%) 7
8 (57%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (14%)Decision(13%) 1
1 (7%)DQ / other(0%) 0
Non-UFC
2win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (50%)Submission() 0
1 (50%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Overeem
Mir
3
UFC fights
22
17.0 min · 5.7 avg
Octagon time
119.8 min · 5.4 avg
26y 9m
Career length
25y 0m
UFC schedule strength

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

Overeem
Mir
36W–7L · 83.7%
Overall
270W–62L · 81.3%
5W–2L · 71.4%
Wins
179W–49L · 78.5%
31W–5L · 86.1%
Losses
91W–13L · 87.5%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Overeem
Mir
448W–166L · 73.0%
Overall
4W–1L · 80.0%
340W–147L · 69.8%
Wins
4W–1L · 80.0%
108W–19L · 85.0%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Overeem
Mir
5.02
Landed / min
3.28
54.8%
Accuracy
35.0%
63.2%
Defense
59.6%
2.65
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.75
27.0%
Time at distance
29.8%
Grappling & control
Overeem
Mir
0.88
Takedowns / 15 min
2.38
50.0%
Takedown accuracy
46.3%
100.0%
Takedown defense
54.5%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
2.50
99.6%
Control share
48.1%
Strike target map
Overeem
  • Head49%(54)div 67%
  • Body48%(53)div 18%
  • Legs4%(4)div 16%
Mir
  • Head49%(140)div 67%
  • Body33%(93)div 18%
  • Legs18%(52)div 16%

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

Alistair Overeem
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Frank Mir
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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