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UFC Fight Night: Rockhold vs Philippou
Cole Miller
Cole Miller
20-8 · USA
VS
Sam Sicilia
Sam Sicilia
12-3 · USA
January 15, 2014 · Duluth, Georgia, USA
Featherweight · 3 rounds
145.0lb
Weigh-in
145.0lb
Cole Miller def. Sam Sicilia by SUB (Rear Naked Choke), R2 1:54
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Miller24/620/000:00
Sicilia8/450/000:00
R2 · 1:54
Miller14/290/010:24
Sicilia6/110/200:00
Total
Miller38/910/010:24
Sicilia14/560/200:00

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
MillerWin probabilitySicilia
51.8%48.2%
KO / TKO
20%
Submission
12%
Decision
68%
Expected fight time: 12.2 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Miller52%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO7%13%
Submission9%17%
Decision36%70%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes44 (2558)act 38
Takedowns0.7 (0.02.6)act 0
Sicilia48%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO13%28%
Submission3%6%
Decision32%66%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes43 (2456)act 14
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.6)act 0
Combined totals~87 sig strikes~1.1 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R113%
R214%
R35%
Distance68%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.3%
Miller
50.8%-106
Sicilia
+10648.0%
Most takedownstie 48.2%
Miller
33.4%-181
Sicilia
+18118.5%
Significant strikes — over/under
Miller
Expected: 44.3
44.5
Over 44.5
42.1%
+137
Under 44.5
57.9%
-137
056111
Sicilia
Expected: 42.9
43
Over 43
41.6%
+137
Exactly 43
1.5%
push
Under 43
56.8%
-137
054108
Takedowns — over/under
Miller
Expected: 0.7
0.5
Over 0.5
39.1%
+156
Under 0.5
60.9%
-156
035
Sicilia
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
25.2%
+296
Under 0.5
74.8%
-296
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 12.2 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
Miller51.8%53.4%−1.6-120
Sicilia48.2%46.6%+1.6+110

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
59.1Striking57.6
Miller +1.5
54.4Grappling45.9
Miller +8.5
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
MillerSicilia
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1550
Pound-for-pound
1524
1509
Divisional
1511
1477
Striking offense
1507
1498
Striking defense
1498
1522
Grappling offense
1501
1516
Grappling defense
1517
Physical
29 yrs
Age
27 yrs
6'1"
Height
5'8"
73"
Reach
67"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.17
Strikes landed / min
3.22
34%
Strike accuracy
36%
3.72
Strikes absorbed / min
4.14
60%
Strike defense
58%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.52
Takedowns / 15 min
1.33
29%
Takedown accuracy
33%
48%
Takedown defense
67%
2.3
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.4
Form & résumé
60%
UFC win rate
50%
+1
Win/loss streak
+1
40%
Last-5 win rate
50%
78%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
81
Days since last fight
67
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Cole Miller
  • WAndy OgleU-DEC R3
    Close -2003mo before
  • LManvel GamburyanU-DEC R3
    Close +1305mo before
  • WBart PalaszewskiSUB R1
    Close +1409mo before
  • LNam PhanS-DEC R3
    Close -1401y 5mo before
  • LSteven SilerU-DEC R3
    Close -4601y 10mo before
Sam Sicilia
  • WGodofredo PepeyKO/TKO R1
    Close +1102mo before
  • LMaximo BlancoU-DEC R3
    Close +1809mo before
  • LRony JasonKO/TKO R2
    Close +1901y 3mo before
  • WCristiano MarcelloKO/TKO R2
    Close -1921y 7mo before
Miller — win / loss by method
Record: 20-8-0

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, 2 losses
W
15% of wins
L
25% of losses
Submission
14 wins, 0 losses
W
70% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 6 losses
W
15% of wins
L
75% of losses
UFC
9win6loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (11%)KO/TKO(33%) 2
6 (67%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (22%)Decision(67%) 4
Non-UFC
11win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (18%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
8 (73%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (9%)Decision(100%) 2
Sicilia — win / loss by method
Record: 12-3-0

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
7 wins, 1 loss
W
58% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 1 loss
W
33% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
1 win, 1 loss
W
8% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
2win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (100%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
10win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (50%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
4 (40%)Submission(100%) 1
1 (10%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Miller
Sicilia
15
UFC fights
4
143.2 min · 9.5 avg
Octagon time
33.9 min · 8.5 avg
21y 2m
Career length
18y 10m
UFC schedule strength

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

Miller
Sicilia
199W–70L · 74.0%
Overall
40W–12L · 76.9%
114W–37L · 75.5%
Wins
21W–5L · 80.8%
85W–33L · 72.0%
Losses
19W–7L · 73.1%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Miller
Sicilia
77W–33L · 70.0%
Overall
26W–23L · 53.1%
67W–31L · 68.4%
Wins
23W–23L · 50.0%
10W–2L · 83.3%
Losses
3W–0L · 100.0%
Distance striking
Miller
Sicilia
4.82
Landed / min
3.01
29.2%
Accuracy
28.8%
64.3%
Defense
61.5%
0.31
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
48.8%
Time at distance
68.8%
Grappling & control
Miller
Sicilia
0.52
Takedowns / 15 min
1.33
29.4%
Takedown accuracy
33.3%
48.3%
Takedown defense
66.7%
2.30
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.44
39.0%
Control share
54.2%
Strike target map
Miller
  • Head73%(330)div 64%
  • Body16%(74)div 19%
  • Legs11%(50)div 17%
Sicilia
  • Head74%(81)div 64%
  • Body20%(22)div 19%
  • Legs6%(6)div 17%

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

Cole Miller
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Sam Sicilia
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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