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UFC 168: Weidman vs Silva 2
Chris Weidman
Chris Weidman
10-0 · USA
VS
Anderson Silva
Anderson Silva
33-5 · BRA
December 28, 2013 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Middleweight · 5 rounds · Main event
184.0lb
Weigh-in
185.0lb
Chris Weidman def. Anderson Silva by KO/TKO (to Leg Injury), R2 1:16
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Weidman19/381/114:20
Silva6/70/000:00
R2 · 1:16
Weidman1/60/000:01
Silva2/80/000:00
Total
Weidman20/441/114:21
Silva8/150/000:00

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
WeidmanWin probabilitySilva
80.0%20.0%
KO / TKO
45%
Submission
5%
Decision
50%
Expected fight time: 19.1 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Weidman80%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO33%41%
Submission4%5%
Decision43%54%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes77 (44101)act 20
Takedowns1.8 (0.04.7)act 1
Silva20%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO12%61%
Submission1%4%
Decision7%35%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes75 (4397)act 8
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.0)act 0
Combined totals~152 sig strikes~1.8 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R110%
R28%
R316%
R49%
R57%
Distance50%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.7%
Weidman
51.1%-106
Silva
+10648.2%
Most takedownstie 35.9%
Weidman
60.5%-1656
Silva
+16563.7%
Significant strikes — over/under
Weidman
Expected: 77.3
77.5
Over 77.5
42.3%
+136
Under 77.5
57.7%
-136
097194
Silva
Expected: 74.9
75
Over 75
42.0%
+136
Exactly 75
0.9%
push
Under 75
57.1%
-136
094188
Takedowns — over/under
Weidman
Expected: 1.8
2
Over 2
34.1%
+151
Exactly 2
14.3%
push
Under 2
51.6%
-151
036
Silva
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
7.6%
Exactly 0
92.4%
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 19.1 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
Weidman80.0%37.2%+42.8+165
Silva20.0%62.8%−42.8-175

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
71.3Striking79.3
Silva +7.9
93.6Grappling56.3
Weidman +37.2
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
WeidmanSilva
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1618
Pound-for-pound
1722
1617
Divisional
1693
1508
Striking offense
1563
1520
Striking defense
1555
1529
Grappling offense
1512
1545
Grappling defense
1526
Physical
29 yrs
Age
38 yrs
6'2"
Height
6'2"
78"
Reach
77"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
3.14
Strikes landed / min
3.30
42%
Strike accuracy
67%
1.98
Strikes absorbed / min
1.78
66%
Strike defense
62%
Grappling (UFC career)
4.21
Takedowns / 15 min
0.30
67%
Takedown accuracy
75%
100%
Takedown defense
80%
1.8
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.6
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
94%
+6
Win/loss streak
-1
100%
Last-5 win rate
80%
67%
Finish rate
88%
Recent opp. quality
175
Days since last fight
175
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Chris Weidman
  • WAnderson SilvaKO/TKO R2
    Close +2106mo before
  • WMark MunozKO/TKO R2
    Close -1401y 6mo before
  • WDemian MaiaU-DEC R3
    Close -1521y 11mo before
  • WTom LawlorSUB R1
    Close -3302y 1mo before
  • WJesse BongfeldtSUB R1
    Close -4752y 7mo before
Anderson Silva
  • LChris WeidmanKO/TKO R2
    Close -2306mo before
  • WStephan BonnarKO/TKO R1
    Close -10001y 2mo before
  • WChael SonnenKO/TKO R2
    Close -2801y 6mo before
  • WYushin OkamiKO/TKO R2
    Close -6002y 4mo before
  • WVitor BelfortKO/TKO R1
    Close -2102y 11mo before
Weidman — win / loss by method
Record: 10-0-0

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
40% of wins
L
Submission
3 wins, 0 losses
W
30% of wins
L
Decision
3 wins, 0 losses
W
30% of wins
L
UFC
6win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (33%)KO/TKO() 0
2 (33%)Submission() 0
2 (33%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
4win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (50%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (25%)Submission() 0
1 (25%)Decision() 0
Silva — win / loss by method
Record: 33-5-0

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
22 wins, 1 loss
W
67% of wins
L
20% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 2 losses
W
12% of wins
L
40% of losses
Decision
7 wins, 1 loss
W
21% of wins
L
20% of losses
DQ / other
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
20% of losses
UFC
16win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
11 (69%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
3 (19%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (13%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
17win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
11 (65%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (6%)Submission(50%) 2
5 (29%)Decision(25%) 1
0 (0%)DQ / other(25%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Weidman
Silva
6
UFC fights
17
49.9 min · 8.3 avg
Octagon time
148.4 min · 8.7 avg
17y 5m
Career length
29y 1m
UFC schedule strength

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

Weidman
Silva
97W–24L · 80.2%
Overall
308W–76L · 80.2%
97W–24L · 80.2%
Wins
299W–76L · 79.7%
0W–0L
Losses
9W–0L · 100.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Weidman
Silva
12W–3L · 80.0%
Overall
200W–78L · 71.9%
12W–3L · 80.0%
Wins
174W–64L · 73.1%
0W–0L
Losses
26W–14L · 65.0%
Distance striking
Weidman
Silva
3.57
Landed / min
3.34
33.5%
Accuracy
58.8%
69.2%
Defense
74.1%
0.60
Knockdowns / 15 min
1.72
49.9%
Time at distance
53.1%
Grappling & control
Weidman
Silva
4.21
Takedowns / 15 min
0.30
66.7%
Takedown accuracy
75.0%
100.0%
Takedown defense
80.0%
1.80
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.61
99.8%
Control share
21.4%
Strike target map
Weidman
  • Head80%(125)div 63%
  • Body9%(14)div 19%
  • Legs11%(18)div 18%
Silva
  • Head56%(273)div 63%
  • Body21%(102)div 19%
  • Legs23%(114)div 18%

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

Chris Weidman
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Anderson Silva
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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