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UFC Fight Night: Hunt vs Bigfoot
Mauricio Rua
Mauricio Rua
21-8 · BRA
VS
James Te Huna
James Te Huna
16-6 · AUS
December 6, 2013 · Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Light Heavyweight · 3 rounds
Mauricio Rua def. James Te Huna by KO/TKO (Punch), R1 1:03
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 1:03
Rua9/120/010:03
Te Huna1/70/000:00
Total
Rua9/120/010:03
Te Huna1/70/000:00

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
RuaWin probabilityTe Huna
49.9%50.1%
KO / TKO
46%
Submission
32%
Decision
22%
Expected fight time: 7.3 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Rua50%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO28%55%
Submission13%27%
Decision9%18%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes31 (1740)act 9
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.8)act 0
Te Huna50%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO18%37%
Submission18%36%
Decision14%27%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes29 (1638)act 1
Takedowns0.7 (0.02.5)act 0
Combined totals~60 sig strikes~0.9 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R151%
R213%
R314%
Distance22%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.8%
Rua
52.3%-114
Te Huna
+11445.8%
Most takedownstie 51.5%
Rua
11.9%+309
Te Huna
-30936.6%
Significant strikes — over/under
Rua
Expected: 31.0
31
Over 31
41.4%
+136
Exactly 31
2.1%
push
Under 31
56.5%
-136
03978
Te Huna
Expected: 28.9
29
Over 29
41.1%
+138
Exactly 29
2.3%
push
Under 29
56.7%
-138
03773
Takedowns — over/under
Rua
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
16.8%
Exactly 0
83.2%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Te Huna
Expected: 0.7
0.5
Over 0.5
40.5%
+147
Under 0.5
59.5%
-147
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 7.3 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
Rua49.9%43.6%+6.3+125
Te Huna50.1%56.4%−6.3-135

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
64.8Striking77.1
Te Huna +12.4
41.1Grappling55.3
Te Huna +14.2
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
RuaTe Huna
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1552
Pound-for-pound
1562
1543
Divisional
1563
1524
Striking offense
1518
1510
Striking defense
1504
Grappling offense
Grappling defense
Physical
32 yrs
Age
32 yrs
6'1"
Height
6'2"
76"
Reach
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.12
Strikes landed / min
4.38
52%
Strike accuracy
52%
3.18
Strikes absorbed / min
2.77
50%
Strike defense
66%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.70
Takedowns / 15 min
3.09
39%
Takedown accuracy
39%
34%
Takedown defense
67%
0.4
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.3
Form & résumé
45%
UFC win rate
71%
-2
Win/loss streak
-1
40%
Last-5 win rate
80%
100%
Finish rate
60%
Recent opp. quality
111
Days since last fight
195
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Mauricio Rua
  • LChael SonnenSUB R1
    Close -1604mo before
  • LAlexander GustafssonU-DEC R3
    Close +2401y before
  • WBrandon VeraKO/TKO R4
    Close -4001y 4mo before
  • LDan HendersonU-DEC R5
    Close -1532y 1mo before
  • WForrest GriffinKO/TKO R1
    Close -2102y 3mo before
James Te Huna
  • LGlover TeixeiraSUB R1
    Close +3756mo before
  • WRyan JimmoU-DEC R3
    Close -23010mo before
  • WJoey BeltranU-DEC R3
    Close -3801y 5mo before
  • WAaron RosaKO/TKO R1
    Close -3451y 9mo before
  • WRicardo RomeroKO/TKO R1
    Close -1522y 2mo before
Rua — win / loss by method
Record: 21-8-0

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
18 wins, 2 losses
W
86% of wins
L
25% of losses
Submission
1 win, 3 losses
W
5% of wins
L
38% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 3 losses
W
10% of wins
L
38% of losses
UFC
5win6loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (100%)KO/TKO(17%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(33%) 2
0 (0%)Decision(50%) 3
Non-UFC
16win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
13 (81%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
1 (6%)Submission(50%) 1
2 (13%)Decision(0%) 0
Te Huna — win / loss by method
Record: 16-6-0

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
10 wins, 1 loss
W
63% of wins
L
17% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 4 losses
W
19% of wins
L
67% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 0 losses
W
19% of wins
L
0% of losses
DQ / other
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
17% of losses
UFC
5win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (60%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(100%) 2
2 (40%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
11win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (64%)KO/TKO(25%) 1
3 (27%)Submission(50%) 2
1 (9%)Decision(0%) 0
0 (0%)DQ / other(25%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Rua
Te Huna
11
UFC fights
7
140.8 min · 12.8 avg
Octagon time
53.4 min · 7.6 avg
23y 9m
Career length
23y 4m
UFC schedule strength

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

Rua
Te Huna
190W–52L · 78.5%
Overall
110W–23L · 82.7%
80W–25L · 76.2%
Wins
80W–20L · 80.0%
110W–27L · 80.3%
Losses
30W–3L · 90.9%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Rua
Te Huna
230W–100L · 69.7%
Overall
72W–40L · 64.3%
195W–87L · 69.1%
Wins
54W–31L · 63.5%
35W–13L · 72.9%
Losses
18W–9L · 66.7%
Distance striking
Rua
Te Huna
4.30
Landed / min
8.97
43.3%
Accuracy
46.4%
60.8%
Defense
75.5%
0.64
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.56
40.5%
Time at distance
28.4%
Grappling & control
Rua
Te Huna
1.70
Takedowns / 15 min
3.09
39.0%
Takedown accuracy
39.3%
34.2%
Takedown defense
66.7%
0.43
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.28
49.9%
Control share
64.5%
Strike target map
Rua
  • Head62%(271)div 64%
  • Body15%(67)div 19%
  • Legs23%(102)div 18%
Te Huna
  • Head70%(164)div 64%
  • Body15%(35)div 19%
  • Legs15%(35)div 18%

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

Mauricio Rua
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

James Te Huna
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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