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The Ultimate Fighter: Team Rousey vs. Team Tate Finale
Josh Sampo
Josh Sampo
10-2 · USA
VS
Ryan Benoit
Ryan Benoit
7-2 · USA
November 30, 2013 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Flyweight · 3 rounds
Josh Sampo def. Ryan Benoit by SUB (Rear Naked Choke), R2 4:31
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Sampo22/471/101:22
Benoit13/480/001:00
R2 · 4:31
Sampo6/171/102:49
Benoit5/150/001:20
Total
Sampo28/642/204:11
Benoit18/630/002:20

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
SampoWin probabilityBenoit
51.9%48.1%
KO / TKO
34%
Submission
18%
Decision
49%
Expected fight time: 10.5 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Sampo52%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO10%20%
Submission12%23%
Decision30%57%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes35 (1945)act 28
Takedowns1.6 (0.04.0)act 2
Benoit48%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO23%48%
Submission6%12%
Decision19%40%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes43 (2456)act 18
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.3)act 0
Combined totals~78 sig strikes~1.9 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R118%
R227%
R36%
Distance49%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.4%
Sampo
39.5%+150
Benoit
-15059.1%
Most takedownstie 25.7%
Sampo
63.6%-590
Benoit
+59010.8%
Significant strikes — over/under
Sampo
Expected: 34.7
34.5
Over 34.5
42.8%
+134
Under 34.5
57.2%
-134
04487
Benoit
Expected: 43.0
43
Over 43
41.7%
+136
Exactly 43
1.5%
push
Under 43
56.8%
-136
054108
Takedowns — over/under
Sampo
Expected: 1.6
1.5
Over 1.5
50.7%
-103
Under 1.5
49.3%
+103
035
Benoit
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
24.1%
+315
Under 0.5
75.9%
-315
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 10.5 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
Sampo51.9%52.3%−0.4-115
Benoit48.1%47.7%+0.4+105

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.

Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1520
Pound-for-pound
1511
1520
Divisional
1511
1482
Striking offense
1482
1500
Striking defense
1500
1561
Grappling offense
1561
1558
Grappling defense
1558
Physical
29 yrs
Age
24 yrs
5'4"
Height
5'5"
64"
Reach
68"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
Strikes landed / min
Strike accuracy
Strikes absorbed / min
Strike defense
Grappling (UFC career)
Takedowns / 15 min
Takedown accuracy
Takedown defense
Sub attempts / 15 min
Form & résumé
UFC win rate
Win/loss streak
Last-5 win rate
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
Days since last fight
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Josh Sampo
No prior UFC fights.
Ryan Benoit
No prior UFC fights.
Sampo — win / loss by method
Record: 10-2-0

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
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 0 losses
W
50% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 1 loss
W
50% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
10win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
5 (50%)Submission(0%) 0
5 (50%)Decision(50%) 1
Benoit — win / loss by method
Record: 7-2-0

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
6 wins, 0 losses
W
86% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
14% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 2 losses
W
0% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
7win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (86%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (14%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(100%) 2

Profiles

Experience
Sampo
Benoit
0
UFC fights
0
Octagon time
Career length
UFC schedule strength

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

Sampo
Benoit
Overall
Wins
Losses
Non-UFC schedule strength
Sampo
Benoit
70W–34L · 67.3%
Overall
50W–30L · 62.5%
55W–21L · 72.4%
Wins
32W–23L · 58.2%
15W–13L · 53.6%
Losses
18W–7L · 72.0%
Distance striking
Sampo
Benoit
Landed / min
Accuracy
Defense
Knockdowns / 15 min
Time at distance
Grappling & control
Sampo
Benoit
Takedowns / 15 min
Takedown accuracy
Takedown defense
Sub attempts / 15 min
Control share
Strike target map
Sampo
  • Head0%(0)div 56%
  • Body0%(0)div 24%
  • Legs0%(0)div 20%
  • No strike data on record.
Benoit
  • Head0%(0)div 56%
  • Body0%(0)div 24%
  • Legs0%(0)div 20%
  • No strike data on record.

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

Josh Sampo

No UFC fights on record.

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

Ryan Benoit

No UFC fights on record.

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