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UFC 167: St-Pierre vs Hendricks
Rick Story
Rick Story
15-7 · USA
VS
Brian Ebersole
Brian Ebersole
50-15-1 · USA
November 16, 2013 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Welterweight · 3 rounds
170.0lb
Weigh-in
171.0lb
Rick Story def. Brian Ebersole by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Story30/800/000:00
Ebersole16/440/300:00
R2
Story15/581/100:19
Ebersole13/370/200:18
R3
Story26/611/110:44
Ebersole13/330/200:07
Total
Story71/1992/211:03
Ebersole42/1140/700:25

Scorecards

Story vs Ebersole

RdCecil PeoplesJunichiro KamijoMark SmithCommunity
R110-910-910-910-9.1
R210-910-910-910-9
R310-910-910-910-9
Total30-2730-2730-2730-27.1

Media (14 cards) · avg 3027 · 14 Story · 0 Ebersole

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Story-Ebersole.

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
StoryWin probabilityEbersole
77.5%22.5%
KO / TKO
25%
Submission
22%
Decision
53%
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 Story, blue toward Ebersole. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Story78%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO19%24%
Submission15%19%
Decision44%57%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes35 (2046)act 71
Takedowns1.1 (0.03.3)act 2
Ebersole22%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO7%30%
Submission6%29%
Decision9%41%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes27 (1435)act 42
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.4)act 0
Combined totals~62 sig strikes~1.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R124%
R218%
R35%
Distance53%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.7%
Story
61.7%-169
Ebersole
+16936.6%
Most takedownstie 33.1%
Story
52.6%-367
Ebersole
+36714.3%
Significant strikes — over/under
Story
Expected: 35.3
35.5
Over 35.5
42.0%
+138
Under 35.5
58.0%
-138
04589
Ebersole
Expected: 26.7
26.5
Over 26.5
42.9%
+133
Under 26.5
57.1%
-133
03467
Takedowns — over/under
Story
Expected: 1.1
1
Over 1
39.9%
-103
Exactly 1
21.4%
push
Under 1
38.8%
+103
035
Ebersole
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
26.3%
+280
Under 0.5
73.7%
-280
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
Story77.5%66.3%+11.2-210
Ebersole22.5%33.7%−11.2+190

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
72.4Striking70.8
Story +1.6
71.9Grappling37.5
Story +34.4
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
StoryEbersole
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1563
Pound-for-pound
1592
1559
Divisional
1594
1507
Striking offense
1488
1525
Striking defense
1514
1535
Grappling offense
1517
1510
Grappling defense
1503
Physical
29 yrs
Age
32 yrs
5'9"
Height
6'0"
71"
Reach
73"
Southpaw
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
3.39
Strikes landed / min
2.30
40%
Strike accuracy
55%
1.78
Strikes absorbed / min
1.66
68%
Strike defense
55%
Grappling (UFC career)
3.24
Takedowns / 15 min
2.09
52%
Takedown accuracy
23%
59%
Takedown defense
50%
1.3
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.2
Form & résumé
62%
UFC win rate
80%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
40%
Last-5 win rate
80%
38%
Finish rate
25%
Recent opp. quality
175
Days since last fight
483
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Rick Story
  • LMike PyleS-DEC R3
    Close -1606mo before
  • WQuinn MulhernKO/TKO R1
    Close -3708mo before
  • LDemian MaiaSUB R1
    Close +1051y 1mo before
  • WBrock JardineU-DEC R3
    Close -3701y 5mo before
  • LMartin KampmannS-DEC R3
    Close -1102y before
Brian Ebersole
  • LJames HeadS-DEC R3
    Close -3251y 4mo before
  • WTJ WaldburgerU-DEC R3
    Close -2301y 5mo before
  • WClaude PatrickS-DEC R3
    Close +1001y 11mo before
  • WDennis HallmanKO/TKO R1
    Close -1252y 3mo before
  • WChris LytleU-DEC R3
    Close +2602y 9mo before
Story — win / loss by method
Record: 15-7-0

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
27% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 1 loss
W
20% of wins
L
14% of losses
Decision
8 wins, 6 losses
W
53% of wins
L
86% of losses
UFC
8win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (25%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (13%)Submission(20%) 1
5 (63%)Decision(80%) 4
Non-UFC
7win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (29%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (29%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (43%)Decision(100%) 2
Ebersole — win / loss by method
Record: 50-15-1, 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, 1 loss
W
34% of wins
L
7% of losses
Submission
17 wins, 8 losses
W
34% of wins
L
53% of losses
Decision
16 wins, 6 losses
W
32% of wins
L
40% of losses
UFC
4win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (25%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (75%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
46win14loss1draw1NC
WinsLosses
16 (35%)KO/TKO(7%) 1
17 (37%)Submission(57%) 8
13 (28%)Decision(36%) 5

Profiles

Experience
Story
Ebersole
13
UFC fights
5
153.0 min · 11.8 avg
Octagon time
64.5 min · 12.9 avg
18y 9m
Career length
26y 5m
UFC schedule strength

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

Story
Ebersole
179W–39L · 82.1%
Overall
116W–38L · 75.3%
98W–20L · 83.1%
Wins
108W–36L · 75.0%
81W–19L · 81.0%
Losses
8W–2L · 80.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Story
Ebersole
86W–41L · 67.7%
Overall
335W–219L · 60.5%
83W–41L · 66.9%
Wins
189W–143L · 56.9%
3W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
146W–76L · 65.8%
Distance striking
Story
Ebersole
5.10
Landed / min
3.78
29.9%
Accuracy
43.8%
73.3%
Defense
67.5%
0.29
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.23
33.9%
Time at distance
28.7%
Grappling & control
Story
Ebersole
3.24
Takedowns / 15 min
2.09
51.6%
Takedown accuracy
22.5%
59.0%
Takedown defense
50.0%
1.27
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.23
61.3%
Control share
74.5%
Strike target map
Story
  • Head53%(272)div 62%
  • Body36%(188)div 22%
  • Legs11%(58)div 16%
Ebersole
  • Head61%(91)div 62%
  • Body18%(27)div 22%
  • Legs20%(30)div 16%

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

Rick Story
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Brian Ebersole
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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