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UFC Fight Night: Fight for the Troops 3
Derek Brunson
Derek Brunson
10-2 · USA
VS
Brian Houston
Brian Houston
4-0 · USA
November 6, 2013 · Fort Campbell, Kentucky, USA
Middleweight · 3 rounds
Derek Brunson def. Brian Houston by SUB (Rear Naked Choke), R1 0:48
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 0:48
Brunson1/20/010:30
Houston0/10/000:00
Total
Brunson1/20/010:30
Houston0/10/000:00

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
BrunsonWin probabilityHouston
85.1%14.9%
KO / TKO
25%
Submission
54%
Decision
21%
Expected fight time: 6.3 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Brunson85%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO21%24%
Submission46%54%
Decision18%22%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes41 (2353)act 1
Takedowns1.3 (0.23.1)act 0
Houston15%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO4%25%
Submission9%58%
Decision2%17%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes25 (1332)act 0
Takedowns0.0 (0.00.0)act 0
Combined totals~66 sig strikes~1.4 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R162%
R210%
R37%
Distance21%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.5%
Brunson
70.8%-256
Houston
+25627.7%
Most takedownstie 6.7%
Brunson
92.2%-7920
Houston
+79201.2%
Significant strikes — over/under
Brunson
Expected: 40.9
41
Over 41
41.6%
+136
Exactly 41
1.6%
push
Under 41
56.8%
-136
052103
Houston
Expected: 24.9
25
Over 25
40.9%
+138
Exactly 25
2.6%
push
Under 25
56.5%
-138
03263
Takedowns — over/under
Brunson
Expected: 1.3
1.5
Over 1.5
52.7%
-112
Under 1.5
47.3%
+112
035
Houston
Expected: 0.0
0
Over 0
9.2%
Exactly 0
90.8%
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 6.3 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
Brunson85.1%62.1%+23.0-170
Houston14.9%37.9%−23.0+160

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
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
BrunsonHouston
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1540
Pound-for-pound
1512
1540
Divisional
1512
Striking offense
Striking defense
1555
Grappling offense
1500
1552
Grappling defense
1500
Physical
29 yrs
Age
32 yrs
6'1"
Height
6'2"
77"
Reach
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.73
Strikes landed / min
32%
Strike accuracy
2.67
Strikes absorbed / min
57%
Strike defense
Grappling (UFC career)
4.00
Takedowns / 15 min
31%
Takedown accuracy
Takedown defense
1.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
+1
Win/loss streak
100%
Last-5 win rate
0%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
312
Days since last fight
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Derek Brunson
  • WChris LebenU-DEC R3
    Close +13410mo before
Brian Houston
No prior UFC fights.
Brunson — 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
5 wins, 1 loss
W
50% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 0 losses
W
20% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 1 loss
W
30% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (100%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
9win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (56%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
2 (22%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (22%)Decision(50%) 1
Houston — win / loss by method
Record: 4-0-0

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
3 wins, 0 losses
W
75% of wins
L
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
25% of wins
L
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
4win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (75%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (25%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Brunson
Houston
1
UFC fights
0
15.0 min · 15.0 avg
Octagon time
16y 2m
Career length
UFC schedule strength

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

Brunson
Houston
22W–9L · 71.0%
Overall
22W–9L · 71.0%
Wins
0W–0L
Losses
Non-UFC schedule strength
Brunson
Houston
84W–46L · 64.6%
Overall
3W–2L · 60.0%
53W–33L · 61.6%
Wins
3W–2L · 60.0%
31W–13L · 70.5%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Brunson
Houston
4.00
Landed / min
27.6%
Accuracy
59.6%
Defense
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
48.4%
Time at distance
Grappling & control
Brunson
Houston
4.00
Takedowns / 15 min
30.8%
Takedown accuracy
Takedown defense
1.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
100.0%
Control share
Strike target map
Brunson
  • Head73%(30)div 63%
  • Body10%(4)div 19%
  • Legs17%(7)div 17%
Houston
  • Head0%(0)div 63%
  • Body0%(0)div 19%
  • Legs0%(0)div 17%
  • No strike data on record.

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

Derek Brunson
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Brian Houston

No UFC fights on record.

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