The Ultimate Fight Fan
+ Log a bet
UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs Sonnen
Urijah Faber
Urijah Faber
28-6 · USA
VS
Iuri Alcantara
Iuri Alcantara
28-4 · BRA
August 17, 2013 · Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Bantamweight · 3 rounds
135.5lb
Weigh-in
136.0lb
Urijah Faber def. Iuri Alcantara by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Faber19/331/102:18
Alcantara6/131/102:32
R2
Faber21/272/204:29
Alcantara1/20/000:00
R3
Faber14/191/203:19
Alcantara1/80/000:00
Total
Faber54/794/5010:06
Alcantara8/231/102:32

Scorecards

Faber vs Alcantara

RdBryan MinerRyan SheaSal D'AmatoCommunity
R110-910-910-99.6-9.4
R210-810-910-810-8.6
R310-910-910-910-8.9
Total30-2630-2730-2629.6-26.9

Media (12 cards) · avg 29.427.6 · 12 Faber · 0 Alcantara

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Faber-Alcantara.

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
FaberWin probabilityAlcantara
47.4%52.6%
KO / TKO
11%
Submission
9%
Decision
80%
Expected fight time: 13.4 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Faber47%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO5%10%
Submission5%11%
Decision37%79%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes29 (1638)act 54
Takedowns0.7 (0.02.6)act 4
Alcantara53%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO7%13%
Submission4%7%
Decision42%80%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes44 (2457)act 8
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.5)act 1
Combined totals~73 sig strikes~1.1 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R17%
R27%
R36%
Distance80%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.4%
Faber
31.0%+218
Alcantara
-21867.6%
Most takedownstie 39.9%
Faber
40.2%-202
Alcantara
+20219.9%
Significant strikes — over/under
Faber
Expected: 28.9
29
Over 29
41.1%
+138
Exactly 29
2.3%
push
Under 29
56.6%
-138
03773
Alcantara
Expected: 43.7
43.5
Over 43.5
42.7%
+134
Under 43.5
57.3%
-134
055110
Takedowns — over/under
Faber
Expected: 0.7
0.5
Over 0.5
49.3%
+103
Under 0.5
50.7%
-103
035
Alcantara
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
31.2%
+220
Under 0.5
68.8%
-220
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 13.4 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
Faber47.4%66.8%−19.4-215
Alcantara52.6%33.2%+19.4+195

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
68.3Striking67.9
Faber +0.4
48.2Grappling68.6
Alcantara +20.5
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
FaberAlcantara
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1594
Pound-for-pound
1585
1595
Divisional
1577
1492
Striking offense
1501
1513
Striking defense
1520
1509
Grappling offense
1510
1516
Grappling defense
1523
Physical
34 yrs
Age
33 yrs
5'6"
Height
5'9"
67"
Reach
71"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
3.23
Strikes landed / min
2.82
43%
Strike accuracy
46%
2.92
Strikes absorbed / min
1.57
67%
Strike defense
51%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.27
Takedowns / 15 min
2.11
28%
Takedown accuracy
88%
70%
Takedown defense
65%
0.8
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.2
Form & résumé
67%
UFC win rate
60%
+2
Win/loss streak
+1
60%
Last-5 win rate
60%
75%
Finish rate
33%
Recent opp. quality
126
Days since last fight
91
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Urijah Faber
  • WScott JorgensenSUB R4
    Close -4404mo before
  • WIvan MenjivarSUB R1
    Close -3506mo before
  • LRenan BaraoU-DEC R5
    Close +1501y 1mo before
  • WBrian BowlesSUB R2
    Close -1741y 9mo before
  • LDominick CruzU-DEC R5
    Close +1702y 2mo before
Iuri Alcantara
  • WIliarde SantosKO/TKO R1
    Close -5253mo before
  • LHacran DiasU-DEC R3
    Close -1781y 2mo before
  • WMichihiro OmigawaU-DEC R3
    Close -1921y 7mo before
  • WFelipe ArantesU-DEC R3
    Close -4752y before
Faber — win / loss by method
Record: 28-6-0

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
9 wins, 2 losses
W
32% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
14 wins, 0 losses
W
50% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 4 losses
W
14% of wins
L
67% of losses
DQ / other
1 win, 0 losses
W
4% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
4win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (75%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (25%)Decision(100%) 2
Non-UFC
24win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
9 (38%)KO/TKO(50%) 2
11 (46%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (13%)Decision(50%) 2
1 (4%)DQ / other(0%) 0
Alcantara — win / loss by method
Record: 28-4-0, 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
12 wins, 1 loss
W
43% of wins
L
25% of losses
Submission
12 wins, 1 loss
W
43% of wins
L
25% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 2 losses
W
14% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
3win1loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
1 (33%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (67%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
25win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
11 (44%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
12 (48%)Submission(33%) 1
2 (8%)Decision(33%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Faber
Alcantara
6
UFC fights
5
94.3 min · 15.7 avg
Octagon time
49.7 min · 9.9 avg
22y 8m
Career length
22y 10m
UFC schedule strength

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

Faber
Alcantara
112W–24L · 82.4%
Overall
73W–21L · 77.7%
67W–22L · 75.3%
Wins
53W–20L · 72.6%
45W–2L · 95.7%
Losses
20W–1L · 95.2%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Faber
Alcantara
309W–96L · 76.3%
Overall
240W–106L · 69.4%
251W–87L · 74.3%
Wins
223W–96L · 69.9%
58W–9L · 86.6%
Losses
17W–10L · 63.0%
Distance striking
Faber
Alcantara
3.35
Landed / min
4.20
39.3%
Accuracy
34.7%
68.9%
Defense
56.3%
0.16
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
70.2%
Time at distance
40.7%
Grappling & control
Faber
Alcantara
1.27
Takedowns / 15 min
2.11
27.6%
Takedown accuracy
87.5%
69.6%
Takedown defense
64.7%
0.80
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.21
73.8%
Control share
48.9%
Strike target map
Faber
  • Head69%(209)div 61%
  • Body24%(72)div 22%
  • Legs8%(24)div 17%
Alcantara
  • Head72%(101)div 61%
  • Body24%(34)div 22%
  • Legs4%(5)div 17%

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

Urijah Faber
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Iuri Alcantara
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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