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UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs Sonnen
Matt Brown
Matt Brown
17-11 · USA
VS
Mike Pyle
Mike Pyle
25-8-1 · USA
August 17, 2013 · Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Welterweight · 3 rounds
171.0lb
Weigh-in
170.0lb
Matt Brown def. Mike Pyle by KO/TKO (Knee), R1 0:29
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 0:29
Brown10/180/010:06
Pyle0/30/000:00
Total
Brown10/180/010:06
Pyle0/30/000:00

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
BrownWin probabilityPyle
73.7%26.3%
KO / TKO
42%
Submission
29%
Decision
29%
Expected fight time: 8.1 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Brown74%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO36%48%
Submission18%24%
Decision20%28%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes51 (2967)act 10
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.9)act 0
Pyle26%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO7%25%
Submission11%43%
Decision8%32%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes27 (1536)act 0
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.4)act 0
Combined totals~79 sig strikes~0.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R140%
R222%
R39%
Distance29%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.2%
Brown
75.9%-331
Pyle
+33122.9%
Most takedownstie 63.3%
Brown
15.0%+145
Pyle
-14521.7%
Significant strikes — over/under
Brown
Expected: 51.4
51.5
Over 51.5
42.4%
+136
Under 51.5
57.6%
-136
065129
Pyle
Expected: 27.4
27.5
Over 27.5
42.3%
+137
Under 27.5
57.7%
-137
03569
Takedowns — over/under
Brown
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
18.1%
Exactly 0
81.9%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Pyle
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
24.6%
+306
Under 0.5
75.4%
-306
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 8.1 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
Brown73.7%54.4%+19.3-125
Pyle26.3%45.6%−19.3+115

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
74.8Striking63.8
Brown +11.0
72.6Grappling64.7
Brown +7.9
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
BrownPyle
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1576
Pound-for-pound
1607
1575
Divisional
1607
Striking offense
Striking defense
Grappling offense
Grappling defense
Physical
32 yrs
Age
37 yrs
6'0"
Height
6'0"
75"
Reach
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.55
Strikes landed / min
2.41
57%
Strike accuracy
44%
2.35
Strikes absorbed / min
2.77
58%
Strike defense
59%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.72
Takedowns / 15 min
1.78
45%
Takedown accuracy
33%
66%
Takedown defense
74%
2.1
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.6
Form & résumé
67%
UFC win rate
73%
+5
Win/loss streak
+4
100%
Last-5 win rate
80%
80%
Finish rate
63%
Recent opp. quality
119
Days since last fight
84
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Matt Brown
  • WJordan MeinKO/TKO R2
    Close +2904mo before
  • WMike SwickKO/TKO R2
    Close +1208mo before
  • WLuis RamosKO/TKO R2
    Close -1551y 2mo before
  • WStephen ThompsonU-DEC R3
    Close +2001y 4mo before
  • WChris CopeKO/TKO R2
    Close -3351y 6mo before
Mike Pyle
  • WRick StoryS-DEC R3
    Close +1503mo before
  • WJames HeadKO/TKO R1
    Close -1308mo before
  • WJosh NeerKO/TKO R1
    Close -1901y 2mo before
  • WRicardo FunchKO/TKO R1
    Close -5301y 7mo before
  • LRory MacDonaldKO/TKO R1
    Close +2352y before
Brown — win / loss by method
Record: 17-11-0

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, 0 losses
W
59% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 9 losses
W
29% of wins
L
82% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 2 losses
W
12% of wins
L
18% of losses
UFC
10win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (70%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (10%)Submission(80%) 4
2 (20%)Decision(20%) 1
Non-UFC
7win6loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (43%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
4 (57%)Submission(83%) 5
0 (0%)Decision(17%) 1
Pyle — win / loss by method
Record: 25-8-1

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, 3 losses
W
20% of wins
L
38% of losses
Submission
16 wins, 4 losses
W
64% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 1 loss
W
16% of wins
L
13% of losses
UFC
8win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (38%)KO/TKO(67%) 2
2 (25%)Submission(33%) 1
3 (38%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
17win5loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (12%)KO/TKO(20%) 1
14 (82%)Submission(60%) 3
1 (6%)Decision(20%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Brown
Pyle
15
UFC fights
11
131.2 min · 8.7 avg
Octagon time
92.6 min · 8.4 avg
20y 10m
Career length
26y 8m
UFC schedule strength

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

Brown
Pyle
190W–66L · 74.2%
Overall
182W–41L · 81.6%
112W–35L · 76.2%
Wins
122W–33L · 78.7%
78W–31L · 71.6%
Losses
60W–8L · 88.2%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Brown
Pyle
62W–37L · 62.6%
Overall
218W–85L · 71.9%
12W–2L · 85.7%
Wins
157W–66L · 70.4%
50W–35L · 58.8%
Losses
61W–19L · 76.3%
Distance striking
Brown
Pyle
5.97
Landed / min
3.54
45.3%
Accuracy
34.3%
63.8%
Defense
67.6%
0.69
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.65
30.0%
Time at distance
39.0%
Grappling & control
Brown
Pyle
1.72
Takedowns / 15 min
1.78
45.5%
Takedown accuracy
33.3%
66.2%
Takedown defense
73.5%
2.06
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.62
39.0%
Control share
43.5%
Strike target map
Brown
  • Head55%(258)div 62%
  • Body32%(149)div 22%
  • Legs13%(59)div 16%
Pyle
  • Head65%(145)div 62%
  • Body18%(40)div 22%
  • Legs17%(38)div 16%

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

Matt Brown
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Mike Pyle
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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