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UFC on FOX: Johnson vs Moraga
Robbie Lawler
Robbie Lawler
20-9 · USA
VS
Bobby Voelker
Bobby Voelker
24-8 · USA
July 27, 2013 · Seattle, Washington, USA
Welterweight · 3 rounds
170.5lb
Weigh-in
170.0lb
Robbie Lawler def. Bobby Voelker by KO/TKO (Kick), R2 0:24
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Lawler25/411/101:11
Voelker9/390/000:00
R2 · 0:24
Lawler3/50/010:02
Voelker1/30/000:00
Total
Lawler28/461/111:13
Voelker10/420/000:00

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
LawlerWin probabilityVoelker
64.6%35.4%
KO / TKO
25%
Submission
42%
Decision
33%
Expected fight time: 8.0 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Lawler65%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO16%25%
Submission28%43%
Decision21%32%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes40 (2252)act 28
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.5)act 1
Voelker35%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO8%25%
Submission14%39%
Decision13%36%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes32 (1741)act 10
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.8)act 0
Combined totals~72 sig strikes~0.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R149%
R29%
R39%
Distance33%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.5%
Lawler
60.0%-156
Voelker
+15638.5%
Most takedownstie 58.7%
Lawler
25.7%-164
Voelker
+16415.6%
Significant strikes — over/under
Lawler
Expected: 40.1
40
Over 40
41.9%
+135
Exactly 40
1.7%
push
Under 40
56.5%
-135
051101
Voelker
Expected: 31.7
31.5
Over 31.5
42.8%
+133
Under 31.5
57.2%
-133
04080
Takedowns — over/under
Lawler
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
29.5%
+239
Under 0.5
70.5%
-239
035
Voelker
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
20.1%
Exactly 0
79.9%
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 8.0 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
Lawler64.6%76.3%−11.7-345
Voelker35.4%23.7%+11.7+315

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
65.5Striking64.0
Lawler +1.6
60.6Grappling70.0
Voelker +9.4
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
LawlerVoelker
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1542
Pound-for-pound
1525
1554
Divisional
1527
1487
Striking offense
1503
1508
Striking defense
1495
1511
Grappling offense
1504
1495
Grappling defense
1503
Physical
31 yrs
Age
34 yrs
5'11"
Height
6'0"
74"
Reach
74"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.97
Strikes landed / min
5.53
42%
Strike accuracy
47%
2.78
Strikes absorbed / min
4.80
60%
Strike defense
47%
Grappling (UFC career)
3.41
Takedowns / 15 min
4.00
81%
Takedown accuracy
80%
67%
Takedown defense
100%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
63%
UFC win rate
0%
+1
Win/loss streak
-1
40%
Last-5 win rate
0%
60%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
154
Days since last fight
133
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Robbie Lawler
  • WJosh KoscheckKO/TKO R1
    Close +2805mo before
  • LEvan TannerSUB R1
    Close +1308y 9mo before
  • LNick DiazKO/TKO R2
    Close -2609y 4mo before
  • WChris LytleU-DEC R3
    9y 8mo before
  • LPete SprattSUB R2
    Close -60010y 3mo before
Bobby Voelker
  • LPatrick CoteU-DEC R3
    Close +1754mo before
Lawler — win / loss by method
Record: 20-9-0, 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
17 wins, 1 loss
W
85% of wins
L
11% of losses
Submission
1 win, 5 losses
W
5% of wins
L
56% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 3 losses
W
10% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
5win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (60%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(67%) 2
2 (40%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
15win6loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
14 (93%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (7%)Submission(50%) 3
0 (0%)Decision(50%) 3
Voelker — win / loss by method
Record: 24-8-0

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
19 wins, 2 losses
W
79% of wins
L
25% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
13% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 5 losses
W
21% of wins
L
63% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
24win7loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
19 (79%)KO/TKO(29%) 2
0 (0%)Submission(14%) 1
5 (21%)Decision(57%) 4

Profiles

Experience
Lawler
Voelker
8
UFC fights
1
57.2 min · 7.2 avg
Octagon time
15.0 min · 15.0 avg
25y 4m
Career length
20y 6m
UFC schedule strength

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

Lawler
Voelker
116W–40L · 74.4%
Overall
18W–8L · 69.2%
68W–28L · 70.8%
Wins
0W–0L
48W–12L · 80.0%
Losses
18W–8L · 69.2%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Lawler
Voelker
285W–78L · 78.5%
Overall
238W–109L · 68.6%
176W–56L · 75.9%
Wins
179W–82L · 68.6%
109W–22L · 83.2%
Losses
59W–27L · 68.6%
Distance striking
Lawler
Voelker
2.67
Landed / min
8.65
29.8%
Accuracy
34.9%
66.7%
Defense
49.5%
1.05
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
45.8%
Time at distance
29.3%
Grappling & control
Lawler
Voelker
3.41
Takedowns / 15 min
4.00
81.3%
Takedown accuracy
80.0%
66.7%
Takedown defense
100.0%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
64.5%
Control share
60.6%
Strike target map
Lawler
  • Head71%(121)div 62%
  • Body25%(43)div 22%
  • Legs4%(6)div 16%
Voelker
  • Head66%(55)div 62%
  • Body17%(14)div 22%
  • Legs17%(14)div 16%

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

Robbie Lawler
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Bobby Voelker
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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