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UFC on FX: Belfort vs. Rockhold
Vitor Belfort
Vitor Belfort
22-10 · BRA
VS
Luke Rockhold
Luke Rockhold
10-1 · USA
May 18, 2013 · Jaragua do Sul, Santa Catarina, Brazil
Middleweight · 5 rounds · Main event
186.0lb
Weigh-in
186.0lb
Vitor Belfort def. Luke Rockhold by KO/TKO (Kick), R1 2:32
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 2:32
Belfort9/200/010:13
Rockhold6/150/100:00
Total
Belfort9/200/010:13
Rockhold6/150/100:00

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
BelfortWin probabilityRockhold
21.8%78.2%
KO / TKO
40%
Submission
7%
Decision
53%
Expected fight time: 16.8 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Belfort22%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO13%59%
Submission1%4%
Decision8%37%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes57 (3375)act 9
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.9)act 0
Rockhold78%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO27%34%
Submission6%8%
Decision45%58%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes69 (3990)act 6
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.4)act 0
Combined totals~126 sig strikes~0.8 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R121%
R215%
R35%
R43%
R52%
Distance54%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.9%
Belfort
41.1%+141
Rockhold
-14158.0%
Most takedownstie 60.4%
Belfort
12.7%+211
Rockhold
-21126.9%
Significant strikes — over/under
Belfort
Expected: 57.5
57.5
Over 57.5
42.5%
+136
Under 57.5
57.5%
-136
072144
Rockhold
Expected: 68.9
69
Over 69
41.9%
+136
Exactly 69
1.0%
push
Under 69
57.2%
-136
087173
Takedowns — over/under
Belfort
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
16.0%
Exactly 0
84.0%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Rockhold
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
29.5%
+239
Under 0.5
70.5%
-239
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 16.8 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
Belfort21.8%50.0%−28.2-105
Rockhold78.2%50.0%+28.2-105

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
BelfortRockhold
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1597
Pound-for-pound
1540
1560
Divisional
1540
1505
Striking offense
1482
1553
Striking defense
1500
1503
Grappling offense
1561
1516
Grappling defense
1558
Physical
36 yrs
Age
28 yrs
6'0"
Height
6'3"
74"
Reach
77"
Southpaw
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
1.84
Strikes landed / min
48%
Strike accuracy
2.59
Strikes absorbed / min
48%
Strike defense
Grappling (UFC career)
0.92
Takedowns / 15 min
75%
Takedown accuracy
64%
Takedown defense
1.2
Sub attempts / 15 min
Form & résumé
65%
UFC win rate
+1
Win/loss streak
60%
Last-5 win rate
100%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
119
Days since last fight
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Vitor Belfort
  • WMichael BispingKO/TKO R2
    Close -1214mo before
  • LJon JonesSUB R4
    Close +6608mo before
  • WAnthony JohnsonSUB R1
    opp missedClose -1251y 4mo before
  • WYoshihiro AkiyamaKO/TKO R1
    Close -3201y 9mo before
  • LAnderson SilvaKO/TKO R1
    Close +1902y 3mo before
Luke Rockhold
No prior UFC fights.
Belfort — win / loss by method
Record: 22-10-0

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
15 wins, 3 losses
W
68% of wins
L
30% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 2 losses
W
14% of wins
L
20% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 5 losses
W
18% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
11win6loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
9 (82%)KO/TKO(50%) 3
2 (18%)Submission(17%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(33%) 2
Non-UFC
11win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (55%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (9%)Submission(25%) 1
4 (36%)Decision(75%) 3
Rockhold — win / loss by method
Record: 10-1-0

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, 1 loss
W
30% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 0 losses
W
50% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 0 losses
W
20% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
10win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (30%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
5 (50%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (20%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Belfort
Rockhold
17
UFC fights
0
98.3 min · 5.8 avg
Octagon time
29y 10m
Career length
UFC schedule strength

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

Belfort
Rockhold
192W–51L · 79.0%
Overall
112W–35L · 76.2%
Wins
80W–16L · 83.3%
Losses
Non-UFC schedule strength
Belfort
Rockhold
204W–69L · 74.7%
Overall
98W–33L · 74.8%
139W–51L · 73.2%
Wins
97W–32L · 75.2%
65W–18L · 78.3%
Losses
1W–1L · 50.0%
Distance striking
Belfort
Rockhold
1.73
Landed / min
34.0%
Accuracy
69.1%
Defense
1.07
Knockdowns / 15 min
40.0%
Time at distance
Grappling & control
Belfort
Rockhold
0.92
Takedowns / 15 min
75.0%
Takedown accuracy
64.3%
Takedown defense
1.22
Sub attempts / 15 min
16.0%
Control share
Strike target map
Belfort
  • Head81%(146)div 63%
  • Body8%(15)div 19%
  • Legs11%(20)div 17%
Rockhold
  • 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.

Vitor Belfort
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Luke Rockhold

No UFC fights on record.

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