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The Ultimate Fighter: Team Jones vs. Team Sonnen Finale
Cole Miller
Cole Miller
18-7 · USA
VS
Bart Palaszewski
Bart Palaszewski
36-15 · USA
April 13, 2013 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Featherweight · 3 rounds
146.0lb
Weigh-in
145.0lb
Cole Miller def. Bart Palaszewski by SUB (Rear Naked Choke), R1 4:23
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 4:23
Miller5/431/100:45
Palaszewski18/620/000:00
Total
Miller5/431/100:45
Palaszewski18/620/000:00

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
MillerWin probabilityPalaszewski
45.9%54.1%
KO / TKO
22%
Submission
25%
Decision
53%
Expected fight time: 10.3 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Miller46%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO6%13%
Submission16%36%
Decision24%51%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes34 (1945)act 5
Takedowns1.0 (0.03.0)act 1
Palaszewski54%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO16%29%
Submission9%17%
Decision29%54%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes38 (2150)act 18
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.9)act 0
Combined totals~72 sig strikes~1.2 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R130%
R210%
R37%
Distance53%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.5%
Miller
44.4%+122
Palaszewski
-12254.1%
Most takedownstie 41.4%
Miller
47.1%-409
Palaszewski
+40911.5%
Significant strikes — over/under
Miller
Expected: 34.3
34.5
Over 34.5
42.1%
+137
Under 34.5
57.9%
-137
04386
Palaszewski
Expected: 38.1
38
Over 38
41.8%
+135
Exactly 38
1.7%
push
Under 38
56.5%
-135
04896
Takedowns — over/under
Miller
Expected: 1.0
1
Over 1
34.1%
+140
Exactly 1
18.3%
push
Under 1
47.6%
-140
035
Palaszewski
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
19.0%
Exactly 0
81.0%
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 10.3 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
Miller45.9%41.0%+4.9+140
Palaszewski54.1%59.0%−4.9-150

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
58.9Striking49.3
Miller +9.6
53.0Grappling32.3
Miller +20.7
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
MillerPalaszewski
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1538
Pound-for-pound
1523
1491
Divisional
1522
1484
Striking offense
1504
1496
Striking defense
1503
1523
Grappling offense
1491
1514
Grappling defense
1495
Physical
28 yrs
Age
29 yrs
6'1"
Height
5'9"
73"
Reach
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.64
Strikes landed / min
2.44
35%
Strike accuracy
30%
4.27
Strikes absorbed / min
4.09
60%
Strike defense
50%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.55
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
25%
Takedown accuracy
50%
Takedown defense
55%
2.8
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.4
Form & résumé
58%
UFC win rate
33%
-2
Win/loss streak
-2
40%
Last-5 win rate
33%
86%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
252
Days since last fight
190
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Cole Miller
  • LNam PhanS-DEC R3
    Close -1408mo before
  • LSteven SilerU-DEC R3
    Close -4601y 1mo before
  • WTJ O'BrienSUB R2
    Close -4401y 8mo before
  • LMatt WimanU-DEC R3
    Close -1352y 3mo before
  • WRoss PearsonSUB R2
    Close +1902y 7mo before
Bart Palaszewski
  • LDiego NunesU-DEC R3
    Close +1776mo before
  • LHatsu HiokiU-DEC R3
    Close +1701y 2mo before
  • WTyson GriffinKO/TKO R1
    opp missedClose +2651y 5mo before
Miller — win / loss by method
Record: 18-7-0

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, 2 losses
W
17% of wins
L
29% of losses
Submission
13 wins, 0 losses
W
72% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 5 losses
W
11% of wins
L
71% of losses
UFC
7win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (14%)KO/TKO(40%) 2
5 (71%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (14%)Decision(60%) 3
Non-UFC
11win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (18%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
8 (73%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (9%)Decision(100%) 2
Palaszewski — win / loss by method
Record: 36-15-0

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
18 wins, 2 losses
W
50% of wins
L
13% of losses
Submission
10 wins, 2 losses
W
28% of wins
L
13% of losses
Decision
8 wins, 11 losses
W
22% of wins
L
73% of losses
UFC
1win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (100%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(100%) 2
Non-UFC
35win13loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
17 (49%)KO/TKO(15%) 2
10 (29%)Submission(15%) 2
8 (23%)Decision(69%) 9

Profiles

Experience
Miller
Palaszewski
12
UFC fights
3
108.8 min · 9.1 avg
Octagon time
32.8 min · 10.9 avg
21y 2m
Career length
24y 6m
UFC schedule strength

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

Miller
Palaszewski
142W–46L · 75.5%
Overall
57W–12L · 82.6%
69W–20L · 77.5%
Wins
15W–5L · 75.0%
73W–26L · 73.7%
Losses
42W–7L · 85.7%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Miller
Palaszewski
77W–33L · 70.0%
Overall
386W–153L · 71.6%
67W–31L · 68.4%
Wins
291W–126L · 69.8%
10W–2L · 83.3%
Losses
95W–27L · 77.9%
Distance striking
Miller
Palaszewski
5.15
Landed / min
4.25
30.2%
Accuracy
29.3%
64.4%
Defense
58.1%
0.41
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.46
52.4%
Time at distance
53.9%
Grappling & control
Miller
Palaszewski
0.55
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
25.0%
Takedown accuracy
50.0%
Takedown defense
54.5%
2.76
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.37
45.2%
Control share
3.1%
Strike target map
Miller
  • Head72%(284)div 63%
  • Body16%(65)div 19%
  • Legs12%(47)div 17%
Palaszewski
  • Head53%(42)div 63%
  • Body13%(10)div 19%
  • Legs35%(28)div 17%

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

Cole Miller
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Bart Palaszewski
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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