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UFC on FUEL TV: Mousasi vs Latifi
Tom Lawlor
Tom Lawlor
8-5 · USA
VS
Michael Kuiper
Michael Kuiper
12-1 · NLD
April 6, 2013 · Stockholm, Sweden
Middleweight · 3 rounds
185.0lb
Weigh-in
186.0lb
Tom Lawlor def. Michael Kuiper by SUB (Guillotine Choke), R2 1:05
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Lawlor6/80/702:49
Kuiper13/223/301:31
R2 · 1:05
Lawlor1/50/000:00
Kuiper1/70/000:40
Total
Lawlor7/130/702:49
Kuiper14/293/302:11

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
LawlorWin probabilityKuiper
34.0%66.0%
KO / TKO
21%
Submission
32%
Decision
47%
Expected fight time: 9.7 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Lawlor34%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO5%14%
Submission10%31%
Decision19%55%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes25 (1332)act 7
Takedowns0.8 (0.02.6)act 0
Kuiper66%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO15%24%
Submission22%33%
Decision29%43%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes25 (1332)act 14
Takedowns0.7 (0.02.6)act 3
Combined totals~49 sig strikes~1.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R135%
R29%
R39%
Distance47%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 2.2%
Lawlor
48.8%+101
Kuiper
-10149.0%
Most takedownstie 34.4%
Lawlor
34.3%-110
Kuiper
+11031.3%
Significant strikes — over/under
Lawlor
Expected: 24.6
24.5
Over 24.5
42.9%
+133
Under 24.5
57.1%
-133
03162
Kuiper
Expected: 24.7
24.5
Over 24.5
43.1%
+132
Under 24.5
56.9%
-132
03162
Takedowns — over/under
Lawlor
Expected: 0.8
1
Over 1
28.7%
+179
Exactly 1
19.9%
push
Under 1
51.4%
-179
035
Kuiper
Expected: 0.7
0.5
Over 0.5
44.9%
+123
Under 0.5
55.1%
-123
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 9.7 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
Lawlor34.0%56.4%−22.4-135
Kuiper66.0%43.6%+22.4+125

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
69.3Striking66.1
Lawlor +3.2
73.8Grappling45.1
Lawlor +28.7
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
LawlorKuiper
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1510
Pound-for-pound
1535
1498
Divisional
1536
1479
Striking offense
1505
1533
Striking defense
1494
1509
Grappling offense
1503
1497
Grappling defense
1503
Physical
29 yrs
Age
23 yrs
6'0"
Height
6'0"
74"
Reach
73"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.59
Strikes landed / min
3.86
45%
Strike accuracy
55%
1.90
Strikes absorbed / min
4.36
61%
Strike defense
56%
Grappling (UFC career)
3.17
Takedowns / 15 min
0.67
37%
Takedown accuracy
50%
73%
Takedown defense
68%
1.7
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
50%
UFC win rate
50%
-1
Win/loss streak
+1
40%
Last-5 win rate
50%
50%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
140
Days since last fight
238
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Tom Lawlor
  • LFrancis CarmontS-DEC R3
    Close +2255mo before
  • WJason MacDonaldKO/TKO R1
    Close -22011mo before
  • LChris WeidmanSUB R1
    Close +3001y 5mo before
  • WPatrick CoteU-DEC R3
    Close +1552y 5mo before
  • LJoe DoerksenSUB R2
    Close -6002y 11mo before
Michael Kuiper
  • WJared HammanKO/TKO R2
    Close -1558mo before
  • LRafael NatalU-DEC R3
    Close +1421y 2mo before
Lawlor — win / loss by method
Record: 8-5-0, 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
3 wins, 0 losses
W
38% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 2 losses
W
38% of wins
L
40% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 2 losses
W
25% of wins
L
40% of losses
DQ / other
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
20% of losses
UFC
4win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (25%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (25%)Submission(50%) 2
2 (50%)Decision(50%) 2
Non-UFC
4win1loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
2 (50%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (50%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
0 (0%)DQ / other(100%) 1
Kuiper — win / loss by method
Record: 12-1-0

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
7 wins, 0 losses
W
58% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 0 losses
W
33% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
1 win, 1 loss
W
8% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
1win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (100%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
11win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (55%)KO/TKO() 0
4 (36%)Submission() 0
1 (9%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Lawlor
Kuiper
8
UFC fights
2
71.0 min · 8.9 avg
Octagon time
22.3 min · 11.1 avg
19y 5m
Career length
17y 5m
UFC schedule strength

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

Lawlor
Kuiper
129W–41L · 75.9%
Overall
26W–7L · 78.8%
53W–23L · 69.7%
Wins
13W–4L · 76.5%
76W–18L · 80.9%
Losses
13W–3L · 81.3%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Lawlor
Kuiper
2W–2L · 50.0%
Overall
24W–26L · 48.0%
2W–2L · 50.0%
Wins
24W–26L · 48.0%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Lawlor
Kuiper
3.92
Landed / min
6.04
30.2%
Accuracy
51.9%
69.5%
Defense
57.1%
0.42
Knockdowns / 15 min
2.02
27.3%
Time at distance
40.9%
Grappling & control
Lawlor
Kuiper
3.17
Takedowns / 15 min
0.67
36.6%
Takedown accuracy
50.0%
72.7%
Takedown defense
68.4%
1.69
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
76.0%
Control share
43.1%
Strike target map
Lawlor
  • Head86%(158)div 63%
  • Body5%(10)div 19%
  • Legs9%(16)div 17%
Kuiper
  • Head78%(67)div 63%
  • Body7%(6)div 19%
  • Legs15%(13)div 17%

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

Tom Lawlor
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Michael Kuiper
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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