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UFC 157: Rousey vs Carmouche
Urijah Faber
Urijah Faber
26-6 · USA
VS
Ivan Menjivar
Ivan Menjivar
25-9 · SLV
February 23, 2013 · Anaheim, California, USA
Bantamweight · 3 rounds
Urijah Faber def. Ivan Menjivar by SUB (Rear Naked Choke), R1 4:34
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 4:34
Faber17/240/004:03
Menjivar3/71/100:04
Total
Faber17/240/004:03
Menjivar3/71/100:04

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
FaberWin probabilityMenjivar
59.0%41.0%
KO / TKO
13%
Submission
19%
Decision
68%
Expected fight time: 11.9 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Faber59%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO8%13%
Submission11%20%
Decision40%67%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes36 (2047)act 17
Takedowns1.2 (0.03.5)act 0
Menjivar41%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO5%13%
Submission7%17%
Decision29%70%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes35 (2046)act 3
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.5)act 1
Combined totals~71 sig strikes~1.4 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R120%
R26%
R36%
Distance68%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.5%
Faber
49.8%-102
Menjivar
+10248.7%
Most takedownstie 34.8%
Faber
58.3%-848
Menjivar
+8486.9%
Significant strikes — over/under
Faber
Expected: 35.8
36
Over 36
41.3%
+138
Exactly 36
1.8%
push
Under 36
56.9%
-138
04590
Menjivar
Expected: 35.4
35.5
Over 35.5
42.3%
+136
Under 35.5
57.7%
-136
04589
Takedowns — over/under
Faber
Expected: 1.2
1
Over 1
41.6%
-111
Exactly 1
20.9%
push
Under 1
37.5%
+111
035
Menjivar
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
14.0%
Exactly 0
86.0%
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 11.9 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
Faber59.0%76.5%−17.5-350
Menjivar41.0%23.5%+17.5+318

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
64.5Striking65.3
Menjivar +0.8
33.8Grappling36.1
Menjivar +2.3
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
FaberMenjivar
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1564
Pound-for-pound
1554
1564
Divisional
1567
Striking offense
Striking defense
1516
Grappling offense
1491
1533
Grappling defense
1492
Physical
33 yrs
Age
30 yrs
5'6"
Height
5'6"
67"
Reach
64"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.73
Strikes landed / min
2.79
38%
Strike accuracy
36%
2.79
Strikes absorbed / min
2.47
70%
Strike defense
67%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.84
Takedowns / 15 min
0.28
17%
Takedown accuracy
20%
69%
Takedown defense
29%
0.2
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.4
Form & résumé
50%
UFC win rate
67%
-1
Win/loss streak
+1
50%
Last-5 win rate
80%
50%
Finish rate
75%
Recent opp. quality
217
Days since last fight
98
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Urijah Faber
  • LRenan BaraoU-DEC R5
    Close +1507mo before
  • WBrian BowlesSUB R2
    Close -1741y 3mo before
  • LDominick CruzU-DEC R5
    Close +1701y 8mo before
  • WEddie WinelandU-DEC R3
    Close -4001y 11mo before
Ivan Menjivar
  • WAzamat GashimovSUB R1
    Close -2153mo before
  • LMike EastonU-DEC R3
    Close -1158mo before
  • WJohn AlbertSUB R1
    Close -2401y before
  • WNick PaceU-DEC R3
    Close -1641y 7mo before
  • WCharlie ValenciaKO/TKO R1
    Close -1851y 10mo before
Faber — win / loss by method
Record: 26-6-0

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
9 wins, 2 losses
W
35% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
12 wins, 0 losses
W
46% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 4 losses
W
15% of wins
L
67% of losses
DQ / other
1 win, 0 losses
W
4% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
2win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (50%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (50%)Decision(100%) 2
Non-UFC
24win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
9 (38%)KO/TKO(50%) 2
11 (46%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (13%)Decision(50%) 2
1 (4%)DQ / other(0%) 0
Menjivar — win / loss by method
Record: 25-9-0

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
9 wins, 1 loss
W
36% of wins
L
11% of losses
Submission
10 wins, 1 loss
W
40% of wins
L
11% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 6 losses
W
24% of wins
L
67% of losses
DQ / other
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
11% of losses
UFC
4win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (25%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (50%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (25%)Decision(100%) 2
Non-UFC
21win7loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
8 (38%)KO/TKO(14%) 1
8 (38%)Submission(14%) 1
5 (24%)Decision(57%) 4
0 (0%)DQ / other(14%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Faber
Menjivar
4
UFC fights
6
71.5 min · 17.9 avg
Octagon time
53.0 min · 8.8 avg
22y 8m
Career length
25y 6m
UFC schedule strength

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

Faber
Menjivar
73W–9L · 89.0%
Overall
50W–13L · 79.4%
28W–7L · 80.0%
Wins
31W–9L · 77.5%
45W–2L · 95.7%
Losses
19W–4L · 82.6%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Faber
Menjivar
309W–96L · 76.3%
Overall
221W–99L · 69.1%
251W–87L · 74.3%
Wins
127W–78L · 62.0%
58W–9L · 86.6%
Losses
94W–21L · 81.7%
Distance striking
Faber
Menjivar
2.42
Landed / min
3.56
32.9%
Accuracy
29.1%
71.4%
Defense
71.4%
0.21
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.28
77.6%
Time at distance
54.7%
Grappling & control
Faber
Menjivar
0.84
Takedowns / 15 min
0.28
17.4%
Takedown accuracy
20.0%
68.8%
Takedown defense
28.6%
0.21
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.42
67.6%
Control share
11.3%
Strike target map
Faber
  • Head70%(136)div 59%
  • Body20%(39)div 23%
  • Legs10%(20)div 18%
Menjivar
  • Head45%(67)div 59%
  • Body28%(42)div 23%
  • Legs26%(39)div 18%

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

Urijah Faber
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Ivan Menjivar
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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