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UFC 156: Aldo vs Edgar
Demian Maia
Demian Maia
17-4 · BRA
VS
Jon Fitch
Jon Fitch
25-4-1 · USA
February 2, 2013 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Welterweight · 3 rounds
170.0lb
Weigh-in
171.0lb
Demian Maia def. Jon Fitch by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Maia9/103/604:56
Fitch0/00/000:00
R2
Maia3/62/204:11
Fitch4/110/000:00
R3
Maia0/12/903:47
Fitch2/50/000:34
Total
Maia12/177/17012:54
Fitch6/160/000:34

Scorecards

Maia vs Fitch

RdAdalaide ByrdJeff CollinsPatricia Morse JarmanCommunity
R110-910-910-910-8.6
R210-910-910-910-8.8
R310-910-910-910-9
Total30-2730-2730-2730-26.4

Media (10 cards) · avg 3026.8 · 10 Maia · 0 Fitch

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Maia-Fitch.

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
MaiaWin probabilityFitch
52.1%47.9%
KO / TKO
7%
Submission
24%
Decision
69%
Expected fight time: 11.7 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Maia52%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO3%6%
Submission18%34%
Decision31%60%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes15 (819)act 12
Takedowns1.2 (0.03.3)act 7
Fitch48%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO4%8%
Submission7%14%
Decision37%78%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes30 (1739)act 6
Takedowns0.5 (0.01.8)act 0
Combined totals~45 sig strikes~1.6 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R123%
R25%
R34%
Distance68%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.9%
Maia
20.8%+373
Fitch
-37377.4%
Most takedownstie 27.8%
Maia
52.4%-264
Fitch
+26419.8%
Significant strikes — over/under
Maia
Expected: 15.0
15
Over 15
40.3%
+138
Exactly 15
4.2%
push
Under 15
55.5%
-138
01938
Fitch
Expected: 30.2
30
Over 30
41.9%
+133
Exactly 30
2.2%
push
Under 30
55.9%
-133
03876
Takedowns — over/under
Maia
Expected: 1.2
1
Over 1
42.2%
-128
Exactly 1
25.0%
push
Under 1
32.9%
+128
035
Fitch
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
39.7%
+152
Under 0.5
60.3%
-152
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 11.7 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
Maia52.1%37.8%+14.3+161
Fitch47.9%62.2%−14.3-171

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
64.9Striking71.4
Fitch +6.5
61.7Grappling70.4
Fitch +8.7
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
MaiaFitch
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1617
Pound-for-pound
1673
1557
Divisional
1660
1468
Striking offense
1490
1531
Striking defense
1562
1541
Grappling offense
1560
1504
Grappling defense
1508
Physical
35 yrs
Age
34 yrs
6'1"
Height
6'0"
72"
Reach
74"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
1.92
Strikes landed / min
2.79
41%
Strike accuracy
52%
1.89
Strikes absorbed / min
1.60
61%
Strike defense
54%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.97
Takedowns / 15 min
3.88
31%
Takedown accuracy
55%
53%
Takedown defense
55%
1.4
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.9
Form & résumé
73%
UFC win rate
88%
+2
Win/loss streak
+1
60%
Last-5 win rate
60%
64%
Finish rate
29%
Recent opp. quality
112
Days since last fight
112
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Demian Maia
  • WRick StorySUB R1
    Close -1154mo before
  • WDong Hyun KimKO/TKO R1
    Close +1337mo before
  • LChris WeidmanU-DEC R3
    Close +1421y before
  • WJorge SantiagoU-DEC R3
    Close -2901y 4mo before
  • LMark MunozU-DEC R3
    Close +1401y 8mo before
Jon Fitch
  • WErick SilvaU-DEC R3
    Close +1774mo before
  • LJohny HendricksKO/TKO R1
    Close -2251y 1mo before
  • DBJ PennM-DEC R3
    !Close -1901y 11mo before
  • WThiago AlvesU-DEC R3
    opp missedClose +1162y 6mo before
  • WBen SaundersU-DEC R3
    Close -3252y 10mo before
Maia — win / loss by method
Record: 17-4-0

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
18% of wins
L
25% of losses
Submission
9 wins, 0 losses
W
53% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 3 losses
W
29% of wins
L
75% of losses
UFC
11win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (9%)KO/TKO(25%) 1
6 (55%)Submission(0%) 0
4 (36%)Decision(75%) 3
Non-UFC
6win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (33%)KO/TKO() 0
3 (50%)Submission() 0
1 (17%)Decision() 0
Fitch — win / loss by method
Record: 25-4-1, 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
7 wins, 2 losses
W
28% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 1 loss
W
16% of wins
L
25% of losses
Decision
14 wins, 1 loss
W
56% of wins
L
25% of losses
UFC
14win2loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (7%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
3 (21%)Submission(0%) 0
10 (71%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
11win2loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
6 (55%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
1 (9%)Submission(50%) 1
4 (36%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Maia
Fitch
15
UFC fights
17
146.3 min · 9.8 avg
Octagon time
224.0 min · 13.2 avg
24y 10m
Career length
24y 0m
UFC schedule strength

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

Maia
Fitch
237W–66L · 78.2%
Overall
219W–45L · 83.0%
165W–52L · 76.0%
Wins
192W–42L · 82.1%
72W–14L · 83.7%
Losses
27W–3L · 90.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Maia
Fitch
38W–15L · 71.7%
Overall
68W–26L · 72.3%
38W–15L · 71.7%
Wins
66W–25L · 72.5%
0W–0L
Losses
2W–1L · 66.7%
Distance striking
Maia
Fitch
1.88
Landed / min
4.42
28.2%
Accuracy
34.4%
66.2%
Defense
66.8%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.13
46.3%
Time at distance
18.3%
Grappling & control
Maia
Fitch
2.97
Takedowns / 15 min
3.88
31.2%
Takedown accuracy
54.7%
52.9%
Takedown defense
54.8%
1.44
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.87
70.9%
Control share
75.2%
Strike target map
Maia
  • Head72%(202)div 62%
  • Body20%(57)div 22%
  • Legs8%(22)div 16%
Fitch
  • Head66%(411)div 62%
  • Body21%(128)div 22%
  • Legs14%(85)div 16%

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

Demian Maia
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Jon Fitch
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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