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UFC 155: Dos Santos vs Velasquez II
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Tim Boetsch
Tim Boetsch
16-4 · USA
December 29, 2012 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Middleweight · 3 rounds
186.0lb
Weigh-in
186.0lb
Constantinos Philippou def. Tim Boetsch by KO/TKO (Punches), R3 2:11
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Philippou9/230/000:00
Boetsch21/332/212:40
R2
Philippou10/380/001:38
Boetsch3/160/400:30
R3 · 2:11
Philippou9/130/001:10
Boetsch1/40/200:00
Total
Philippou28/740/002:48
Boetsch25/532/813:10

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
PhilippouWin probabilityBoetsch
40.7%59.3%
KO / TKO
29%
Submission
9%
Decision
61%
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 Philippou, blue toward Boetsch. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Philippou41%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO10%25%
Submission3%7%
Decision28%68%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes42 (2354)act 28
Takedowns0.5 (0.02.0)act 0
Boetsch59%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO19%32%
Submission6%11%
Decision34%57%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes45 (2559)act 25
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.2)act 2
Combined totals~87 sig strikes~0.6 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R113%
R222%
R34%
Distance61%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.3%
Philippou
45.9%+115
Boetsch
-11552.9%
Most takedownstie 60.0%
Philippou
31.7%-382
Boetsch
+3828.3%
Significant strikes — over/under
Philippou
Expected: 41.8
42
Over 42
41.3%
+138
Exactly 42
1.6%
push
Under 42
57.1%
-138
053105
Boetsch
Expected: 45.0
45
Over 45
41.8%
+136
Exactly 45
1.5%
push
Under 45
56.7%
-136
057113
Takedowns — over/under
Philippou
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
33.9%
+195
Under 0.5
66.1%
-195
035
Boetsch
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
11.2%
Exactly 0
88.8%
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 11.7 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
Philippou40.7%41.8%−1.1+135
Boetsch59.3%58.2%+1.1-145

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
63.6Striking72.4
Boetsch +8.9
55.9Grappling51.2
Philippou +4.7
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
PhilippouBoetsch
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1569
Pound-for-pound
1588
1583
Divisional
1584
1502
Striking offense
1503
1518
Striking defense
1523
1494
Grappling offense
1485
1525
Grappling defense
1507
Physical
33 yrs
Age
31 yrs
5'11"
Height
6'0"
73"
Reach
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.86
Strikes landed / min
3.06
37%
Strike accuracy
51%
2.64
Strikes absorbed / min
2.30
60%
Strike defense
62%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.71
Takedowns / 15 min
2.10
50%
Takedown accuracy
38%
85%
Takedown defense
52%
0.5
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.7
Form & résumé
80%
UFC win rate
70%
+4
Win/loss streak
+4
80%
Last-5 win rate
80%
25%
Finish rate
43%
Recent opp. quality
175
Days since last fight
161
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Constantinos Philippou
  • WRiki FukudaU-DEC R3
    Close -1906mo before
  • WCourt McGeeU-DEC R3
    Close +11510mo before
  • WJared HammanKO/TKO R1
    Close +1661y 1mo before
  • WJorge RiveraS-DEC R3
    Close +1251y 5mo before
  • LNick CatoneU-DEC R3
    Close +1751y 9mo before
Tim Boetsch
  • WHector LombardS-DEC R3
    Close +2805mo before
  • WYushin OkamiKO/TKO R3
    Close +36510mo before
  • WNick RingU-DEC R3
    Close -1921y 3mo before
  • WKendall GroveU-DEC R3
    Close +1151y 7mo before
  • LPhil DavisSUB R2
    Close +4252y 1mo before
Philippou — win / loss by method
Record: 11-2-0, 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
5 wins, 0 losses
W
45% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
9% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 2 losses
W
45% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
4win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (25%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (75%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
7win1loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
4 (57%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (14%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (29%)Decision(100%) 1
Boetsch — win / loss by method
Record: 16-4-0

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
9 wins, 1 loss
W
56% of wins
L
25% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 1 loss
W
19% of wins
L
25% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 2 losses
W
25% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
7win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (43%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(33%) 1
4 (57%)Decision(33%) 1
Non-UFC
9win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (67%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (33%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(100%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Philippou
Boetsch
5
UFC fights
10
63.2 min · 12.6 avg
Octagon time
107.2 min · 10.7 avg
18y 3m
Career length
19y 9m
UFC schedule strength

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

Philippou
Boetsch
72W–19L · 79.1%
Overall
144W–23L · 86.2%
64W–17L · 79.0%
Wins
117W–21L · 84.8%
8W–2L · 80.0%
Losses
27W–2L · 93.1%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Philippou
Boetsch
37W–13L · 74.0%
Overall
80W–45L · 64.0%
33W–13L · 71.7%
Wins
62W–42L · 59.6%
4W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
18W–3L · 85.7%
Distance striking
Philippou
Boetsch
3.77
Landed / min
3.90
33.3%
Accuracy
42.2%
64.7%
Defense
71.6%
0.95
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.28
59.2%
Time at distance
46.9%
Grappling & control
Philippou
Boetsch
0.71
Takedowns / 15 min
2.10
50.0%
Takedown accuracy
38.5%
85.2%
Takedown defense
52.2%
0.47
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.70
28.4%
Control share
37.6%
Strike target map
Philippou
  • Head85%(154)div 63%
  • Body13%(23)div 19%
  • Legs2%(4)div 17%
Boetsch
  • Head57%(187)div 63%
  • Body26%(84)div 19%
  • Legs17%(57)div 17%

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

Constantinos Philippou
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Tim Boetsch
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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