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The Ultimate Fighter: Team Carwin vs. Team Nelson Finale
Roy Nelson
Roy Nelson
16-7 · USA
VS
Matt Mitrione
Matt Mitrione
5-1 · USA
December 15, 2012 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Heavyweight · 5 rounds · Main event
252.0lb
Weigh-in
257.0lb
Roy Nelson def. Matt Mitrione by KO/TKO (Punch), R1 2:58
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 2:58
Nelson23/530/110:48
Mitrione13/280/000:20
Total
Nelson23/530/110:48
Mitrione13/280/000:20

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
NelsonWin probabilityMitrione
28.2%71.8%
KO / TKO
60%
Submission
6%
Decision
34%
Expected fight time: 15.3 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Nelson28%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO17%62%
Submission4%13%
Decision7%25%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes50 (2865)act 23
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.3)act 0
Mitrione72%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO42%59%
Submission2%3%
Decision28%38%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes85 (49110)act 13
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.0)act 0
Combined totals~134 sig strikes~0.7 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R122%
R215%
R314%
R48%
R56%
Distance35%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.7%
Nelson
26.1%+280
Mitrione
-28073.2%
Most takedownstie 66.1%
Nelson
28.5%-527
Mitrione
+5275.4%
Significant strikes — over/under
Nelson
Expected: 49.6
49.5
Over 49.5
42.6%
+135
Under 49.5
57.4%
-135
063125
Mitrione
Expected: 84.8
85
Over 85
42.0%
+136
Exactly 85
0.8%
push
Under 85
57.2%
-136
0107213
Takedowns — over/under
Nelson
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
29.5%
+238
Under 0.5
70.5%
-238
035
Mitrione
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
7.0%
Exactly 0
93.0%
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 15.3 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
Nelson28.2%63.7%−35.5-185
Mitrione71.8%36.3%+35.5+170

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
47.3Striking75.9
Mitrione +28.6
29.6Grappling27.0
Nelson +2.6
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
NelsonMitrione
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1538
Pound-for-pound
1561
1538
Divisional
1560
1519
Striking offense
1529
1499
Striking defense
1518
1494
Grappling offense
1481
1513
Grappling defense
1499
Physical
36 yrs
Age
34 yrs
6'0"
Height
6'3"
73"
Reach
82"
Orthodox
Stance
Switch
Striking (UFC career)
2.23
Strikes landed / min
3.65
39%
Strike accuracy
51%
5.09
Strikes absorbed / min
2.30
48%
Strike defense
69%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.73
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
25%
Takedown accuracy
42%
Takedown defense
50%
0.2
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.1
Form & résumé
57%
UFC win rate
83%
+1
Win/loss streak
-1
40%
Last-5 win rate
80%
100%
Finish rate
80%
Recent opp. quality
203
Days since last fight
413
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Roy Nelson
  • WDave HermanKO/TKO R1
    Close -1627mo before
  • LFabricio WerdumU-DEC R3
    Close +14010mo before
  • WMirko FilipovicKO/TKO R3
    Close -2401y 2mo before
  • LFrank MirU-DEC R3
    Close +1101y 7mo before
  • LJunior Dos SantosU-DEC R3
    Close +3152y 4mo before
Matt Mitrione
  • LCheick KongoU-DEC R3
    Close -1281y 2mo before
  • WChristian MorecraftKO/TKO R2
    Close -2551y 6mo before
  • WTim HagueKO/TKO R1
    Close -2501y 11mo before
  • WJoey BeltranU-DEC R3
    Close -1742y 3mo before
  • WKevin FergusonKO/TKO R2
    Close -1072y 7mo before
Nelson — win / loss by method
Record: 16-7-0

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
11 wins, 1 loss
W
69% of wins
L
14% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 0 losses
W
25% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
1 win, 6 losses
W
6% of wins
L
86% of losses
UFC
4win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (100%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(100%) 3
Non-UFC
12win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (58%)KO/TKO(25%) 1
4 (33%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (8%)Decision(75%) 3
Mitrione — win / loss by method
Record: 5-1-0

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
4 wins, 0 losses
W
80% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
1 win, 1 loss
W
20% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
5win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (80%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (20%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Nelson
Mitrione
7
UFC fights
6
61.8 min · 8.8 avg
Octagon time
57.0 min · 9.5 avg
22y 3m
Career length
16y 8m
UFC schedule strength

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

Nelson
Mitrione
110W–26L · 80.9%
Overall
55W–16L · 77.5%
71W–15L · 82.6%
Wins
39W–10L · 79.6%
39W–11L · 78.0%
Losses
16W–6L · 72.7%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Nelson
Mitrione
158W–71L · 69.0%
Overall
90W–53L · 62.9%
Wins
68W–18L · 79.1%
Losses
Distance striking
Nelson
Mitrione
2.77
Landed / min
5.28
33.5%
Accuracy
46.9%
51.1%
Defense
76.9%
0.73
Knockdowns / 15 min
1.58
51.4%
Time at distance
52.8%
Grappling & control
Nelson
Mitrione
0.73
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
25.0%
Takedown accuracy
41.7%
Takedown defense
50.0%
0.24
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.05
60.4%
Control share
22.3%
Strike target map
Nelson
  • Head83%(115)div 66%
  • Body10%(14)div 17%
  • Legs7%(9)div 16%
Mitrione
  • Head70%(146)div 66%
  • Body9%(19)div 17%
  • Legs21%(43)div 16%

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

Roy Nelson
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Matt Mitrione
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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