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The Ultimate Fighter: Team Carwin vs. Team Nelson Finale
Dustin Poirier
Dustin Poirier
12-2 · USA
VS
December 15, 2012 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Featherweight · 3 rounds
146.0lb
Weigh-in
146.0lb
Dustin Poirier def. Jonathan Brookins by SUB (D'Arce Choke), R1 4:15
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 4:15
Poirier35/730/201:09
Brookins26/540/200:27
Total
Poirier35/730/201:09
Brookins26/540/200:27

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
PoirierWin probabilityBrookins
71.1%28.9%
KO / TKO
14%
Submission
81%
Decision
5%
Expected fight time: 3.8 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Poirier71%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO10%13%
Submission58%82%
Decision3%5%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes23 (1230)act 35
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.9)act 0
Brookins29%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO5%16%
Submission23%80%
Decision1%4%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes14 (718)act 26
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.5)act 0
Combined totals~37 sig strikes~0.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R185%
R26%
R35%
Distance4%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 2.6%
Poirier
69.1%-244
Brookins
+24428.3%
Most takedownstie 45.0%
Poirier
16.4%+235
Brookins
-23538.6%
Significant strikes — over/under
Poirier
Expected: 22.9
23
Over 23
40.9%
+138
Exactly 23
2.8%
push
Under 23
56.3%
-138
02958
Brookins
Expected: 14.1
14
Over 14
40.8%
+134
Exactly 14
4.4%
push
Under 14
54.7%
-134
01836
Takedowns — over/under
Poirier
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
26.0%
Exactly 0
74.0%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Brookins
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
47.9%
+109
Under 0.5
52.1%
-109
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 3.8 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
Poirier71.1%71.7%−0.6-270
Brookins28.9%28.3%+0.6+248

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
71.5Striking61.6
Poirier +10.0
58.1Grappling42.3
Poirier +15.8
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
PoirierBrookins
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1566
Pound-for-pound
1521
1566
Divisional
1508
1498
Striking offense
1486
1502
Striking defense
1499
1527
Grappling offense
1531
1517
Grappling defense
1522
Physical
23 yrs
Age
27 yrs
5'9"
Height
6'0"
72"
Reach
74"
Southpaw
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
4.25
Strikes landed / min
2.55
48%
Strike accuracy
44%
3.07
Strikes absorbed / min
3.03
59%
Strike defense
55%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.87
Takedowns / 15 min
2.29
41%
Takedown accuracy
17%
60%
Takedown defense
67%
1.1
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.4
Form & résumé
80%
UFC win rate
50%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
80%
Last-5 win rate
50%
50%
Finish rate
50%
Recent opp. quality
214
Days since last fight
197
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Dustin Poirier
  • LChan Sung JungSUB R4
    Close -3507mo before
  • WMax HollowaySUB R1
    Close -51510mo before
  • WPablo GarzaSUB R2
    Close -2251y 1mo before
  • WJason YoungU-DEC R3
    Close -3351y 6mo before
  • WJosh GrispiU-DEC R3
    Close +2501y 11mo before
Jonathan Brookins
  • LCharles OliveiraSUB R2
    Close +1856mo before
  • WVagner RochaKO/TKO R1
    Close -16510mo before
  • LErik KochU-DEC R3
    Close +1851y 3mo before
  • WMichael JohnsonU-DEC R3
    Close -2302y before
Poirier — win / loss by method
Record: 12-2-0

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
5 wins, 0 losses
W
42% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 1 loss
W
42% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 1 loss
W
17% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
4win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (50%)Submission(100%) 1
2 (50%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
8win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (63%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (38%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(100%) 1
Brookins — win / loss by method
Record: 13-5-0

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
5 wins, 1 loss
W
38% of wins
L
20% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 1 loss
W
46% of wins
L
20% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 3 losses
W
15% of wins
L
60% of losses
UFC
2win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (50%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(50%) 1
1 (50%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
11win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (36%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
6 (55%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (9%)Decision(67%) 2

Profiles

Experience
Poirier
Brookins
5
UFC fights
4
56.0 min · 11.2 avg
Octagon time
39.2 min · 9.8 avg
17y 2m
Career length
20y 0m
UFC schedule strength

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

Poirier
Brookins
49W–8L · 86.0%
Overall
42W–9L · 82.4%
37W–5L · 88.1%
Wins
15W–6L · 71.4%
12W–3L · 80.0%
Losses
27W–3L · 90.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Poirier
Brookins
40W–12L · 76.9%
Overall
95W–45L · 67.9%
32W–9L · 78.0%
Wins
47W–18L · 72.3%
8W–3L · 72.7%
Losses
48W–27L · 64.0%
Distance striking
Poirier
Brookins
7.50
Landed / min
3.09
47.1%
Accuracy
29.4%
62.3%
Defense
61.2%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
40.5%
Time at distance
34.6%
Grappling & control
Poirier
Brookins
1.87
Takedowns / 15 min
2.29
41.2%
Takedown accuracy
16.7%
60.0%
Takedown defense
66.7%
1.07
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.38
70.4%
Control share
87.6%
Strike target map
Poirier
  • Head74%(175)div 63%
  • Body8%(19)div 20%
  • Legs18%(44)div 17%
Brookins
  • Head78%(78)div 63%
  • Body17%(17)div 20%
  • Legs5%(5)div 17%

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

Dustin Poirier
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Jonathan Brookins
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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