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The Ultimate Fighter: Team Carwin vs. Team Nelson Finale
Mike Rio
Mike Rio
8-1 · USA
VS
John Cofer
John Cofer
7-3 · USA
December 15, 2012 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Lightweight · 3 rounds
Mike Rio def. John Cofer by SUB (Armbar), R3 4:11
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Rio11/251/502:05
Cofer7/180/000:55
R2
Rio16/352/401:34
Cofer17/310/000:50
R3 · 4:11
Rio3/71/202:14
Cofer7/100/001:17
Total
Rio30/674/1105:53
Cofer31/590/003:02

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
RioWin probabilityCofer
42.2%57.8%
KO / TKO
24%
Submission
20%
Decision
55%
Expected fight time: 10.7 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Rio42%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO13%31%
Submission9%20%
Decision20%49%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes42 (2455)act 30
Takedowns1.5 (0.13.5)act 4
Cofer58%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO11%19%
Submission12%21%
Decision35%60%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes49 (2864)act 31
Takedowns1.0 (0.02.9)act 0
Combined totals~91 sig strikes~2.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R127%
R210%
R38%
Distance55%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.2%
Rio
42.6%+132
Cofer
-13256.2%
Most takedownstie 20.5%
Rio
52.9%-199
Cofer
+19926.6%
Significant strikes — over/under
Rio
Expected: 42.2
42
Over 42
42.1%
+134
Exactly 42
1.6%
push
Under 42
56.3%
-134
053106
Cofer
Expected: 49.0
49
Over 49
41.8%
+136
Exactly 49
1.4%
push
Under 49
56.9%
-136
062123
Takedowns — over/under
Rio
Expected: 1.5
1.5
Over 1.5
55.5%
-125
Under 1.5
44.5%
+125
035
Cofer
Expected: 1.0
1
Over 1
39.2%
-123
Exactly 1
29.0%
push
Under 1
31.8%
+123
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 10.7 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
Rio42.2%48.8%−6.6+100
Cofer57.8%51.2%+6.6-110

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
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
RioCofer
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1520
Pound-for-pound
1495
1520
Divisional
1495
1482
Striking offense
1483
1500
Striking defense
1493
1561
Grappling offense
1552
1558
Grappling defense
1551
Physical
31 yrs
Age
28 yrs
5'10"
Height
5'9"
70"
Reach
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
Strikes landed / min
3.49
Strike accuracy
36%
Strikes absorbed / min
5.23
Strike defense
65%
Grappling (UFC career)
Takedowns / 15 min
2.91
Takedown accuracy
50%
Takedown defense
67%
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
UFC win rate
0%
Win/loss streak
-1
Last-5 win rate
0%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
Days since last fight
197
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Mike Rio
No prior UFC fights.
John Cofer
  • LJustin LawrenceKO/TKO R3
    Close +3156mo before
Rio — win / loss by method
Record: 8-1-0

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
50% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 0 losses
W
38% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
1 win, 1 loss
W
13% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
8win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (50%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (38%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (13%)Decision(100%) 1
Cofer — win / loss by method
Record: 7-3-0

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
1 win, 2 losses
W
14% of wins
L
67% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 0 losses
W
43% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 1 loss
W
43% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
7win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (14%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
3 (43%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (43%)Decision(50%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Rio
Cofer
0
UFC fights
1
Octagon time
10.3 min · 10.3 avg
Career length
18y 2m
UFC schedule strength

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

Rio
Cofer
Overall
3W–0L · 100.0%
Wins
0W–0L
Losses
3W–0L · 100.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Rio
Cofer
50W–17L · 74.6%
Overall
23W–13L · 63.9%
31W–14L · 68.9%
Wins
21W–12L · 63.6%
19W–3L · 86.4%
Losses
2W–1L · 66.7%
Distance striking
Rio
Cofer
Landed / min
3.85
Accuracy
33.3%
Defense
67.1%
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
Time at distance
78.0%
Grappling & control
Rio
Cofer
Takedowns / 15 min
2.91
Takedown accuracy
50.0%
Takedown defense
66.7%
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
Control share
49.5%
Strike target map
Rio
  • Head0%(0)div 64%
  • Body0%(0)div 19%
  • Legs0%(0)div 17%
  • No strike data on record.
Cofer
  • Head56%(20)div 64%
  • Body31%(11)div 19%
  • Legs14%(5)div 17%

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

Mike Rio

No UFC fights on record.

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

John Cofer
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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