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Mauricio Rua
Mauricio Rua
21-6 · BRA
December 8, 2012 · Seattle, Washington, USA
Light Heavyweight · 3 rounds
205.4lb
Weigh-in
205.0lb
Alexander Gustafsson def. Mauricio Rua by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Gustafsson21/501/301:10
Rua16/271/101:13
R2
Gustafsson20/542/301:21
Rua15/380/200:16
R3
Gustafsson31/523/601:22
Rua10/300/000:00
Total
Gustafsson72/1566/1203:53
Rua41/951/301:29

Scorecards

Gustafsson vs Rua

RdDave HagenLester GriffinSal D'AmatoCommunity
R110-910-910-99.6-9.5
R210-910-910-99.9-9.2
R310-810-910-910-8.8
Total30-2630-2730-2729.5-27.5

Media (10 cards) · avg 29.527.5 · 10 Gustafsson · 0 Rua

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Gustafsson-Rua.

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
GustafssonWin probabilityRua
72.3%27.7%
KO / TKO
68%
Submission
7%
Decision
24%
Expected fight time: 8.0 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Gustafsson72%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO46%64%
Submission7%9%
Decision19%27%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes42 (2354)act 72
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.5)act 6
Rua28%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO22%78%
Submission1%3%
Decision5%19%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes33 (1843)act 41
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.7)act 1
Combined totals~75 sig strikes~0.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R137%
R229%
R39%
Distance25%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.4%
Gustafsson
59.6%-153
Rua
+15339.0%
Most takedownstie 63.5%
Gustafsson
23.0%-171
Rua
+17113.5%
Significant strikes — over/under
Gustafsson
Expected: 41.9
42
Over 42
41.5%
+137
Exactly 42
1.6%
push
Under 42
56.9%
-137
053105
Rua
Expected: 33.4
33.5
Over 33.5
42.3%
+136
Under 33.5
57.7%
-136
04284
Takedowns — over/under
Gustafsson
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
25.7%
+289
Under 0.5
74.3%
-289
035
Rua
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
16.5%
Exactly 0
83.5%
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 8.0 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
Gustafsson72.3%71.5%+0.8-280
Rua27.7%28.5%−0.8+240

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
65.5Striking66.1
Rua +0.6
75.5Grappling39.6
Gustafsson +35.9
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
GustafssonRua
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1609
Pound-for-pound
1584
1608
Divisional
1577
1512
Striking offense
1527
1514
Striking defense
1511
1511
Grappling offense
1492
1519
Grappling defense
1490
Physical
25 yrs
Age
31 yrs
6'5"
Height
6'1"
79"
Reach
76"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.70
Strikes landed / min
3.30
33%
Strike accuracy
53%
2.14
Strikes absorbed / min
3.06
56%
Strike defense
49%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.38
Takedowns / 15 min
1.86
50%
Takedown accuracy
41%
88%
Takedown defense
26%
1.7
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.4
Form & résumé
86%
UFC win rate
56%
+5
Win/loss streak
+1
100%
Last-5 win rate
60%
83%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
238
Days since last fight
126
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Alexander Gustafsson
  • WThiago SilvaU-DEC R3
    Close -2608mo before
  • WVladimir MatyushenkoKO/TKO R1
    Close -33011mo before
  • WMatt HamillKO/TKO R2
    Close -1501y 4mo before
  • WJames Te HunaSUB R1
    Close -3501y 9mo before
  • WCyrille DiabateSUB R2
    Close -1552y 2mo before
Mauricio Rua
  • WBrandon VeraKO/TKO R4
    Close -4004mo before
  • LDan HendersonU-DEC R5
    Close -1531y 1mo before
  • WForrest GriffinKO/TKO R1
    Close -2101y 3mo before
  • LJon JonesKO/TKO R3
    Close +1951y 9mo before
  • WLyoto MachidaKO/TKO R1
    Close +1752y 7mo before
Gustafsson — win / loss by method
Record: 14-1-0

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
9 wins, 0 losses
W
64% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 1 loss
W
21% of wins
L
100% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 0 losses
W
14% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
6win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (50%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (33%)Submission(100%) 1
1 (17%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
8win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (75%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (13%)Submission() 0
1 (13%)Decision() 0
Rua — win / loss by method
Record: 21-6-0

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
18 wins, 2 losses
W
86% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
1 win, 2 losses
W
5% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 2 losses
W
10% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
5win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (100%)KO/TKO(25%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(25%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(50%) 2
Non-UFC
16win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
13 (81%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
1 (6%)Submission(50%) 1
2 (13%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Gustafsson
Rua
7
UFC fights
9
43.5 min · 6.2 avg
Octagon time
121.0 min · 13.4 avg
18y 8m
Career length
23y 9m
UFC schedule strength

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

Gustafsson
Rua
94W–21L · 81.7%
Overall
148W–38L · 79.6%
89W–21L · 80.9%
Wins
80W–25L · 76.2%
5W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
68W–13L · 84.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Gustafsson
Rua
48W–24L · 66.7%
Overall
230W–100L · 69.7%
48W–24L · 66.7%
Wins
195W–87L · 69.1%
0W–0L
Losses
35W–13L · 72.9%
Distance striking
Gustafsson
Rua
3.96
Landed / min
4.48
26.2%
Accuracy
44.5%
59.8%
Defense
60.5%
1.72
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.74
61.5%
Time at distance
40.2%
Grappling & control
Gustafsson
Rua
1.38
Takedowns / 15 min
1.86
50.0%
Takedown accuracy
40.5%
87.5%
Takedown defense
26.1%
1.72
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.37
53.1%
Control share
54.3%
Strike target map
Gustafsson
  • Head75%(120)div 64%
  • Body9%(14)div 18%
  • Legs17%(27)div 18%
Rua
  • Head62%(248)div 64%
  • Body15%(60)div 18%
  • Legs23%(91)div 18%

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

Alexander Gustafsson
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Mauricio Rua
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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