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UFC on FOX: Henderson vs Diaz
Matt Brown
Matt Brown
15-11 · USA
VS
Mike Swick
Mike Swick
15-4 · USA
December 8, 2012 · Seattle, Washington, USA
Welterweight · 3 rounds
170.2lb
Weigh-in
170.0lb
Matt Brown def. Mike Swick by KO/TKO (Punches), R2 2:31
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Brown7/141/100:40
Swick5/120/102:10
R2 · 2:31
Brown18/250/010:19
Swick4/170/100:50
Total
Brown25/391/110:59
Swick9/290/203:00

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
BrownWin probabilitySwick
49.2%50.8%
KO / TKO
27%
Submission
35%
Decision
38%
Expected fight time: 8.8 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Brown49%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO14%28%
Submission18%38%
Decision17%34%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes36 (2046)act 25
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.8)act 1
Swick51%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO13%26%
Submission17%32%
Decision21%42%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes28 (1637)act 9
Takedowns0.5 (0.01.9)act 0
Combined totals~64 sig strikes~0.7 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R140%
R213%
R39%
Distance38%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.7%
Brown
59.4%-153
Swick
+15338.9%
Most takedownstie 52.2%
Brown
14.0%+241
Swick
-24133.8%
Significant strikes — over/under
Brown
Expected: 35.7
35.5
Over 35.5
42.8%
+134
Under 35.5
57.2%
-134
04590
Swick
Expected: 28.4
28.5
Over 28.5
42.4%
+136
Under 28.5
57.6%
-136
03672
Takedowns — over/under
Brown
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
19.7%
Exactly 0
80.3%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Swick
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
38.5%
+159
Under 0.5
61.5%
-159
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 8.8 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
Brown49.2%43.8%+5.4+120
Swick50.8%56.2%−5.4-140

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
74.4Striking61.0
Brown +13.5
71.5Grappling57.7
Brown +13.8
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
BrownSwick
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1541
Pound-for-pound
1607
1542
Divisional
1563
1534
Striking offense
1484
1517
Striking defense
1546
1528
Grappling offense
1513
1469
Grappling defense
1513
Physical
31 yrs
Age
33 yrs
6'0"
Height
6'1"
75"
Reach
77"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.41
Strikes landed / min
2.52
57%
Strike accuracy
38%
2.34
Strikes absorbed / min
2.36
58%
Strike defense
52%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.78
Takedowns / 15 min
1.17
45%
Takedown accuracy
53%
65%
Takedown defense
67%
1.9
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.7
Form & résumé
62%
UFC win rate
77%
+3
Win/loss streak
+1
80%
Last-5 win rate
60%
75%
Finish rate
70%
Recent opp. quality
169
Days since last fight
126
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Matt Brown
  • WLuis RamosKO/TKO R2
    Close -1556mo before
  • WStephen ThompsonU-DEC R3
    Close +2008mo before
  • WChris CopeKO/TKO R2
    Close -33510mo before
  • LSeth BaczynskiSUB R2
    Close -1351y 1mo before
  • WJohn HowardU-DEC R3
    Close +2351y 5mo before
Mike Swick
  • WDaMarques JohnsonKO/TKO R2
    Close -2204mo before
  • LPaulo ThiagoSUB R2
    Close -1872y 10mo before
  • LDan HardyU-DEC R3
    Close -2903y 1mo before
  • WBen SaundersKO/TKO R2
    Close -2173y 6mo before
  • WJonathan GouletKO/TKO R1
    Close -4424y before
Brown — win / loss by method
Record: 15-11-0

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
8 wins, 0 losses
W
53% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 9 losses
W
33% of wins
L
82% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 2 losses
W
13% of wins
L
18% of losses
UFC
8win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (63%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (13%)Submission(80%) 4
2 (25%)Decision(20%) 1
Non-UFC
7win6loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (43%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
4 (57%)Submission(83%) 5
0 (0%)Decision(17%) 1
Swick — win / loss by method
Record: 15-4-0

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
8 wins, 1 loss
W
53% of wins
L
25% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 1 loss
W
20% of wins
L
25% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 2 losses
W
27% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
10win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (50%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (20%)Submission(33%) 1
3 (30%)Decision(67%) 2
Non-UFC
5win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (60%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
1 (20%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (20%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Brown
Swick
13
UFC fights
13
117.7 min · 9.1 avg
Octagon time
102.7 min · 7.9 avg
20y 10m
Career length
27y 9m
UFC schedule strength

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

Brown
Swick
148W–54L · 73.3%
Overall
194W–55L · 77.9%
70W–23L · 75.3%
Wins
141W–45L · 75.8%
78W–31L · 71.6%
Losses
53W–10L · 84.1%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Brown
Swick
62W–37L · 62.6%
Overall
10W–2L · 83.3%
12W–2L · 85.7%
Wins
4W–1L · 80.0%
50W–35L · 58.8%
Losses
6W–1L · 85.7%
Distance striking
Brown
Swick
6.23
Landed / min
3.19
47.0%
Accuracy
26.8%
63.3%
Defense
71.4%
0.64
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.58
28.7%
Time at distance
36.9%
Grappling & control
Brown
Swick
1.78
Takedowns / 15 min
1.17
45.2%
Takedown accuracy
53.3%
65.3%
Takedown defense
66.7%
1.91
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.73
40.1%
Control share
45.9%
Strike target map
Brown
  • Head54%(218)div 62%
  • Body31%(124)div 22%
  • Legs15%(59)div 16%
Swick
  • Head47%(121)div 62%
  • Body24%(63)div 22%
  • Legs29%(75)div 16%

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

Matt Brown
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Mike Swick
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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