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UFC 153: Silva vs Bonnar
Jon Fitch
Jon Fitch
24-4-1 · USA
VS
Erick Silva
Erick Silva
14-2 · BRA
October 13, 2012 · Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Welterweight · 3 rounds
170.0lb
Weigh-in
169.0lb
Jon Fitch def. Erick Silva by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Fitch13/224/602:46
Silva8/150/000:27
R2
Fitch11/240/101:27
Silva11/182/302:24
R3
Fitch58/852/204:37
Silva0/00/000:07
Total
Fitch82/1316/908:50
Silva19/332/302:58

Scorecards

Fitch vs Silva

RdAaron ChatfieldHoward HughesMark CollettCommunity
R110-910-910-99.9-9.1
R29-1010-99-109.3-9.8
R310-910-910-910-8.4
Total29-2830-2729-2829.2-27.3

Media (9 cards) · avg 29.127.2 · 9 Fitch · 0 Silva

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Fitch-Silva.

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
FitchWin probabilitySilva
46.1%53.9%
KO / TKO
39%
Submission
13%
Decision
48%
Expected fight time: 10.4 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Fitch46%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO15%33%
Submission4%8%
Decision27%59%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes39 (2251)act 82
Takedowns1.3 (0.03.4)act 6
Silva54%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO24%44%
Submission9%17%
Decision21%39%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes22 (1128)act 19
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.6)act 2
Combined totals~61 sig strikes~1.7 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R121%
R225%
R36%
Distance48%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.5%
Fitch
74.7%-313
Silva
+31323.8%
Most takedownstie 25.3%
Fitch
60.7%-433
Silva
+43314.0%
Significant strikes — over/under
Fitch
Expected: 39.4
39.5
Over 39.5
42.3%
+136
Under 39.5
57.7%
-136
05099
Silva
Expected: 21.5
21.5
Over 21.5
42.5%
+135
Under 21.5
57.5%
-135
02754
Takedowns — over/under
Fitch
Expected: 1.3
1.5
Over 1.5
46.4%
+116
Under 1.5
53.6%
-116
035
Silva
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
31.0%
+223
Under 0.5
69.0%
-223
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 10.4 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
Fitch46.1%35.4%+10.7+177
Silva53.9%64.6%−10.7-192

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
70.2Striking84.0
Silva +13.8
68.6Grappling49.7
Fitch +18.9
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
FitchSilva
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1662
Pound-for-pound
1554
1648
Divisional
1554
1495
Striking offense
1506
1556
Striking defense
1505
1555
Grappling offense
1516
1509
Grappling defense
1510
Physical
34 yrs
Age
28 yrs
6'0"
Height
6'0"
74"
Reach
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.59
Strikes landed / min
3.86
50%
Strike accuracy
67%
1.63
Strikes absorbed / min
1.23
55%
Strike defense
63%
Grappling (UFC career)
3.73
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
54%
Takedown accuracy
56%
Takedown defense
89%
0.8
Sub attempts / 15 min
5.3
Form & résumé
87%
UFC win rate
67%
-1
Win/loss streak
+1
60%
Last-5 win rate
67%
31%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
288
Days since last fight
127
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Jon Fitch
  • LJohny HendricksKO/TKO R1
    Close -2259mo before
  • DBJ PennM-DEC R3
    !Close -1901y 8mo before
  • WThiago AlvesU-DEC R3
    opp missedClose +1162y 2mo before
  • WBen SaundersU-DEC R3
    Close -3252y 7mo before
  • WMike PierceU-DEC R3
    Close -5082y 10mo before
Erick Silva
  • WCharlie BrennemanSUB R1
    Close -1854mo before
  • LCarlo PraterDQ R1
    Close -5309mo before
  • WLuis RamosKO/TKO R1
    Close -2801y 2mo before
Fitch — win / loss by method
Record: 24-4-1, 1 NC

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
7 wins, 2 losses
W
29% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 1 loss
W
17% of wins
L
25% of losses
Decision
13 wins, 1 loss
W
54% of wins
L
25% of losses
UFC
13win2loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (8%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
3 (23%)Submission(0%) 0
9 (69%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
11win2loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
6 (55%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
1 (9%)Submission(50%) 1
4 (36%)Decision(0%) 0
Silva — win / loss by method
Record: 14-2-0, 1 NC

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
3 wins, 0 losses
W
21% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
8 wins, 0 losses
W
57% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 1 loss
W
21% of wins
L
50% of losses
DQ / other
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
2win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (50%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (50%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
0 (0%)DQ / other(100%) 1
Non-UFC
12win1loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
2 (17%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
7 (58%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (25%)Decision(100%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Fitch
Silva
16
UFC fights
3
209.0 min · 13.1 avg
Octagon time
5.7 min · 1.9 avg
24y 0m
Career length
21y 2m
UFC schedule strength

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

Fitch
Silva
205W–43L · 82.7%
Overall
63W–18L · 77.8%
178W–40L · 81.7%
Wins
34W–8L · 81.0%
27W–3L · 90.0%
Losses
29W–10L · 74.4%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Fitch
Silva
68W–26L · 72.3%
Overall
58W–23L · 71.6%
66W–25L · 72.5%
Wins
58W–23L · 71.6%
2W–1L · 66.7%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Fitch
Silva
4.42
Landed / min
3.46
34.2%
Accuracy
52.9%
66.9%
Defense
64.7%
0.14
Knockdowns / 15 min
2.63
19.1%
Time at distance
45.6%
Grappling & control
Fitch
Silva
3.73
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
53.6%
Takedown accuracy
56.4%
Takedown defense
88.9%
0.79
Sub attempts / 15 min
5.26
75.2%
Control share
25.8%
Strike target map
Fitch
  • Head63%(342)div 62%
  • Body22%(118)div 22%
  • Legs15%(82)div 16%
Silva
  • Head55%(12)div 62%
  • Body45%(10)div 22%
  • Legs0%(0)div 16%

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

Jon Fitch
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Erick Silva
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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