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UFC on FX: Browne vs Bigfoot
Diego Nunes
Diego Nunes
17-3 · BRA
VS
Bart Palaszewski
Bart Palaszewski
36-14 · USA
October 5, 2012 · Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Featherweight · 3 rounds
146.0lb
Weigh-in
146.0lb
Diego Nunes def. Bart Palaszewski by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Nunes19/301/114:17
Palaszewski2/60/000:00
R2
Nunes15/372/201:20
Palaszewski13/380/000:12
R3
Nunes27/700/310:14
Palaszewski22/750/000:01
Total
Nunes61/1373/625:51
Palaszewski37/1190/000:13

Scorecards

Nunes vs Palaszewski

RdAndy KempKyle ShielyTodd NielsenCommunity
R110-910-910-910-8.3
R210-910-910-910-8.9
R310-910-99-1010-9
Total30-2730-2729-2830-26.2

Media (8 cards) · avg 3026.8 · 8 Nunes · 0 Palaszewski

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Nunes-Palaszewski.

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
NunesWin probabilityPalaszewski
66.2%33.8%
KO / TKO
26%
Submission
18%
Decision
57%
Expected fight time: 11.2 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Nunes66%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO13%20%
Submission12%18%
Decision41%62%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes43 (2457)act 61
Takedowns1.0 (0.03.0)act 3
Palaszewski34%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO13%37%
Submission6%18%
Decision15%45%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes34 (1944)act 37
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.4)act 0
Combined totals~77 sig strikes~1.3 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R120%
R215%
R38%
Distance57%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.4%
Nunes
61.0%-162
Palaszewski
+16237.6%
Most takedownstie 36.5%
Nunes
48.6%-324
Palaszewski
+32415.0%
Significant strikes — over/under
Nunes
Expected: 43.5
43.5
Over 43.5
42.5%
+135
Under 43.5
57.5%
-135
055109
Palaszewski
Expected: 33.6
33.5
Over 33.5
42.7%
+134
Under 33.5
57.3%
-134
04385
Takedowns — over/under
Nunes
Expected: 1.0
1
Over 1
35.4%
+122
Exactly 1
21.3%
push
Under 1
43.2%
-122
035
Palaszewski
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
25.8%
+288
Under 0.5
74.2%
-288
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 11.2 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
Nunes66.2%64.6%+1.6-192
Palaszewski33.8%35.4%−1.6+177

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
64.3Striking46.8
Nunes +17.5
49.5Grappling27.2
Nunes +22.3
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
NunesPalaszewski
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1547
Pound-for-pound
1538
1541
Divisional
1537
1494
Striking offense
1506
1520
Striking defense
1505
1500
Grappling offense
1495
1506
Grappling defense
1497
Physical
29 yrs
Age
29 yrs
5'6"
Height
5'9"
67"
Reach
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.12
Strikes landed / min
2.42
43%
Strike accuracy
30%
3.28
Strikes absorbed / min
4.11
60%
Strike defense
45%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.50
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
67%
Takedown accuracy
79%
Takedown defense
60%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.8
Form & résumé
50%
UFC win rate
50%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
50%
Last-5 win rate
50%
0%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
174
Days since last fight
223
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Diego Nunes
  • LDennis SiverU-DEC R3
    Close -1856mo before
  • WManvel GamburyanU-DEC R3
    Close -2159mo before
  • LKenny FlorianU-DEC R3
    Close +2001y 4mo before
  • WMike BrownS-DEC R3
    Close +1851y 9mo before
Bart Palaszewski
  • LHatsu HiokiU-DEC R3
    Close +1707mo before
  • WTyson GriffinKO/TKO R1
    opp missedClose +26511mo before
Nunes — win / loss by method
Record: 17-3-0

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
5 wins, 0 losses
W
29% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 0 losses
W
35% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 3 losses
W
35% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
2win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (100%)Decision(100%) 2
Non-UFC
15win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (33%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
6 (40%)Submission(0%) 0
4 (27%)Decision(100%) 1
Palaszewski — win / loss by method
Record: 36-14-0

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
50% of wins
L
14% of losses
Submission
10 wins, 2 losses
W
28% of wins
L
14% of losses
Decision
8 wins, 10 losses
W
22% of wins
L
71% of losses
UFC
1win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (100%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
35win13loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
17 (49%)KO/TKO(15%) 2
10 (29%)Submission(15%) 2
8 (23%)Decision(69%) 9

Profiles

Experience
Nunes
Palaszewski
4
UFC fights
2
60.0 min · 15.0 avg
Octagon time
17.8 min · 8.9 avg
22y 2m
Career length
24y 6m
UFC schedule strength

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

Nunes
Palaszewski
67W–25L · 72.8%
Overall
40W–9L · 81.6%
35W–12L · 74.5%
Wins
15W–5L · 75.0%
32W–13L · 71.1%
Losses
25W–4L · 86.2%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Nunes
Palaszewski
70W–20L · 77.8%
Overall
386W–153L · 71.6%
56W–18L · 75.7%
Wins
291W–126L · 69.8%
14W–2L · 87.5%
Losses
95W–27L · 77.9%
Distance striking
Nunes
Palaszewski
3.85
Landed / min
4.61
37.4%
Accuracy
29.4%
72.0%
Defense
58.4%
0.25
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.85
55.8%
Time at distance
51.3%
Grappling & control
Nunes
Palaszewski
0.50
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
66.7%
Takedown accuracy
79.2%
Takedown defense
60.0%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.85
28.1%
Control share
2.7%
Strike target map
Nunes
  • Head33%(61)div 64%
  • Body34%(63)div 20%
  • Legs34%(63)div 16%
Palaszewski
  • Head60%(26)div 64%
  • Body14%(6)div 20%
  • Legs26%(11)div 16%

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

Diego Nunes
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Bart Palaszewski
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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