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UFC on FOX: Shogun vs Vera
Mauricio Rua
Mauricio Rua
20-6 · BRA
VS
Brandon Vera
Brandon Vera
12-5 · USA
August 4, 2012 · Los Angeles, California, USA
Light Heavyweight · 5 rounds · Main event
205.0lb
Weigh-in
203.8lb
Mauricio Rua def. Brandon Vera by KO/TKO (Punches), R4 4:09
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Rua8/122/204:34
Vera7/90/000:03
R2
Rua31/491/100:51
Vera20/371/101:46
R3
Rua13/211/303:26
Vera20/320/000:02
R4 · 4:09
Rua16/210/112:35
Vera20/280/100:00
Total
Rua68/1034/7111:26
Vera67/1061/201:51

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
RuaWin probabilityVera
44.7%55.3%
KO / TKO
58%
Submission
26%
Decision
16%
Expected fight time: 11.7 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Rua45%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO31%69%
Submission10%22%
Decision4%9%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes49 (2864)act 68
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.7)act 4
Vera55%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO27%50%
Submission16%29%
Decision12%21%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes50 (2865)act 67
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.6)act 1
Combined totals~99 sig strikes~0.6 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R141%
R28%
R318%
R410%
R57%
Distance16%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.1%
Rua
49.0%+102
Vera
-10249.9%
Most takedownstie 67.1%
Rua
21.0%-177
Vera
+17711.9%
Significant strikes — over/under
Rua
Expected: 49.5
49.5
Over 49.5
42.5%
+136
Under 49.5
57.5%
-136
062124
Vera
Expected: 49.9
50
Over 50
41.7%
+136
Exactly 50
1.3%
push
Under 50
56.9%
-136
063125
Takedowns — over/under
Rua
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
22.9%
+337
Under 0.5
77.1%
-337
035
Vera
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
14.1%
Exactly 0
85.9%
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 11.7 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
Rua44.7%78.4%−33.7-400
Vera55.3%21.6%+33.7+355

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
66.3Striking69.2
Vera +2.9
36.9Grappling48.0
Vera +11.1
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
RuaVera
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1568
Pound-for-pound
1557
1562
Divisional
1532
1520
Striking offense
1513
1515
Striking defense
1525
1489
Grappling offense
1501
1487
Grappling defense
1493
Physical
30 yrs
Age
34 yrs
6'1"
Height
6'3"
76"
Reach
78"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.25
Strikes landed / min
2.97
51%
Strike accuracy
54%
2.98
Strikes absorbed / min
2.68
52%
Strike defense
56%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.62
Takedowns / 15 min
0.79
37%
Takedown accuracy
58%
24%
Takedown defense
63%
0.4
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.1
Form & résumé
50%
UFC win rate
57%
-1
Win/loss streak
+1
40%
Last-5 win rate
40%
100%
Finish rate
63%
Recent opp. quality
259
Days since last fight
280
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Mauricio Rua
  • LDan HendersonU-DEC R5
    Close -1539mo before
  • WForrest GriffinKO/TKO R1
    Close -21011mo before
  • LJon JonesKO/TKO R3
    Close +1951y 5mo before
  • WLyoto MachidaKO/TKO R1
    Close +1752y 3mo before
  • LLyoto MachidaU-DEC R5
    Close +3532y 9mo before
Brandon Vera
  • WEliot MarshallU-DEC R3
    Close -3809mo before
  • LJon JonesKO/TKO R1
    Close +2152y 4mo before
  • LRandy CoutureU-DEC R3
    Close -1402y 9mo before
  • WKrzysztof SoszynskiU-DEC R3
    Close -2152y 11mo before
  • WMichael PattKO/TKO R2
    Close -5283y 5mo before
Rua — win / loss by method
Record: 20-6-0

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
17 wins, 2 losses
W
85% 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
4win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (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
Vera — win / loss by method
Record: 12-5-0, 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
7 wins, 2 losses
W
58% of wins
L
40% of losses
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
8% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 3 losses
W
33% of wins
L
60% of losses
UFC
8win5loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
4 (50%)KO/TKO(40%) 2
1 (13%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (38%)Decision(60%) 3
Non-UFC
4win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (75%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (25%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Rua
Vera
8
UFC fights
14
101.9 min · 12.7 avg
Octagon time
133.0 min · 9.5 avg
23y 9m
Career length
24y 1m
UFC schedule strength

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

Rua
Vera
136W–33L · 80.5%
Overall
158W–48L · 76.7%
68W–20L · 77.3%
Wins
86W–27L · 76.1%
68W–13L · 84.0%
Losses
72W–21L · 77.4%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Rua
Vera
230W–100L · 69.7%
Overall
10W–6L · 62.5%
195W–87L · 69.1%
Wins
10W–6L · 62.5%
35W–13L · 72.9%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Rua
Vera
4.11
Landed / min
4.88
42.7%
Accuracy
43.1%
64.9%
Defense
72.0%
0.74
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.79
43.0%
Time at distance
32.2%
Grappling & control
Rua
Vera
1.62
Takedowns / 15 min
0.79
36.7%
Takedown accuracy
58.3%
23.8%
Takedown defense
63.4%
0.44
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.11
45.4%
Control share
33.6%
Strike target map
Rua
  • Head60%(197)div 64%
  • Body15%(51)div 18%
  • Legs25%(83)div 18%
Vera
  • Head36%(142)div 64%
  • Body24%(96)div 18%
  • Legs40%(157)div 18%

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

Mauricio Rua
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Brandon Vera
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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