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UFC on FOX: Shogun vs Vera
Mike Swick
Mike Swick
14-4 · USA
VS
DaMarques Johnson
DaMarques Johnson
15-10 · USA
August 4, 2012 · Los Angeles, California, USA
Welterweight · 3 rounds
170.0lb
Weigh-in
171.0lb
Mike Swick def. DaMarques Johnson by KO/TKO (Punch), R2 1:20
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Swick12/270/000:10
Johnson15/372/203:23
R2 · 1:20
Swick7/141/100:03
Johnson2/160/000:00
Total
Swick19/411/100:13
Johnson17/532/203:23

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
SwickWin probabilityJohnson
59.0%41.0%
KO / TKO
21%
Submission
18%
Decision
61%
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 Swick, blue toward Johnson. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Swick59%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO12%20%
Submission9%15%
Decision38%65%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes35 (1945)act 19
Takedowns0.8 (0.02.8)act 1
Johnson41%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO9%22%
Submission9%23%
Decision23%55%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes27 (1535)act 17
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.6)act 2
Combined totals~62 sig strikes~1.2 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R123%
R210%
R36%
Distance61%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.7%
Swick
61.0%-164
Johnson
+16437.3%
Most takedownstie 44.8%
Swick
37.4%-211
Johnson
+21117.8%
Significant strikes — over/under
Swick
Expected: 35.0
35
Over 35
41.5%
+137
Exactly 35
1.9%
push
Under 35
56.6%
-137
04488
Johnson
Expected: 26.9
27
Over 27
41.0%
+138
Exactly 27
2.4%
push
Under 27
56.6%
-138
03468
Takedowns — over/under
Swick
Expected: 0.8
1
Over 1
28.6%
+197
Exactly 1
15.3%
push
Under 1
56.2%
-197
035
Johnson
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
25.5%
+291
Under 0.5
74.5%
-291
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
Swick59.0%67.3%−8.3-220
Johnson41.0%32.7%+8.3+200

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
60.0Striking53.2
Swick +6.8
57.5Grappling40.0
Swick +17.5
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
SwickJohnson
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1595
Pound-for-pound
1507
1549
Divisional
1506
1477
Striking offense
1504
1545
Striking defense
1497
1517
Grappling offense
1500
1517
Grappling defense
1476
Physical
33 yrs
Age
30 yrs
6'1"
Height
6'1"
77"
Reach
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.49
Strikes landed / min
2.16
38%
Strike accuracy
39%
2.33
Strikes absorbed / min
3.92
51%
Strike defense
52%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.09
Takedowns / 15 min
0.84
50%
Takedown accuracy
43%
71%
Takedown defense
21%
0.8
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.8
Form & résumé
75%
UFC win rate
50%
-2
Win/loss streak
-1
60%
Last-5 win rate
40%
67%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
910
Days since last fight
112
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Mike Swick
  • LPaulo ThiagoSUB R2
    Close -1872y 6mo before
  • LDan HardyU-DEC R3
    Close -2902y 9mo before
  • WBen SaundersKO/TKO R2
    Close -2173y 2mo before
  • WJonathan GouletKO/TKO R1
    Close -4423y 8mo before
  • WMarcus DavisU-DEC R3
    Close -1194y 2mo before
DaMarques Johnson
  • LJohn MaguireSUB R2
    Close +1704mo before
  • WClay HarvisonKO/TKO R1
    Close -2609mo before
  • LAmir SadollahKO/TKO R2
    Close +2201y 4mo before
  • WMike GuymonSUB R1
    Close -1251y 6mo before
  • LMatthew RiddleKO/TKO R2
    missedClose +1802y before
Swick — win / loss by method
Record: 14-4-0

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
7 wins, 1 loss
W
50% of wins
L
25% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 1 loss
W
21% of wins
L
25% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 2 losses
W
29% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
9win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (44%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (22%)Submission(33%) 1
3 (33%)Decision(67%) 2
Non-UFC
5win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (60%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
1 (20%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (20%)Decision(0%) 0
Johnson — win / loss by method
Record: 15-10-0

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, 4 losses
W
53% of wins
L
40% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 5 losses
W
33% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 1 loss
W
13% of wins
L
10% of losses
UFC
4win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (50%)KO/TKO(50%) 2
2 (50%)Submission(50%) 2
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
11win6loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (55%)KO/TKO(33%) 2
3 (27%)Submission(50%) 3
2 (18%)Decision(17%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Swick
Johnson
12
UFC fights
8
96.4 min · 8.0 avg
Octagon time
53.6 min · 6.7 avg
27y 9m
Career length
21y 3m
UFC schedule strength

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

Swick
Johnson
179W–45L · 79.9%
Overall
76W–26L · 74.5%
126W–35L · 78.3%
Wins
46W–18L · 71.9%
53W–10L · 84.1%
Losses
30W–8L · 78.9%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Swick
Johnson
10W–2L · 83.3%
Overall
132W–73L · 64.4%
4W–1L · 80.0%
Wins
75W–60L · 55.6%
6W–1L · 85.7%
Losses
57W–13L · 81.4%
Distance striking
Swick
Johnson
3.01
Landed / min
4.03
25.5%
Accuracy
31.2%
70.0%
Defense
59.0%
0.62
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.56
36.6%
Time at distance
33.3%
Grappling & control
Swick
Johnson
1.09
Takedowns / 15 min
0.84
50.0%
Takedown accuracy
42.9%
70.6%
Takedown defense
21.1%
0.78
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.84
48.8%
Control share
30.5%
Strike target map
Swick
  • Head43%(103)div 62%
  • Body26%(62)div 22%
  • Legs31%(75)div 16%
Johnson
  • Head79%(92)div 62%
  • Body12%(14)div 22%
  • Legs9%(10)div 16%

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

Mike Swick
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

DaMarques Johnson
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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