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UFC 149: Faber vs Barao
James Head
James Head
8-2 · USA
VS
Brian Ebersole
Brian Ebersole
50-14-1 · USA
July 21, 2012 · Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Welterweight · 3 rounds
James Head def. Brian Ebersole by S-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Head12/310/001:01
Ebersole14/240/401:14
R2
Head16/300/000:43
Ebersole10/291/401:14
R3
Head9/221/101:32
Ebersole11/350/700:26
Total
Head37/831/103:16
Ebersole35/881/1502:54

Scorecards

Head vs Ebersole

RdChris LeeJeff BlatnickSal D'AmatoCommunity
R19-109-109-109.6-9.5
R210-910-99-109.8-9.2
R310-910-910-99.9-9.1
Total29-2829-2828-2929.3-27.8

Media (6 cards) · avg 29.527.5 · 6 Head · 0 Ebersole

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Head-Ebersole.

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
HeadWin probabilityEbersole
57.7%42.3%
KO / TKO
26%
Submission
21%
Decision
53%
Expected fight time: 10.8 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Head58%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO15%27%
Submission12%21%
Decision31%52%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes31 (1741)act 37
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.7)act 1
Ebersole42%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO11%25%
Submission9%21%
Decision22%54%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes34 (1944)act 35
Takedowns1.0 (0.03.1)act 1
Combined totals~65 sig strikes~1.4 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R119%
R222%
R36%
Distance53%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.7%
Head
45.8%+114
Ebersole
-11452.5%
Most takedownstie 41.1%
Head
17.5%+236
Ebersole
-23641.3%
Significant strikes — over/under
Head
Expected: 31.4
31.5
Over 31.5
42.3%
+136
Under 31.5
57.7%
-136
04079
Ebersole
Expected: 33.8
34
Over 34
41.1%
+139
Exactly 34
1.9%
push
Under 34
57.0%
-139
04385
Takedowns — over/under
Head
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
26.5%
+277
Under 0.5
73.5%
-277
035
Ebersole
Expected: 1.0
1
Over 1
32.7%
+157
Exactly 1
15.7%
push
Under 1
51.5%
-157
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 10.8 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
Head57.7%24.9%+32.8+295
Ebersole42.3%75.1%−32.8-325

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
57.0Striking74.0
Ebersole +17.0
17.3Grappling47.1
Ebersole +29.8
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
HeadEbersole
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1520
Pound-for-pound
1613
1533
Divisional
1614
1503
Striking offense
1486
1499
Striking defense
1510
1500
Grappling offense
1531
1491
Grappling defense
1515
Physical
28 yrs
Age
31 yrs
6'1"
Height
6'0"
73"
Reach
73"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
2.82
Strikes landed / min
2.28
52%
Strike accuracy
62%
3.81
Strikes absorbed / min
1.42
41%
Strike defense
55%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
2.43
Takedown accuracy
32%
25%
Takedown defense
60%
0.8
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.3
Form & résumé
50%
UFC win rate
100%
+1
Win/loss streak
+4
50%
Last-5 win rate
100%
100%
Finish rate
25%
Recent opp. quality
98
Days since last fight
29
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
James Head
  • WPapy AbediSUB R1
    Close +1703mo before
  • LNick RingSUB R3
    Close +1101y 1mo before
Brian Ebersole
  • WTJ WaldburgerU-DEC R3
    Close -23029d before
  • WClaude PatrickS-DEC R3
    Close +1007mo before
  • WDennis HallmanKO/TKO R1
    Close -12511mo before
  • WChris LytleU-DEC R3
    Close +2601y 5mo before
Head — win / loss by method
Record: 8-2-0

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
4 wins, 0 losses
W
50% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 1 loss
W
38% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
1 win, 1 loss
W
13% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
1win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (100%)Submission(100%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
7win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (57%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (29%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (14%)Decision(100%) 1
Ebersole — win / loss by method
Record: 50-14-1, 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
17 wins, 1 loss
W
34% of wins
L
7% of losses
Submission
17 wins, 8 losses
W
34% of wins
L
57% of losses
Decision
16 wins, 5 losses
W
32% of wins
L
36% of losses
UFC
4win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (25%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
3 (75%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
46win14loss1draw1NC
WinsLosses
16 (35%)KO/TKO(7%) 1
17 (37%)Submission(57%) 8
13 (28%)Decision(36%) 5

Profiles

Experience
Head
Ebersole
2
UFC fights
4
18.1 min · 9.1 avg
Octagon time
49.5 min · 12.4 avg
19y 8m
Career length
26y 5m
UFC schedule strength

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

Head
Ebersole
19W–1L · 95.0%
Overall
108W–36L · 75.0%
8W–1L · 88.9%
Wins
108W–36L · 75.0%
11W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Head
Ebersole
53W–23L · 69.7%
Overall
335W–219L · 60.5%
41W–20L · 67.2%
Wins
189W–143L · 56.9%
12W–3L · 80.0%
Losses
146W–76L · 65.8%
Distance striking
Head
Ebersole
5.93
Landed / min
3.45
41.1%
Accuracy
45.8%
52.6%
Defense
66.7%
0.83
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.30
28.0%
Time at distance
22.3%
Grappling & control
Head
Ebersole
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
2.43
Takedown accuracy
32.0%
25.0%
Takedown defense
60.0%
0.83
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.30
9.3%
Control share
79.5%
Strike target map
Head
  • Head73%(37)div 62%
  • Body25%(13)div 22%
  • Legs2%(1)div 16%
Ebersole
  • Head69%(78)div 62%
  • Body16%(18)div 22%
  • Legs15%(17)div 16%

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

James Head
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Brian Ebersole
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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