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UFC 149: Faber vs Barao
Roland Delorme
Roland Delorme
8-1 · CAN
VS
July 21, 2012 · Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Bantamweight · 3 rounds
135.0lb
Weigh-in
136.0lb
No contest
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 4:19
Delorme16/600/100:00
Rivera52/790/010:02
Total
Delorme16/600/100:00
Rivera52/790/010:02

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
DelormeWin probabilityRivera
48.4%51.6%
KO / TKO
31%
Submission
17%
Decision
52%
Expected fight time: 10.7 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Delorme48%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO13%27%
Submission14%29%
Decision21%44%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes33 (1844)act 16
Takedowns1.1 (0.03.3)act 0
Rivera52%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO18%34%
Submission3%7%
Decision31%59%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes39 (2251)act 52
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.1)act 0
Combined totals~73 sig strikes~1.3 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R123%
R217%
R38%
Distance52%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.5%
Delorme
41.8%+135
Rivera
-13556.7%
Most takedownstie 40.4%
Delorme
47.5%-392
Rivera
+39212.1%
Significant strikes — over/under
Delorme
Expected: 33.5
33.5
Over 33.5
42.4%
+136
Under 33.5
57.6%
-136
04284
Rivera
Expected: 39.3
39.5
Over 39.5
42.2%
+137
Under 39.5
57.8%
-137
05099
Takedowns — over/under
Delorme
Expected: 1.1
1
Over 1
36.0%
+131
Exactly 1
16.9%
push
Under 1
47.1%
-131
035
Rivera
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
20.1%
+397
Under 0.5
79.9%
-397
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 10.7 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
Delorme48.4%45.3%+3.1+110
Rivera51.6%54.7%−3.1-135

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
66.2Striking67.8
Rivera +1.6
67.2Grappling39.4
Delorme +27.8
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
DelormeRivera
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
Pound-for-pound
Divisional
1505
Striking offense
1496
1500
Striking defense
1504
1514
Grappling offense
1497
1494
Grappling defense
1494
Physical
28 yrs
Age
30 yrs
5'9"
Height
5'8"
71"
Reach
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.04
Strikes landed / min
3.34
65%
Strike accuracy
43%
3.78
Strikes absorbed / min
3.08
43%
Strike defense
67%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.93
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
30%
Takedown accuracy
0%
50%
Takedown defense
67%
3.9
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.7
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
50%
+2
Win/loss streak
+1
100%
Last-5 win rate
50%
100%
Finish rate
0%
Recent opp. quality
77
Days since last fight
67
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Roland Delorme
  • WNick DenisSUB R1
    Close +2403mo before
  • WJosh FergusonSUB R3
    Close -1058mo before
Francisco Rivera
  • WAlex SotoU-DEC R3
    Close -2352mo before
  • LReuben DuranSUB R3
    Close +1901y 2mo before
Delorme — win / loss by method
Record: 8-1-0

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
2 wins, 0 losses
W
25% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 0 losses
W
75% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
2win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
2 (100%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
6win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (33%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
4 (67%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(100%) 1
Rivera — 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
5 wins, 1 loss
W
63% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 0 losses
W
38% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
1win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(100%) 1
1 (100%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
7win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (71%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (29%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Delorme
Rivera
2
UFC fights
2
15.3 min · 7.7 avg
Octagon time
26.9 min · 13.5 avg
17y 10m
Career length
18y 1m
UFC schedule strength

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

Delorme
Rivera
19W–5L · 79.2%
Overall
13W–4L · 76.5%
19W–5L · 79.2%
Wins
6W–1L · 85.7%
0W–0L
Losses
7W–3L · 70.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Delorme
Rivera
30W–14L · 68.2%
Overall
38W–10L · 79.2%
26W–14L · 65.0%
Wins
28W–9L · 75.7%
4W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
10W–1L · 90.9%
Distance striking
Delorme
Rivera
7.54
Landed / min
4.20
55.7%
Accuracy
39.0%
53.3%
Defense
75.0%
0.98
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.56
33.7%
Time at distance
61.0%
Grappling & control
Delorme
Rivera
2.93
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
30.0%
Takedown accuracy
0.0%
50.0%
Takedown defense
66.7%
3.91
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.67
22.3%
Control share
11.2%
Strike target map
Delorme
  • Head48%(30)div 57%
  • Body39%(24)div 25%
  • Legs13%(8)div 18%
Rivera
  • Head64%(58)div 57%
  • Body20%(18)div 25%
  • Legs16%(14)div 18%

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

Roland Delorme
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Francisco Rivera
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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