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UFC 149: Faber vs Barao
Anton Kuivanen
Anton Kuivanen
16-5 · FIN
VS
Mitch Clarke
Mitch Clarke
9-1 · CAN
July 21, 2012 · Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Lightweight · 3 rounds
156.0lb
Weigh-in
155.0lb
Anton Kuivanen def. Mitch Clarke by S-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Kuivanen7/130/001:34
Clarke1/42/302:53
R2
Kuivanen3/121/102:18
Clarke2/131/101:08
R3
Kuivanen19/282/203:33
Clarke3/70/400:26
Total
Kuivanen29/533/307:25
Clarke6/243/804:27

Scorecards

Kuivanen vs Clarke

RdJeff BlatnickRichard BertrandSal D'AmatoCommunity
R19-109-109-109-10
R210-910-99-109.7-9.3
R310-910-910-910-9
Total29-2829-2828-2928.7-28.3

Media (6 cards) · avg 2928 · 6 Kuivanen · 0 Clarke

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Kuivanen-Clarke.

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
KuivanenWin probabilityClarke
54.4%45.6%
KO / TKO
32%
Submission
29%
Decision
38%
Expected fight time: 9.7 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Kuivanen54%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO19%34%
Submission15%28%
Decision20%38%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes34 (1944)act 29
Takedowns0.9 (0.02.9)act 3
Clarke46%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO14%30%
Submission14%31%
Decision18%39%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes26 (1434)act 6
Takedowns0.5 (0.01.9)act 3
Combined totals~60 sig strikes~1.4 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R122%
R232%
R38%
Distance38%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.7%
Kuivanen
61.6%-168
Clarke
+16836.6%
Most takedownstie 37.1%
Kuivanen
42.1%-203
Clarke
+20320.7%
Significant strikes — over/under
Kuivanen
Expected: 34.2
34
Over 34
41.9%
+134
Exactly 34
1.9%
push
Under 34
56.2%
-134
04386
Clarke
Expected: 25.9
26
Over 26
40.9%
+138
Exactly 26
2.5%
push
Under 26
56.6%
-138
03365
Takedowns — over/under
Kuivanen
Expected: 0.9
1
Over 1
33.1%
+145
Exactly 1
18.9%
push
Under 1
48.0%
-145
035
Clarke
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
32.1%
+212
Under 0.5
67.9%
-212
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 9.7 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
Kuivanen54.4%61.4%−7.0-165
Clarke45.6%38.6%+7.0+155

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
55.8Striking25.4
Kuivanen +30.4
20.4Grappling23.1
Clarke +2.8
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
KuivanenClarke
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1512
Pound-for-pound
1516
1512
Divisional
1516
1497
Striking offense
1496
1503
Striking defense
1493
1499
Grappling offense
1498
1498
Grappling defense
1497
Physical
28 yrs
Age
26 yrs
5'8"
Height
5'10"
72"
Reach
73"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.53
Strikes landed / min
1.77
33%
Strike accuracy
13%
3.33
Strikes absorbed / min
5.73
55%
Strike defense
31%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
Takedown accuracy
0%
73%
Takedown defense
83%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
0%
UFC win rate
0%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
0%
Last-5 win rate
0%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
157
Days since last fight
224
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Anton Kuivanen
  • LJustin SalasU-DEC R3
    Close +1305mo before
Mitch Clarke
  • LJohn CholishKO/TKO R2
    Close +3157mo before
Kuivanen — win / loss by method
Record: 16-5-0

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, 2 losses
W
25% of wins
L
40% of losses
Submission
8 wins, 2 losses
W
50% of wins
L
40% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 1 loss
W
25% of wins
L
20% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
16win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (25%)KO/TKO(50%) 2
8 (50%)Submission(50%) 2
4 (25%)Decision(0%) 0
Clarke — win / loss by method
Record: 9-1-0

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
1 win, 1 loss
W
11% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 0 losses
W
67% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 0 losses
W
22% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
9win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (11%)KO/TKO() 0
6 (67%)Submission() 0
2 (22%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Kuivanen
Clarke
1
UFC fights
1
15.0 min · 15.0 avg
Octagon time
9.6 min · 9.6 avg
20y 6m
Career length
19y 2m
UFC schedule strength

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

Kuivanen
Clarke
9W–3L · 75.0%
Overall
7W–1L · 87.5%
0W–0L
Wins
0W–0L
9W–3L · 75.0%
Losses
7W–1L · 87.5%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Kuivanen
Clarke
151W–90L · 62.7%
Overall
21W–26L · 44.7%
121W–65L · 65.1%
Wins
21W–26L · 44.7%
30W–25L · 54.5%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Kuivanen
Clarke
3.04
Landed / min
2.32
28.4%
Accuracy
11.5%
63.2%
Defense
36.4%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
63.7%
Time at distance
62.9%
Grappling & control
Kuivanen
Clarke
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
Takedown accuracy
0.0%
73.3%
Takedown defense
83.3%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
0.4%
Control share
9.0%
Strike target map
Kuivanen
  • Head42%(16)div 64%
  • Body50%(19)div 19%
  • Legs8%(3)div 17%
Clarke
  • Head59%(10)div 64%
  • Body12%(2)div 19%
  • Legs29%(5)div 17%

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

Anton Kuivanen
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Mitch Clarke
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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