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Mike Pierce
Mike Pierce
13-5 · USA
VS
June 8, 2012 · Sunrise, Florida, USA
Welterweight · 3 rounds
171.0lb
Weigh-in
170.5lb
Mike Pierce def. Carlos Eduardo Rocha by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Pierce10/181/202:55
Eduardo Rocha10/240/000:00
R2
Pierce11/141/504:29
Eduardo Rocha1/40/000:00
R3
Pierce11/191/303:55
Eduardo Rocha6/90/000:00
Total
Pierce32/513/10011:19
Eduardo Rocha17/370/000:00

Scorecards

Pierce vs Eduardo Rocha

RdChris LeeRic BaysRichard DavisCommunity
R110-910-910-99.8-9.2
R210-910-910-99.8-9.2
R310-910-910-99.8-9.2
Total30-2730-2730-2729.4-27.6

Media (6 cards) · avg 3027 · 6 Pierce · 0 Eduardo Rocha

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Pierce-Eduardo Rocha.

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
PierceWin probabilityEduardo Rocha
57.5%42.5%
KO / TKO
24%
Submission
26%
Decision
50%
Expected fight time: 9.9 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Pierce58%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO16%28%
Submission8%14%
Decision34%58%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes29 (1637)act 32
Takedowns1.2 (0.03.4)act 3
Eduardo Rocha42%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO8%18%
Submission18%43%
Decision16%39%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes23 (1331)act 17
Takedowns0.5 (0.02.0)act 0
Combined totals~52 sig strikes~1.8 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R133%
R210%
R37%
Distance50%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 2.0%
Pierce
58.0%-145
Eduardo Rocha
+14540.0%
Most takedownstie 26.2%
Pierce
53.0%-255
Eduardo Rocha
+25520.8%
Significant strikes — over/under
Pierce
Expected: 28.7
28.5
Over 28.5
43.0%
+133
Under 28.5
57.0%
-133
03672
Eduardo Rocha
Expected: 23.5
23.5
Over 23.5
42.5%
+135
Under 23.5
57.5%
-135
03059
Takedowns — over/under
Pierce
Expected: 1.2
1
Over 1
44.1%
-143
Exactly 1
25.1%
push
Under 1
30.9%
+143
035
Eduardo Rocha
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
41.6%
+140
Under 0.5
58.4%
-140
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 9.9 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
Pierce57.5%66.9%−9.4-230
Eduardo Rocha42.5%33.1%+9.4+190

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
68.9Striking60.4
Pierce +8.5
61.2Grappling32.9
Pierce +28.3
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
PierceEduardo Rocha
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1557
Pound-for-pound
1526
1558
Divisional
1527
1480
Striking offense
1482
1523
Striking defense
1506
1516
Grappling offense
1551
1525
Grappling defense
1536
Physical
31 yrs
Age
30 yrs
5'8"
Height
5'10"
71"
Reach
73"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.97
Strikes landed / min
1.33
43%
Strike accuracy
29%
2.29
Strikes absorbed / min
1.61
63%
Strike defense
67%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.90
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
49%
Takedown accuracy
0%
70%
Takedown defense
29%
0.4
Sub attempts / 15 min
2.6
Form & résumé
63%
UFC win rate
50%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
60%
Last-5 win rate
50%
40%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
125
Days since last fight
489
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Mike Pierce
  • LJosh KoscheckS-DEC R3
    Close +2484mo before
  • WPaul BradleyS-DEC R3
    Close -3007mo before
  • LJohny HendricksS-DEC R3
    Close +13210mo before
  • WKenny RobertsonKO/TKO R2
    missedClose -2401y 4mo before
  • WAmilcar AlvesSUB R3
    Close -3251y 9mo before
Carlos Eduardo Rocha
  • LJake EllenbergerS-DEC R3
    Close +2551y 4mo before
  • WKris McCraySUB R1
    Close -1051y 7mo before
Pierce — win / loss by method
Record: 13-5-0

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
6 wins, 0 losses
W
46% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
8% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 5 losses
W
46% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
5win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (20%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (20%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (60%)Decision(100%) 3
Non-UFC
8win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (63%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (38%)Decision(100%) 2
Eduardo Rocha — 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, 0 losses
W
11% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
8 wins, 0 losses
W
89% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
1win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (100%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
8win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (13%)KO/TKO() 0
7 (88%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Pierce
Eduardo Rocha
8
UFC fights
2
108.7 min · 13.6 avg
Octagon time
17.4 min · 8.7 avg
19y 2m
Career length
18y 2m
UFC schedule strength

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

Pierce
Eduardo Rocha
133W–17L · 88.7%
Overall
28W–6L · 82.4%
86W–8L · 91.5%
Wins
5W–1L · 83.3%
47W–9L · 83.9%
Losses
23W–5L · 82.1%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Pierce
Eduardo Rocha
70W–40L · 63.6%
Overall
28W–26L · 51.9%
65W–40L · 61.9%
Wins
28W–26L · 51.9%
5W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Pierce
Eduardo Rocha
3.90
Landed / min
2.33
30.4%
Accuracy
28.4%
69.5%
Defense
71.0%
0.14
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
35.8%
Time at distance
51.9%
Grappling & control
Pierce
Eduardo Rocha
2.90
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
48.8%
Takedown accuracy
0.0%
69.6%
Takedown defense
28.6%
0.41
Sub attempts / 15 min
2.59
81.9%
Control share
55.2%
Strike target map
Pierce
  • Head61%(196)div 63%
  • Body21%(68)div 22%
  • Legs18%(59)div 16%
Eduardo Rocha
  • Head39%(9)div 63%
  • Body9%(2)div 22%
  • Legs52%(12)div 16%

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

Mike Pierce
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Carlos Eduardo Rocha
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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