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UFC 146: Dos Santos vs Mir
Stefan Struve
Stefan Struve
23-5 · NLD
VS
Lavar Johnson
Lavar Johnson
17-5 · USA
May 26, 2012 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Heavyweight · 3 rounds
255.0lb
Weigh-in
248.0lb
Stefan Struve def. Lavar Johnson by SUB (Armbar), R1 1:05
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 1:05
Struve0/00/000:00
Johnson4/70/000:53
Total
Struve0/00/000:00
Johnson4/70/000:53

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
StruveWin probabilityJohnson
52.3%47.7%
KO / TKO
51%
Submission
34%
Decision
14%
Expected fight time: 6.8 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Struve52%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO18%34%
Submission25%49%
Decision9%17%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes23 (1330)act 0
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.8)act 0
Johnson48%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO33%70%
Submission9%18%
Decision6%12%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes28 (1536)act 4
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.4)act 0
Combined totals~51 sig strikes~0.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R155%
R212%
R319%
Distance14%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 2.1%
Struve
41.0%+139
Johnson
-13956.9%
Most takedownstie 66.3%
Struve
13.5%+150
Johnson
-15020.2%
Significant strikes — over/under
Struve
Expected: 23.4
23.5
Over 23.5
42.2%
+137
Under 23.5
57.8%
-137
03059
Johnson
Expected: 27.9
28
Over 28
41.2%
+137
Exactly 28
2.3%
push
Under 28
56.5%
-137
03570
Takedowns — over/under
Struve
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
15.9%
Exactly 0
84.1%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Johnson
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
22.6%
+343
Under 0.5
77.4%
-343
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 6.8 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
Struve52.3%55.4%−3.1-130
Johnson47.7%44.6%+3.1+120

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
61.3Striking81.1
Johnson +19.8
53.8Grappling25.0
Struve +28.8
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
StruveJohnson
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1592
Pound-for-pound
1561
1592
Divisional
1561
Striking offense
Striking defense
1519
Grappling offense
1506
1504
Grappling defense
1507
Physical
24 yrs
Age
34 yrs
6'11"
Height
6'4"
84"
Reach
82"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.09
Strikes landed / min
11.51
50%
Strike accuracy
64%
3.73
Strikes absorbed / min
4.10
50%
Strike defense
60%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.76
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
75%
Takedown accuracy
0%
Takedown defense
100%
4.3
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
70%
UFC win rate
100%
+2
Win/loss streak
+2
80%
Last-5 win rate
100%
86%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
101
Days since last fight
21
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Stefan Struve
  • WDave HermanKO/TKO R2
    Close +1013mo before
  • WPat BarrySUB R2
    Close +1558mo before
  • LTravis BrowneKO/TKO R1
    Close +1181y before
  • WSean McCorkleKO/TKO R1
    Close -1201y 5mo before
  • WChristian MorecraftKO/TKO R2
    Close -2001y 10mo before
Lavar Johnson
  • WPat BarryKO/TKO R1
    Close +14021d before
  • WJoey BeltranKO/TKO R1
    Close +1604mo before
Struve — win / loss by method
Record: 23-5-0

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, 4 losses
W
26% of wins
L
80% of losses
Submission
15 wins, 1 loss
W
65% of wins
L
20% of losses
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
4% of wins
L
0% of losses
DQ / other
1 win, 0 losses
W
4% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
7win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (43%)KO/TKO(100%) 3
3 (43%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (14%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
16win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (19%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
12 (75%)Submission(50%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
1 (6%)DQ / other(0%) 0
Johnson — win / loss by method
Record: 17-5-0

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
16 wins, 2 losses
W
94% of wins
L
40% of losses
Submission
1 win, 3 losses
W
6% of wins
L
60% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
2win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (100%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
15win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
14 (93%)KO/TKO(40%) 2
1 (7%)Submission(60%) 3
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Struve
Johnson
10
UFC fights
2
58.9 min · 5.9 avg
Octagon time
9.0 min · 4.5 avg
21y 4m
Career length
22y 6m
UFC schedule strength

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

Struve
Johnson
111W–22L · 83.5%
Overall
20W–10L · 66.7%
81W–17L · 82.7%
Wins
20W–10L · 66.7%
30W–5L · 85.7%
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Struve
Johnson
72W–63L · 53.3%
Overall
102W–43L · 70.3%
64W–58L · 52.5%
Wins
73W–38L · 65.8%
8W–5L · 61.5%
Losses
29W–5L · 85.3%
1 of Struve's non-UFC opponents have no record in our data, so this is understated. Refresh data to fill them in.
Distance striking
Struve
Johnson
4.83
Landed / min
16.02
46.0%
Accuracy
59.6%
49.0%
Defense
65.9%
0.51
Knockdowns / 15 min
3.32
46.7%
Time at distance
36.6%
Grappling & control
Struve
Johnson
0.76
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
75.0%
Takedown accuracy
0.0%
Takedown defense
100.0%
4.33
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
38.1%
Control share
41.6%
Strike target map
Struve
  • Head51%(92)div 67%
  • Body18%(32)div 17%
  • Legs32%(58)div 16%
Johnson
  • Head78%(81)div 67%
  • Body15%(16)div 17%
  • Legs7%(7)div 16%

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

Stefan Struve
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Lavar Johnson
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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