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UFC on FUEL TV: Sanchez vs Ellenberger
Stefan Struve
Stefan Struve
22-5 · NLD
VS
Dave Herman
Dave Herman
21-2 · USA
February 15, 2012 · Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Heavyweight · 3 rounds
256.0lb
Weigh-in
234.0lb
Stefan Struve def. Dave Herman by KO/TKO (Punches), R2 3:52
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Struve16/290/000:04
Herman37/520/000:00
R2 · 3:52
Struve31/521/110:51
Herman14/220/000:06
Total
Struve47/811/110:55
Herman51/740/000:06

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 probabilityHerman
44.1%55.9%
KO / TKO
44%
Submission
41%
Decision
15%
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 Herman. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Struve44%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO12%27%
Submission25%57%
Decision7%16%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes29 (1637)act 47
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.3)act 1
Herman56%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO33%58%
Submission15%27%
Decision8%15%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes28 (1537)act 51
Takedowns0.5 (0.01.9)act 0
Combined totals~57 sig strikes~0.6 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R157%
R29%
R319%
Distance15%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.9%
Struve
49.2%-101
Herman
+10148.8%
Most takedownstie 62.5%
Struve
9.3%+305
Herman
-30528.3%
Significant strikes — over/under
Struve
Expected: 28.5
28.5
Over 28.5
42.5%
+135
Under 28.5
57.5%
-135
03672
Herman
Expected: 28.4
28.5
Over 28.5
42.2%
+137
Under 28.5
57.8%
-137
03671
Takedowns — over/under
Struve
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
11.8%
Exactly 0
88.2%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Herman
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
30.4%
+229
Under 0.5
69.6%
-229
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
Struve44.1%48.6%−4.5+101
Herman55.9%51.4%+4.5-111

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
61.7Striking76.6
Herman +14.9
53.0Grappling54.9
Herman +1.9
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
StruveHerman
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1577
Pound-for-pound
1565
1577
Divisional
1565
1509
Striking offense
1492
1502
Striking defense
1500
1522
Grappling offense
1554
1492
Grappling defense
1549
Physical
23 yrs
Age
27 yrs
6'11"
Height
6'4"
84"
Reach
77"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.70
Strikes landed / min
6.61
47%
Strike accuracy
57%
3.38
Strikes absorbed / min
4.09
54%
Strike defense
51%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.60
Takedowns / 15 min
1.80
67%
Takedown accuracy
100%
0%
Takedown defense
75%
5.1
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
67%
UFC win rate
100%
+1
Win/loss streak
+1
60%
Last-5 win rate
100%
83%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
137
Days since last fight
249
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Stefan Struve
  • WPat BarrySUB R2
    Close +1555mo before
  • LTravis BrowneKO/TKO R1
    Close +1189mo before
  • WSean McCorkleKO/TKO R1
    Close -1201y 2mo before
  • WChristian MorecraftKO/TKO R2
    Close -2001y 6mo before
  • LRoy NelsonKO/TKO R1
    Close +2901y 11mo before
Dave Herman
  • WJon Olav EinemoKO/TKO R2
    Close -1438mo before
Struve — win / loss by method
Record: 22-5-0

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
5 wins, 4 losses
W
23% of wins
L
80% of losses
Submission
15 wins, 1 loss
W
68% of wins
L
20% of losses
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
5% of wins
L
0% of losses
DQ / other
1 win, 0 losses
W
5% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
6win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (33%)KO/TKO(100%) 3
3 (50%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (17%)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
Herman — win / loss by method
Record: 21-2-0

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
17 wins, 1 loss
W
81% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 0 losses
W
14% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
5% of wins
L
0% of losses
DQ / other
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (100%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
20win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
16 (80%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
3 (15%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (5%)Decision(0%) 0
0 (0%)DQ / other(50%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Struve
Herman
9
UFC fights
1
50.1 min · 5.6 avg
Octagon time
8.3 min · 8.3 avg
21y 4m
Career length
19y 7m
UFC schedule strength

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

Struve
Herman
90W–20L · 81.8%
Overall
6W–1L · 85.7%
60W–15L · 80.0%
Wins
6W–1L · 85.7%
30W–5L · 85.7%
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Struve
Herman
72W–63L · 53.3%
Overall
136W–58L · 70.1%
64W–58L · 52.5%
Wins
122W–49L · 71.3%
8W–5L · 61.5%
Losses
14W–9L · 60.9%
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
Herman
4.77
Landed / min
6.36
42.7%
Accuracy
52.9%
56.5%
Defense
58.2%
0.30
Knockdowns / 15 min
1.80
39.3%
Time at distance
51.1%
Grappling & control
Struve
Herman
0.60
Takedowns / 15 min
1.80
66.7%
Takedown accuracy
100.0%
0.0%
Takedown defense
75.0%
5.09
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
36.3%
Control share
28.0%
Strike target map
Struve
  • Head49%(66)div 67%
  • Body20%(27)div 17%
  • Legs31%(42)div 16%
Herman
  • Head60%(33)div 67%
  • Body20%(11)div 17%
  • Legs20%(11)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.

Dave Herman
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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