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UFC on FUEL TV: Sanchez vs Ellenberger
Stipe Miocic
Stipe Miocic
7-0 · USA
VS
Philip De Fries
Philip De Fries
8-0 · GBR
February 15, 2012 · Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Heavyweight · 3 rounds
240.0lb
Weigh-in
241.0lb
Stipe Miocic def. Philip De Fries by KO/TKO (Punch), R1 0:43
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 0:43
Miocic8/170/010:04
De Fries7/180/000:00
Total
Miocic8/170/010:04
De Fries7/180/000:00

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
MiocicWin probabilityDe Fries
83.4%16.6%
KO / TKO
25%
Submission
67%
Decision
8%
Expected fight time: 5.0 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Miocic83%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO24%28%
Submission52%63%
Decision7%9%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes25 (1433)act 8
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.3)act 0
De Fries17%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO2%9%
Submission14%84%
Decision1%7%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes17 (922)act 7
Takedowns0.2 (0.01.2)act 0
Combined totals~42 sig strikes~0.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R173%
R29%
R310%
Distance8%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 2.4%
Miocic
65.5%-204
De Fries
+20432.2%
Most takedownstie 54.2%
Miocic
22.1%+107
De Fries
-10723.7%
Significant strikes — over/under
Miocic
Expected: 25.1
25
Over 25
41.4%
+135
Exactly 25
2.6%
push
Under 25
56.0%
-135
03263
De Fries
Expected: 17.1
17
Over 17
40.9%
+136
Exactly 17
3.7%
push
Under 17
55.4%
-136
02243
Takedowns — over/under
Miocic
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
27.8%
+260
Under 0.5
72.2%
-260
035
De Fries
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
29.8%
Exactly 0
70.2%
push
Under 0
0.0%
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 5.0 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
Miocic83.4%81.0%+2.4-515
De Fries16.6%19.0%−2.4+410

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
72.9Striking56.1
Miocic +16.8
58.9Grappling40.0
Miocic +18.9
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
MiocicDe Fries
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1537
Pound-for-pound
1539
1537
Divisional
1539
1486
Striking offense
1485
1500
Striking defense
1502
Grappling offense
Grappling defense
Physical
29 yrs
Age
25 yrs
6'4"
Height
6'5"
80"
Reach
79"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.53
Strikes landed / min
0.93
48%
Strike accuracy
61%
3.47
Strikes absorbed / min
1.93
66%
Strike defense
28%
Grappling (UFC career)
4.00
Takedowns / 15 min
3.00
57%
Takedown accuracy
60%
50%
Takedown defense
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
100%
+1
Win/loss streak
+1
100%
Last-5 win rate
100%
0%
Finish rate
0%
Recent opp. quality
130
Days since last fight
102
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Stipe Miocic
  • WJoey BeltranU-DEC R3
    Close -2804mo before
Philip De Fries
  • WRob BroughtonU-DEC R3
    Close -1553mo before
Miocic — win / loss by method
Record: 7-0-0

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
86% of wins
L
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
14% of wins
L
UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (100%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
6win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (100%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
De Fries — win / loss by method
Record: 8-0-0, 1 NC

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
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
Submission
7 wins, 0 losses
W
88% of wins
L
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
13% of wins
L
UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (100%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
7win0loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
7 (100%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Miocic
De Fries
1
UFC fights
1
15.0 min · 15.0 avg
Octagon time
15.0 min · 15.0 avg
16y 5m
Career length
17y 3m
UFC schedule strength

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

Miocic
De Fries
13W–5L · 72.2%
Overall
15W–6L · 71.4%
13W–5L · 72.2%
Wins
15W–6L · 71.4%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Miocic
De Fries
18W–5L · 78.3%
Overall
27W–15L · 64.3%
18W–5L · 78.3%
Wins
27W–15L · 64.3%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Miocic
De Fries
6.18
Landed / min
5.10
41.1%
Accuracy
60.0%
71.4%
Defense
71.4%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
47.5%
Time at distance
7.8%
Grappling & control
Miocic
De Fries
4.00
Takedowns / 15 min
3.00
57.1%
Takedown accuracy
60.0%
50.0%
Takedown defense
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
86.8%
Control share
80.3%
Strike target map
Miocic
  • Head56%(38)div 67%
  • Body13%(9)div 17%
  • Legs31%(21)div 16%
De Fries
  • Head93%(13)div 67%
  • Body7%(1)div 17%
  • Legs0%(0)div 16%

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

Stipe Miocic
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Philip De Fries
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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