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UFC 143: Diaz vs Condit
Fabricio Werdum
Fabricio Werdum
14-5-1 · BRA
VS
Roy Nelson
Roy Nelson
15-6 · USA
February 4, 2012 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Heavyweight · 3 rounds
246.0lb
Weigh-in
246.0lb
Fabricio Werdum def. Roy Nelson by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Werdum20/360/000:55
Nelson5/90/002:14
R2
Werdum39/500/000:00
Nelson11/370/000:00
R3
Werdum32/500/100:10
Nelson10/230/000:30
Total
Werdum91/1360/101:05
Nelson26/690/002:44

Scorecards

Werdum vs Nelson

RdAdalaide ByrdChris LeeGlenn TrowbridgeCommunity
R1---10-9
R2---10-8.9
R3---9.9-9.1
Total30-2730-2730-2729.9-27

Media (6 cards) · avg 3027 · 6 Werdum · 0 Nelson

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Werdum-Nelson.

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
WerdumWin probabilityNelson
73.0%27.0%
KO / TKO
56%
Submission
8%
Decision
37%
Expected fight time: 9.8 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Werdum73%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO38%52%
Submission6%9%
Decision29%39%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes57 (3274)act 91
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.6)act 0
Nelson27%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO18%66%
Submission1%4%
Decision8%30%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes32 (1842)act 26
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.7)act 0
Combined totals~89 sig strikes~0.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R124%
R224%
R315%
Distance37%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.1%
Werdum
74.1%-298
Nelson
+29824.9%
Most takedownstie 62.0%
Werdum
25.0%-193
Nelson
+19313.0%
Significant strikes — over/under
Werdum
Expected: 56.9
57
Over 57
41.8%
+136
Exactly 57
1.2%
push
Under 57
57.0%
-136
072143
Nelson
Expected: 32.1
32
Over 32
41.6%
+135
Exactly 32
2.1%
push
Under 32
56.3%
-135
04181
Takedowns — over/under
Werdum
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
27.9%
+259
Under 0.5
72.1%
-259
035
Nelson
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
16.3%
Exactly 0
83.7%
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 9.8 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
Werdum73.0%59.0%+14.0-150
Nelson27.0%41.0%−14.0+140

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
65.3Striking50.8
Werdum +14.4
23.2Grappling26.4
Nelson +3.2
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
WerdumNelson
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1529
Pound-for-pound
1537
1529
Divisional
1537
1499
Striking offense
1513
1506
Striking defense
1501
1520
Grappling offense
1510
1522
Grappling defense
1517
Physical
34 yrs
Age
35 yrs
6'4"
Height
6'0"
77"
Reach
73"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.94
Strikes landed / min
2.40
43%
Strike accuracy
40%
2.26
Strikes absorbed / min
4.79
53%
Strike defense
52%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.98
Takedowns / 15 min
0.98
25%
Takedown accuracy
25%
25%
Takedown defense
36%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
50%
UFC win rate
60%
-1
Win/loss streak
+1
50%
Last-5 win rate
60%
100%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
1197
Days since last fight
98
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Fabricio Werdum
  • LJunior Dos SantosKO/TKO R1
    Close -6503y 3mo before
  • WBrandon VeraKO/TKO R1
    Close +1633y 8mo before
  • WGabriel GonzagaKO/TKO R2
    Close +2004y 1mo before
  • LAndrei ArlovskiU-DEC R3
    Close -1104y 9mo before
Roy Nelson
  • WMirko FilipovicKO/TKO R3
    Close -2403mo before
  • LFrank MirU-DEC R3
    Close +1108mo before
  • LJunior Dos SantosU-DEC R3
    Close +3151y 6mo before
  • WStefan StruveKO/TKO R1
    Close -3501y 10mo before
  • WBrendan SchaubKO/TKO R1
    Close -1652y 2mo before
Werdum — win / loss by method
Record: 14-5-1

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, 1 loss
W
29% of wins
L
20% of losses
Submission
8 wins, 0 losses
W
57% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 4 losses
W
14% of wins
L
80% of losses
UFC
2win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (100%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
12win3loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (17%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
8 (67%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (17%)Decision(100%) 3
Nelson — win / loss by method
Record: 15-6-0

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
10 wins, 1 loss
W
67% of wins
L
17% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 0 losses
W
27% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
1 win, 5 losses
W
7% of wins
L
83% of losses
UFC
3win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (100%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(100%) 2
Non-UFC
12win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (58%)KO/TKO(25%) 1
4 (33%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (8%)Decision(75%) 3

Profiles

Experience
Werdum
Nelson
4
UFC fights
5
30.6 min · 7.6 avg
Octagon time
45.9 min · 9.2 avg
24y 1m
Career length
22y 3m
UFC schedule strength

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

Werdum
Nelson
33W–9L · 78.6%
Overall
75W–18L · 80.6%
16W–3L · 84.2%
Wins
50W–12L · 80.6%
17W–6L · 73.9%
Losses
25W–6L · 80.6%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Werdum
Nelson
205W–48L · 81.0%
Overall
158W–71L · 69.0%
132W–33L · 80.0%
Wins
90W–53L · 62.9%
73W–15L · 83.0%
Losses
68W–18L · 79.1%
Distance striking
Werdum
Nelson
2.05
Landed / min
3.11
30.3%
Accuracy
32.5%
64.2%
Defense
56.3%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.65
59.0%
Time at distance
45.5%
Grappling & control
Werdum
Nelson
0.98
Takedowns / 15 min
0.98
25.0%
Takedown accuracy
25.0%
25.0%
Takedown defense
36.4%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
64.1%
Control share
58.1%
Strike target map
Werdum
  • Head77%(69)div 67%
  • Body7%(6)div 17%
  • Legs17%(15)div 16%
Nelson
  • Head87%(96)div 67%
  • Body7%(8)div 17%
  • Legs5%(6)div 16%

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

Fabricio Werdum
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Roy Nelson
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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