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UFC 143: Diaz vs Condit
Matt Brown
Matt Brown
12-11 · USA
VS
Chris Cope
Chris Cope
5-2 · USA
February 4, 2012 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Welterweight · 3 rounds
Matt Brown def. Chris Cope by KO/TKO (Punches), R2 1:19
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Brown31/491/301:15
Cope14/620/001:09
R2 · 1:19
Brown17/220/010:05
Cope6/200/000:00
Total
Brown48/711/311:20
Cope20/820/001:09

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
BrownWin probabilityCope
67.1%32.9%
KO / TKO
15%
Submission
71%
Decision
14%
Expected fight time: 4.9 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Brown67%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO12%18%
Submission48%72%
Decision7%10%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes29 (1638)act 48
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.9)act 1
Cope33%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO3%10%
Submission23%69%
Decision7%21%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes20 (1026)act 20
Takedowns0.2 (0.01.0)act 0
Combined totals~49 sig strikes~0.4 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R177%
R25%
R34%
Distance14%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 2.0%
Brown
66.4%-210
Cope
+21031.6%
Most takedownstie 57.6%
Brown
20.5%+106
Cope
-10621.8%
Significant strikes — over/under
Brown
Expected: 29.4
29.5
Over 29.5
42.3%
+136
Under 29.5
57.7%
-136
03774
Cope
Expected: 19.8
20
Over 20
40.1%
+141
Exactly 20
3.2%
push
Under 20
56.7%
-141
02550
Takedowns — over/under
Brown
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
25.9%
Exactly 0
74.1%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Cope
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
27.0%
Exactly 0
73.0%
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 4.9 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
Brown67.1%75.7%−8.6-335
Cope32.9%24.3%+8.6+305

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
73.6Striking59.9
Brown +13.7
74.8Grappling25.0
Brown +49.8
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
BrownCope
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1491
Pound-for-pound
1508
1492
Divisional
1508
1523
Striking offense
1495
1522
Striking defense
1493
1527
Grappling offense
1481
1464
Grappling defense
1502
Physical
31 yrs
Age
28 yrs
6'0"
Height
6'0"
75"
Reach
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.05
Strikes landed / min
4.28
57%
Strike accuracy
27%
1.93
Strikes absorbed / min
3.70
55%
Strike defense
59%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.38
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
67%
Takedown accuracy
0%
64%
Takedown defense
100%
2.4
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
50%
UFC win rate
50%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
20%
Last-5 win rate
50%
80%
Finish rate
0%
Recent opp. quality
77
Days since last fight
91
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Matt Brown
  • LSeth BaczynskiSUB R2
    Close -1353mo before
  • WJohn HowardU-DEC R3
    Close +2357mo before
  • LBrian FosterSUB R2
    Close +1201y 2mo before
  • LChris LytleSUB R2
    Close +1681y 7mo before
  • LRicardo AlmeidaSUB R2
    Close +1601y 10mo before
Chris Cope
  • LChe MillsKO/TKO R1
    Close +2353mo before
  • WChuck O'NeilU-DEC R3
    Close +1558mo before
Brown — win / loss by method
Record: 12-11-0

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
50% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 9 losses
W
42% of wins
L
82% of losses
Decision
1 win, 2 losses
W
8% of wins
L
18% of losses
UFC
5win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (60%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (20%)Submission(80%) 4
1 (20%)Decision(20%) 1
Non-UFC
7win6loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (43%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
4 (57%)Submission(83%) 5
0 (0%)Decision(17%) 1
Cope — win / loss by method
Record: 5-2-0

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
2 wins, 2 losses
W
40% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 0 losses
W
60% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
1win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (100%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
4win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (50%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (50%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Brown
Cope
10
UFC fights
2
87.0 min · 8.7 avg
Octagon time
15.7 min · 7.8 avg
20y 10m
Career length
18y 9m
UFC schedule strength

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

Brown
Cope
118W–46L · 72.0%
Overall
21W–7L · 75.0%
40W–15L · 72.7%
Wins
8W–3L · 72.7%
78W–31L · 71.6%
Losses
13W–4L · 76.5%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Brown
Cope
62W–37L · 62.6%
Overall
12W–4L · 75.0%
12W–2L · 85.7%
Wins
7W–3L · 70.0%
50W–35L · 58.8%
Losses
5W–1L · 83.3%
Distance striking
Brown
Cope
6.57
Landed / min
4.59
47.1%
Accuracy
24.4%
63.8%
Defense
62.7%
0.69
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
23.1%
Time at distance
80.6%
Grappling & control
Brown
Cope
1.38
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
66.7%
Takedown accuracy
0.0%
64.3%
Takedown defense
100.0%
2.41
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
34.3%
Control share
23.3%
Strike target map
Brown
  • Head54%(144)div 63%
  • Body34%(89)div 22%
  • Legs12%(32)div 16%
Cope
  • Head43%(29)div 63%
  • Body28%(19)div 22%
  • Legs28%(19)div 16%

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

Matt Brown
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Chris Cope
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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