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UFC on FOX: Evans vs Davis
Cub Swanson
Cub Swanson
15-5 · USA
VS
George Roop
George Roop
12-8-1 · USA
January 28, 2012 · Chicago, Illinois, USA
Featherweight · 3 rounds
145.0lb
Weigh-in
145.0lb
Cub Swanson def. George Roop by KO/TKO (Punch), R2 2:22
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Swanson23/392/200:59
Roop26/640/100:07
R2 · 2:22
Swanson20/270/010:09
Roop9/350/000:00
Total
Swanson43/662/211:08
Roop35/990/100:07

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
SwansonWin probabilityRoop
63.8%36.2%
KO / TKO
34%
Submission
38%
Decision
28%
Expected fight time: 8.4 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Swanson64%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO23%35%
Submission25%39%
Decision16%26%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes51 (2967)act 43
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.9)act 2
Roop36%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO11%31%
Submission13%36%
Decision12%33%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes36 (2047)act 35
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.2)act 0
Combined totals~87 sig strikes~0.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R144%
R210%
R318%
Distance28%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.2%
Swanson
65.7%-199
Roop
+19933.1%
Most takedownstie 59.5%
Swanson
17.1%+137
Roop
-13723.4%
Significant strikes — over/under
Swanson
Expected: 51.4
51.5
Over 51.5
42.4%
+136
Under 51.5
57.6%
-136
065129
Roop
Expected: 35.7
35.5
Over 35.5
43.0%
+133
Under 35.5
57.0%
-133
04590
Takedowns — over/under
Swanson
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
21.1%
Exactly 0
78.9%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Roop
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
27.6%
+262
Under 0.5
72.4%
-262
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 8.4 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
Swanson63.8%45.7%+18.1+110
Roop36.2%54.3%−18.1-130

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
70.3Striking67.0
Swanson +3.4
74.2Grappling44.6
Swanson +29.6
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
SwansonRoop
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1521
Pound-for-pound
1485
1521
Divisional
1495
1499
Striking offense
1505
1509
Striking defense
1508
1501
Grappling offense
1498
1493
Grappling defense
1485
Physical
28 yrs
Age
30 yrs
5'8"
Height
6'1"
70"
Reach
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.34
Strikes landed / min
3.39
40%
Strike accuracy
36%
1.24
Strikes absorbed / min
1.77
70%
Strike defense
55%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.06
Takedowns / 15 min
0.67
100%
Takedown accuracy
75%
50%
Takedown defense
59%
2.1
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
0%
UFC win rate
33%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
0%
Last-5 win rate
40%
Finish rate
50%
Recent opp. quality
77
Days since last fight
91
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Cub Swanson
  • LRicardo LamasSUB R2
    Close +1653mo before
George Roop
  • LHatsu HiokiS-DEC R3
    Close +2853mo before
  • WJosh GrispiKO/TKO R3
    Close +3358mo before
  • LMark HominickKO/TKO R1
    Close +2301y before
  • LGeorge SotiropoulosSUB R2
    Close +3852y 6mo before
  • WDavid KaplanS-DEC R3
    Close -1662y 8mo before
Swanson — win / loss by method
Record: 15-5-0

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
7 wins, 1 loss
W
47% of wins
L
20% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 3 losses
W
27% of wins
L
60% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 1 loss
W
27% of wins
L
20% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 ()Submission(100%) 1
0 ()Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
15win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (47%)KO/TKO(25%) 1
4 (27%)Submission(50%) 2
4 (27%)Decision(25%) 1
Roop — win / loss by method
Record: 12-8-1

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
33% of wins
L
13% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 4 losses
W
25% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 3 losses
W
42% of wins
L
38% of losses
UFC
2win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (50%)KO/TKO(25%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(25%) 1
1 (50%)Decision(50%) 2
Non-UFC
10win4loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (30%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (30%)Submission(75%) 3
4 (40%)Decision(25%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Swanson
Roop
1
UFC fights
6
7.3 min · 7.3 avg
Octagon time
66.7 min · 11.1 avg
22y 0m
Career length
20y 2m
UFC schedule strength

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

Swanson
Roop
10W–2L · 83.3%
Overall
79W–21L · 79.0%
0W–0L
Wins
17W–4L · 81.0%
10W–2L · 83.3%
Losses
62W–17L · 78.5%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Swanson
Roop
126W–37L · 77.3%
Overall
66W–36L · 64.7%
84W–28L · 75.0%
Wins
37W–19L · 66.1%
42W–9L · 82.4%
Losses
29W–17L · 63.0%
Distance striking
Swanson
Roop
4.18
Landed / min
6.27
37.5%
Accuracy
27.9%
85.0%
Defense
56.7%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.22
49.3%
Time at distance
31.4%
Grappling & control
Swanson
Roop
2.06
Takedowns / 15 min
0.67
100.0%
Takedown accuracy
75.0%
50.0%
Takedown defense
58.5%
2.06
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
19.4%
Control share
32.2%
Strike target map
Swanson
  • Head59%(10)div 62%
  • Body12%(2)div 20%
  • Legs29%(5)div 18%
Roop
  • Head65%(147)div 62%
  • Body23%(51)div 20%
  • Legs12%(28)div 18%

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

Cub Swanson
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

George Roop
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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