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UFC 139: Shogun vs Henderson
Urijah Faber
Urijah Faber
25-5 · USA
VS
Brian Bowles
Brian Bowles
10-1 · USA
November 19, 2011 · San Jose, California, USA
Bantamweight · 3 rounds
Urijah Faber def. Brian Bowles by SUB (Guillotine Choke), R2 1:27
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Faber17/361/101:25
Bowles13/610/000:00
R2 · 1:27
Faber19/250/010:56
Bowles0/70/000:00
Total
Faber36/611/112:21
Bowles13/680/000:00

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
FaberWin probabilityBowles
63.1%36.9%
KO / TKO
16%
Submission
17%
Decision
68%
Expected fight time: 11.7 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Faber63%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO11%18%
Submission11%17%
Decision41%65%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes37 (2148)act 36
Takedowns0.8 (0.02.7)act 1
Bowles37%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO4%12%
Submission6%16%
Decision27%72%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes38 (2149)act 13
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.4)act 0
Combined totals~75 sig strikes~1.1 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R122%
R26%
R34%
Distance68%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.5%
Faber
48.7%+102
Bowles
-10249.8%
Most takedownstie 41.3%
Faber
41.2%-237
Bowles
+23717.4%
Significant strikes — over/under
Faber
Expected: 37.2
37
Over 37
42.0%
+134
Exactly 37
1.8%
push
Under 37
56.2%
-134
04794
Bowles
Expected: 37.6
37.5
Over 37.5
42.7%
+134
Under 37.5
57.3%
-134
04895
Takedowns — over/under
Faber
Expected: 0.8
1
Over 1
29.8%
+172
Exactly 1
19.0%
push
Under 1
51.2%
-172
035
Bowles
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
27.1%
+269
Under 0.5
72.9%
-269
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 11.7 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
Faber63.1%62.6%+0.5-174
Bowles36.9%37.4%−0.5+164

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
63.7Striking66.6
Bowles +2.9
33.2Grappling43.2
Bowles +10.0
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
FaberBowles
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1563
Pound-for-pound
1560
1563
Divisional
1560
1478
Striking offense
1496
1510
Striking defense
1506
1545
Grappling offense
1506
1543
Grappling defense
1518
Physical
32 yrs
Age
31 yrs
5'6"
Height
5'7"
67"
Reach
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.48
Strikes landed / min
2.59
35%
Strike accuracy
33%
2.52
Strikes absorbed / min
1.68
67%
Strike defense
78%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.13
Takedowns / 15 min
1.62
19%
Takedown accuracy
100%
69%
Takedown defense
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.8
Form & résumé
50%
UFC win rate
100%
-1
Win/loss streak
+2
50%
Last-5 win rate
100%
0%
Finish rate
50%
Recent opp. quality
140
Days since last fight
140
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Urijah Faber
  • LDominick CruzU-DEC R5
    Close +1705mo before
  • WEddie WinelandU-DEC R3
    Close -4008mo before
Brian Bowles
  • WTakeya MizugakiU-DEC R3
    Close -3155mo before
  • WDamacio PageSUB R1
    Close -3109mo before
Faber — win / loss by method
Record: 25-5-0

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
9 wins, 2 losses
W
36% of wins
L
40% of losses
Submission
11 wins, 0 losses
W
44% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 3 losses
W
16% of wins
L
60% of losses
DQ / other
1 win, 0 losses
W
4% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
1win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (100%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
24win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
9 (38%)KO/TKO(50%) 2
11 (46%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (13%)Decision(50%) 2
1 (4%)DQ / other(0%) 0
Bowles — win / loss by method
Record: 10-1-0

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
3 wins, 1 loss
W
30% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 0 losses
W
60% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
10% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
2win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (50%)Submission() 0
1 (50%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
8win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (38%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
5 (63%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Faber
Bowles
2
UFC fights
2
40.0 min · 20.0 avg
Octagon time
18.5 min · 9.3 avg
22y 8m
Career length
20y 2m
UFC schedule strength

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

Faber
Bowles
35W–7L · 83.3%
Overall
29W–10L · 74.4%
18W–6L · 75.0%
Wins
29W–10L · 74.4%
17W–1L · 94.4%
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Faber
Bowles
309W–96L · 76.3%
Overall
88W–17L · 83.8%
251W–87L · 74.3%
Wins
74W–16L · 82.2%
58W–9L · 86.6%
Losses
14W–1L · 93.3%
Distance striking
Faber
Bowles
2.19
Landed / min
3.09
29.9%
Accuracy
26.6%
69.2%
Defense
77.9%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
68.5%
Time at distance
57.7%
Grappling & control
Faber
Bowles
1.13
Takedowns / 15 min
1.62
18.8%
Takedown accuracy
100.0%
68.8%
Takedown defense
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.81
59.4%
Control share
90.0%
Strike target map
Faber
  • Head68%(67)div 56%
  • Body24%(24)div 27%
  • Legs8%(8)div 18%
Bowles
  • Head65%(31)div 56%
  • Body35%(17)div 27%
  • Legs0%(0)div 18%

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

Urijah Faber
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Brian Bowles
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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