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UFC on FOX: Velasquez vs Dos Santos
Dustin Poirier
Dustin Poirier
10-1 · USA
VS
Pablo Garza
Pablo Garza
11-1 · USA
November 12, 2011 · Anaheim, California, USA
Featherweight · 3 rounds
146.0lb
Weigh-in
145.0lb
Dustin Poirier def. Pablo Garza by SUB (D'Arce Choke), R2 1:32
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Poirier14/401/101:50
Garza14/290/100:00
R2 · 1:32
Poirier3/70/001:05
Garza0/50/100:00
Total
Poirier17/471/102:55
Garza14/340/200:00

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
PoirierWin probabilityGarza
82.4%17.6%
KO / TKO
14%
Submission
82%
Decision
5%
Expected fight time: 3.9 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Poirier82%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO12%14%
Submission66%81%
Decision4%5%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes24 (1331)act 17
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.4)act 1
Garza18%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO2%10%
Submission16%87%
Decision0%3%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes16 (820)act 14
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.7)act 0
Combined totals~39 sig strikes~0.4 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R185%
R25%
R35%
Distance5%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 2.5%
Poirier
67.3%-222
Garza
+22230.3%
Most takedownstie 51.9%
Poirier
34.0%-240
Garza
+24014.2%
Significant strikes — over/under
Poirier
Expected: 23.9
24
Over 24
41.0%
+137
Exactly 24
2.7%
push
Under 24
56.3%
-137
03060
Garza
Expected: 15.5
15.5
Over 15.5
42.6%
+135
Under 15.5
57.4%
-135
02039
Takedowns — over/under
Poirier
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
39.9%
+151
Under 0.5
60.1%
-151
035
Garza
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
21.1%
Exactly 0
78.9%
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 3.9 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
Poirier82.4%67.9%+14.5-225
Garza17.6%32.1%−14.5+205

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
81.1Striking75.8
Poirier +5.3
59.1Grappling25.0
Poirier +34.1
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
PoirierGarza
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1554
Pound-for-pound
1556
1554
Divisional
1556
1490
Striking offense
1504
1504
Striking defense
1507
1551
Grappling offense
1507
1548
Grappling defense
1505
Physical
22 yrs
Age
28 yrs
5'9"
Height
6'1"
72"
Reach
73"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
5.13
Strikes landed / min
5.40
52%
Strike accuracy
53%
2.43
Strikes absorbed / min
3.17
64%
Strike defense
55%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.50
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
56%
Takedown accuracy
0%
78%
Takedown defense
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
2.8
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
100%
+2
Win/loss streak
+2
100%
Last-5 win rate
100%
0%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
154
Days since last fight
196
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Dustin Poirier
  • WJason YoungU-DEC R3
    Close -3355mo before
  • WJosh GrispiU-DEC R3
    Close +25010mo before
Pablo Garza
  • WYves JabouinSUB R1
    Close +1506mo before
  • WFredson PaixaoKO/TKO R1
    Close +16511mo before
Poirier — 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
5 wins, 0 losses
W
50% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 0 losses
W
30% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 1 loss
W
20% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
2win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
2 (100%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
8win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (63%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (38%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(100%) 1
Garza — win / loss by method
Record: 11-1-0

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, 0 losses
W
27% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 1 loss
W
55% of wins
L
100% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 0 losses
W
18% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
2win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (50%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (50%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
9win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (22%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
5 (56%)Submission(100%) 1
2 (22%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Poirier
Garza
2
UFC fights
2
30.0 min · 15.0 avg
Octagon time
5.4 min · 2.7 avg
17y 2m
Career length
19y 0m
UFC schedule strength

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

Poirier
Garza
22W–4L · 84.6%
Overall
25W–9L · 73.5%
22W–4L · 84.6%
Wins
25W–9L · 73.5%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Poirier
Garza
40W–12L · 76.9%
Overall
49W–29L · 62.8%
32W–9L · 78.0%
Wins
36W–29L · 55.4%
8W–3L · 72.7%
Losses
13W–0L · 100.0%
Distance striking
Poirier
Garza
9.01
Landed / min
3.43
52.4%
Accuracy
36.1%
68.8%
Defense
55.3%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
2.80
36.6%
Time at distance
70.7%
Grappling & control
Poirier
Garza
2.50
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
55.6%
Takedown accuracy
0.0%
77.8%
Takedown defense
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
2.80
77.8%
Control share
39.7%
Strike target map
Poirier
  • Head72%(111)div 62%
  • Body11%(17)div 19%
  • Legs17%(26)div 19%
Garza
  • Head41%(12)div 62%
  • Body28%(8)div 19%
  • Legs31%(9)div 19%

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

Dustin Poirier
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Pablo Garza
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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