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UFC Live: Hardy vs Lytle
Chris Lytle
Chris Lytle
30-18-5 · USA
VS
Dan Hardy
Dan Hardy
23-9 · GBR
August 14, 2011 · Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Welterweight · 3 rounds · Main event
170.5lb
Weigh-in
170.0lb
Chris Lytle def. Dan Hardy by SUB (Guillotine Choke), R3 4:16
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Lytle42/920/000:00
Hardy23/800/000:00
R2
Lytle51/1010/000:10
Hardy25/870/100:04
R3 · 4:16
Lytle34/780/000:10
Hardy13/711/100:03
Total
Lytle127/2710/000:20
Hardy61/2381/200:07

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
LytleWin probabilityHardy
37.1%62.9%
KO / TKO
21%
Submission
13%
Decision
66%
Expected fight time: 11.9 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Lytle37%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO5%14%
Submission10%27%
Decision22%59%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes37 (2048)act 127
Takedowns0.7 (0.02.5)act 0
Hardy63%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO16%25%
Submission3%5%
Decision44%70%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes45 (2559)act 61
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.2)act 1
Combined totals~82 sig strikes~1.0 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R116%
R213%
R35%
Distance66%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.3%
Lytle
39.6%+149
Hardy
-14959.1%
Most takedownstie 46.3%
Lytle
39.3%-273
Hardy
+27314.4%
Significant strikes — over/under
Lytle
Expected: 36.6
36.5
Over 36.5
42.7%
+134
Under 36.5
57.3%
-134
04692
Hardy
Expected: 45.3
45.5
Over 45.5
42.2%
+137
Under 45.5
57.8%
-137
057114
Takedowns — over/under
Lytle
Expected: 0.7
0.5
Over 0.5
45.1%
+122
Under 0.5
54.9%
-122
035
Hardy
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
21.0%
+377
Under 0.5
79.0%
-377
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 11.9 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
Lytle37.1%50.2%−13.1-106
Hardy62.9%49.8%+13.1-104

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
64.6Striking55.1
Lytle +9.6
66.2Grappling31.6
Lytle +34.5
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
LytleHardy
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1523
Pound-for-pound
1556
1522
Divisional
1553
1480
Striking offense
1479
1523
Striking defense
1510
1512
Grappling offense
1480
1518
Grappling defense
1493
Physical
36 yrs
Age
29 yrs
5'11"
Height
6'0"
68"
Reach
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.43
Strikes landed / min
1.77
44%
Strike accuracy
35%
3.10
Strikes absorbed / min
2.43
55%
Strike defense
48%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.67
Takedowns / 15 min
0.33
50%
Takedown accuracy
33%
54%
Takedown defense
31%
2.2
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.5
Form & résumé
47%
UFC win rate
57%
-1
Win/loss streak
-3
80%
Last-5 win rate
40%
67%
Finish rate
25%
Recent opp. quality
169
Days since last fight
141
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Chris Lytle
  • LBrian EbersoleU-DEC R3
    Close -3206mo before
  • WMatt SerraU-DEC R3
    Close -13511mo before
  • WMatt BrownSUB R2
    Close -1801y 1mo before
  • WBrian FosterSUB R1
    opp missedClose -1351y 6mo before
  • WKevin BurnsU-DEC R3
    Close -2632y 2mo before
Dan Hardy
  • LAnthony JohnsonU-DEC R3
    Close +1635mo before
  • LCarlos ConditKO/TKO R1
    Close -17010mo before
  • LGeorges St-PierreU-DEC R5
    Close +5501y 5mo before
  • WMike SwickU-DEC R3
    Close +2231y 9mo before
  • WMarcus DavisS-DEC R3
    Close +1662y 2mo before
Lytle — win / loss by method
Record: 30-18-5

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, 2 losses
W
20% of wins
L
11% of losses
Submission
18 wins, 0 losses
W
60% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 16 losses
W
20% of wins
L
89% of losses
UFC
9win10loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (11%)KO/TKO(20%) 2
5 (56%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (33%)Decision(80%) 8
Non-UFC
21win8loss5draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (24%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
13 (62%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (14%)Decision(100%) 8
Hardy — win / loss by method
Record: 23-9-0, 1 NC

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
13 wins, 1 loss
W
57% of wins
L
11% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 3 losses
W
9% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
8 wins, 4 losses
W
35% of wins
L
44% of losses
DQ / other
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
11% of losses
UFC
4win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (25%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (75%)Decision(67%) 2
Non-UFC
19win6loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
12 (63%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (11%)Submission(50%) 3
5 (26%)Decision(33%) 2
0 (0%)DQ / other(17%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Lytle
Hardy
19
UFC fights
7
201.7 min · 10.6 avg
Octagon time
90.6 min · 12.9 avg
27y 5m
Career length
22y 2m
UFC schedule strength

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

Lytle
Hardy
289W–87L · 76.9%
Overall
127W–32L · 79.9%
105W–42L · 71.4%
Wins
75W–22L · 77.3%
184W–45L · 80.3%
Losses
52W–10L · 83.9%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Lytle
Hardy
253W–128L · 66.4%
Overall
195W–89L · 68.7%
149W–79L · 65.4%
Wins
149W–76L · 66.2%
104W–49L · 68.0%
Losses
46W–13L · 78.0%
Distance striking
Lytle
Hardy
6.10
Landed / min
3.01
38.6%
Accuracy
27.5%
61.2%
Defense
56.9%
0.15
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.33
41.3%
Time at distance
34.9%
Grappling & control
Lytle
Hardy
0.67
Takedowns / 15 min
0.33
50.0%
Takedown accuracy
33.3%
54.4%
Takedown defense
31.0%
2.23
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.50
27.6%
Control share
20.4%
Strike target map
Lytle
  • Head61%(423)div 62%
  • Body29%(201)div 22%
  • Legs10%(67)div 16%
Hardy
  • Head44%(71)div 62%
  • Body26%(42)div 22%
  • Legs29%(47)div 16%

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

Chris Lytle
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Dan Hardy
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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