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Cole Miller
Cole Miller
17-5 · USA
VS
TJ O'Brien
TJ O'Brien
16-4 · USA
August 14, 2011 · Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Lightweight · 3 rounds
155.0lb
Weigh-in
155.5lb
Cole Miller def. TJ O'Brien by SUB (Guillotine Choke), R2 2:38
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Miller16/490/000:00
O'Brien23/450/000:00
R2 · 2:38
Miller16/270/010:49
O'Brien5/160/000:07
Total
Miller32/760/010:49
O'Brien28/610/000:07

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
MillerWin probabilityO'Brien
49.9%50.1%
KO / TKO
22%
Submission
27%
Decision
51%
Expected fight time: 10.0 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Miller50%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO14%27%
Submission11%22%
Decision25%51%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes52 (2967)act 32
Takedowns1.4 (0.03.3)act 0
O'Brien50%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO9%18%
Submission15%31%
Decision26%51%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes58 (3375)act 28
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.5)act 0
Combined totals~109 sig strikes~1.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R134%
R28%
R37%
Distance51%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.0%
Miller
44.2%+124
O'Brien
-12454.8%
Most takedownstie 12.8%
Miller
83.3%-2097
O'Brien
+20974.0%
Significant strikes — over/under
Miller
Expected: 51.6
51.5
Over 51.5
42.6%
+135
Under 51.5
57.4%
-135
065130
O'Brien
Expected: 57.9
58
Over 58
41.8%
+137
Exactly 58
1.2%
push
Under 58
57.1%
-137
073145
Takedowns — over/under
Miller
Expected: 1.4
1.5
Over 1.5
53.2%
-114
Under 1.5
46.8%
+114
035
O'Brien
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
15.5%
Exactly 0
84.5%
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 10.0 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
Miller49.9%80.0%−30.1-440
O'Brien50.1%20.0%+30.1+390

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
54.2Striking59.2
O'Brien +5.0
50.1Grappling34.1
Miller +16.1
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
MillerO'Brien
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1562
Pound-for-pound
1517
1562
Divisional
1517
1479
Striking offense
1501
1499
Striking defense
1493
1517
Grappling offense
1496
1507
Grappling defense
1499
Physical
27 yrs
Age
24 yrs
6'1"
Height
6'2"
73"
Reach
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.09
Strikes landed / min
3.87
31%
Strike accuracy
46%
3.19
Strikes absorbed / min
5.32
56%
Strike defense
58%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.63
Takedowns / 15 min
1.81
30%
Takedown accuracy
100%
30%
Takedown defense
0%
3.8
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
67%
UFC win rate
0%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
60%
Last-5 win rate
0%
83%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
204
Days since last fight
267
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Cole Miller
  • LMatt WimanU-DEC R3
    Close -1357mo before
  • WRoss PearsonSUB R2
    Close +19011mo before
  • WDan LauzonSUB R1
    Close -1601y 7mo before
  • LEfrain EscuderoKO/TKO R1
    Close +1051y 11mo before
  • WJunie BrowningSUB R1
    Close -1582y 4mo before
TJ O'Brien
  • LPaul KellyKO/TKO R2
    Close +1709mo before
Miller — win / loss by method
Record: 17-5-0

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
3 wins, 2 losses
W
18% of wins
L
40% of losses
Submission
12 wins, 0 losses
W
71% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 3 losses
W
12% of wins
L
60% of losses
UFC
6win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (17%)KO/TKO(67%) 2
4 (67%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (17%)Decision(33%) 1
Non-UFC
11win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (18%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
8 (73%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (9%)Decision(100%) 2
O'Brien — win / loss by method
Record: 16-4-0

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
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
25% of losses
Submission
16 wins, 3 losses
W
100% of wins
L
75% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
16win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
16 (100%)Submission(100%) 3
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Miller
O'Brien
9
UFC fights
1
71.2 min · 7.9 avg
Octagon time
8.3 min · 8.3 avg
21y 2m
Career length
19y 3m
UFC schedule strength

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

Miller
O'Brien
90W–23L · 79.6%
Overall
11W–3L · 78.6%
53W–16L · 76.8%
Wins
0W–0L
37W–7L · 84.1%
Losses
11W–3L · 78.6%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Miller
O'Brien
77W–33L · 70.0%
Overall
111W–85L · 56.6%
67W–31L · 68.4%
Wins
78W–69L · 53.1%
10W–2L · 83.3%
Losses
33W–16L · 67.3%
Distance striking
Miller
O'Brien
2.87
Landed / min
5.88
20.7%
Accuracy
45.9%
64.6%
Defense
74.2%
0.42
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
36.2%
Time at distance
57.6%
Grappling & control
Miller
O'Brien
0.63
Takedowns / 15 min
1.81
30.0%
Takedown accuracy
100.0%
30.0%
Takedown defense
0.0%
3.79
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
42.0%
Control share
13.4%
Strike target map
Miller
  • Head69%(103)div 65%
  • Body23%(35)div 19%
  • Legs7%(11)div 17%
O'Brien
  • Head53%(17)div 65%
  • Body16%(5)div 19%
  • Legs31%(10)div 17%

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

Cole Miller
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

TJ O'Brien
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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