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UFC 131: Dos Santos vs Carwin
Nick Ring
Nick Ring
11-0 · CAN
VS
James Head
James Head
7-1 · USA
June 11, 2011 · Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Middleweight · 3 rounds
Nick Ring def. James Head by SUB (Rear Naked Choke), R3 3:33
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Ring28/522/201:36
Head29/470/010:21
R2
Ring20/282/204:23
Head0/40/000:03
R3 · 3:33
Ring10/181/102:57
Head1/50/000:00
Total
Ring58/985/508:56
Head30/560/010:24

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
RingWin probabilityHead
47.0%53.0%
KO / TKO
24%
Submission
14%
Decision
62%
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 Ring, blue toward Head. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Ring47%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO8%18%
Submission8%17%
Decision31%65%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes40 (2353)act 58
Takedowns0.7 (0.02.7)act 5
Head53%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO15%29%
Submission7%12%
Decision31%59%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes39 (2251)act 30
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.2)act 0
Combined totals~80 sig strikes~1.3 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R119%
R29%
R310%
Distance62%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.4%
Ring
51.0%-107
Head
+10747.7%
Most takedownstie 44.4%
Ring
31.9%-134
Head
+13423.7%
Significant strikes — over/under
Ring
Expected: 40.5
40.5
Over 40.5
42.4%
+136
Under 40.5
57.6%
-136
051102
Head
Expected: 39.0
39
Over 39
41.7%
+136
Exactly 39
1.7%
push
Under 39
56.6%
-136
04998
Takedowns — over/under
Ring
Expected: 0.7
0.5
Over 0.5
39.5%
+153
Under 0.5
60.5%
-153
035
Head
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
31.8%
+214
Under 0.5
68.2%
-214
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
Ring47.0%54.3%−7.3-130
Head53.0%45.7%+7.3+110

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
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
RingHead
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1551
Pound-for-pound
1518
1551
Divisional
1518
1499
Striking offense
1500
1533
Striking defense
1500
1488
Grappling offense
1500
1496
Grappling defense
1500
Physical
32 yrs
Age
27 yrs
6'0"
Height
6'1"
74"
Reach
73"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.73
Strikes landed / min
33%
Strike accuracy
1.87
Strikes absorbed / min
66%
Strike defense
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0%
Takedown accuracy
33%
Takedown defense
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
+1
Win/loss streak
100%
Last-5 win rate
0%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
105
Days since last fight
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Nick Ring
  • WRiki FukudaU-DEC R3
    Close +1003mo before
James Head
No prior UFC fights.
Ring — win / loss by method
Record: 11-0-0

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
2 wins, 0 losses
W
18% of wins
L
Submission
5 wins, 0 losses
W
45% of wins
L
Decision
4 wins, 0 losses
W
36% of wins
L
UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (100%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
10win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (20%)KO/TKO() 0
5 (50%)Submission() 0
3 (30%)Decision() 0
Head — win / loss by method
Record: 7-1-0

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
4 wins, 0 losses
W
57% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 0 losses
W
29% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
1 win, 1 loss
W
14% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
7win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (57%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (29%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (14%)Decision(100%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Ring
Head
1
UFC fights
0
15.0 min · 15.0 avg
Octagon time
24y 5m
Career length
UFC schedule strength

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

Ring
Head
17W–4L · 81.0%
Overall
17W–4L · 81.0%
Wins
0W–0L
Losses
Non-UFC schedule strength
Ring
Head
33W–40L · 45.2%
Overall
53W–23L · 69.7%
33W–40L · 45.2%
Wins
41W–20L · 67.2%
0W–0L
Losses
12W–3L · 80.0%
Distance striking
Ring
Head
3.93
Landed / min
30.3%
Accuracy
72.1%
Defense
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
61.1%
Time at distance
Grappling & control
Ring
Head
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.0%
Takedown accuracy
33.3%
Takedown defense
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.3%
Control share
Strike target map
Ring
  • Head32%(13)div 63%
  • Body15%(6)div 19%
  • Legs54%(22)div 17%
Head
  • Head0%(0)div 63%
  • Body0%(0)div 19%
  • Legs0%(0)div 17%
  • No strike data on record.

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

Nick Ring
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

James Head

No UFC fights on record.

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