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UFC 128: Shogun vs Jones
Joseph Benavidez
Joseph Benavidez
13-2 · USA
VS
Ian Loveland
Ian Loveland
14-7 · USA
March 19, 2011 · Newark, New Jersey, USA
Bantamweight · 3 rounds
Joseph Benavidez def. Ian Loveland by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Benavidez20/420/600:33
Loveland19/370/100:02
R2
Benavidez14/392/501:28
Loveland13/290/000:03
R3
Benavidez14/373/601:46
Loveland13/240/000:10
Total
Benavidez48/1185/1703:47
Loveland45/900/100:15

Scorecards

Benavidez vs Loveland

RdDave TirelliRomulo BittencourtWilliam MasonCommunity
R110-99-1010-99-10
R210-910-910-910-9
R310-910-910-910-9
Total30-2729-2830-2729-28

Media (3 cards) · avg 29.327.7 · 3 Benavidez · 0 Loveland

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Benavidez-Loveland.

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
BenavidezWin probabilityLoveland
71.1%28.9%
KO / TKO
25%
Submission
46%
Decision
30%
Expected fight time: 7.6 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Benavidez71%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO16%23%
Submission34%48%
Decision21%29%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes49 (2864)act 48
Takedowns0.7 (0.02.2)act 5
Loveland29%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO9%30%
Submission11%39%
Decision9%31%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes35 (1945)act 45
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.9)act 0
Combined totals~84 sig strikes~0.9 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R152%
R28%
R310%
Distance30%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.2%
Benavidez
65.2%-195
Loveland
+19533.5%
Most takedownstie 22.9%
Benavidez
68.8%-832
Loveland
+8328.3%
Significant strikes — over/under
Benavidez
Expected: 49.2
49
Over 49
42.1%
+134
Exactly 49
1.4%
push
Under 49
56.5%
-134
062123
Loveland
Expected: 34.6
34.5
Over 34.5
42.7%
+134
Under 34.5
57.3%
-134
04487
Takedowns — over/under
Benavidez
Expected: 0.7
0.5
Over 0.5
85.0%
-565
Under 0.5
15.0%
+565
035
Loveland
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
28.4%
Exactly 0
71.6%
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 7.6 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
Benavidez71.1%79.0%−7.9-450
Loveland28.9%21.0%+7.9+360

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
BenavidezLoveland
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1540
Pound-for-pound
1519
1540
Divisional
1502
1482
Striking offense
1500
1500
Striking defense
1504
1561
Grappling offense
1497
1558
Grappling defense
1512
Physical
26 yrs
Age
27 yrs
5'4"
Height
5'8"
65"
Reach
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
Strikes landed / min
2.93
Strike accuracy
39%
Strikes absorbed / min
1.40
Strike defense
73%
Grappling (UFC career)
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
Takedown accuracy
Takedown defense
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
UFC win rate
100%
Win/loss streak
+1
Last-5 win rate
100%
Finish rate
0%
Recent opp. quality
Days since last fight
105
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Joseph Benavidez
No prior UFC fights.
Ian Loveland
  • WTyler TonerU-DEC R3
    Close +2353mo before
Benavidez — win / loss by method
Record: 13-2-0

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
23% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
8 wins, 0 losses
W
62% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 2 losses
W
15% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
13win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (23%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
8 (62%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (15%)Decision(100%) 2
Loveland — win / loss by method
Record: 14-7-0

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
6 wins, 1 loss
W
43% of wins
L
14% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 6 losses
W
43% of wins
L
86% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 0 losses
W
14% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (100%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
13win7loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (46%)KO/TKO(14%) 1
6 (46%)Submission(86%) 6
1 (8%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Benavidez
Loveland
0
UFC fights
1
Octagon time
15.0 min · 15.0 avg
Career length
20y 10m
UFC schedule strength

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

Benavidez
Loveland
Overall
11W–2L · 84.6%
Wins
11W–2L · 84.6%
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Benavidez
Loveland
154W–33L · 82.4%
Overall
93W–49L · 65.5%
126W–31L · 80.3%
Wins
63W–33L · 65.6%
28W–2L · 93.3%
Losses
30W–16L · 65.2%
Distance striking
Benavidez
Loveland
Landed / min
3.70
Accuracy
37.3%
Defense
74.0%
Knockdowns / 15 min
2.00
Time at distance
55.9%
Grappling & control
Benavidez
Loveland
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
Takedown accuracy
Takedown defense
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
Control share
100.0%
Strike target map
Benavidez
  • Head0%(0)div 65%
  • Body0%(0)div 20%
  • Legs0%(0)div 15%
  • No strike data on record.
Loveland
  • Head89%(39)div 65%
  • Body9%(4)div 20%
  • Legs2%(1)div 15%

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

Joseph Benavidez

No UFC fights on record.

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

Ian Loveland
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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