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UFC 127: Penn vs Fitch
Brian Ebersole
Brian Ebersole
46-14-1 · USA
VS
Chris Lytle
Chris Lytle
30-17-5 · USA
February 26, 2011 · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Welterweight · 3 rounds
169.8lb
Weigh-in
169.8lb
Brian Ebersole def. Chris Lytle by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Ebersole4/101/202:00
Lytle9/200/001:06
R2
Ebersole17/311/311:52
Lytle9/330/000:00
R3
Ebersole11/202/303:40
Lytle6/130/000:25
Total
Ebersole32/614/817:32
Lytle24/660/001:31

Scorecards

Ebersole vs Lytle

RdBarry FoleyChris LeeEvan BzadoughCommunity
R1-10-9-9.4-9.6
R2-10-9-10-9
R3-10-9-10-9
Total29-2830-2729-2829.4-27.6

Media (6 cards) · avg 2927.8 · 6 Ebersole · 0 Lytle

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Ebersole-Lytle.

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
EbersoleWin probabilityLytle
60.3%39.7%
KO / TKO
34%
Submission
12%
Decision
54%
Expected fight time: 10.7 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Ebersole60%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO23%38%
Submission6%10%
Decision31%52%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes37 (2048)act 32
Takedowns0.5 (0.02.0)act 4
Lytle40%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO11%28%
Submission7%17%
Decision22%55%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes29 (1637)act 24
Takedowns0.5 (0.02.0)act 0
Combined totals~65 sig strikes~1.0 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R125%
R211%
R310%
Distance54%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.6%
Ebersole
60.3%-158
Lytle
+15838.1%
Most takedownstie 43.9%
Ebersole
26.7%+110
Lytle
-11029.4%
Significant strikes — over/under
Ebersole
Expected: 36.6
36.5
Over 36.5
42.7%
+134
Under 36.5
57.3%
-134
04692
Lytle
Expected: 28.6
28.5
Over 28.5
42.8%
+134
Under 28.5
57.2%
-134
03672
Takedowns — over/under
Ebersole
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
35.5%
+182
Under 0.5
64.5%
-182
035
Lytle
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
38.5%
+159
Under 0.5
61.5%
-159
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 10.7 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
Ebersole60.3%26.7%+33.6+260
Lytle39.7%73.3%−33.6-320

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
EbersoleLytle
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1554
Pound-for-pound
1538
1554
Divisional
1537
1482
Striking offense
1481
1500
Striking defense
1522
1561
Grappling offense
1511
1558
Grappling defense
1522
Physical
30 yrs
Age
36 yrs
6'0"
Height
5'11"
73"
Reach
68"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
Strikes landed / min
3.57
Strike accuracy
44%
Strikes absorbed / min
3.18
Strike defense
56%
Grappling (UFC career)
Takedowns / 15 min
0.72
Takedown accuracy
50%
Takedown defense
55%
Sub attempts / 15 min
2.0
Form & résumé
UFC win rate
50%
Win/loss streak
+4
Last-5 win rate
80%
Finish rate
67%
Recent opp. quality
Days since last fight
154
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Brian Ebersole
No prior UFC fights.
Chris Lytle
  • WMatt SerraU-DEC R3
    Close -1355mo before
  • WMatt BrownSUB R2
    Close -1808mo before
  • WBrian FosterSUB R1
    opp missedClose -1351y before
  • WKevin BurnsU-DEC R3
    Close -2631y 8mo before
  • LMarcus DavisS-DEC R3
    Close +1382y 1mo before
Ebersole — win / loss by method
Record: 46-14-1, 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
16 wins, 1 loss
W
35% of wins
L
7% of losses
Submission
17 wins, 8 losses
W
37% of wins
L
57% of losses
Decision
13 wins, 5 losses
W
28% of wins
L
36% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
46win14loss1draw1NC
WinsLosses
16 (35%)KO/TKO(7%) 1
17 (37%)Submission(57%) 8
13 (28%)Decision(36%) 5
Lytle — win / loss by method
Record: 30-17-5

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
12% of losses
Submission
18 wins, 0 losses
W
60% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 15 losses
W
20% of wins
L
88% of losses
UFC
9win9loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (11%)KO/TKO(22%) 2
5 (56%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (33%)Decision(78%) 7
Non-UFC
21win8loss5draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (24%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
13 (62%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (14%)Decision(100%) 8

Profiles

Experience
Ebersole
Lytle
0
UFC fights
18
Octagon time
186.7 min · 10.4 avg
Career length
27y 5m
UFC schedule strength

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

Ebersole
Lytle
Overall
243W–73L · 76.9%
Wins
105W–42L · 71.4%
Losses
138W–31L · 81.7%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Ebersole
Lytle
335W–219L · 60.5%
Overall
253W–128L · 66.4%
189W–143L · 56.9%
Wins
149W–79L · 65.4%
146W–76L · 65.8%
Losses
104W–49L · 68.0%
Distance striking
Ebersole
Lytle
Landed / min
6.24
Accuracy
38.7%
Defense
61.4%
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.16
Time at distance
42.1%
Grappling & control
Ebersole
Lytle
Takedowns / 15 min
0.72
Takedown accuracy
50.0%
Takedown defense
55.1%
Sub attempts / 15 min
2.01
Control share
28.7%
Strike target map
Ebersole
  • Head0%(0)div 63%
  • Body0%(0)div 21%
  • Legs0%(0)div 16%
  • No strike data on record.
Lytle
  • Head61%(410)div 63%
  • Body28%(190)div 21%
  • Legs10%(67)div 16%

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

Brian Ebersole

No UFC fights on record.

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

Chris Lytle
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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