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UFC 126: Silva vs Belfort
Jake Ellenberger
Jake Ellenberger
23-5 · USA
VS
February 5, 2011 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Welterweight · 3 rounds
171.0lb
Weigh-in
170.0lb
Jake Ellenberger def. Carlos Eduardo Rocha by S-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Ellenberger5/111/200:22
Eduardo Rocha3/100/303:35
R2
Ellenberger10/331/100:32
Eduardo Rocha4/290/100:00
R3
Ellenberger10/321/200:50
Eduardo Rocha14/370/100:00
Total
Ellenberger25/763/501:44
Eduardo Rocha21/760/503:35

Scorecards

Ellenberger vs Eduardo Rocha

RdAbe BelardoAdalaide ByrdJunichiro KamijoCommunity
R19-109-109-109.1-10
R210-99-1010-99.9-9.1
R310-99-1010-99.9-9.1
Total29-2827-3029-2828.9-28.2

Media (6 cards) · avg 2928 · 6 Ellenberger · 0 Eduardo Rocha

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Ellenberger-Eduardo Rocha.

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
EllenbergerWin probabilityEduardo Rocha
56.6%43.4%
KO / TKO
28%
Submission
24%
Decision
48%
Expected fight time: 9.9 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Ellenberger57%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO22%39%
Submission8%14%
Decision27%47%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes32 (1841)act 25
Takedowns0.9 (0.02.8)act 3
Eduardo Rocha43%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO6%13%
Submission16%38%
Decision21%49%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes33 (1844)act 21
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.2)act 0
Combined totals~65 sig strikes~1.4 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R133%
R210%
R39%
Distance48%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.7%
Ellenberger
47.0%+109
Eduardo Rocha
-10951.3%
Most takedownstie 34.1%
Ellenberger
39.1%-146
Eduardo Rocha
+14626.8%
Significant strikes — over/under
Ellenberger
Expected: 31.9
32
Over 32
41.3%
+137
Exactly 32
2.1%
push
Under 32
56.7%
-137
04080
Eduardo Rocha
Expected: 33.4
33.5
Over 33.5
42.4%
+136
Under 33.5
57.6%
-136
04284
Takedowns — over/under
Ellenberger
Expected: 0.9
1
Over 1
31.7%
+150
Exactly 1
20.8%
push
Under 1
47.5%
-150
035
Eduardo Rocha
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
41.7%
+140
Under 0.5
58.3%
-140
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 9.9 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
Ellenberger56.6%72.3%−15.7-280
Eduardo Rocha43.4%27.7%+15.7+255

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
70.4Striking67.8
Ellenberger +2.5
86.0Grappling25.0
Ellenberger +61.0
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
EllenbergerEduardo Rocha
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1560
Pound-for-pound
1541
1560
Divisional
1542
1506
Striking offense
1485
1514
Striking defense
1500
1548
Grappling offense
1559
1542
Grappling defense
1542
Physical
25 yrs
Age
29 yrs
5'9"
Height
5'10"
71"
Reach
73"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.48
Strikes landed / min
0.85
49%
Strike accuracy
50%
1.50
Strikes absorbed / min
1.28
56%
Strike defense
63%
Grappling (UFC career)
4.58
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
77%
Takedown accuracy
75%
Takedown defense
0%
1.4
Sub attempts / 15 min
6.4
Form & résumé
67%
UFC win rate
100%
+2
Win/loss streak
+1
67%
Last-5 win rate
100%
100%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
188
Days since last fight
84
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Jake Ellenberger
  • WJohn HowardKO/TKO R3
    Close -1966mo before
  • WMike PyleKO/TKO R2
    Close -1481y 1mo before
  • LCarlos ConditS-DEC R3
    Close +3571y 5mo before
Carlos Eduardo Rocha
  • WKris McCraySUB R1
    Close -1053mo before
Ellenberger — win / loss by method
Record: 23-5-0

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
17 wins, 0 losses
W
74% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 1 loss
W
13% of wins
L
20% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 4 losses
W
13% of wins
L
80% of losses
UFC
2win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (100%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
21win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
15 (71%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (14%)Submission(25%) 1
3 (14%)Decision(75%) 3
Eduardo Rocha — win / loss by method
Record: 9-0-0

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
1 win, 0 losses
W
11% of wins
L
Submission
8 wins, 0 losses
W
89% of wins
L
Decision
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (100%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
8win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (13%)KO/TKO() 0
7 (88%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Ellenberger
Eduardo Rocha
3
UFC fights
1
32.7 min · 10.9 avg
Octagon time
2.4 min · 2.4 avg
21y 4m
Career length
18y 2m
UFC schedule strength

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

Ellenberger
Eduardo Rocha
55W–15L · 78.6%
Overall
5W–1L · 83.3%
32W–10L · 76.2%
Wins
5W–1L · 83.3%
23W–5L · 82.1%
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Ellenberger
Eduardo Rocha
189W–109L · 63.4%
Overall
28W–26L · 51.9%
145W–93L · 60.9%
Wins
28W–26L · 51.9%
44W–16L · 73.3%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Ellenberger
Eduardo Rocha
3.69
Landed / min
4.94
38.2%
Accuracy
50.0%
75.5%
Defense
80.0%
1.38
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
17.4%
Time at distance
17.2%
Grappling & control
Ellenberger
Eduardo Rocha
4.58
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
76.9%
Takedown accuracy
75.0%
Takedown defense
0.0%
1.38
Sub attempts / 15 min
6.38
83.2%
Control share
21.1%
Strike target map
Ellenberger
  • Head72%(58)div 63%
  • Body26%(21)div 21%
  • Legs2%(2)div 16%
Eduardo Rocha
  • Head50%(1)div 63%
  • Body0%(0)div 21%
  • Legs50%(1)div 16%

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

Jake Ellenberger
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Carlos Eduardo Rocha
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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