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UFC 124: St-Pierre vs Koscheck 2
Ricardo Almeida
Ricardo Almeida
12-4 · USA
VS
TJ Grant
TJ Grant
16-4 · CAN
December 11, 2010 · Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Welterweight · 3 rounds
170.5lb
Weigh-in
170.0lb
Ricardo Almeida def. TJ Grant by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Almeida17/342/304:26
Grant1/40/000:00
R2
Almeida5/152/303:45
Grant4/90/100:35
R3
Almeida26/362/204:07
Grant1/50/000:17
Total
Almeida48/856/8012:18
Grant6/180/100:52

Scorecards

Almeida vs Grant

RdNelson HamiltonRichard DeCarufelTony WeeksCommunity
R110-910-910-910-9
R210-910-910-910-9
R310-910-910-910-9
Total30-2730-2730-2730-27

Media (3 cards) · avg 3027 · 3 Almeida · 0 Grant

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Almeida-Grant.

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
AlmeidaWin probabilityGrant
40.8%59.2%
KO / TKO
25%
Submission
9%
Decision
66%
Expected fight time: 12.0 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Almeida41%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO7%17%
Submission3%7%
Decision31%76%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes31 (1740)act 48
Takedowns0.9 (0.02.9)act 6
Grant59%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO18%30%
Submission6%11%
Decision35%59%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes38 (2150)act 6
Takedowns0.7 (0.02.6)act 0
Combined totals~69 sig strikes~1.6 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R114%
R214%
R36%
Distance66%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.5%
Almeida
39.3%+151
Grant
-15159.2%
Most takedownstie 33.7%
Almeida
39.9%-151
Grant
+15126.4%
Significant strikes — over/under
Almeida
Expected: 30.9
31
Over 31
41.2%
+138
Exactly 31
2.1%
push
Under 31
56.7%
-138
03978
Grant
Expected: 38.4
38.5
Over 38.5
42.4%
+136
Under 38.5
57.6%
-136
04997
Takedowns — over/under
Almeida
Expected: 0.9
1
Over 1
33.3%
+140
Exactly 1
20.0%
push
Under 1
46.7%
-140
035
Grant
Expected: 0.7
0.5
Over 0.5
39.2%
+155
Under 0.5
60.8%
-155
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 12.0 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
Almeida40.8%58.0%−17.2-150
Grant59.2%42.0%+17.2+130

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
71.5Striking69.3
Almeida +2.1
73.0Grappling36.7
Almeida +36.3
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
AlmeidaGrant
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1531
Pound-for-pound
1547
1509
Divisional
1547
1481
Striking offense
1496
1523
Striking defense
1509
1519
Grappling offense
1510
1490
Grappling defense
1502
Physical
34 yrs
Age
26 yrs
6'0"
Height
5'10"
74"
Reach
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
1.91
Strikes landed / min
2.59
51%
Strike accuracy
55%
1.34
Strikes absorbed / min
2.14
61%
Strike defense
53%
Grappling (UFC career)
4.50
Takedowns / 15 min
2.08
43%
Takedown accuracy
47%
22%
Takedown defense
7%
2.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.2
Form & résumé
56%
UFC win rate
60%
-1
Win/loss streak
+1
60%
Last-5 win rate
60%
60%
Finish rate
33%
Recent opp. quality
126
Days since last fight
77
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Ricardo Almeida
  • LMatt HughesSUB R1
    Close -1934mo before
  • WMatt BrownSUB R2
    Close -1859mo before
  • WKendall GroveU-DEC R3
    Close -1601y 4mo before
  • WMatt HorwichU-DEC R3
    Close -3051y 8mo before
  • LPatrick CoteS-DEC R3
    Close -1292y 5mo before
TJ Grant
  • WJulio PaulinoU-DEC R3
    Close -2203mo before
  • LJohny HendricksM-DEC R3
    Close +3257mo before
  • WKevin BurnsKO/TKO R1
    Close -1301y before
  • LDong Hyun KimU-DEC R3
    Close +1881y 5mo before
  • WRyo ChonanS-DEC R3
    Close +1531y 8mo before
Almeida — win / loss by method
Record: 12-4-0

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
5 wins, 1 loss
W
42% of wins
L
25% of losses
Decision
7 wins, 1 loss
W
58% of wins
L
25% of losses
DQ / other
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
25% of losses
UFC
5win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(25%) 1
3 (60%)Submission(25%) 1
2 (40%)Decision(25%) 1
0 (0%)DQ / other(25%) 1
Non-UFC
7win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
2 (29%)Submission() 0
5 (71%)Decision() 0
Grant — 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
2 wins, 0 losses
W
13% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
12 wins, 1 loss
W
75% of wins
L
25% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 3 losses
W
13% of wins
L
75% of losses
UFC
3win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (33%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (67%)Decision(100%) 2
Non-UFC
13win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (8%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
12 (92%)Submission(50%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(50%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Almeida
Grant
9
UFC fights
5
83.3 min · 9.3 avg
Octagon time
65.0 min · 13.0 avg
25y 7m
Career length
20y 3m
UFC schedule strength

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

Almeida
Grant
141W–42L · 77.0%
Overall
59W–15L · 79.7%
61W–29L · 67.8%
Wins
41W–15L · 73.2%
80W–13L · 86.0%
Losses
18W–0L · 100.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Almeida
Grant
86W–51L · 62.8%
Overall
111W–44L · 71.6%
86W–51L · 62.8%
Wins
95W–39L · 70.9%
0W–0L
Losses
16W–5L · 76.2%
Distance striking
Almeida
Grant
3.52
Landed / min
6.50
41.9%
Accuracy
45.2%
74.4%
Defense
60.4%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.23
25.5%
Time at distance
18.9%
Grappling & control
Almeida
Grant
4.50
Takedowns / 15 min
2.08
43.1%
Takedown accuracy
47.4%
22.2%
Takedown defense
6.7%
1.98
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.23
63.4%
Control share
36.5%
Strike target map
Almeida
  • Head64%(102)div 63%
  • Body25%(39)div 22%
  • Legs11%(18)div 16%
Grant
  • Head52%(88)div 63%
  • Body32%(53)div 22%
  • Legs16%(27)div 16%

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

Ricardo Almeida
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

TJ Grant
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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