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Matt Hamill
Matt Hamill
9-2 · USA
VS
Tito Ortiz
Tito Ortiz
15-7-1 · USA
October 23, 2010 · Anaheim, California, USA
Light Heavyweight · 3 rounds
203.5lb
Weigh-in
206.0lb
Matt Hamill def. Tito Ortiz by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Hamill11/451/100:08
Ortiz17/630/000:00
R2
Hamill13/381/102:17
Ortiz12/390/100:00
R3
Hamill17/511/101:26
Ortiz8/290/100:00
Total
Hamill41/1343/303:51
Ortiz37/1310/200:00

Scorecards

Hamill vs Ortiz

RdCecil PeoplesLarry LandlessMike BeltranCommunity
R110-9--9.2-9.9
R210-9--9.9-9.2
R310-9--9.9-9.1
Total30-2729-2829-2829-28.2

Media (5 cards) · avg 29.227.8 · 5 Hamill · 0 Ortiz

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Hamill-Ortiz.

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
HamillWin probabilityOrtiz
46.8%53.2%
KO / TKO
37%
Submission
5%
Decision
58%
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 Hamill, blue toward Ortiz. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Hamill47%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO18%39%
Submission1%3%
Decision28%58%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes41 (2354)act 41
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.9)act 3
Ortiz53%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO19%35%
Submission4%7%
Decision30%58%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes36 (2047)act 37
Takedowns1.0 (0.03.0)act 0
Combined totals~77 sig strikes~1.2 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R115%
R215%
R312%
Distance58%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.4%
Hamill
56.0%-131
Ortiz
+13142.6%
Most takedownstie 39.7%
Hamill
11.2%+436
Ortiz
-43649.1%
Significant strikes — over/under
Hamill
Expected: 41.5
41.5
Over 41.5
42.5%
+135
Under 41.5
57.5%
-135
052104
Ortiz
Expected: 35.9
36
Over 36
41.4%
+137
Exactly 36
1.8%
push
Under 36
56.8%
-137
04590
Takedowns — over/under
Hamill
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
18.9%
Exactly 0
81.1%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Ortiz
Expected: 1.0
1
Over 1
34.9%
+130
Exactly 1
19.9%
push
Under 1
45.2%
-130
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
Hamill46.8%62.5%−15.7-173
Ortiz53.2%37.5%+15.7+163

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
64.3Striking70.1
Ortiz +5.9
61.6Grappling58.4
Hamill +3.2
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
HamillOrtiz
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1596
Pound-for-pound
1596
1593
Divisional
1543
1519
Striking offense
1463
1500
Striking defense
1544
1501
Grappling offense
1553
1546
Grappling defense
1567
Physical
34 yrs
Age
35 yrs
6'1"
Height
6'3"
76"
Reach
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.72
Strikes landed / min
2.35
42%
Strike accuracy
51%
3.92
Strikes absorbed / min
1.82
62%
Strike defense
59%
Grappling (UFC career)
3.30
Takedowns / 15 min
3.17
44%
Takedown accuracy
45%
90%
Takedown defense
64%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.4
Form & résumé
80%
UFC win rate
67%
+4
Win/loss streak
-2
80%
Last-5 win rate
20%
63%
Finish rate
64%
Recent opp. quality
126
Days since last fight
336
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Matt Hamill
  • WKeith JardineM-DEC R3
    Close -1504mo before
  • WJon JonesDQ R1
    Close +24011mo before
  • WMark MunozKO/TKO R1
    Close -1731y 8mo before
  • WReese AndyKO/TKO R2
    1y 10mo before
  • LRich FranklinKO/TKO R3
    Close +1932y 2mo before
Tito Ortiz
  • LForrest GriffinS-DEC R3
    Close +10811mo before
  • LLyoto MachidaU-DEC R3
    Close +1552y 5mo before
  • DRashad EvansU-DEC R3
    Close -1333y 4mo before
  • LChuck LiddellKO/TKO R3
    Close +1803y 10mo before
  • WKen ShamrockKO/TKO R1
    Close -8004y before
Hamill — win / loss by method
Record: 9-2-0

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
6 wins, 1 loss
W
67% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 1 loss
W
22% of wins
L
50% of losses
DQ / other
1 win, 0 losses
W
11% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
8win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (63%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (25%)Decision(50%) 1
1 (13%)DQ / other(0%) 0
Non-UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (100%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Ortiz — win / loss by method
Record: 15-7-1

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
9 wins, 3 losses
W
60% of wins
L
43% of losses
Submission
1 win, 1 loss
W
7% of wins
L
14% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 3 losses
W
33% of wins
L
43% of losses
UFC
14win7loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
8 (57%)KO/TKO(43%) 3
1 (7%)Submission(14%) 1
5 (36%)Decision(43%) 3
Non-UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (100%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Hamill
Ortiz
10
UFC fights
22
86.3 min · 8.6 avg
Octagon time
255.9 min · 11.6 avg
20y 11m
Career length
29y 2m
UFC schedule strength

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

Hamill
Ortiz
94W–16L · 85.5%
Overall
312W–83L · 79.0%
56W–13L · 81.2%
Wins
212W–55L · 79.4%
38W–3L · 92.7%
Losses
100W–28L · 78.1%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Hamill
Ortiz
0W–1L · 0.0%
Overall
0W–1L · 0.0%
0W–1L · 0.0%
Wins
0W–1L · 0.0%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Hamill
Ortiz
4.00
Landed / min
1.75
35.7%
Accuracy
31.0%
64.4%
Defense
65.6%
0.17
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.06
64.4%
Time at distance
33.6%
Grappling & control
Hamill
Ortiz
3.30
Takedowns / 15 min
3.17
44.2%
Takedown accuracy
45.0%
90.0%
Takedown defense
63.6%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.35
93.1%
Control share
77.1%
Strike target map
Hamill
  • Head88%(282)div 65%
  • Body3%(11)div 17%
  • Legs9%(28)div 18%
Ortiz
  • Head74%(445)div 65%
  • Body12%(75)div 17%
  • Legs13%(81)div 18%

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

Matt Hamill
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Tito Ortiz
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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