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UFC 121: Lesnar vs Velasquez
Tom Lawlor
Tom Lawlor
6-3 · USA
VS
Patrick Cote
Patrick Cote
13-6 · CAN
October 23, 2010 · Anaheim, California, USA
Middleweight · 3 rounds
185.0lb
Weigh-in
185.0lb
Tom Lawlor def. Patrick Cote by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Lawlor16/211/104:42
Cote5/90/000:08
R2
Lawlor17/312/303:38
Cote1/90/000:00
R3
Lawlor16/232/204:39
Cote0/40/000:00
Total
Lawlor49/755/6012:59
Cote6/220/000:08

Scorecards

Lawlor vs Cote

RdLuis CobianMike BeltranNelson HamiltonCommunity
R110-910-910-910-9
R210-910-910-910-9
R310-910-910-910-9
Total30-2730-2730-2730-27

Media (5 cards) · avg 3026.6 · 5 Lawlor · 0 Cote

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Lawlor-Cote.

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
LawlorWin probabilityCote
57.8%42.2%
KO / TKO
25%
Submission
15%
Decision
60%
Expected fight time: 11.5 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Lawlor58%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO13%21%
Submission10%18%
Decision35%61%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes33 (1843)act 49
Takedowns0.9 (0.02.9)act 5
Cote42%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO13%30%
Submission4%11%
Decision25%59%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes29 (1637)act 6
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.0)act 0
Combined totals~61 sig strikes~1.0 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R116%
R218%
R36%
Distance60%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.8%
Lawlor
55.4%-129
Cote
+12942.9%
Most takedownstie 45.0%
Lawlor
49.7%-932
Cote
+9325.3%
Significant strikes — over/under
Lawlor
Expected: 32.8
33
Over 33
41.2%
+138
Exactly 33
2.0%
push
Under 33
56.8%
-138
04283
Cote
Expected: 28.6
28.5
Over 28.5
42.8%
+134
Under 28.5
57.2%
-134
03672
Takedowns — over/under
Lawlor
Expected: 0.9
1
Over 1
33.1%
+145
Exactly 1
19.0%
push
Under 1
47.9%
-145
035
Cote
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
9.1%
Exactly 0
90.9%
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 11.5 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
Lawlor57.8%38.1%+19.7+155
Cote42.2%61.9%−19.7-175

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
67.6Striking65.0
Lawlor +2.6
63.8Grappling38.4
Lawlor +25.5
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
LawlorCote
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1507
Pound-for-pound
1506
1493
Divisional
1512
1469
Striking offense
1503
1515
Striking defense
1524
1531
Grappling offense
1482
1515
Grappling defense
1483
Physical
27 yrs
Age
30 yrs
6'0"
Height
5'11"
74"
Reach
75"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.84
Strikes landed / min
2.19
44%
Strike accuracy
50%
2.39
Strikes absorbed / min
2.15
60%
Strike defense
52%
Grappling (UFC career)
3.15
Takedowns / 15 min
0.60
30%
Takedown accuracy
31%
71%
Takedown defense
64%
1.2
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.3
Form & résumé
50%
UFC win rate
40%
-2
Win/loss streak
-2
50%
Last-5 win rate
60%
50%
Finish rate
50%
Recent opp. quality
168
Days since last fight
168
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Tom Lawlor
  • LJoe DoerksenSUB R2
    Close -6006mo before
  • LAaron SimpsonS-DEC R3
    Close +2389mo before
  • WCB DollawaySUB R1
    Close +2351y 3mo before
  • WKyle KingsburyU-DEC R3
    Close +1041y 10mo before
Patrick Cote
  • LAlan BelcherSUB R2
    Close +1076mo before
  • LAnderson SilvaKO/TKO R3
    Close +4132y before
  • WRicardo AlmeidaS-DEC R3
    Close +1092y 4mo before
  • WDrew McFedriesKO/TKO R1
    Close -1412y 9mo before
  • WKendall GroveKO/TKO R1
    Close +2253y 2mo before
Lawlor — win / loss by method
Record: 6-3-0, 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
2 wins, 0 losses
W
33% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 1 loss
W
50% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
1 win, 1 loss
W
17% of wins
L
33% of losses
DQ / other
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
2win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (50%)Submission(50%) 1
1 (50%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
4win1loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
2 (50%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (50%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
0 (0%)DQ / other(100%) 1
Cote — win / loss by method
Record: 13-6-0

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
46% of wins
L
17% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 3 losses
W
23% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 2 losses
W
31% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
4win6loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (50%)KO/TKO(17%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(50%) 3
2 (50%)Decision(33%) 2
Non-UFC
9win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (44%)KO/TKO() 0
3 (33%)Submission() 0
2 (22%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Lawlor
Cote
4
UFC fights
10
38.1 min · 9.5 avg
Octagon time
100.4 min · 10.0 avg
19y 5m
Career length
23y 9m
UFC schedule strength

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

Lawlor
Cote
66W–14L · 82.5%
Overall
131W–34L · 79.4%
15W–2L · 88.2%
Wins
34W–9L · 79.1%
51W–12L · 81.0%
Losses
97W–25L · 79.5%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Lawlor
Cote
2W–2L · 50.0%
Overall
78W–33L · 70.3%
2W–2L · 50.0%
Wins
78W–33L · 70.3%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Lawlor
Cote
4.20
Landed / min
3.48
32.0%
Accuracy
41.6%
66.5%
Defense
60.4%
0.39
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.60
29.4%
Time at distance
33.5%
Grappling & control
Lawlor
Cote
3.15
Takedowns / 15 min
0.60
29.6%
Takedown accuracy
30.8%
71.4%
Takedown defense
63.6%
1.18
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.30
65.2%
Control share
27.7%
Strike target map
Lawlor
  • Head96%(104)div 63%
  • Body4%(4)div 20%
  • Legs0%(0)div 17%
Cote
  • Head65%(144)div 63%
  • Body12%(26)div 20%
  • Legs23%(50)div 17%

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

Tom Lawlor
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Patrick Cote
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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