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UFC 119: Mir vs Cro Cop
Chris Lytle
Chris Lytle
29-17-5 · USA
VS
Matt Serra
Matt Serra
11-6 · USA
September 25, 2010 · Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Welterweight · 3 rounds
171.0lb
Weigh-in
170.0lb
Chris Lytle def. Matt Serra by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Lytle44/910/000:00
Serra44/1040/000:00
R2
Lytle62/1100/000:00
Serra42/950/000:00
R3
Lytle47/960/000:00
Serra38/990/100:00
Total
Lytle153/2970/000:00
Serra124/2980/100:00

Scorecards

Lytle vs Serra

RdCecil PeoplesGlenn TrowbridgeSal D'AmatoCommunity
R110-910-910-910-9.1
R210-910-910-910-9
R310-910-910-910-9
Total30-2730-2730-2730-27.1

Media (5 cards) · avg 3026.8 · 5 Lytle · 0 Serra

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

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
LytleWin probabilitySerra
52.1%47.9%
KO / TKO
17%
Submission
19%
Decision
64%
Expected fight time: 11.9 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Lytle52%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO10%18%
Submission13%26%
Decision29%56%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes35 (2046)act 153
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.1)act 0
Serra48%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO8%16%
Submission5%11%
Decision35%73%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes33 (1844)act 124
Takedowns0.5 (0.02.0)act 0
Combined totals~69 sig strikes~1.1 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R113%
R218%
R35%
Distance64%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.6%
Lytle
51.6%-110
Serra
+11046.8%
Most takedownstie 40.8%
Lytle
30.4%-105
Serra
+10528.8%
Significant strikes — over/under
Lytle
Expected: 35.2
35
Over 35
42.0%
+134
Exactly 35
1.9%
push
Under 35
56.1%
-134
04589
Serra
Expected: 33.5
33.5
Over 33.5
42.4%
+136
Under 33.5
57.6%
-136
04284
Takedowns — over/under
Lytle
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
40.8%
+145
Under 0.5
59.2%
-145
035
Serra
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
39.6%
+153
Under 0.5
60.4%
-153
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 11.9 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
Lytle52.1%56.4%−4.3-135
Serra47.9%43.6%+4.3+125

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
63.7Striking56.0
Lytle +7.7
66.7Grappling43.8
Lytle +22.9
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
LytleSerra
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1521
Pound-for-pound
1542
1521
Divisional
1527
1475
Striking offense
1456
1528
Striking defense
1539
Grappling offense
Grappling defense
Physical
36 yrs
Age
36 yrs
5'11"
Height
5'6"
68"
Reach
68"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.99
Strikes landed / min
1.36
42%
Strike accuracy
39%
2.74
Strikes absorbed / min
1.90
55%
Strike defense
45%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.79
Takedowns / 15 min
2.25
50%
Takedown accuracy
21%
54%
Takedown defense
39%
2.2
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.0
Form & résumé
47%
UFC win rate
54%
+3
Win/loss streak
+1
80%
Last-5 win rate
60%
75%
Finish rate
43%
Recent opp. quality
84
Days since last fight
231
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Chris Lytle
  • WMatt BrownSUB R2
    Close -1803mo before
  • WBrian FosterSUB R1
    opp missedClose -1357mo before
  • WKevin BurnsU-DEC R3
    Close -2631y 3mo before
  • LMarcus DavisS-DEC R3
    Close +1381y 8mo before
  • WPaul TaylorU-DEC R3
    Close -3561y 11mo before
Matt Serra
  • WFrank TriggKO/TKO R1
    Close -1788mo before
  • LMatt HughesU-DEC R3
    Close +2181y 4mo before
  • LGeorges St-PierreKO/TKO R2
    Close +3732y 5mo before
  • WGeorges St-PierreKO/TKO R1
    Close +8503y 6mo before
  • WChris LytleS-DEC R3
    Close +1353y 10mo before
Lytle — win / loss by method
Record: 29-17-5

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
21% of wins
L
12% of losses
Submission
18 wins, 0 losses
W
62% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 15 losses
W
17% of wins
L
88% of losses
UFC
8win9loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (13%)KO/TKO(22%) 2
5 (63%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (25%)Decision(78%) 7
Non-UFC
21win8loss5draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (24%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
13 (62%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (14%)Decision(100%) 8
Serra — win / loss by method
Record: 11-6-0

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
2 wins, 2 losses
W
18% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 0 losses
W
45% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 4 losses
W
36% of wins
L
67% of losses
UFC
7win6loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (29%)KO/TKO(33%) 2
1 (14%)Submission(0%) 0
4 (57%)Decision(67%) 4
Non-UFC
4win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
4 (100%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Lytle
Serra
17
UFC fights
13
171.7 min · 10.1 avg
Octagon time
153.4 min · 11.8 avg
27y 5m
Career length
28y 4m
UFC schedule strength

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

Lytle
Serra
232W–67L · 77.6%
Overall
212W–55L · 79.4%
94W–36L · 72.3%
Wins
105W–34L · 75.5%
138W–31L · 81.7%
Losses
107W–21L · 83.6%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Lytle
Serra
253W–128L · 66.4%
Overall
0W–0L
149W–79L · 65.4%
Wins
0W–0L
104W–49L · 68.0%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Lytle
Serra
5.33
Landed / min
1.64
35.0%
Accuracy
23.7%
62.7%
Defense
61.0%
0.17
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.49
37.1%
Time at distance
29.8%
Grappling & control
Lytle
Serra
0.79
Takedowns / 15 min
2.25
50.0%
Takedown accuracy
21.1%
54.2%
Takedown defense
38.7%
2.18
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.98
28.7%
Control share
62.0%
Strike target map
Lytle
  • Head54%(277)div 63%
  • Body33%(170)div 21%
  • Legs13%(67)div 16%
Serra
  • Head51%(107)div 63%
  • Body31%(64)div 21%
  • Legs18%(38)div 16%

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

Chris Lytle
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Matt Serra
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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