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UFC Fight Night: Marquardt vs Palhares
Charles Oliveira
Charles Oliveira
13-0 · BRA
VS
Efrain Escudero
Efrain Escudero
13-1 · USA
September 15, 2010 · Austin, Texas, USA
Lightweight · 159 lb · 3 rounds
154.0lb
Weigh-in
159.0lb
Charles Oliveira def. Efrain Escudero by SUB (Rear Naked Choke), R3 2:25
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Oliveira10/340/500:21
Escudero8/240/001:47
R2
Oliveira16/391/300:14
Escudero1/290/100:41
R3 · 2:25
Oliveira9/181/100:28
Escudero4/230/000:20
Total
Oliveira35/912/901:03
Escudero13/760/102:48

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
OliveiraWin probabilityEscudero
89.8%10.2%
KO / TKO
32%
Submission
51%
Decision
16%
Expected fight time: 6.0 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Oliveira90%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO31%34%
Submission46%51%
Decision13%15%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes28 (1536)act 35
Takedowns1.8 (0.04.1)act 2
Escudero10%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO2%20%
Submission5%52%
Decision3%28%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes21 (1127)act 13
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.2)act 0
Combined totals~49 sig strikes~1.8 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R159%
R220%
R35%
Distance16%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 2.1%
Oliveira
61.4%-168
Escudero
+16836.5%
Most takedownstie 17.7%
Oliveira
79.3%-2680
Escudero
+26803.0%
Significant strikes — over/under
Oliveira
Expected: 27.7
27.5
Over 27.5
43.0%
+132
Under 27.5
57.0%
-132
03570
Escudero
Expected: 20.9
21
Over 21
40.8%
+138
Exactly 21
3.1%
push
Under 21
56.2%
-138
02753
Takedowns — over/under
Oliveira
Expected: 1.8
2
Over 2
35.1%
+122
Exactly 2
22.3%
push
Under 2
42.7%
-122
036
Escudero
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
11.5%
Exactly 0
88.5%
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 6.0 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
Oliveira89.8%40.2%+49.6+145
Escudero10.2%59.8%−49.6-155

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
91.9Striking70.6
Oliveira +21.3
25.0Grappling60.3
Escudero +35.3
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
OliveiraEscudero
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1556
Pound-for-pound
1561
1556
Divisional
1561
1485
Striking offense
1492
1500
Striking defense
1520
1560
Grappling offense
1519
1541
Grappling defense
1535
Physical
20 yrs
Age
24 yrs
5'10"
Height
5'9"
74"
Reach
71"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.39
Strikes landed / min
2.79
75%
Strike accuracy
38%
0.00
Strikes absorbed / min
1.43
100%
Strike defense
75%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
2.63
Takedown accuracy
62%
0%
Takedown defense
50%
43.9
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.7
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
75%
+1
Win/loss streak
+1
100%
Last-5 win rate
75%
100%
Finish rate
33%
Recent opp. quality
45
Days since last fight
109
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Charles Oliveira
  • WDarren ElkinsSUB R1
    Close -24045d before
Efrain Escudero
  • WDan LauzonU-DEC R3
    Close -4004mo before
  • LEvan DunhamSUB R3
    Close -2488mo before
  • WCole MillerKO/TKO R1
    Close -1301y before
  • WPhillipe NoverU-DEC R3
    Close +2951y 9mo before
Oliveira — win / loss by method
Record: 13-0-0

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
6 wins, 0 losses
W
46% of wins
L
Submission
6 wins, 0 losses
W
46% of wins
L
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
8% of wins
L
UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (100%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
12win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (50%)KO/TKO() 0
5 (42%)Submission() 0
1 (8%)Decision() 0
Escudero — win / loss by method
Record: 13-1-0

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
8% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
9 wins, 1 loss
W
69% of wins
L
100% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 0 losses
W
23% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
3win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (33%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(100%) 1
2 (67%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
10win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
9 (90%)Submission() 0
1 (10%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Oliveira
Escudero
1
UFC fights
4
0.7 min · 0.7 avg
Octagon time
45.6 min · 11.4 avg
18y 4m
Career length
20y 2m
UFC schedule strength

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

Oliveira
Escudero
11W–1L · 91.7%
Overall
41W–6L · 87.2%
11W–1L · 91.7%
Wins
32W–6L · 84.2%
0W–0L
Losses
9W–0L · 100.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Oliveira
Escudero
34W–17L · 66.7%
Overall
12W–6L · 66.7%
34W–17L · 66.7%
Wins
12W–6L · 66.7%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Oliveira
Escudero
4.29
Landed / min
3.35
100.0%
Accuracy
32.0%
100.0%
Defense
80.6%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.99
34.1%
Time at distance
47.9%
Grappling & control
Oliveira
Escudero
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
2.63
Takedown accuracy
61.5%
0.0%
Takedown defense
50.0%
43.90
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.66
0.0%
Control share
71.4%
Strike target map
Oliveira
  • Head67%(2)div 66%
  • Body0%(0)div 18%
  • Legs33%(1)div 16%
Escudero
  • Head61%(77)div 66%
  • Body9%(11)div 18%
  • Legs31%(39)div 16%

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

Charles Oliveira
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Efrain Escudero
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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