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UFC 118: Edgar vs Penn 2
Nik Lentz
Nik Lentz
18-3-2 · USA
VS
Andre Winner
Andre Winner
12-3-1 · GBR
August 28, 2010 · Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Lightweight · 3 rounds
155.0lb
Weigh-in
154.0lb
Nik Lentz def. Andre Winner by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Lentz7/113/904:13
Winner8/140/000:10
R2
Lentz10/132/604:11
Winner9/100/000:14
R3
Lentz6/82/304:36
Winner3/110/000:00
Total
Lentz23/327/18013:00
Winner20/350/000:24

Scorecards

Lentz vs Winner

RdBryan MinerMark AlibertiSal D'AmatoCommunity
R110-910-9-9.6-9.4
R210-910-9-9.8-9.2
R310-910-9-10-9
Total30-2730-2729-2829.4-27.6

Media (6 cards) · avg 29.827.5 · 6 Lentz · 0 Winner

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Lentz-Winner.

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
LentzWin probabilityWinner
58.2%41.8%
KO / TKO
26%
Submission
55%
Decision
20%
Expected fight time: 6.1 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Lentz58%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO16%28%
Submission32%55%
Decision10%17%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes28 (1637)act 23
Takedowns0.9 (0.02.7)act 7
Winner42%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO10%23%
Submission22%54%
Decision10%23%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes22 (1229)act 20
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.6)act 0
Combined totals~51 sig strikes~1.0 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R163%
R211%
R36%
Distance20%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 2.1%
Lentz
59.9%-158
Winner
+15838.0%
Most takedownstie 35.8%
Lentz
56.0%-682
Winner
+6828.2%
Significant strikes — over/under
Lentz
Expected: 28.5
28.5
Over 28.5
42.5%
+135
Under 28.5
57.5%
-135
03672
Winner
Expected: 22.3
22.5
Over 22.5
41.9%
+139
Under 22.5
58.1%
-139
02856
Takedowns — over/under
Lentz
Expected: 0.9
1
Over 1
34.9%
+110
Exactly 1
26.6%
push
Under 1
38.5%
-110
035
Winner
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
16.2%
Exactly 0
83.8%
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 6.1 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
Lentz58.2%47.7%+10.5+105
Winner41.8%52.3%−10.5-115

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
73.2Striking60.0
Lentz +13.2
79.9Grappling25.0
Lentz +54.9
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
LentzWinner
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1561
Pound-for-pound
1538
1561
Divisional
1538
1489
Striking offense
1499
1504
Striking defense
1506
1544
Grappling offense
1499
1529
Grappling defense
1510
Physical
26 yrs
Age
28 yrs
5'8"
Height
5'11"
68"
Reach
73"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.09
Strikes landed / min
3.63
42%
Strike accuracy
39%
2.40
Strikes absorbed / min
4.11
67%
Strike defense
57%
Grappling (UFC career)
4.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
38%
Takedown accuracy
0%
64%
Takedown defense
100%
2.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
67%
+1
Win/loss streak
+2
67%
Last-5 win rate
67%
0%
Finish rate
50%
Recent opp. quality
150
Days since last fight
150
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Nik Lentz
  • WRob EmersonU-DEC R3
    Close -1505mo before
  • DThiago TavaresM-DEC R3
    Close +1858mo before
  • WRafaello OliveiraU-DEC R3
    Close +23111mo before
Andre Winner
  • WRafaello OliveiraU-DEC R3
    Close -1905mo before
  • WRolando DelgadoKO/TKO R1
    Close -4179mo before
  • LRoss PearsonU-DEC R3
    Close -2381y 2mo before
Lentz — win / loss by method
Record: 18-3-2

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
8 wins, 1 loss
W
44% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 1 loss
W
33% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 1 loss
W
22% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
2win0loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
2 (100%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
16win3loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
8 (50%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
6 (38%)Submission(33%) 1
2 (13%)Decision(33%) 1
Winner — win / loss by method
Record: 12-3-1

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
3 wins, 0 losses
W
25% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 1 loss
W
25% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 2 losses
W
50% of wins
L
67% of losses
UFC
2win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (50%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (50%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
10win2loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (20%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (30%)Submission(50%) 1
5 (50%)Decision(50%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Lentz
Winner
3
UFC fights
3
45.0 min · 15.0 avg
Octagon time
33.4 min · 11.1 avg
21y 0m
Career length
21y 7m
UFC schedule strength

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

Lentz
Winner
20W–10L · 66.7%
Overall
27W–10L · 73.0%
20W–10L · 66.7%
Wins
19W–7L · 73.1%
0W–0L
Losses
8W–3L · 72.7%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Lentz
Winner
108W–59L · 64.7%
Overall
69W–49L · 58.5%
82W–43L · 65.6%
Wins
44W–34L · 56.4%
26W–16L · 61.9%
Losses
25W–15L · 62.5%
Distance striking
Lentz
Winner
5.62
Landed / min
3.86
34.5%
Accuracy
25.6%
71.0%
Defense
66.7%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.90
42.7%
Time at distance
48.9%
Grappling & control
Lentz
Winner
4.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
37.5%
Takedown accuracy
0.0%
64.3%
Takedown defense
100.0%
2.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
64.5%
Control share
55.4%
Strike target map
Lentz
  • Head53%(97)div 66%
  • Body32%(58)div 18%
  • Legs16%(29)div 16%
Winner
  • Head50%(61)div 66%
  • Body25%(30)div 18%
  • Legs25%(30)div 16%

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

Nik Lentz
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Andre Winner
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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