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UFC 116: Lesnar vs Carwin
Chris Leben
Chris Leben
20-7 · USA
VS
July 3, 2010 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Middleweight · 3 rounds
186.0lb
Weigh-in
185.0lb
Chris Leben def. Yoshihiro Akiyama by SUB (Triangle Choke), R3 4:40
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Leben11/290/000:00
Akiyama3/153/302:54
R2
Leben23/540/000:23
Akiyama19/381/101:57
R3 · 4:40
Leben12/220/000:00
Akiyama5/151/103:42
Total
Leben46/1050/000:23
Akiyama27/685/508:33

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
LebenWin probabilityAkiyama
39.4%60.6%
KO / TKO
52%
Submission
14%
Decision
33%
Expected fight time: 8.5 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Leben39%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO22%56%
Submission3%9%
Decision14%35%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes31 (1741)act 46
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.7)act 0
Akiyama61%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO30%50%
Submission11%18%
Decision20%32%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes30 (1639)act 27
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.3)act 5
Combined totals~61 sig strikes~1.0 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R135%
R227%
R35%
Distance33%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.8%
Leben
51.2%-109
Akiyama
+10947.0%
Most takedownstie 45.7%
Leben
21.8%+150
Akiyama
-15032.5%
Significant strikes — over/under
Leben
Expected: 31.2
31
Over 31
42.0%
+133
Exactly 31
2.1%
push
Under 31
55.9%
-133
04079
Akiyama
Expected: 29.8
30
Over 30
41.0%
+138
Exactly 30
2.2%
push
Under 30
56.8%
-138
03875
Takedowns — over/under
Leben
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
29.8%
+235
Under 0.5
70.2%
-235
035
Akiyama
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
40.0%
+150
Under 0.5
60.0%
-150
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 8.5 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
Leben39.4%35.4%+4.0+177
Akiyama60.6%64.6%−4.0-192

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
64.7Striking52.4
Leben +12.3
55.8Grappling40.0
Leben +15.8
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
LebenAkiyama
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1577
Pound-for-pound
1553
1577
Divisional
1552
1504
Striking offense
1485
1521
Striking defense
1497
1515
Grappling offense
1552
1508
Grappling defense
1557
Physical
29 yrs
Age
34 yrs
5'11"
Height
5'10"
73"
Reach
75"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.08
Strikes landed / min
3.67
43%
Strike accuracy
35%
2.54
Strikes absorbed / min
5.07
53%
Strike defense
51%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.66
Takedowns / 15 min
3.00
58%
Takedown accuracy
75%
61%
Takedown defense
0.4
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
67%
UFC win rate
100%
+2
Win/loss streak
+1
60%
Last-5 win rate
100%
70%
Finish rate
0%
Recent opp. quality
14
Days since last fight
357
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Chris Leben
  • WAaron SimpsonKO/TKO R2
    Close +28014d before
  • WJay SilvaU-DEC R3
    Close -1686mo before
  • LJake RosholtSUB R3
    Close -13610mo before
  • LMichael BispingU-DEC R3
    Close +1881y 8mo before
  • WAlessio SakaraKO/TKO R1
    Close -1532y 4mo before
Yoshihiro Akiyama
  • WAlan BelcherS-DEC R3
    Close -2451y before
Leben — win / loss by method
Record: 20-7-0

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
11 wins, 1 loss
W
55% of wins
L
14% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 2 losses
W
20% of wins
L
29% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 4 losses
W
25% of wins
L
57% of losses
UFC
10win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (60%)KO/TKO(20%) 1
1 (10%)Submission(40%) 2
3 (30%)Decision(40%) 2
Non-UFC
10win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (50%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (30%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (20%)Decision(100%) 2
Akiyama — win / loss by method
Record: 13-1-0, 2 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
5 wins, 1 loss
W
38% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
7 wins, 0 losses
W
54% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
8% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (100%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
12win1loss0draw2NC
WinsLosses
5 (42%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
7 (58%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Leben
Akiyama
15
UFC fights
1
135.2 min · 9.0 avg
Octagon time
15.0 min · 15.0 avg
23y 9m
Career length
21y 7m
UFC schedule strength

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

Leben
Akiyama
172W–43L · 80.0%
Overall
14W–5L · 73.7%
110W–29L · 79.1%
Wins
14W–5L · 73.7%
62W–14L · 81.6%
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Leben
Akiyama
85W–30L · 73.9%
Overall
77W–27L · 74.0%
59W–25L · 70.2%
Wins
77W–26L · 74.8%
26W–5L · 83.9%
Losses
0W–1L · 0.0%
Distance striking
Leben
Akiyama
3.95
Landed / min
4.48
31.2%
Accuracy
34.3%
58.9%
Defense
53.5%
0.44
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
31.3%
Time at distance
71.4%
Grappling & control
Leben
Akiyama
1.66
Takedowns / 15 min
3.00
57.7%
Takedown accuracy
75.0%
61.0%
Takedown defense
0.44
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
59.4%
Control share
81.3%
Strike target map
Leben
  • Head62%(259)div 63%
  • Body18%(74)div 19%
  • Legs20%(84)div 17%
Akiyama
  • Head91%(50)div 63%
  • Body4%(2)div 19%
  • Legs5%(3)div 17%

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

Chris Leben
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Yoshihiro Akiyama
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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