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UFC 115: Liddell vs Franklin
James Wilks
James Wilks
6-3 · GBR
VS
Peter Sobotta
Peter Sobotta
8-2 · DEU
June 12, 2010 · Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Welterweight · 3 rounds
170.0lb
Weigh-in
171.0lb
James Wilks def. Peter Sobotta by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Wilks10/240/200:14
Sobotta7/231/103:20
R2
Wilks12/291/101:12
Sobotta7/210/402:46
R3
Wilks16/270/201:53
Sobotta1/130/102:01
Total
Wilks38/801/503:19
Sobotta15/571/608:07

Scorecards

Wilks vs Sobotta

RdChris FrancoLance GibsonNelson HamiltonCommunity
R110-9-10-910-9
R210-9-10-910-9
R310-9-10-910-9.3
Total30-2730-2830-2730-27.3

Media (3 cards) · avg 29.327.7 · 3 Wilks · 0 Sobotta

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Wilks-Sobotta.

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
WilksWin probabilitySobotta
19.2%80.8%
KO / TKO
33%
Submission
19%
Decision
49%
Expected fight time: 10.5 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Wilks19%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO5%28%
Submission4%21%
Decision10%51%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes29 (1638)act 38
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.7)act 1
Sobotta81%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO27%34%
Submission15%18%
Decision39%48%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes31 (1740)act 15
Takedowns1.0 (0.03.1)act 1
Combined totals~60 sig strikes~1.4 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R121%
R222%
R38%
Distance49%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.8%
Wilks
45.7%+115
Sobotta
-11552.4%
Most takedownstie 38.2%
Wilks
19.4%+218
Sobotta
-21842.4%
Significant strikes — over/under
Wilks
Expected: 28.9
29
Over 29
41.1%
+138
Exactly 29
2.3%
push
Under 29
56.6%
-138
03773
Sobotta
Expected: 31.1
31
Over 31
41.6%
+135
Exactly 31
2.1%
push
Under 31
56.2%
-135
03978
Takedowns — over/under
Wilks
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
30.9%
+224
Under 0.5
69.1%
-224
035
Sobotta
Expected: 1.0
1
Over 1
33.6%
+146
Exactly 1
17.4%
push
Under 1
49.0%
-146
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 10.5 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
Wilks19.2%73.6%−54.4-325
Sobotta80.8%26.4%+54.4+265

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
52.6Striking57.2
Sobotta +4.6
74.3Grappling23.0
Wilks +51.3
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
WilksSobotta
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1506
Pound-for-pound
1505
1506
Divisional
1505
1500
Striking offense
1495
1497
Striking defense
1500
1510
Grappling offense
1497
1501
Grappling defense
1501
Physical
32 yrs
Age
23 yrs
6'1"
Height
6'0"
75"
Reach
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
2.07
Strikes landed / min
1.20
44%
Strike accuracy
46%
3.34
Strikes absorbed / min
3.07
40%
Strike defense
55%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.59
Takedowns / 15 min
2.00
25%
Takedown accuracy
29%
100%
Takedown defense
9.5
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
50%
UFC win rate
0%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
50%
Last-5 win rate
0%
100%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
210
Days since last fight
364
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
James Wilks
  • LMatt BrownKO/TKO R3
    Close +1377mo before
  • WDaMarques JohnsonSUB R1
    Close +2611y before
Peter Sobotta
  • LPaul TaylorU-DEC R3
    Close +2331y before
Wilks — win / loss by method
Record: 6-3-0

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, 1 loss
W
33% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 1 loss
W
67% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
1win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
1 (100%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
5win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (40%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (60%)Submission(50%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(50%) 1
Sobotta — win / loss by method
Record: 8-2-0

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
4 wins, 0 losses
W
50% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 1 loss
W
50% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
8win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (50%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
4 (50%)Submission(100%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Wilks
Sobotta
2
UFC fights
1
17.4 min · 8.7 avg
Octagon time
15.0 min · 15.0 avg
22y 9m
Career length
21y 9m
UFC schedule strength

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

Wilks
Sobotta
21W–13L · 61.8%
Overall
9W–4L · 69.2%
11W–6L · 64.7%
Wins
0W–0L
10W–7L · 58.8%
Losses
9W–4L · 69.2%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Wilks
Sobotta
14W–11L · 56.0%
Overall
13W–11L · 54.2%
11W–11L · 50.0%
Wins
11W–9L · 55.0%
3W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
2W–2L · 50.0%
Distance striking
Wilks
Sobotta
6.03
Landed / min
2.09
37.9%
Accuracy
44.7%
50.0%
Defense
54.3%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
21.0%
Time at distance
54.2%
Grappling & control
Wilks
Sobotta
2.59
Takedowns / 15 min
2.00
25.0%
Takedown accuracy
28.6%
100.0%
Takedown defense
9.51
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
67.9%
Control share
31.9%
Strike target map
Wilks
  • Head67%(24)div 63%
  • Body8%(3)div 21%
  • Legs25%(9)div 16%
Sobotta
  • Head28%(5)div 63%
  • Body22%(4)div 21%
  • Legs50%(9)div 16%

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

James Wilks
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Peter Sobotta
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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