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UFC Fight Night: Florian vs Gomi
Roy Nelson
Roy Nelson
13-4 · USA
VS
Stefan Struve
Stefan Struve
19-3 · NLD
March 31, 2010 · Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
Heavyweight · 3 rounds
263.0lb
Weigh-in
248.0lb
Roy Nelson def. Stefan Struve by KO/TKO (Punch), R1 0:39
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 0:39
Nelson9/150/010:08
Struve2/50/000:00
Total
Nelson9/150/010:08
Struve2/50/000:00

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
NelsonWin probabilityStruve
21.7%78.3%
KO / TKO
55%
Submission
5%
Decision
41%
Expected fight time: 9.5 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Nelson22%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO15%66%
Submission0%2%
Decision7%32%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes37 (2048)act 9
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.5)act 0
Struve78%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO40%51%
Submission5%6%
Decision33%43%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes50 (2866)act 2
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.0)act 0
Combined totals~87 sig strikes~0.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R126%
R227%
R36%
Distance41%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.2%
Nelson
35.3%+180
Struve
-18063.5%
Most takedownstie 71.6%
Nelson
20.7%-267
Struve
+2677.7%
Significant strikes — over/under
Nelson
Expected: 36.9
37
Over 37
41.4%
+137
Exactly 37
1.8%
push
Under 37
56.8%
-137
04793
Struve
Expected: 50.4
50.5
Over 50.5
42.4%
+136
Under 50.5
57.6%
-136
063126
Takedowns — over/under
Nelson
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
21.9%
+357
Under 0.5
78.1%
-357
035
Struve
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
9.1%
Exactly 0
90.9%
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 9.5 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
Nelson21.7%75.2%−53.5-350
Struve78.3%24.8%+53.5+290

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
54.4Striking68.6
Struve +14.2
42.7Grappling55.4
Struve +12.7
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
NelsonStruve
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1529
Pound-for-pound
1569
1529
Divisional
1569
1492
Striking offense
1495
1500
Striking defense
1512
Grappling offense
Grappling defense
Physical
33 yrs
Age
22 yrs
6'0"
Height
6'11"
73"
Reach
84"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.13
Strikes landed / min
2.54
23%
Strike accuracy
51%
3.20
Strikes absorbed / min
2.65
75%
Strike defense
62%
Grappling (UFC career)
4.00
Takedowns / 15 min
1.09
50%
Takedown accuracy
67%
Takedown defense
0%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
6.5
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
75%
+1
Win/loss streak
+3
100%
Last-5 win rate
75%
100%
Finish rate
67%
Recent opp. quality
116
Days since last fight
109
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Roy Nelson
  • WBrendan SchaubKO/TKO R1
    Close -1654mo before
Stefan Struve
  • WPaul BuentelloM-DEC R3
    Close -1324mo before
  • WChase GormleySUB R1
    Close +1855mo before
  • WDenis StojnicSUB R2
    Close -17510mo before
  • LJunior Dos SantosKO/TKO R1
    Close +2331y 1mo before
Nelson — win / loss by method
Record: 13-4-0

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
8 wins, 1 loss
W
62% of wins
L
25% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 0 losses
W
31% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
1 win, 3 losses
W
8% of wins
L
75% of losses
UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (100%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
12win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (58%)KO/TKO(25%) 1
4 (33%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (8%)Decision(75%) 3
Struve — win / loss by method
Record: 19-3-0

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
3 wins, 2 losses
W
16% of wins
L
67% of losses
Submission
14 wins, 1 loss
W
74% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
5% of wins
L
0% of losses
DQ / other
1 win, 0 losses
W
5% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
3win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
2 (67%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (33%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
16win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (19%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
12 (75%)Submission(50%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
1 (6%)DQ / other(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Nelson
Struve
1
UFC fights
4
3.8 min · 3.8 avg
Octagon time
27.6 min · 6.9 avg
22y 3m
Career length
21y 4m
UFC schedule strength

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

Nelson
Struve
4W–0L · 100.0%
Overall
45W–13L · 77.6%
4W–0L · 100.0%
Wins
38W–12L · 76.0%
0W–0L
Losses
7W–1L · 87.5%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Nelson
Struve
158W–71L · 69.0%
Overall
72W–63L · 53.3%
90W–53L · 62.9%
Wins
64W–58L · 52.5%
68W–18L · 79.1%
Losses
8W–5L · 61.5%
1 of Struve's non-UFC opponents have no record in our data, so this is understated. Refresh data to fill them in.
Distance striking
Nelson
Struve
3.58
Landed / min
5.83
22.6%
Accuracy
49.5%
75.0%
Defense
61.7%
4.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
52.2%
Time at distance
29.8%
Grappling & control
Nelson
Struve
4.00
Takedowns / 15 min
1.09
50.0%
Takedown accuracy
66.7%
Takedown defense
0.0%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
6.53
100.0%
Control share
52.4%
Strike target map
Nelson
  • Head100%(8)div 66%
  • Body0%(0)div 18%
  • Legs0%(0)div 17%
Struve
  • Head44%(31)div 66%
  • Body19%(13)div 18%
  • Legs37%(26)div 17%

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

Roy Nelson
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Stefan Struve
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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