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UFC 111: St-Pierre vs Hardy
Ricardo Almeida
Ricardo Almeida
11-3 · USA
VS
Matt Brown
Matt Brown
11-7 · USA
March 27, 2010 · Newark, New Jersey, USA
Welterweight · 3 rounds
170.0lb
Weigh-in
170.0lb
Ricardo Almeida def. Matt Brown by SUB (Rear Naked Choke), R2 3:30
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Almeida10/172/804:21
Brown3/60/000:02
R2 · 3:30
Almeida5/103/302:46
Brown3/40/000:14
Total
Almeida15/275/1107:07
Brown6/100/000:16

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
AlmeidaWin probabilityBrown
57.1%42.9%
KO / TKO
49%
Submission
22%
Decision
29%
Expected fight time: 8.2 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Almeida57%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO20%36%
Submission13%23%
Decision24%41%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes25 (1332)act 15
Takedowns1.0 (0.02.9)act 5
Brown43%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO29%67%
Submission9%20%
Decision5%13%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes32 (1741)act 6
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.7)act 0
Combined totals~56 sig strikes~1.2 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R133%
R234%
R34%
Distance29%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.9%
Almeida
38.5%+155
Brown
-15559.7%
Most takedownstie 34.0%
Almeida
57.1%-639
Brown
+6398.9%
Significant strikes — over/under
Almeida
Expected: 24.9
25
Over 25
41.0%
+138
Exactly 25
2.6%
push
Under 25
56.4%
-138
03263
Brown
Expected: 31.5
31.5
Over 31.5
42.6%
+135
Under 31.5
57.4%
-135
04079
Takedowns — over/under
Almeida
Expected: 1.0
1
Over 1
37.4%
-102
Exactly 1
25.9%
push
Under 1
36.7%
+102
035
Brown
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
17.5%
Exactly 0
82.5%
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 8.2 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
Almeida57.1%62.8%−5.7-185
Brown42.9%37.2%+5.7+160

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
71.1Striking79.6
Brown +8.5
71.5Grappling71.1
Almeida +0.4
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
AlmeidaBrown
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1526
Pound-for-pound
1537
1502
Divisional
1539
1488
Striking offense
1524
1519
Striking defense
1517
1519
Grappling offense
1521
1496
Grappling defense
1495
Physical
33 yrs
Age
29 yrs
6'0"
Height
6'0"
74"
Reach
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
1.87
Strikes landed / min
3.76
53%
Strike accuracy
60%
1.45
Strikes absorbed / min
1.65
60%
Strike defense
57%
Grappling (UFC career)
4.19
Takedowns / 15 min
0.69
43%
Takedown accuracy
50%
22%
Takedown defense
72%
2.1
Sub attempts / 15 min
3.1
Form & résumé
57%
UFC win rate
80%
+2
Win/loss streak
+3
60%
Last-5 win rate
80%
50%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
231
Days since last fight
133
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Ricardo Almeida
  • WKendall GroveU-DEC R3
    Close -1608mo before
  • WMatt HorwichU-DEC R3
    Close -3051y before
  • LPatrick CoteS-DEC R3
    Close -1291y 9mo before
  • WRob YundtSUB R1
    2y 2mo before
  • LAndrei SemenovKO/TKO R2
    8y 2mo before
Matt Brown
  • WJames WilksKO/TKO R3
    Close -1534mo before
  • WPete SellKO/TKO R1
    Close +1401y 1mo before
  • WRyan ThomasSUB R2
    1y 4mo before
  • LDong Hyun KimS-DEC R3
    1y 7mo before
  • WMatt ArroyoKO/TKO R2
    Close +1501y 9mo before
Almeida — win / loss by method
Record: 11-3-0

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
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 0 losses
W
36% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
7 wins, 1 loss
W
64% of wins
L
33% of losses
DQ / other
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
4win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
2 (50%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (50%)Decision(33%) 1
0 (0%)DQ / other(33%) 1
Non-UFC
7win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
2 (29%)Submission() 0
5 (71%)Decision() 0
Brown — win / loss by method
Record: 11-7-0

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
6 wins, 0 losses
W
55% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 5 losses
W
45% of wins
L
71% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 2 losses
W
0% of wins
L
29% of losses
UFC
4win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (75%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (25%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
7win6loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (43%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
4 (57%)Submission(83%) 5
0 (0%)Decision(17%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Almeida
Brown
7
UFC fights
5
71.6 min · 10.2 avg
Octagon time
43.6 min · 8.7 avg
25y 7m
Career length
20y 10m
UFC schedule strength

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

Almeida
Brown
86W–28L · 75.4%
Overall
36W–9L · 80.0%
50W–22L · 69.4%
Wins
26W–9L · 74.3%
36W–6L · 85.7%
Losses
10W–0L · 100.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Almeida
Brown
86W–51L · 62.8%
Overall
62W–37L · 62.6%
86W–51L · 62.8%
Wins
12W–2L · 85.7%
0W–0L
Losses
50W–35L · 58.8%
Distance striking
Almeida
Brown
3.63
Landed / min
6.77
43.3%
Accuracy
49.6%
74.0%
Defense
67.8%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
1.03
25.0%
Time at distance
22.0%
Grappling & control
Almeida
Brown
4.19
Takedowns / 15 min
0.69
42.6%
Takedown accuracy
50.0%
22.2%
Takedown defense
71.8%
2.09
Sub attempts / 15 min
3.10
58.7%
Control share
41.6%
Strike target map
Almeida
  • Head63%(84)div 63%
  • Body26%(35)div 21%
  • Legs11%(15)div 16%
Brown
  • Head59%(96)div 63%
  • Body34%(55)div 21%
  • Legs8%(13)div 16%

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

Ricardo Almeida
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Matt Brown
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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