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Mike Pierce
Mike Pierce
9-3 · USA
VS
Julio Paulino
Julio Paulino
19-2 · USA
March 21, 2010 · Broomfield, Colorado, USA
Welterweight · 3 rounds
170.0lb
Weigh-in
170.0lb
Mike Pierce def. Julio Paulino by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Pierce9/152/204:23
Paulino0/20/000:00
R2
Pierce13/301/403:20
Paulino8/330/000:00
R3
Pierce17/313/403:52
Paulino9/270/000:00
Total
Pierce39/766/10011:35
Paulino17/620/000:00

Scorecards

Pierce vs Paulino

RdCurtis ThrasherDon BatesMark Van TineCommunity
R1---10-9
R2---10-9
R3---10-9
Total30-2730-2730-2730-27

Media (2 cards) · avg 3027 · 2 Pierce · 0 Paulino

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Pierce-Paulino.

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
PierceWin probabilityPaulino
75.2%24.8%
KO / TKO
22%
Submission
31%
Decision
46%
Expected fight time: 9.4 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Pierce75%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO16%22%
Submission21%27%
Decision38%51%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes43 (2456)act 39
Takedowns1.7 (0.23.7)act 6
Paulino25%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO6%25%
Submission11%44%
Decision8%31%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes32 (1842)act 17
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.4)act 0
Combined totals~75 sig strikes~1.7 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R139%
R28%
R37%
Distance46%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.4%
Pierce
62.1%-170
Paulino
+17036.5%
Most takedownstie 7.2%
Pierce
90.7%-4458
Paulino
+44582.0%
Significant strikes — over/under
Pierce
Expected: 42.8
43
Over 43
41.5%
+138
Exactly 43
1.5%
push
Under 43
57.0%
-138
054108
Paulino
Expected: 32.3
32.5
Over 32.5
42.0%
+138
Under 32.5
58.0%
-138
04181
Takedowns — over/under
Pierce
Expected: 1.7
1.5
Over 1.5
60.3%
-152
Under 1.5
39.7%
+152
035
Paulino
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
14.6%
Exactly 0
85.4%
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 9.4 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
Pierce75.2%77.8%−2.6-420
Paulino24.8%22.2%+2.6+335

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
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
PiercePaulino
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1524
Pound-for-pound
1547
1524
Divisional
1547
1477
Striking offense
1500
1502
Striking defense
1500
1552
Grappling offense
1500
1546
Grappling defense
1500
Physical
29 yrs
Age
34 yrs
5'8"
Height
6'0"
71"
Reach
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.70
Strikes landed / min
36%
Strike accuracy
2.20
Strikes absorbed / min
66%
Strike defense
Grappling (UFC career)
3.50
Takedowns / 15 min
54%
Takedown accuracy
60%
Takedown defense
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
Form & résumé
50%
UFC win rate
-1
Win/loss streak
50%
Last-5 win rate
0%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
99
Days since last fight
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Mike Pierce
  • LJon FitchU-DEC R3
    Close +3853mo before
  • WBrock LarsonU-DEC R3
    Close +4236mo before
Julio Paulino
No prior UFC fights.
Pierce — win / loss by method
Record: 9-3-0

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
5 wins, 0 losses
W
56% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 3 losses
W
44% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
1win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (100%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
8win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (63%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (38%)Decision(100%) 2
Paulino — win / loss by method
Record: 19-2-0

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
10 wins, 0 losses
W
53% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 0 losses
W
32% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 2 losses
W
16% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
19win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
10 (53%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
6 (32%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (16%)Decision(100%) 2

Profiles

Experience
Pierce
Paulino
2
UFC fights
0
30.0 min · 15.0 avg
Octagon time
19y 2m
Career length
UFC schedule strength

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

Pierce
Paulino
50W–5L · 90.9%
Overall
29W–2L · 93.5%
Wins
21W–3L · 87.5%
Losses
Non-UFC schedule strength
Pierce
Paulino
70W–40L · 63.6%
Overall
97W–58L · 62.6%
65W–40L · 61.9%
Wins
91W–53L · 63.2%
5W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
6W–5L · 54.5%
Distance striking
Pierce
Paulino
3.77
Landed / min
18.6%
Accuracy
68.7%
Defense
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
23.9%
Time at distance
Grappling & control
Pierce
Paulino
3.50
Takedowns / 15 min
53.8%
Takedown accuracy
60.0%
Takedown defense
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
74.6%
Control share
Strike target map
Pierce
  • Head43%(35)div 63%
  • Body27%(22)div 21%
  • Legs30%(24)div 16%
Paulino
  • Head0%(0)div 63%
  • Body0%(0)div 21%
  • Legs0%(0)div 16%
  • No strike data on record.

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

Mike Pierce
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Julio Paulino

No UFC fights on record.

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