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UFC 109: Relentless
Paulo Thiago
Paulo Thiago
12-1 · BRA
VS
Mike Swick
Mike Swick
14-3 · USA
February 6, 2010 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Welterweight · 3 rounds
170.0lb
Weigh-in
171.0lb
Paulo Thiago def. Mike Swick by SUB (D'Arce Choke), R2 1:54
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Thiago5/160/000:00
Swick4/411/100:30
R2 · 1:54
Thiago4/90/010:15
Swick3/200/000:00
Total
Thiago9/250/010:15
Swick7/611/100:30

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
ThiagoWin probabilitySwick
61.0%39.0%
KO / TKO
14%
Submission
10%
Decision
76%
Expected fight time: 13.1 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Thiago61%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO6%10%
Submission7%12%
Decision48%78%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes28 (1537)act 9
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.1)act 0
Swick39%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO8%21%
Submission3%7%
Decision28%72%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes34 (1944)act 7
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.3)act 1
Combined totals~62 sig strikes~1.1 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R16%
R212%
R36%
Distance76%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.7%
Thiago
41.0%+140
Swick
-14057.2%
Most takedownstie 44.4%
Thiago
27.6%+101
Swick
-10128.0%
Significant strikes — over/under
Thiago
Expected: 28.1
28
Over 28
41.5%
+135
Exactly 28
2.3%
push
Under 28
56.2%
-135
03671
Swick
Expected: 33.6
33.5
Over 33.5
42.6%
+135
Under 33.5
57.4%
-135
04284
Takedowns — over/under
Thiago
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
36.2%
+176
Under 0.5
63.8%
-176
035
Swick
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
36.2%
+177
Under 0.5
63.8%
-177
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 13.1 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
Thiago61.0%36.2%+24.8+170
Swick39.0%63.8%−24.8-187

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
66.2Striking61.0
Thiago +5.2
55.0Grappling56.1
Swick +1.0
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
ThiagoSwick
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1558
Pound-for-pound
1613
1557
Divisional
1566
1495
Striking offense
1483
1514
Striking defense
1543
1534
Grappling offense
1520
1528
Grappling defense
1525
Physical
29 yrs
Age
30 yrs
5'11"
Height
6'1"
74"
Reach
77"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
1.37
Strikes landed / min
2.60
41%
Strike accuracy
40%
1.16
Strikes absorbed / min
2.41
61%
Strike defense
50%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.90
Takedowns / 15 min
1.01
33%
Takedown accuracy
46%
38%
Takedown defense
71%
2.2
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.8
Form & résumé
67%
UFC win rate
82%
+1
Win/loss streak
-1
67%
Last-5 win rate
80%
50%
Finish rate
67%
Recent opp. quality
77
Days since last fight
84
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Paulo Thiago
  • WJacob VolkmannU-DEC R3
    Close -1903mo before
  • LJon FitchU-DEC R3
    Close +3857mo before
  • WJosh KoscheckKO/TKO R1
    Close +38811mo before
Mike Swick
  • LDan HardyU-DEC R3
    Close -2903mo before
  • WBen SaundersKO/TKO R2
    Close -2178mo before
  • WJonathan GouletKO/TKO R1
    Close -4421y 2mo before
  • WMarcus DavisU-DEC R3
    Close -1191y 8mo before
  • WJoshua BurkmanM-DEC R3
    Close -1962y before
Thiago — win / loss by method
Record: 12-1-0

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, 0 losses
W
17% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
7 wins, 0 losses
W
58% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 1 loss
W
25% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
2win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (50%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (50%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
10win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (10%)KO/TKO() 0
7 (70%)Submission() 0
2 (20%)Decision() 0
Swick — win / loss by method
Record: 14-3-0

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
7 wins, 1 loss
W
50% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 0 losses
W
21% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 2 losses
W
29% of wins
L
67% of losses
UFC
9win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (44%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (22%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (33%)Decision(100%) 2
Non-UFC
5win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (60%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
1 (20%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (20%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Thiago
Swick
3
UFC fights
11
33.5 min · 11.2 avg
Octagon time
89.5 min · 8.1 avg
21y 1m
Career length
27y 9m
UFC schedule strength

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

Thiago
Swick
41W–6L · 87.2%
Overall
167W–44L · 79.1%
21W–3L · 87.5%
Wins
126W–35L · 78.3%
20W–3L · 87.0%
Losses
41W–9L · 82.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Thiago
Swick
28W–8L · 77.8%
Overall
10W–2L · 83.3%
28W–8L · 77.8%
Wins
4W–1L · 80.0%
0W–0L
Losses
6W–1L · 85.7%
Distance striking
Thiago
Swick
3.08
Landed / min
3.40
31.3%
Accuracy
27.9%
78.1%
Defense
70.8%
1.34
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.67
19.4%
Time at distance
32.5%
Grappling & control
Thiago
Swick
0.90
Takedowns / 15 min
1.01
33.3%
Takedown accuracy
46.2%
37.5%
Takedown defense
70.6%
2.24
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.84
28.7%
Control share
48.5%
Strike target map
Thiago
  • Head61%(28)div 63%
  • Body24%(11)div 22%
  • Legs15%(7)div 16%
Swick
  • Head43%(100)div 63%
  • Body27%(62)div 22%
  • Legs30%(71)div 16%

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

Paulo Thiago
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Mike Swick
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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