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UFC 109: Relentless
Rob Emerson
Rob Emerson
9-8 · USA
VS
Phillipe Nover
Phillipe Nover
5-2-1 · USA
February 6, 2010 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Lightweight · 3 rounds
155.0lb
Weigh-in
155.0lb
Rob Emerson def. Phillipe Nover by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Emerson4/63/303:50
Nover4/100/000:40
R2
Emerson17/302/203:23
Nover5/140/100:04
R3
Emerson5/172/601:59
Nover10/240/000:37
Total
Emerson26/537/1109:12
Nover19/480/101:21

Scorecards

Emerson vs Nover

RdAdalaide ByrdNelson HamiltonTony WeeksCommunity
R1---9.3-9.7
R2---9.9-9.1
R3---9-10
Total29-2829-2829-2828.2-28.8

Media (2 cards) · avg 2928 · 2 Emerson · 0 Nover

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Emerson-Nover.

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
EmersonWin probabilityNover
27.3%72.7%
KO / TKO
24%
Submission
21%
Decision
55%
Expected fight time: 11.4 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Emerson27%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO7%28%
Submission4%15%
Decision16%57%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes32 (1741)act 26
Takedowns1.0 (0.03.0)act 7
Nover73%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO17%23%
Submission17%23%
Decision39%54%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes31 (1740)act 19
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.6)act 0
Combined totals~62 sig strikes~1.3 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R112%
R226%
R37%
Distance55%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.8%
Emerson
50.4%-105
Nover
+10547.9%
Most takedownstie 38.7%
Emerson
44.2%-258
Nover
+25817.1%
Significant strikes — over/under
Emerson
Expected: 31.6
31.5
Over 31.5
42.6%
+135
Under 31.5
57.4%
-135
04079
Nover
Expected: 30.7
30.5
Over 30.5
42.9%
+133
Under 30.5
57.1%
-133
03977
Takedowns — over/under
Emerson
Expected: 1.0
1
Over 1
33.8%
+142
Exactly 1
18.3%
push
Under 1
47.9%
-142
035
Nover
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
27.4%
+265
Under 0.5
72.6%
-265
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 11.4 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
Emerson27.3%51.6%−24.3-118
Nover72.7%48.4%+24.3-103

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
59.9Striking51.3
Emerson +8.6
45.7Grappling26.5
Emerson +19.3
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
EmersonNover
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1496
Pound-for-pound
1484
1498
Divisional
1484
1491
Striking offense
1492
1506
Striking defense
1501
1491
Grappling offense
1487
1488
Grappling defense
1487
Physical
28 yrs
Age
26 yrs
5'9"
Height
5'9"
70"
Reach
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.06
Strikes landed / min
1.43
28%
Strike accuracy
35%
3.29
Strikes absorbed / min
2.12
68%
Strike defense
39%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.02
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
43%
Takedown accuracy
0%
61%
Takedown defense
11%
0.3
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.9
Form & résumé
40%
UFC win rate
0%
-2
Win/loss streak
-2
40%
Last-5 win rate
0%
50%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
140
Days since last fight
259
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Rob Emerson
  • LRafael Dos AnjosU-DEC R3
    Close +1235mo before
  • LKurt PellegrinoSUB R2
    Close +1861y before
  • WManvel GamburyanKO/TKO R1
    Close +2911y 6mo before
  • WKeita NakamuraS-DEC R3
    Close +2382y before
Phillipe Nover
  • LKyle BradleyKO/TKO R1
    Close -3869mo before
  • LEfrain EscuderoU-DEC R3
    Close -3501y 2mo before
Emerson — win / loss by method
Record: 9-8-0, 1 NC

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, 0 losses
W
33% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 1 loss
W
22% of wins
L
13% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 7 losses
W
44% of wins
L
88% of losses
UFC
2win2loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
1 (50%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(50%) 1
1 (50%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
7win6loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (29%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (29%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (43%)Decision(100%) 6
Nover — win / loss by method
Record: 5-2-1

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
1 win, 1 loss
W
20% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 0 losses
W
60% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
1 win, 1 loss
W
20% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
0win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(50%) 1
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
5win0loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (20%)KO/TKO() 0
3 (60%)Submission() 0
1 (20%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Emerson
Nover
5
UFC fights
2
44.1 min · 8.8 avg
Octagon time
16.1 min · 8.0 avg
24y 1m
Career length
23y 0m
UFC schedule strength

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

Emerson
Nover
48W–12L · 80.0%
Overall
23W–6L · 79.3%
24W–4L · 85.7%
Wins
0W–0L
24W–8L · 75.0%
Losses
23W–6L · 79.3%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Emerson
Nover
124W–72L · 63.3%
Overall
8W–4L · 66.7%
63W–57L · 52.5%
Wins
8W–4L · 66.7%
61W–15L · 80.3%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Emerson
Nover
4.05
Landed / min
3.12
26.9%
Accuracy
26.0%
72.0%
Defense
63.2%
0.34
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
66.6%
Time at distance
26.0%
Grappling & control
Emerson
Nover
1.02
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
42.9%
Takedown accuracy
0.0%
60.9%
Takedown defense
11.1%
0.34
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.87
11.9%
Control share
12.0%
Strike target map
Emerson
  • Head59%(79)div 66%
  • Body8%(11)div 18%
  • Legs33%(45)div 16%
Nover
  • Head43%(10)div 66%
  • Body22%(5)div 18%
  • Legs35%(8)div 16%

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

Rob Emerson
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Phillipe Nover
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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