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UFC 107: Penn vs Sanchez
Jon Fitch
Jon Fitch
21-3 · USA
VS
Mike Pierce
Mike Pierce
9-2 · USA
December 12, 2009 · Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Welterweight · 3 rounds
171.0lb
Weigh-in
171.0lb
Jon Fitch def. Mike Pierce by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Fitch8/271/302:32
Pierce6/261/101:03
R2
Fitch21/692/501:13
Pierce19/630/000:55
R3
Fitch26/671/200:31
Pierce29/850/101:12
Total
Fitch55/1634/1004:16
Pierce54/1741/203:10

Scorecards

Fitch vs Pierce

RdCecil PeoplesRichard BertrandUnknown JudgeCommunity
R1---9.9-9.1
R2---9.9-9.2
R3---9.2-9.8
Total29-2829-2829-2829-28.1

Media (4 cards) · avg 2928 · 4 Fitch · 0 Pierce

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

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
FitchWin probabilityPierce
57.2%42.8%
KO / TKO
27%
Submission
19%
Decision
54%
Expected fight time: 11.0 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Fitch57%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO13%23%
Submission14%24%
Decision30%53%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes30 (1740)act 55
Takedowns0.9 (0.02.8)act 4
Pierce43%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO14%32%
Submission6%14%
Decision23%54%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes21 (1127)act 54
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.1)act 1
Combined totals~51 sig strikes~1.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R115%
R226%
R35%
Distance54%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 2.0%
Fitch
66.0%-206
Pierce
+20632.0%
Most takedownstie 28.0%
Fitch
44.7%-164
Pierce
+16427.3%
Significant strikes — over/under
Fitch
Expected: 30.5
30.5
Over 30.5
42.4%
+136
Under 30.5
57.6%
-136
03977
Pierce
Expected: 20.7
20.5
Over 20.5
43.0%
+133
Under 20.5
57.0%
-133
02652
Takedowns — over/under
Fitch
Expected: 0.9
1
Over 1
36.5%
-105
Exactly 1
28.7%
push
Under 1
34.8%
+105
035
Pierce
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
50.2%
-101
Under 0.5
49.8%
+101
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 11.0 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
Fitch57.2%80.2%−23.0-508
Pierce42.8%19.8%+23.0+385

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
66.0Striking74.7
Pierce +8.7
71.8Grappling49.8
Fitch +22.0
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
FitchPierce
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1649
Pound-for-pound
1535
1638
Divisional
1535
1489
Striking offense
1475
1547
Striking defense
1503
1542
Grappling offense
1557
1504
Grappling defense
1553
Physical
31 yrs
Age
29 yrs
6'0"
Height
5'8"
74"
Reach
71"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.28
Strikes landed / min
1.80
50%
Strike accuracy
50%
1.57
Strikes absorbed / min
0.73
46%
Strike defense
67%
Grappling (UFC career)
3.33
Takedowns / 15 min
6.00
57%
Takedown accuracy
55%
59%
Takedown defense
1.1
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
91%
UFC win rate
100%
+2
Win/loss streak
+1
80%
Last-5 win rate
100%
40%
Finish rate
0%
Recent opp. quality
154
Days since last fight
87
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Jon Fitch
  • WPaulo ThiagoU-DEC R3
    Close -5255mo before
  • WAkihiro GonoU-DEC R3
    Close -66510mo before
  • LGeorges St-PierreU-DEC R5
    Close +3001y 4mo before
  • WChris WilsonU-DEC R3
    Close -5751y 9mo before
  • WDiego SanchezS-DEC R3
    Close -1352y 3mo before
Mike Pierce
  • WBrock LarsonU-DEC R3
    Close +4233mo before
Fitch — win / loss by method
Record: 21-3-0, 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
7 wins, 1 loss
W
33% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 1 loss
W
19% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
10 wins, 1 loss
W
48% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
10win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (10%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (30%)Submission(0%) 0
6 (60%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
11win2loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
6 (55%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
1 (9%)Submission(50%) 1
4 (36%)Decision(0%) 0
Pierce — win / loss by method
Record: 9-2-0

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
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, 2 losses
W
44% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (100%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
8win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (63%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (38%)Decision(100%) 2

Profiles

Experience
Fitch
Pierce
11
UFC fights
1
148.8 min · 13.5 avg
Octagon time
15.0 min · 15.0 avg
24y 0m
Career length
19y 2m
UFC schedule strength

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

Fitch
Pierce
160W–33L · 82.9%
Overall
29W–2L · 93.5%
144W–31L · 82.3%
Wins
29W–2L · 93.5%
16W–2L · 88.9%
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Fitch
Pierce
68W–26L · 72.3%
Overall
70W–40L · 63.6%
66W–25L · 72.5%
Wins
65W–40L · 61.9%
2W–1L · 66.7%
Losses
5W–0L · 100.0%
Distance striking
Fitch
Pierce
3.77
Landed / min
0.79
33.9%
Accuracy
6.3%
58.9%
Defense
64.7%
0.20
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
19.1%
Time at distance
8.4%
Grappling & control
Fitch
Pierce
3.33
Takedowns / 15 min
6.00
56.9%
Takedown accuracy
54.5%
58.8%
Takedown defense
1.11
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
73.9%
Control share
93.5%
Strike target map
Fitch
  • Head65%(220)div 63%
  • Body21%(72)div 21%
  • Legs14%(47)div 16%
Pierce
  • Head4%(1)div 63%
  • Body37%(10)div 21%
  • Legs59%(16)div 16%

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

Jon Fitch
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Mike Pierce
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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