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UFC 107: Penn vs Sanchez
Stefan Struve
Stefan Struve
18-3 · NLD
VS
Paul Buentello
Paul Buentello
27-10 · USA
December 12, 2009 · Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Heavyweight · 3 rounds
247.0lb
Weigh-in
255.0lb
Stefan Struve def. Paul Buentello by M-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Struve6/111/103:32
Buentello6/120/000:52
R2
Struve20/470/001:48
Buentello20/400/010:48
R3
Struve28/570/000:29
Buentello11/370/000:12
Total
Struve54/1151/105:49
Buentello37/890/011:52

Scorecards

Struve vs Buentello

RdNelson HamiltonSal D'AmatoUnknown JudgeCommunity
R1---9.9-9.1
R2---9.2-10
R3---9.9-9.2
Total28-2829-2829-2829-28.3

Media (4 cards) · avg 2928 · 4 Struve · 0 Buentello

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Struve-Buentello.

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
StruveWin probabilityBuentello
76.2%23.8%
KO / TKO
37%
Submission
52%
Decision
11%
Expected fight time: 6.1 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Struve76%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO22%29%
Submission46%60%
Decision8%11%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes26 (1434)act 54
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.8)act 1
Buentello24%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO15%62%
Submission6%26%
Decision3%12%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes23 (1230)act 37
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.7)act 0
Combined totals~49 sig strikes~0.4 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R163%
R26%
R320%
Distance11%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 2.2%
Struve
54.6%-126
Buentello
+12643.2%
Most takedownstie 70.4%
Struve
14.8%-100
Buentello
+10014.8%
Significant strikes — over/under
Struve
Expected: 26.1
26
Over 26
41.6%
+135
Exactly 26
2.5%
push
Under 26
55.9%
-135
03366
Buentello
Expected: 23.0
23
Over 23
41.2%
+136
Exactly 23
2.8%
push
Under 23
56.0%
-136
02958
Takedowns — over/under
Struve
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
16.7%
Exactly 0
83.3%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Buentello
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
16.8%
Exactly 0
83.2%
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 6.1 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
Struve76.2%54.6%+21.6-132
Buentello23.8%45.4%−21.6+111

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
67.7Striking77.1
Buentello +9.4
53.7Grappling77.2
Buentello +23.5
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
StruveBuentello
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1553
Pound-for-pound
1550
1553
Divisional
1550
1492
Striking offense
1516
1512
Striking defense
1513
1514
Grappling offense
1503
1494
Grappling defense
1503
Physical
21 yrs
Age
35 yrs
6'11"
Height
6'2"
84"
Reach
77"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
1.27
Strikes landed / min
6.03
70%
Strike accuracy
55%
2.86
Strikes absorbed / min
3.60
64%
Strike defense
55%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.19
Takedowns / 15 min
0.98
50%
Takedown accuracy
50%
0%
Takedown defense
100%
11.9
Sub attempts / 15 min
2.0
Form & résumé
67%
UFC win rate
75%
+2
Win/loss streak
+1
67%
Last-5 win rate
75%
100%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
49
Days since last fight
1407
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Stefan Struve
  • WChase GormleySUB R1
    Close +18549d before
  • WDenis StojnicSUB R2
    Close -1756mo before
  • LJunior Dos SantosKO/TKO R1
    Close +23310mo before
Paul Buentello
  • WGilbert AldanaKO/TKO R2
    Close -2753y 10mo before
  • LAndrei ArlovskiKO/TKO R1
    4y 2mo before
  • WKevin JordanSUB R1
    4y 6mo before
  • WJustin EilersKO/TKO R1
    Close -1104y 10mo before
Struve — win / loss by method
Record: 18-3-0

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
3 wins, 2 losses
W
17% of wins
L
67% of losses
Submission
14 wins, 1 loss
W
78% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
DQ / other
1 win, 0 losses
W
6% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
2win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
2 (100%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
16win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (19%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
12 (75%)Submission(50%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
1 (6%)DQ / other(0%) 0
Buentello — win / loss by method
Record: 27-10-0

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
20 wins, 5 losses
W
74% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 4 losses
W
22% of wins
L
40% of losses
Decision
1 win, 1 loss
W
4% of wins
L
10% of losses
UFC
3win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (67%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
1 (33%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
24win9loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
18 (75%)KO/TKO(44%) 4
5 (21%)Submission(44%) 4
1 (4%)Decision(11%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Struve
Buentello
3
UFC fights
4
12.6 min · 4.2 avg
Octagon time
15.3 min · 3.8 avg
21y 4m
Career length
29y 3m
UFC schedule strength

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

Struve
Buentello
18W–3L · 85.7%
Overall
31W–7L · 81.6%
11W–2L · 84.6%
Wins
22W–4L · 84.6%
7W–1L · 87.5%
Losses
9W–3L · 75.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Struve
Buentello
72W–63L · 53.3%
Overall
226W–106L · 68.1%
64W–58L · 52.5%
Wins
133W–80L · 62.4%
8W–5L · 61.5%
Losses
93W–26L · 78.2%
1 of Struve's non-UFC opponents have no record in our data, so this is understated. Refresh data to fill them in.
Distance striking
Struve
Buentello
3.48
Landed / min
8.16
66.7%
Accuracy
39.1%
63.2%
Defense
71.9%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
1.97
18.3%
Time at distance
27.3%
Grappling & control
Struve
Buentello
1.19
Takedowns / 15 min
0.98
50.0%
Takedown accuracy
50.0%
0.0%
Takedown defense
100.0%
11.92
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.97
33.8%
Control share
37.1%
Strike target map
Struve
  • Head50%(8)div 66%
  • Body19%(3)div 18%
  • Legs31%(5)div 17%
Buentello
  • Head63%(58)div 66%
  • Body25%(23)div 18%
  • Legs12%(11)div 17%

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

Stefan Struve
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Paul Buentello
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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