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The Ultimate Fighter: Heavyweights Finale
Mark Bocek
Mark Bocek
7-2 · CAN
VS
Joe Brammer
Joe Brammer
7-0-1 · USA
December 5, 2009 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Lightweight · 3 rounds
156.0lb
Weigh-in
155.0lb
Mark Bocek def. Joe Brammer by SUB (Rear Naked Choke), R1 3:36
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 3:36
Bocek6/162/202:12
Brammer3/190/000:05
Total
Bocek6/162/202:12
Brammer3/190/000:05

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
BocekWin probabilityBrammer
63.0%37.0%
KO / TKO
21%
Submission
23%
Decision
55%
Expected fight time: 10.6 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Bocek63%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO13%21%
Submission15%24%
Decision35%55%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes39 (2251)act 6
Takedowns2.7 (0.45.4)act 2
Brammer37%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO8%23%
Submission8%21%
Decision21%56%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes41 (2353)act 3
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.0)act 0
Combined totals~80 sig strikes~2.8 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R128%
R29%
R37%
Distance56%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.4%
Bocek
47.2%+109
Brammer
-10951.4%
Most takedownstie 3.6%
Bocek
95.4%-9048
Brammer
+90481.1%
Significant strikes — over/under
Bocek
Expected: 39.2
39
Over 39
42.0%
+134
Exactly 39
1.7%
push
Under 39
56.3%
-134
05099
Brammer
Expected: 41.0
41
Over 41
41.7%
+136
Exactly 41
1.6%
push
Under 41
56.7%
-136
052103
Takedowns — over/under
Bocek
Expected: 2.7
2.5
Over 2.5
52.9%
-112
Under 2.5
47.1%
+112
059
Brammer
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
9.7%
Exactly 0
90.3%
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 10.6 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
Bocek63.0%79.8%−16.8-488
Brammer37.0%20.2%+16.8+375

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
BocekBrammer
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1533
Pound-for-pound
1522
1533
Divisional
1522
1465
Striking offense
1500
1496
Striking defense
1500
1522
Grappling offense
1500
1512
Grappling defense
1500
Physical
28 yrs
Age
26 yrs
5'8"
Height
5'8"
75"
Reach
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
1.83
Strikes landed / min
37%
Strike accuracy
2.08
Strikes absorbed / min
52%
Strike defense
Grappling (UFC career)
3.47
Takedowns / 15 min
35%
Takedown accuracy
33%
Takedown defense
2.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
Form & résumé
60%
UFC win rate
+2
Win/loss streak
60%
Last-5 win rate
67%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
231
Days since last fight
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Mark Bocek
  • WDavid BielkhedenSUB R1
    opp missedClose -2708mo before
  • WAlvin RobinsonSUB R3
    Close -1261y 1mo before
  • LMac DanzigSUB R3
    Close +3501y 8mo before
  • WDoug EvansU-DEC R3
    1y 11mo before
  • LFrankie EdgarKO/TKO R1
    Close +1752y 5mo before
Joe Brammer
No prior UFC fights.
Bocek — win / loss by method
Record: 7-2-0

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
1 win, 1 loss
W
14% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 1 loss
W
71% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
14% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
3win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
2 (67%)Submission(50%) 1
1 (33%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
4win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (25%)KO/TKO() 0
3 (75%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Brammer — win / loss by method
Record: 7-0-1

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, 0 losses
W
14% of wins
L
Submission
5 wins, 0 losses
W
71% of wins
L
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
14% of wins
L
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
7win0loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (14%)KO/TKO() 0
5 (71%)Submission() 0
1 (14%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Bocek
Brammer
5
UFC fights
0
51.9 min · 10.4 avg
Octagon time
22y 5m
Career length
UFC schedule strength

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

Bocek
Brammer
52W–14L · 78.8%
Overall
28W–10L · 73.7%
Wins
24W–4L · 85.7%
Losses
Non-UFC schedule strength
Bocek
Brammer
32W–19L · 62.7%
Overall
53W–39L · 57.6%
32W–19L · 62.7%
Wins
53W–39L · 57.6%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Bocek
Brammer
1.99
Landed / min
16.7%
Accuracy
63.1%
Defense
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
18.4%
Time at distance
Grappling & control
Bocek
Brammer
3.47
Takedowns / 15 min
35.3%
Takedown accuracy
33.3%
Takedown defense
2.02
Sub attempts / 15 min
77.3%
Control share
Strike target map
Bocek
  • Head73%(69)div 66%
  • Body21%(20)div 18%
  • Legs6%(6)div 16%
Brammer
  • Head0%(0)div 66%
  • Body0%(0)div 18%
  • Legs0%(0)div 16%
  • No strike data on record.

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

Mark Bocek
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Joe Brammer

No UFC fights on record.

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