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UFC 105: Couture vs Vera
Dan Hardy
Dan Hardy
22-6 · GBR
VS
Mike Swick
Mike Swick
14-2 · USA
November 14, 2009 · Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Welterweight · 3 rounds
171.0lb
Weigh-in
170.0lb
Dan Hardy def. Mike Swick by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Hardy21/310/001:59
Swick13/220/302:16
R2
Hardy19/370/302:40
Swick12/300/000:19
R3
Hardy15/441/101:20
Swick13/460/000:04
Total
Hardy55/1121/405:59
Swick38/980/302:39

Scorecards

Hardy vs Swick

RdChris WattsPaul SutherlandSal D'AmatoCommunity
R110-9--10-9.2
R210-9--10-9
R310-9--10-8.9
Total30-2730-2829-2830-27.1

Media (4 cards) · avg 29.827.8 · 4 Hardy · 0 Swick

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Hardy-Swick.

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
HardyWin probabilitySwick
47.8%52.2%
KO / TKO
21%
Submission
15%
Decision
64%
Expected fight time: 12.2 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Hardy48%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO11%23%
Submission5%10%
Decision32%67%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes33 (1843)act 55
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.4)act 1
Swick52%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO10%20%
Submission10%18%
Decision32%62%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes35 (1945)act 38
Takedowns0.5 (0.02.0)act 0
Combined totals~68 sig strikes~0.8 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R110%
R217%
R39%
Distance64%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.6%
Hardy
46.9%+110
Swick
-11051.5%
Most takedownstie 51.9%
Hardy
17.5%+174
Swick
-17430.6%
Significant strikes — over/under
Hardy
Expected: 33.0
33
Over 33
41.5%
+136
Exactly 33
2.0%
push
Under 33
56.5%
-136
04283
Swick
Expected: 34.7
34.5
Over 34.5
42.9%
+133
Under 34.5
57.1%
-133
04487
Takedowns — over/under
Hardy
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
23.2%
+331
Under 0.5
76.8%
-331
035
Swick
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
35.8%
+180
Under 0.5
64.2%
-180
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 12.2 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
Hardy47.8%29.4%+18.4+223
Swick52.2%70.6%−18.4-290

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
59.6Striking62.1
Swick +2.4
41.3Grappling60.6
Swick +19.3
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
HardySwick
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1584
Pound-for-pound
1631
1584
Divisional
1582
1506
Striking offense
1486
1510
Striking defense
1540
1492
Grappling offense
1523
1500
Grappling defense
1527
Physical
27 yrs
Age
30 yrs
6'0"
Height
6'1"
74"
Reach
77"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.89
Strikes landed / min
2.62
35%
Strike accuracy
41%
2.47
Strikes absorbed / min
2.16
50%
Strike defense
50%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.48
Takedowns / 15 min
1.21
100%
Takedown accuracy
60%
50%
Takedown defense
70%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.8
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
90%
+3
Win/loss streak
+4
100%
Last-5 win rate
80%
33%
Finish rate
67%
Recent opp. quality
154
Days since last fight
154
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Dan Hardy
  • WMarcus DavisS-DEC R3
    Close +1665mo before
  • WRory MarkhamKO/TKO R1
    Close -1099mo before
  • WAkihiro GonoS-DEC R3
    Close +2761y 1mo before
Mike Swick
  • WBen SaundersKO/TKO R2
    Close -2175mo before
  • WJonathan GouletKO/TKO R1
    Close -44211mo before
  • WMarcus DavisU-DEC R3
    Close -1191y 5mo before
  • WJoshua BurkmanM-DEC R3
    Close -1961y 10mo before
  • LYushin OkamiU-DEC R3
    Close -1252y 7mo before
Hardy — win / loss by method
Record: 22-6-0, 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
13 wins, 0 losses
W
59% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 3 losses
W
9% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
7 wins, 2 losses
W
32% of wins
L
33% of losses
DQ / other
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
17% of losses
UFC
3win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (33%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
2 (67%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
19win6loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
12 (63%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (11%)Submission(50%) 3
5 (26%)Decision(33%) 2
0 (0%)DQ / other(17%) 1
Swick — win / loss by method
Record: 14-2-0

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

Profiles

Experience
Hardy
Swick
3
UFC fights
10
31.1 min · 10.4 avg
Octagon time
74.5 min · 7.5 avg
22y 2m
Career length
27y 9m
UFC schedule strength

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

Hardy
Swick
61W–20L · 75.3%
Overall
145W–38L · 79.2%
61W–20L · 75.3%
Wins
126W–35L · 78.3%
0W–0L
Losses
19W–3L · 86.4%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Hardy
Swick
195W–89L · 68.7%
Overall
10W–2L · 83.3%
149W–76L · 66.2%
Wins
4W–1L · 80.0%
46W–13L · 78.0%
Losses
6W–1L · 85.7%
Distance striking
Hardy
Swick
3.99
Landed / min
3.32
32.2%
Accuracy
27.7%
52.6%
Defense
69.4%
0.96
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.81
55.5%
Time at distance
33.1%
Grappling & control
Hardy
Swick
0.48
Takedowns / 15 min
1.21
100.0%
Takedown accuracy
60.0%
50.0%
Takedown defense
70.0%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.81
38.5%
Control share
52.3%
Strike target map
Hardy
  • Head46%(41)div 63%
  • Body21%(19)div 21%
  • Legs33%(30)div 16%
Swick
  • Head43%(83)div 63%
  • Body24%(47)div 21%
  • Legs33%(65)div 16%

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

Dan Hardy
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.