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UFC 105: Couture vs Vera
Matt Brown
Matt Brown
10-7 · USA
VS
James Wilks
James Wilks
6-2 · GBR
November 14, 2009 · Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Welterweight · 3 rounds
170.0lb
Weigh-in
169.0lb
Matt Brown def. James Wilks by KO/TKO (Punches), R3 2:27
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Brown8/140/000:17
Wilks7/191/503:17
R2
Brown22/390/111:36
Wilks5/170/402:12
R3 · 2:27
Brown15/220/000:50
Wilks7/170/100:42
Total
Brown45/750/112:43
Wilks19/531/1006:11

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
BrownWin probabilityWilks
64.9%35.1%
KO / TKO
8%
Submission
84%
Decision
8%
Expected fight time: 3.9 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Brown65%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO7%10%
Submission53%82%
Decision5%8%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes18 (1024)act 45
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.8)act 0
Wilks35%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO2%4%
Submission30%87%
Decision3%9%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes12 (616)act 19
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.3)act 1
Combined totals~31 sig strikes~0.4 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R187%
R23%
R32%
Distance8%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 3.2%
Brown
64.8%-202
Wilks
+20232.0%
Most takedownstie 49.6%
Brown
17.1%+195
Wilks
-19533.3%
Significant strikes — over/under
Brown
Expected: 18.3
18.5
Over 18.5
41.8%
+139
Under 18.5
58.2%
-139
02346
Wilks
Expected: 12.4
12.5
Over 12.5
42.1%
+137
Under 12.5
57.9%
-137
01632
Takedowns — over/under
Brown
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
25.3%
Exactly 0
74.7%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Wilks
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
41.2%
+143
Under 0.5
58.8%
-143
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 3.9 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
Brown64.9%58.9%+6.0-153
Wilks35.1%41.1%−6.0+137

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
78.3Striking66.4
Brown +12.0
73.0Grappling75.0
Wilks +2.0
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
BrownWilks
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1521
Pound-for-pound
1522
1523
Divisional
1522
1517
Striking offense
1500
1517
Striking defense
1504
1518
Grappling offense
1508
1498
Grappling defense
1504
Physical
28 yrs
Age
31 yrs
6'0"
Height
6'1"
75"
Reach
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.82
Strikes landed / min
3.47
60%
Strike accuracy
59%
1.70
Strikes absorbed / min
2.65
54%
Strike defense
38%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.96
Takedowns / 15 min
6.12
67%
Takedown accuracy
100%
66%
Takedown defense
2.9
Sub attempts / 15 min
24.5
Form & résumé
75%
UFC win rate
100%
+2
Win/loss streak
+1
75%
Last-5 win rate
100%
100%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
252
Days since last fight
147
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Matt Brown
  • WPete SellKO/TKO R1
    Close +1408mo before
  • WRyan ThomasSUB R2
    1y before
  • LDong Hyun KimS-DEC R3
    1y 2mo before
  • WMatt ArroyoKO/TKO R2
    Close +1501y 5mo before
James Wilks
  • WDaMarques JohnsonSUB R1
    Close +2615mo before
Brown — win / loss by method
Record: 10-7-0

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
50% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 5 losses
W
50% of wins
L
71% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 2 losses
W
0% of wins
L
29% of losses
UFC
3win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (67%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (33%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
7win6loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (43%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
4 (57%)Submission(83%) 5
0 (0%)Decision(17%) 1
Wilks — win / loss by method
Record: 6-2-0

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
2 wins, 0 losses
W
33% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 1 loss
W
67% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (100%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
5win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (40%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (60%)Submission(50%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(50%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Brown
Wilks
4
UFC fights
1
31.1 min · 7.8 avg
Octagon time
4.9 min · 4.9 avg
20y 10m
Career length
22y 9m
UFC schedule strength

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

Brown
Wilks
30W–7L · 81.1%
Overall
11W–6L · 64.7%
20W–7L · 74.1%
Wins
11W–6L · 64.7%
10W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Brown
Wilks
62W–37L · 62.6%
Overall
14W–11L · 56.0%
12W–2L · 85.7%
Wins
11W–11L · 50.0%
50W–35L · 58.8%
Losses
3W–0L · 100.0%
Distance striking
Brown
Wilks
6.73
Landed / min
8.26
47.9%
Accuracy
50.0%
69.6%
Defense
66.7%
0.96
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
21.5%
Time at distance
14.8%
Grappling & control
Brown
Wilks
0.96
Takedowns / 15 min
6.12
66.7%
Takedown accuracy
100.0%
65.5%
Takedown defense
2.89
Sub attempts / 15 min
24.49
46.1%
Control share
64.0%
Strike target map
Brown
  • Head50%(60)div 63%
  • Body39%(47)div 21%
  • Legs10%(12)div 16%
Wilks
  • Head65%(11)div 63%
  • Body12%(2)div 21%
  • Legs24%(4)div 16%

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

Matt Brown
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

James Wilks
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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