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UFC 104: Machida vs Shogun
Lyoto Machida
Lyoto Machida
15-0 · BRA
VS
Mauricio Rua
Mauricio Rua
18-3 · BRA
October 24, 2009 · Los Angeles, California, USA
Light Heavyweight · 5 rounds · Main event
202.5lb
Weigh-in
204.5lb
Lyoto Machida def. Mauricio Rua by U-DEC, R5 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Machida9/220/000:00
Rua19/270/101:12
R2
Machida7/190/000:00
Rua21/340/100:57
R3
Machida12/280/000:03
Rua19/380/100:12
R4
Machida1/180/000:00
Rua10/190/100:22
R5
Machida6/210/000:20
Rua11/280/000:01
Total
Machida35/1080/000:23
Rua80/1460/402:44

Scorecards

Machida vs Rua

RdCecil PeoplesMarcos RosalesNelson HamiltonCommunity
R110-910-99-109.4-9.6
R210-910-910-99.6-9.4
R310-910-910-99.7-9.4
R49-109-1010-99.1-9.9
R59-109-109-109.1-9.9
Total48-4748-4748-4746.9-48.2

Media (5 cards) · avg 48.846.4 · 5 Machida · 0 Rua

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Machida-Rua.

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
MachidaWin probabilityRua
58.3%41.7%
KO / TKO
57%
Submission
3%
Decision
39%
Expected fight time: 14.5 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Machida58%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO26%45%
Submission3%4%
Decision29%51%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes61 (3579)act 35
Takedowns0.2 (0.01.1)act 0
Rua42%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO31%74%
Submission1%2%
Decision10%24%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes42 (2355)act 80
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.7)act 0
Combined totals~103 sig strikes~0.4 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R123%
R226%
R36%
R44%
R52%
Distance39%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.0%
Machida
66.3%-203
Rua
+20332.7%
Most takedownstie 67.6%
Machida
19.2%-146
Rua
+14613.2%
Significant strikes — over/under
Machida
Expected: 61.0
61
Over 61
41.9%
+136
Exactly 61
1.1%
push
Under 61
57.0%
-136
077153
Rua
Expected: 42.0
42
Over 42
41.7%
+136
Exactly 42
1.6%
push
Under 42
56.7%
-136
053106
Takedowns — over/under
Machida
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
21.4%
Exactly 0
78.6%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Rua
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
15.5%
Exactly 0
84.5%
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 14.5 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
Machida58.3%78.6%−20.3-428
Rua41.7%21.4%+20.3+353

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
86.4Striking68.8
Machida +17.6
72.2Grappling47.2
Machida +25.0
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
MachidaRua
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1638
Pound-for-pound
1576
1635
Divisional
1573
1517
Striking offense
1513
1552
Striking defense
1525
1513
Grappling offense
1493
1535
Grappling defense
1488
Physical
31 yrs
Age
27 yrs
6'1"
Height
6'1"
74"
Reach
76"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.76
Strikes landed / min
3.34
65%
Strike accuracy
54%
0.74
Strikes absorbed / min
3.10
74%
Strike defense
56%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.62
Takedowns / 15 min
2.66
69%
Takedown accuracy
40%
84%
Takedown defense
17%
1.3
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.9
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
67%
+7
Win/loss streak
+2
100%
Last-5 win rate
67%
43%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
154
Days since last fight
189
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Lyoto Machida
  • WRashad EvansKO/TKO R2
    Close -2015mo before
  • WThiago SilvaKO/TKO R1
    Close -2459mo before
  • WTito OrtizU-DEC R3
    Close -1901y 5mo before
  • WRameau Thierry SokoudjouSUB R2
    Close -1051y 10mo before
  • WKazuhiro NakamuraU-DEC R3
    Close -2502y 1mo before
Mauricio Rua
  • WChuck LiddellKO/TKO R1
    Close +1486mo before
  • WMark ColemanKO/TKO R3
    Close -3869mo before
  • LForrest GriffinSUB R3
    Close -2932y 1mo before
Machida — win / loss by method
Record: 15-0-0

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
33% of wins
L
Submission
2 wins, 0 losses
W
13% of wins
L
Decision
8 wins, 0 losses
W
53% of wins
L
UFC
7win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (29%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (14%)Submission() 0
4 (57%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
8win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (38%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (13%)Submission() 0
4 (50%)Decision() 0
Rua — 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
15 wins, 1 loss
W
83% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
1 win, 2 losses
W
6% of wins
L
67% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 0 losses
W
11% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
2win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (100%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(100%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
16win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
13 (81%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
1 (6%)Submission(50%) 1
2 (13%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Machida
Rua
7
UFC fights
3
83.3 min · 11.9 avg
Octagon time
33.8 min · 11.3 avg
23y 3m
Career length
23y 9m
UFC schedule strength

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

Machida
Rua
71W–14L · 83.5%
Overall
48W–18L · 72.7%
71W–14L · 83.5%
Wins
34W–14L · 70.8%
0W–0L
Losses
14W–4L · 77.8%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Machida
Rua
62W–35L · 63.9%
Overall
230W–100L · 69.7%
62W–35L · 63.9%
Wins
195W–87L · 69.1%
0W–0L
Losses
35W–13L · 72.9%
Distance striking
Machida
Rua
4.02
Landed / min
5.87
65.6%
Accuracy
46.2%
81.7%
Defense
70.4%
1.62
Knockdowns / 15 min
1.33
50.2%
Time at distance
33.2%
Grappling & control
Machida
Rua
1.62
Takedowns / 15 min
2.66
69.2%
Takedown accuracy
40.0%
83.9%
Takedown defense
16.7%
1.26
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.89
90.5%
Control share
41.8%
Strike target map
Machida
  • Head56%(175)div 65%
  • Body21%(66)div 16%
  • Legs23%(72)div 19%
Rua
  • Head61%(69)div 65%
  • Body21%(24)div 16%
  • Legs18%(20)div 19%

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

Lyoto Machida
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Mauricio Rua
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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