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UFC 104: Machida vs Shogun
Ryan Bader
Ryan Bader
9-0 · USA
VS
Eric Schafer
Eric Schafer
11-3-2 · USA
October 24, 2009 · Los Angeles, California, USA
Light Heavyweight · 3 rounds
205.0lb
Weigh-in
205.5lb
Ryan Bader def. Eric Schafer by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Bader28/732/212:22
Schafer5/200/000:00
R2
Bader15/580/100:00
Schafer14/600/000:01
R3
Bader9/351/112:02
Schafer6/360/000:00
Total
Bader52/1663/424:24
Schafer25/1160/000:01

Scorecards

Bader vs Schafer

RdUnknown JudgeCommunity
R1-10-8.7
R2-9-10
R3-10-9
Total29-2629-27.7

Media (4 cards) · avg 2927.8 · 4 Bader · 0 Schafer

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Bader-Schafer.

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
BaderWin probabilitySchafer
82.9%17.1%
KO / TKO
52%
Submission
17%
Decision
32%
Expected fight time: 9.1 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Bader83%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO44%53%
Submission11%14%
Decision28%33%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes40 (2252)act 52
Takedowns0.9 (0.02.9)act 3
Schafer17%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO8%45%
Submission5%30%
Decision4%25%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes15 (719)act 25
Takedowns0.2 (0.01.1)act 0
Combined totals~55 sig strikes~1.2 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R130%
R224%
R314%
Distance32%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.3%
Bader
86.0%-678
Schafer
+67812.7%
Most takedownstie 39.3%
Bader
47.3%-354
Schafer
+35413.3%
Significant strikes — over/under
Bader
Expected: 40.0
40
Over 40
41.6%
+136
Exactly 40
1.7%
push
Under 40
56.8%
-136
050100
Schafer
Expected: 14.7
14.5
Over 14.5
43.4%
+131
Under 14.5
56.6%
-131
01937
Takedowns — over/under
Bader
Expected: 0.9
1
Over 1
33.4%
+137
Exactly 1
20.6%
push
Under 1
46.0%
-137
035
Schafer
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
22.7%
Exactly 0
77.3%
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 9.1 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
Bader82.9%77.2%+5.7-400
Schafer17.1%22.8%−5.7+323

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
74.4Striking66.3
Bader +8.1
68.4Grappling79.6
Schafer +11.3
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
BaderSchafer
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1553
Pound-for-pound
1530
1553
Divisional
1530
1490
Striking offense
1475
1508
Striking defense
1492
1550
Grappling offense
1538
1550
Grappling defense
1517
Physical
26 yrs
Age
32 yrs
6'2"
Height
6'3"
74"
Reach
76"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.25
Strikes landed / min
2.99
45%
Strike accuracy
68%
0.75
Strikes absorbed / min
2.86
79%
Strike defense
44%
Grappling (UFC career)
4.34
Takedowns / 15 min
3.25
71%
Takedown accuracy
29%
Takedown defense
100%
1.7
Sub attempts / 15 min
4.5
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
60%
+2
Win/loss streak
+2
100%
Last-5 win rate
60%
50%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
206
Days since last fight
280
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Ryan Bader
  • WCarmelo MarreroU-DEC R3
    Close -4017mo before
  • WVinny MagalhaesKO/TKO R1
    Close +18810mo before
Eric Schafer
  • WAntonio MendesKO/TKO R1
    Close -1339mo before
  • WHouston AlexanderSUB R1
    Close +2011y 1mo before
  • LStephan BonnarKO/TKO R2
    Close +2802y before
  • LMichael BispingKO/TKO R1
    Close +4302y 10mo before
  • WRob MacDonaldSUB R1
    Close +1453y 2mo before
Bader — win / loss by method
Record: 9-0-0

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
56% of wins
L
Submission
2 wins, 0 losses
W
22% of wins
L
Decision
2 wins, 0 losses
W
22% of wins
L
UFC
2win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (50%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (50%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
7win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (57%)KO/TKO() 0
2 (29%)Submission() 0
1 (14%)Decision() 0
Schafer — win / loss by method
Record: 11-3-2

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
27% of wins
L
67% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 1 loss
W
55% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
9% of wins
L
0% of losses
DQ / other
1 win, 0 losses
W
9% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
3win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (33%)KO/TKO(100%) 2
2 (67%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
8win1loss2draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (25%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
4 (50%)Submission(100%) 1
1 (13%)Decision(0%) 0
1 (13%)DQ / other(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Bader
Schafer
2
UFC fights
5
17.3 min · 8.7 avg
Octagon time
23.1 min · 4.6 avg
19y 4m
Career length
28y 1m
UFC schedule strength

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

Bader
Schafer
12W–4L · 75.0%
Overall
49W–13L · 79.0%
12W–4L · 75.0%
Wins
27W–9L · 75.0%
0W–0L
Losses
22W–4L · 84.6%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Bader
Schafer
26W–13L · 66.7%
Overall
47W–42L · 52.8%
26W–13L · 66.7%
Wins
46W–42L · 52.3%
0W–0L
Losses
1W–0L · 100.0%
Distance striking
Bader
Schafer
3.60
Landed / min
2.55
37.5%
Accuracy
52.9%
78.9%
Defense
61.0%
0.87
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
33.7%
Time at distance
15.3%
Grappling & control
Bader
Schafer
4.34
Takedowns / 15 min
3.25
71.4%
Takedown accuracy
29.4%
Takedown defense
100.0%
1.73
Sub attempts / 15 min
4.55
90.9%
Control share
70.7%
Strike target map
Bader
  • Head67%(26)div 65%
  • Body8%(3)div 16%
  • Legs26%(10)div 19%
Schafer
  • Head71%(49)div 65%
  • Body16%(11)div 16%
  • Legs13%(9)div 19%

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

Ryan Bader
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Eric Schafer
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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