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UFC 103: Franklin vs Belfort
Rick Story
Rick Story
7-3 · USA
VS
Brian Foster
Brian Foster
13-3 · USA
September 19, 2009 · Dallas, Texas, USA
Welterweight · 3 rounds
170.0lb
Weigh-in
170.8lb
Rick Story def. Brian Foster by SUB (Arm Triangle), R2 1:09
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Story16/522/303:36
Foster6/420/200:05
R2 · 1:09
Story2/71/100:46
Foster0/50/000:00
Total
Story18/593/404:22
Foster6/470/200:05

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
StoryWin probabilityFoster
63.3%36.7%
KO / TKO
21%
Submission
46%
Decision
32%
Expected fight time: 7.7 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Story63%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO11%18%
Submission27%43%
Decision25%39%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes24 (1332)act 18
Takedowns1.1 (0.03.0)act 3
Foster37%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO10%28%
Submission19%51%
Decision8%21%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes22 (1229)act 6
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.5)act 0
Combined totals~46 sig strikes~1.4 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R152%
R29%
R37%
Distance32%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 2.3%
Story
53.4%-121
Foster
+12144.3%
Most takedownstie 27.3%
Story
57.5%-379
Foster
+37915.2%
Significant strikes — over/under
Story
Expected: 24.3
24.5
Over 24.5
41.9%
+138
Under 24.5
58.1%
-138
03161
Foster
Expected: 22.0
22
Over 22
40.9%
+137
Exactly 22
2.9%
push
Under 22
56.2%
-137
02855
Takedowns — over/under
Story
Expected: 1.1
1
Over 1
42.0%
-143
Exactly 1
28.8%
push
Under 1
29.2%
+143
035
Foster
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
33.6%
+198
Under 0.5
66.4%
-198
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 7.7 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
Story63.3%54.4%+8.9-132
Foster36.7%45.6%−8.9+110

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
StoryFoster
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1497
Pound-for-pound
1524
1497
Divisional
1524
1482
Striking offense
1500
1502
Striking defense
1500
1557
Grappling offense
1500
1545
Grappling defense
1500
Physical
25 yrs
Age
25 yrs
5'9"
Height
5'9"
71"
Reach
71"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
1.40
Strikes landed / min
31%
Strike accuracy
2.07
Strikes absorbed / min
64%
Strike defense
Grappling (UFC career)
4.00
Takedowns / 15 min
100%
Takedown accuracy
60%
Takedown defense
5.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
Form & résumé
0%
UFC win rate
-1
Win/loss streak
0%
Last-5 win rate
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
98
Days since last fight
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Rick Story
  • LJohn HathawayU-DEC R3
    Close +1283mo before
Brian Foster
No prior UFC fights.
Story — win / loss by method
Record: 7-3-0

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
2 wins, 0 losses
W
29% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 0 losses
W
29% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 3 losses
W
43% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
7win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (29%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (29%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (43%)Decision(100%) 2
Foster — win / loss by method
Record: 13-3-0

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
7 wins, 1 loss
W
54% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 2 losses
W
46% of wins
L
67% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
13win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (54%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
6 (46%)Submission(67%) 2
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Story
Foster
1
UFC fights
0
15.0 min · 15.0 avg
Octagon time
18y 9m
Career length
UFC schedule strength

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

Story
Foster
11W–0L · 100.0%
Overall
0W–0L
Wins
11W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
Non-UFC schedule strength
Story
Foster
86W–41L · 67.7%
Overall
66W–28L · 70.2%
83W–41L · 66.9%
Wins
52W–23L · 69.3%
3W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
14W–5L · 73.7%
Distance striking
Story
Foster
3.39
Landed / min
24.4%
Accuracy
75.0%
Defense
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
21.6%
Time at distance
Grappling & control
Story
Foster
4.00
Takedowns / 15 min
100.0%
Takedown accuracy
60.0%
Takedown defense
5.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
37.6%
Control share
Strike target map
Story
  • Head43%(9)div 63%
  • Body52%(11)div 21%
  • Legs5%(1)div 16%
Foster
  • Head0%(0)div 63%
  • Body0%(0)div 21%
  • Legs0%(0)div 16%
  • No strike data on record.

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

Rick Story
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Brian Foster

No UFC fights on record.

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