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Rafael Dos Anjos
Rafael Dos Anjos
11-4 · BRA
VS
Rob Emerson
Rob Emerson
9-7 · USA
September 19, 2009 · Dallas, Texas, USA
Lightweight · 3 rounds
155.5lb
Weigh-in
155.5lb
Rafael Dos Anjos def. Rob Emerson by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Dos Anjos19/561/500:58
Emerson7/540/000:00
R2
Dos Anjos18/650/400:27
Emerson12/740/000:00
R3
Dos Anjos15/441/302:53
Emerson8/440/100:20
Total
Dos Anjos52/1652/1204:18
Emerson27/1720/100:20

Scorecards

Dos Anjos vs Emerson

RdCecil PeoplesDouglas CrosbySteve ArmstrongCommunity
R110-910-910-910-9
R210-910-910-910-9
R310-910-910-910-9
Total30-2730-2730-2730-27

Media (3 cards) · avg 29.327.7 · 3 Dos Anjos · 0 Emerson

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Dos Anjos-Emerson.

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
Dos AnjosWin probabilityEmerson
74.1%25.9%
KO / TKO
14%
Submission
73%
Decision
13%
Expected fight time: 4.9 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Dos Anjos74%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO8%11%
Submission57%77%
Decision9%12%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes20 (1026)act 52
Takedowns0.5 (0.01.8)act 2
Emerson26%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO6%22%
Submission16%63%
Decision4%15%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes18 (923)act 27
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.7)act 0
Combined totals~38 sig strikes~0.6 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R177%
R24%
R36%
Distance13%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 2.8%
Dos Anjos
53.5%-123
Emerson
+12343.7%
Most takedownstie 45.5%
Dos Anjos
42.2%-343
Emerson
+34312.3%
Significant strikes — over/under
Dos Anjos
Expected: 19.9
20
Over 20
40.4%
+140
Exactly 20
3.2%
push
Under 20
56.4%
-140
02550
Emerson
Expected: 17.8
18
Over 18
39.9%
+142
Exactly 18
3.5%
push
Under 18
56.6%
-142
02345
Takedowns — over/under
Dos Anjos
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
48.7%
+105
Under 0.5
51.3%
-105
035
Emerson
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
20.4%
Exactly 0
79.6%
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 4.9 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
Dos Anjos74.1%56.5%+17.6-140
Emerson25.9%43.5%−17.6+123

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
50.0Striking65.8
Emerson +15.8
82.5Grappling47.0
Dos Anjos +35.5
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
Dos AnjosEmerson
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1497
Pound-for-pound
1513
1497
Divisional
1514
1479
Striking offense
1495
1493
Striking defense
1506
1547
Grappling offense
1492
1548
Grappling defense
1487
Physical
24 yrs
Age
28 yrs
5'8"
Height
5'9"
70"
Reach
70"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
1.36
Strikes landed / min
3.71
23%
Strike accuracy
36%
3.55
Strikes absorbed / min
3.20
65%
Strike defense
68%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.34
Takedowns / 15 min
1.55
57%
Takedown accuracy
50%
75%
Takedown defense
36%
2.9
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.5
Form & résumé
0%
UFC win rate
50%
-2
Win/loss streak
-1
0%
Last-5 win rate
50%
Finish rate
50%
Recent opp. quality
171
Days since last fight
224
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Rafael Dos Anjos
  • LTyson GriffinU-DEC R3
    Close +3956mo before
  • LJeremy StephensKO/TKO R3
    Close +13610mo before
Rob Emerson
  • LKurt PellegrinoSUB R2
    Close +1867mo before
  • WManvel GamburyanKO/TKO R1
    Close +2911y 1mo before
  • WKeita NakamuraS-DEC R3
    Close +2381y 8mo before
Dos Anjos — win / loss by method
Record: 11-4-0

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
1 win, 1 loss
W
9% of wins
L
25% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 0 losses
W
55% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 3 losses
W
36% of wins
L
75% of losses
UFC
0win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(50%) 1
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
11win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (9%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
6 (55%)Submission(0%) 0
4 (36%)Decision(100%) 2
Emerson — win / loss by method
Record: 9-7-0, 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
3 wins, 0 losses
W
33% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 1 loss
W
22% of wins
L
14% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 6 losses
W
44% of wins
L
86% of losses
UFC
2win1loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
1 (50%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(100%) 1
1 (50%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
7win6loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (29%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (29%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (43%)Decision(100%) 6

Profiles

Experience
Dos Anjos
Emerson
2
UFC fights
4
25.6 min · 12.8 avg
Octagon time
29.1 min · 7.3 avg
21y 10m
Career length
24y 1m
UFC schedule strength

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

Dos Anjos
Emerson
27W–5L · 84.4%
Overall
37W–8L · 82.2%
0W–0L
Wins
24W–4L · 85.7%
27W–5L · 84.4%
Losses
13W–4L · 76.5%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Dos Anjos
Emerson
49W–32L · 60.5%
Overall
124W–72L · 63.3%
47W–29L · 61.8%
Wins
63W–57L · 52.5%
2W–3L · 40.0%
Losses
61W–15L · 80.3%
Distance striking
Dos Anjos
Emerson
2.14
Landed / min
4.93
21.8%
Accuracy
34.3%
69.9%
Defense
73.9%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.52
56.4%
Time at distance
67.0%
Grappling & control
Dos Anjos
Emerson
2.34
Takedowns / 15 min
1.55
57.1%
Takedown accuracy
50.0%
75.0%
Takedown defense
36.4%
2.92
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.52
50.0%
Control share
14.4%
Strike target map
Dos Anjos
  • Head63%(22)div 66%
  • Body11%(4)div 19%
  • Legs26%(9)div 16%
Emerson
  • Head58%(63)div 66%
  • Body9%(10)div 19%
  • Legs32%(35)div 16%

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

Rafael Dos Anjos
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Rob Emerson
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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