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UFC 102: Couture vs Nogueira
Jake Rosholt
Jake Rosholt
5-1 · USA
VS
Chris Leben
Chris Leben
18-6 · USA
August 29, 2009 · Portland, Oregon, USA
Middleweight · 3 rounds
185.0lb
Weigh-in
185.0lb
Jake Rosholt def. Chris Leben by SUB (Arm Triangle), R3 1:30
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Rosholt9/201/200:26
Leben7/221/100:52
R2
Rosholt7/161/100:55
Leben6/190/002:35
R3 · 1:30
Rosholt5/61/101:03
Leben1/20/000:00
Total
Rosholt21/423/402:24
Leben14/431/103:27

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
RosholtWin probabilityLeben
79.2%20.8%
KO / TKO
33%
Submission
34%
Decision
32%
Expected fight time: 8.8 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Rosholt79%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO26%33%
Submission28%36%
Decision25%31%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes35 (2046)act 21
Takedowns1.2 (0.03.1)act 3
Leben21%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO8%36%
Submission6%29%
Decision7%35%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes33 (1843)act 14
Takedowns0.9 (0.02.7)act 1
Combined totals~69 sig strikes~2.1 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R126%
R238%
R34%
Distance32%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.6%
Rosholt
51.9%-112
Leben
+11246.5%
Most takedownstie 23.8%
Rosholt
40.2%-111
Leben
+11136.1%
Significant strikes — over/under
Rosholt
Expected: 35.3
35.5
Over 35.5
42.2%
+137
Under 35.5
57.8%
-137
04589
Leben
Expected: 33.3
33.5
Over 33.5
42.1%
+138
Under 33.5
57.9%
-138
04284
Takedowns — over/under
Rosholt
Expected: 1.2
1
Over 1
44.4%
-178
Exactly 1
30.6%
push
Under 1
25.0%
+178
035
Leben
Expected: 0.9
1
Over 1
39.2%
-178
Exactly 1
38.8%
push
Under 1
22.0%
+178
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 8.8 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
Rosholt79.2%44.5%+34.7+116
Leben20.8%55.5%−34.7-136

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
70.2Striking63.0
Rosholt +7.3
47.7Grappling53.6
Leben +5.9
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
RosholtLeben
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1504
Pound-for-pound
1565
1504
Divisional
1566
1478
Striking offense
1504
1500
Striking defense
1516
1559
Grappling offense
1511
1541
Grappling defense
1510
Physical
27 yrs
Age
29 yrs
6'1"
Height
5'11"
Reach
73"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
1.90
Strikes landed / min
3.03
50%
Strike accuracy
41%
1.90
Strikes absorbed / min
2.66
67%
Strike defense
53%
Grappling (UFC career)
14.29
Takedowns / 15 min
1.81
50%
Takedown accuracy
55%
Takedown defense
58%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.3
Form & résumé
0%
UFC win rate
67%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
0%
Last-5 win rate
40%
Finish rate
75%
Recent opp. quality
203
Days since last fight
315
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Jake Rosholt
  • LDan MillerSUB R1
    Close +1557mo before
Chris Leben
  • LMichael BispingU-DEC R3
    Close +18810mo before
  • WAlessio SakaraKO/TKO R1
    Close -1531y 6mo before
  • WTerry MartinKO/TKO R3
    Close +1801y 11mo before
  • LKalib StarnesU-DEC R3
    Close -2602y 3mo before
  • LJason MacDonaldSUB R2
    Close -1702y 8mo before
Rosholt — win / loss by method
Record: 5-1-0

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
4 wins, 0 losses
W
80% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
1 win, 1 loss
W
20% of wins
L
100% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 ()Submission(100%) 1
0 ()Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
5win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (80%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (20%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Leben — win / loss by method
Record: 18-6-0

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
10 wins, 1 loss
W
56% of wins
L
17% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 1 loss
W
22% of wins
L
17% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 4 losses
W
22% of wins
L
67% of losses
UFC
8win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (63%)KO/TKO(25%) 1
1 (13%)Submission(25%) 1
2 (25%)Decision(50%) 2
Non-UFC
10win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (50%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (30%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (20%)Decision(100%) 2

Profiles

Experience
Rosholt
Leben
1
UFC fights
12
1.1 min · 1.1 avg
Octagon time
99.4 min · 8.3 avg
19y 0m
Career length
23y 9m
UFC schedule strength

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

Rosholt
Leben
10W–1L · 90.9%
Overall
154W–40L · 79.4%
0W–0L
Wins
97W–27L · 78.2%
10W–1L · 90.9%
Losses
57W–13L · 81.4%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Rosholt
Leben
21W–4L · 84.0%
Overall
85W–30L · 73.9%
21W–4L · 84.0%
Wins
59W–25L · 70.2%
0W–0L
Losses
26W–5L · 83.9%
Distance striking
Rosholt
Leben
4.67
Landed / min
4.09
50.0%
Accuracy
30.6%
100.0%
Defense
56.6%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.60
20.4%
Time at distance
30.7%
Grappling & control
Rosholt
Leben
14.29
Takedowns / 15 min
1.81
50.0%
Takedown accuracy
54.5%
Takedown defense
57.7%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.30
54.2%
Control share
55.9%
Strike target map
Rosholt
  • Head100%(2)div 63%
  • Body0%(0)div 20%
  • Legs0%(0)div 17%
Leben
  • Head58%(174)div 63%
  • Body22%(67)div 20%
  • Legs20%(60)div 17%

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

Jake Rosholt
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Chris Leben
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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