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UFC 102: Couture vs Nogueira
Evan Dunham
Evan Dunham
8-0 · USA
VS
Marcus Aurelio
Marcus Aurelio
18-7 · BRA
August 29, 2009 · Portland, Oregon, USA
Lightweight · 3 rounds
155.0lb
Weigh-in
156.0lb
Evan Dunham def. Marcus Aurelio by S-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Dunham18/650/010:36
Aurelio6/330/200:00
R2
Dunham23/580/000:01
Aurelio15/391/701:20
R3
Dunham17/381/100:25
Aurelio6/302/602:53
Total
Dunham58/1611/111:02
Aurelio27/1023/1504:13

Scorecards

Dunham vs Aurelio

RdJana RichmondLester GriffinNelson HamiltonCommunity
R1-10-9-10-9
R2-10-9-10-9
R3-10-9-9.3-9.7
Total28-2930-2729-2829.3-27.7

Media (2 cards) · avg 2927.5 · 2 Dunham · 0 Aurelio

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Dunham-Aurelio.

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
DunhamWin probabilityAurelio
65.5%34.5%
KO / TKO
29%
Submission
52%
Decision
19%
Expected fight time: 6.6 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Dunham66%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO20%30%
Submission34%51%
Decision12%19%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes31 (1740)act 58
Takedowns0.5 (0.02.0)act 1
Aurelio34%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO10%29%
Submission17%52%
Decision7%19%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes22 (1229)act 27
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.8)act 3
Combined totals~53 sig strikes~0.7 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R159%
R211%
R311%
Distance19%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.9%
Dunham
63.6%-184
Aurelio
+18434.5%
Most takedownstie 47.3%
Dunham
39.1%-287
Aurelio
+28713.6%
Significant strikes — over/under
Dunham
Expected: 31.0
31
Over 31
41.4%
+137
Exactly 31
2.1%
push
Under 31
56.5%
-137
03978
Aurelio
Expected: 22.3
22.5
Over 22.5
41.9%
+139
Under 22.5
58.1%
-139
02856
Takedowns — over/under
Dunham
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
45.0%
+122
Under 0.5
55.0%
-122
035
Aurelio
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
20.9%
Exactly 0
79.1%
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 6.6 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
Dunham65.5%40.1%+25.4+140
Aurelio34.5%59.9%−25.4-165

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
62.5Striking55.2
Dunham +7.3
25.0Grappling26.2
Aurelio +1.2
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
DunhamAurelio
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1540
Pound-for-pound
1511
1540
Divisional
1511
1507
Striking offense
1495
1497
Striking defense
1504
1501
Grappling offense
1502
1495
Grappling defense
1523
Physical
27 yrs
Age
36 yrs
5'10"
Height
5'10"
70"
Reach
74"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
5.86
Strikes landed / min
2.53
48%
Strike accuracy
35%
4.06
Strikes absorbed / min
4.06
31%
Strike defense
59%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.60
Takedown accuracy
10%
0%
Takedown defense
40%
6.8
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.6
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
40%
+1
Win/loss streak
-2
100%
Last-5 win rate
40%
100%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
189
Days since last fight
308
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Evan Dunham
  • WPer EklundKO/TKO R1
    Close +1266mo before
Marcus Aurelio
  • LHermes FrancaU-DEC R3
    Close +16310mo before
  • LTyson GriffinU-DEC R3
    Close +2501y 2mo before
  • WRyan RobertsSUB R1
    Close -7011y 5mo before
  • WLuke CaudilloKO/TKO R1
    Close -4111y 9mo before
  • LClay GuidaS-DEC R3
    Close -1052y before
Dunham — win / loss by method
Record: 8-0-0

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
2 wins, 0 losses
W
25% of wins
L
Submission
5 wins, 0 losses
W
63% of wins
L
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
13% of wins
L
UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (100%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
7win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (14%)KO/TKO() 0
5 (71%)Submission() 0
1 (14%)Decision() 0
Aurelio — win / loss by method
Record: 18-7-0

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
28% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
10 wins, 0 losses
W
56% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 7 losses
W
17% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
2win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (50%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (50%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(100%) 3
Non-UFC
16win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (25%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
9 (56%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (19%)Decision(100%) 4

Profiles

Experience
Dunham
Aurelio
1
UFC fights
5
2.2 min · 2.2 avg
Octagon time
49.8 min · 9.9 avg
19y 3m
Career length
24y 1m
UFC schedule strength

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

Dunham
Aurelio
14W–3L · 82.4%
Overall
75W–28L · 72.8%
14W–3L · 82.4%
Wins
25W–12L · 67.6%
0W–0L
Losses
50W–16L · 75.8%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Dunham
Aurelio
26W–14L · 65.0%
Overall
211W–78L · 73.0%
26W–14L · 65.0%
Wins
151W–67L · 69.3%
0W–0L
Losses
60W–11L · 84.5%
Distance striking
Dunham
Aurelio
6.00
Landed / min
2.85
38.9%
Accuracy
29.6%
33.3%
Defense
62.4%
6.77
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.30
52.6%
Time at distance
67.0%
Grappling & control
Dunham
Aurelio
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.60
Takedown accuracy
10.0%
0.0%
Takedown defense
40.0%
6.77
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.60
49.2%
Control share
32.4%
Strike target map
Dunham
  • Head100%(13)div 66%
  • Body0%(0)div 19%
  • Legs0%(0)div 16%
Aurelio
  • Head85%(107)div 66%
  • Body10%(13)div 19%
  • Legs5%(6)div 16%

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

Evan Dunham
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Marcus Aurelio
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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