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UFC 101: Declaration
Ricardo Almeida
Ricardo Almeida
10-3 · USA
VS
Kendall Grove
Kendall Grove
10-5 · USA
August 8, 2009 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Middleweight · 3 rounds
185.0lb
Weigh-in
185.5lb
Ricardo Almeida def. Kendall Grove by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Almeida12/182/803:54
Grove7/170/000:12
R2
Almeida16/272/304:33
Grove5/110/000:15
R3
Almeida10/172/302:44
Grove13/340/000:29
Total
Almeida38/626/14011:11
Grove25/620/000:56

Scorecards

Almeida vs Grove

RdDouglas CrosbyJeff BlatnickNelson HamiltonCommunity
R110-910-910-910-9
R210-910-910-99.8-9.2
R310-910-910-99.8-9.2
Total30-2730-2730-2729.6-27.4

Media (4 cards) · avg 29.327.8 · 4 Almeida · 0 Grove

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Almeida-Grove.

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
AlmeidaWin probabilityGrove
63.7%36.3%
KO / TKO
23%
Submission
18%
Decision
59%
Expected fight time: 11.3 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Almeida64%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO10%16%
Submission12%19%
Decision42%65%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes26 (1434)act 38
Takedowns1.8 (0.04.5)act 6
Grove36%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO13%35%
Submission6%17%
Decision17%48%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes27 (1535)act 25
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.3)act 0
Combined totals~53 sig strikes~2.1 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R118%
R216%
R37%
Distance59%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 2.0%
Almeida
48.2%+103
Grove
-10349.8%
Most takedownstie 26.8%
Almeida
63.2%-634
Grove
+63410.0%
Significant strikes — over/under
Almeida
Expected: 26.3
26.5
Over 26.5
41.9%
+138
Under 26.5
58.1%
-138
03366
Grove
Expected: 26.7
26.5
Over 26.5
43.1%
+132
Under 26.5
56.9%
-132
03467
Takedowns — over/under
Almeida
Expected: 1.8
2
Over 2
35.4%
+134
Exactly 2
17.2%
push
Under 2
47.5%
-134
036
Grove
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
21.1%
+373
Under 0.5
78.9%
-373
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 11.3 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
Almeida63.7%59.3%+4.4-160
Grove36.3%40.7%−4.4+137

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
69.5Striking66.2
Almeida +3.3
69.0Grappling70.8
Grove +1.8
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
AlmeidaGrove
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1508
Pound-for-pound
1548
1521
Divisional
1547
1488
Striking offense
1509
1513
Striking defense
1511
1515
Grappling offense
1502
1496
Grappling defense
1488
Physical
32 yrs
Age
26 yrs
6'0"
Height
6'6"
74"
Reach
79"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
1.70
Strikes landed / min
3.12
50%
Strike accuracy
56%
1.40
Strikes absorbed / min
2.48
60%
Strike defense
43%
Grappling (UFC career)
3.71
Takedowns / 15 min
0.58
42%
Takedown accuracy
67%
22%
Takedown defense
64%
2.7
Sub attempts / 15 min
2.9
Form & résumé
50%
UFC win rate
71%
+1
Win/loss streak
+2
60%
Last-5 win rate
60%
67%
Finish rate
60%
Recent opp. quality
129
Days since last fight
154
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Ricardo Almeida
  • WMatt HorwichU-DEC R3
    Close -3054mo before
  • LPatrick CoteS-DEC R3
    Close -1291y 1mo before
  • WRob YundtSUB R1
    1y 6mo before
  • LAndrei SemenovKO/TKO R2
    7y 7mo before
  • WEugene JacksonSUB R1
    Close -2007y 10mo before
Kendall Grove
  • WJason DayKO/TKO R1
    Close -1965mo before
  • WEvan TannerS-DEC R3
    Close +1331y 2mo before
  • LJorge RiveraKO/TKO R1
    Close -3681y 7mo before
  • LPatrick CoteKO/TKO R1
    Close -2881y 11mo before
  • WAlan BelcherSUB R2
    Close -1652y 4mo before
Almeida — win / loss by method
Record: 10-3-0

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
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 0 losses
W
40% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 1 loss
W
60% of wins
L
33% of losses
DQ / other
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
3win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
2 (67%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (33%)Decision(33%) 1
0 (0%)DQ / other(33%) 1
Non-UFC
7win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
2 (29%)Submission() 0
5 (71%)Decision() 0
Grove — win / loss by method
Record: 10-5-0, 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, 4 losses
W
30% of wins
L
80% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 1 loss
W
50% of wins
L
20% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 0 losses
W
20% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
5win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (40%)KO/TKO(100%) 2
1 (20%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (40%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
5win3loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
1 (20%)KO/TKO(67%) 2
4 (80%)Submission(33%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Almeida
Grove
6
UFC fights
7
56.6 min · 9.4 avg
Octagon time
51.3 min · 7.3 avg
25y 7m
Career length
23y 0m
UFC schedule strength

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

Almeida
Grove
76W–23L · 76.8%
Overall
107W–31L · 77.5%
40W–17L · 70.2%
Wins
82W–21L · 79.6%
36W–6L · 85.7%
Losses
25W–10L · 71.4%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Almeida
Grove
86W–51L · 62.8%
Overall
34W–14L · 70.8%
86W–51L · 62.8%
Wins
9W–7L · 56.3%
0W–0L
Losses
25W–7L · 78.1%
Distance striking
Almeida
Grove
3.33
Landed / min
5.81
40.5%
Accuracy
36.3%
70.3%
Defense
57.4%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.29
28.1%
Time at distance
16.5%
Grappling & control
Almeida
Grove
3.71
Takedowns / 15 min
0.58
42.4%
Takedown accuracy
66.7%
22.2%
Takedown defense
64.3%
2.65
Sub attempts / 15 min
2.92
47.7%
Control share
32.9%
Strike target map
Almeida
  • Head64%(61)div 63%
  • Body26%(25)div 20%
  • Legs10%(10)div 17%
Grove
  • Head67%(107)div 63%
  • Body24%(39)div 20%
  • Legs9%(14)div 17%

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

Ricardo Almeida
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Kendall Grove
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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