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The Ultimate Fighter: United States vs. United Kingdom Finale
Chris Lytle
Chris Lytle
26-17-5 · USA
VS
Kevin Burns
Kevin Burns
7-2 · USA
June 20, 2009 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Welterweight · 3 rounds
170.0lb
Weigh-in
171.0lb
Chris Lytle def. Kevin Burns by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Lytle16/590/300:14
Burns33/860/010:10
R2
Lytle41/840/000:00
Burns19/471/100:11
R3
Lytle44/1040/000:00
Burns17/620/000:00
Total
Lytle101/2470/300:14
Burns69/1951/110:21

Scorecards

Lytle vs Burns

RdAbe BelardoAdalaide ByrdDave HagenCommunity
R1---9-10
R2---10-9
R3---10-9
Total29-2829-2829-2829-28

Media (6 cards) · avg 2928 · 6 Lytle · 0 Burns

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Lytle-Burns.

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
LytleWin probabilityBurns
51.8%48.2%
KO / TKO
31%
Submission
19%
Decision
50%
Expected fight time: 10.1 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Lytle52%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO14%28%
Submission12%23%
Decision26%49%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes38 (2149)act 101
Takedowns0.9 (0.02.9)act 0
Burns48%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO17%35%
Submission7%14%
Decision24%51%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes39 (2250)act 69
Takedowns0.2 (0.01.1)act 1
Combined totals~77 sig strikes~1.2 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R131%
R212%
R37%
Distance50%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.4%
Lytle
48.3%+104
Burns
-10450.3%
Most takedownstie 39.2%
Lytle
48.4%-392
Burns
+39212.4%
Significant strikes — over/under
Lytle
Expected: 37.8
38
Over 38
41.4%
+138
Exactly 38
1.7%
push
Under 38
56.9%
-138
04895
Burns
Expected: 38.7
38.5
Over 38.5
42.8%
+134
Under 38.5
57.2%
-134
04997
Takedowns — over/under
Lytle
Expected: 0.9
1
Over 1
34.2%
+132
Exactly 1
20.6%
push
Under 1
45.2%
-132
035
Burns
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
20.7%
Exactly 0
79.3%
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 10.1 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
Lytle51.8%69.1%−17.3-263
Burns48.2%30.9%+17.3+208

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
62.8Striking57.0
Lytle +5.8
70.3Grappling26.4
Lytle +44.0
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
LytleBurns
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1468
Pound-for-pound
1526
1467
Divisional
1526
1476
Striking offense
1509
1530
Striking defense
1496
1507
Grappling offense
1494
1527
Grappling defense
1490
Physical
34 yrs
Age
29 yrs
5'11"
Height
5'10"
68"
Reach
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.65
Strikes landed / min
1.89
43%
Strike accuracy
44%
2.51
Strikes absorbed / min
2.98
52%
Strike defense
49%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.91
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
64%
Takedown accuracy
0%
57%
Takedown defense
33%
2.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.4
Form & résumé
36%
UFC win rate
67%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
40%
Last-5 win rate
67%
80%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
154
Days since last fight
189
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Chris Lytle
  • LMarcus DavisS-DEC R3
    Close +1385mo before
  • WPaul TaylorU-DEC R3
    Close -3568mo before
  • LJosh KoscheckU-DEC R3
    Close +26311mo before
  • WKyle BradleyKO/TKO R1
    Close -4881y 5mo before
  • LThiago AlvesKO/TKO R2
    Close +1671y 7mo before
Kevin Burns
  • LAnthony JohnsonKO/TKO R3
    Close +2436mo before
  • WAnthony JohnsonKO/TKO R3
    Close +21311mo before
  • WRoan CarneiroSUB R2
    Close +3751y before
Lytle — win / loss by method
Record: 26-17-5

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
6 wins, 2 losses
W
23% of wins
L
12% of losses
Submission
16 wins, 0 losses
W
62% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 15 losses
W
15% of wins
L
88% of losses
UFC
5win9loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (20%)KO/TKO(22%) 2
3 (60%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (20%)Decision(78%) 7
Non-UFC
21win8loss5draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (24%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
13 (62%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (14%)Decision(100%) 8
Burns — win / loss by method
Record: 7-2-0

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
3 wins, 2 losses
W
43% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 0 losses
W
57% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
2win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (50%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
1 (50%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
5win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (40%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
3 (60%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Lytle
Burns
14
UFC fights
3
148.0 min · 10.6 avg
Octagon time
32.9 min · 11.0 avg
27y 5m
Career length
19y 11m
UFC schedule strength

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

Lytle
Burns
200W–53L · 79.1%
Overall
22W–7L · 75.9%
62W–22L · 73.8%
Wins
17W–5L · 77.3%
138W–31L · 81.7%
Losses
5W–2L · 71.4%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Lytle
Burns
253W–128L · 66.4%
Overall
41W–15L · 73.2%
149W–79L · 65.4%
Wins
38W–15L · 71.7%
104W–49L · 68.0%
Losses
3W–0L · 100.0%
Distance striking
Lytle
Burns
4.99
Landed / min
5.01
34.0%
Accuracy
38.3%
61.6%
Defense
50.0%
0.20
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
31.4%
Time at distance
27.9%
Grappling & control
Lytle
Burns
0.91
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
64.3%
Takedown accuracy
0.0%
56.8%
Takedown defense
33.3%
2.03
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.37
27.3%
Control share
5.3%
Strike target map
Lytle
  • Head51%(198)div 63%
  • Body32%(127)div 21%
  • Legs17%(67)div 16%
Burns
  • Head42%(26)div 63%
  • Body16%(10)div 21%
  • Legs42%(26)div 16%

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

Chris Lytle
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Kevin Burns
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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