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UFC 99: The Comeback
Stefan Struve
Stefan Struve
16-3 · NLD
VS
Denis Stojnic
Denis Stojnic
5-2 · BIH
June 13, 2009 · Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Heavyweight · 3 rounds
248.0lb
Weigh-in
241.0lb
Stefan Struve def. Denis Stojnic by SUB (Rear Naked Choke), R2 2:37
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Struve3/50/100:00
Stojnic14/550/004:28
R2 · 2:37
Struve1/10/002:08
Stojnic2/50/000:19
Total
Struve4/60/102:08
Stojnic16/600/004:47

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
StruveWin probabilityStojnic
66.1%33.9%
KO / TKO
34%
Submission
53%
Decision
13%
Expected fight time: 5.8 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Struve66%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO21%31%
Submission41%62%
Decision4%7%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes39 (2251)act 4
Takedowns0.7 (0.02.1)act 0
Stojnic34%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO13%39%
Submission13%37%
Decision8%24%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes27 (1536)act 16
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.5)act 0
Combined totals~67 sig strikes~0.8 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R165%
R29%
R313%
Distance13%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.5%
Struve
65.4%-198
Stojnic
+19833.1%
Most takedownstie 28.5%
Struve
65.3%-1057
Stojnic
+10576.2%
Significant strikes — over/under
Struve
Expected: 39.3
39.5
Over 39.5
42.1%
+137
Under 39.5
57.9%
-137
05099
Stojnic
Expected: 27.3
27.5
Over 27.5
42.1%
+138
Under 27.5
57.9%
-138
03569
Takedowns — over/under
Struve
Expected: 0.7
0.5
Over 0.5
72.5%
-264
Under 0.5
27.5%
+264
035
Stojnic
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
14.8%
Exactly 0
85.2%
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 5.8 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
Struve66.1%60.4%+5.7-175
Stojnic33.9%39.6%−5.7+140

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
12.8Striking25.3
Stojnic +12.5
0.0Grappling45.6
Stojnic +45.6
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
StruveStojnic
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1523
Pound-for-pound
1496
1523
Divisional
1496
1493
Striking offense
1493
1492
Striking defense
1493
1500
Grappling offense
1500
1500
Grappling defense
1496
Physical
21 yrs
Age
29 yrs
6'11"
Height
6'0"
84"
Reach
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
0.00
Strikes landed / min
0.93
0%
Strike accuracy
18%
13.33
Strikes absorbed / min
11.63
33%
Strike defense
37%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
Takedown accuracy
Takedown defense
75%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
2.0
Form & résumé
0%
UFC win rate
0%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
0%
Last-5 win rate
0%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
112
Days since last fight
126
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Stefan Struve
  • LJunior Dos SantosKO/TKO R1
    Close +2334mo before
Denis Stojnic
  • LCain VelasquezKO/TKO R2
    Close +5004mo before
Struve — win / loss by method
Record: 16-3-0

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
3 wins, 2 losses
W
19% of wins
L
67% of losses
Submission
12 wins, 1 loss
W
75% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
DQ / other
1 win, 0 losses
W
6% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
16win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (19%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
12 (75%)Submission(50%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
1 (6%)DQ / other(0%) 0
Stojnic — win / loss by method
Record: 5-2-0

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

Profiles

Experience
Struve
Stojnic
1
UFC fights
1
0.9 min · 0.9 avg
Octagon time
7.6 min · 7.6 avg
21y 4m
Career length
21y 3m
UFC schedule strength

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

Struve
Stojnic
7W–1L · 87.5%
Overall
4W–0L · 100.0%
0W–0L
Wins
0W–0L
7W–1L · 87.5%
Losses
4W–0L · 100.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Struve
Stojnic
72W–63L · 53.3%
Overall
23W–9L · 71.9%
64W–58L · 52.5%
Wins
22W–8L · 73.3%
8W–5L · 61.5%
Losses
1W–1L · 50.0%
1 of Struve's non-UFC opponents have no record in our data, so this is understated. Refresh data to fill them in.
Distance striking
Struve
Stojnic
0.00
Landed / min
1.62
0.0%
Accuracy
11.8%
25.0%
Defense
55.2%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
50.0%
Time at distance
32.6%
Grappling & control
Struve
Stojnic
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
Takedown accuracy
Takedown defense
75.0%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.98
0.0%
Control share
1.9%
Strike target map
Struve
  • Head0%(0)div 65%
  • Body0%(0)div 18%
  • Legs0%(0)div 17%
  • No strike data on record.
Stojnic
  • Head71%(5)div 65%
  • Body0%(0)div 18%
  • Legs29%(2)div 17%

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

Stefan Struve
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Denis Stojnic
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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