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UFC 98: Evans vs Machida
Matt Hughes
Matt Hughes
42-7 · USA
VS
Matt Serra
Matt Serra
10-5 · USA
May 23, 2009 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Welterweight · 3 rounds
170.0lb
Weigh-in
171.0lb
Matt Hughes def. Matt Serra by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Hughes10/241/302:04
Serra5/170/010:09
R2
Hughes21/251/103:41
Serra3/110/000:00
R3
Hughes3/91/102:32
Serra6/131/100:44
Total
Hughes34/583/508:17
Serra14/411/110:53

Scorecards

Hughes vs Serra

RdJeff CollinsLester GriffinTony WeeksCommunity
R1---9.2-9.8
R2---9.9-9.1
R3---9.4-9.7
Total29-2829-2829-2828.5-28.6

Media (6 cards) · avg 29.228.2 · 5 Hughes · 0 Serra · 1 draw

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Hughes-Serra.

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
HughesWin probabilitySerra
43.8%56.2%
KO / TKO
16%
Submission
11%
Decision
73%
Expected fight time: 12.5 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Hughes44%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO12%27%
Submission6%13%
Decision26%60%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes31 (1741)act 34
Takedowns1.6 (0.04.0)act 3
Serra56%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO4%7%
Submission5%10%
Decision47%83%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes24 (1331)act 14
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.9)act 1
Combined totals~55 sig strikes~1.8 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R112%
R212%
R33%
Distance73%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.9%
Hughes
60.5%-161
Serra
+16137.7%
Most takedownstie 23.3%
Hughes
68.8%-877
Serra
+8777.8%
Significant strikes — over/under
Hughes
Expected: 31.2
31
Over 31
41.9%
+133
Exactly 31
2.1%
push
Under 31
55.9%
-133
04079
Serra
Expected: 24.2
24
Over 24
41.8%
+133
Exactly 24
2.7%
push
Under 24
55.5%
-133
03161
Takedowns — over/under
Hughes
Expected: 1.6
1.5
Over 1.5
52.8%
-112
Under 1.5
47.2%
+112
035
Serra
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
20.5%
Exactly 0
79.5%
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 12.5 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
Hughes43.8%69.5%−25.7-253
Serra56.2%30.5%+25.7+218

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
72.3Striking56.2
Hughes +16.1
64.2Grappling45.9
Hughes +18.4
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
HughesSerra
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1628
Pound-for-pound
1539
1606
Divisional
1523
1452
Striking offense
1448
1552
Striking defense
1535
1551
Grappling offense
1503
1516
Grappling defense
1497
Physical
35 yrs
Age
34 yrs
5'9"
Height
5'6"
73"
Reach
68"
Switch
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.21
Strikes landed / min
1.35
58%
Strike accuracy
40%
1.05
Strikes absorbed / min
1.85
50%
Strike defense
45%
Grappling (UFC career)
3.57
Takedowns / 15 min
2.43
51%
Takedown accuracy
20%
29%
Takedown defense
38%
1.2
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.1
Form & résumé
75%
UFC win rate
55%
-2
Win/loss streak
-1
40%
Last-5 win rate
60%
73%
Finish rate
33%
Recent opp. quality
350
Days since last fight
399
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Matt Hughes
  • LThiago AlvesKO/TKO R2
    opp missedClose -23111mo before
  • LGeorges St-PierreSUB R2
    Close +1741y 5mo before
  • WChris LytleU-DEC R3
    Close -6502y 3mo before
  • LGeorges St-PierreKO/TKO R2
    Close -1452y 6mo before
  • WBJ PennKO/TKO R3
    Close -2252y 8mo before
Matt Serra
  • LGeorges St-PierreKO/TKO R2
    Close +3731y 1mo before
  • WGeorges St-PierreKO/TKO R1
    Close +8502y 2mo before
  • WChris LytleS-DEC R3
    Close +1352y 6mo before
  • LKaro ParisyanU-DEC R3
    4y before
  • WIvan MenjivarU-DEC R3
    Close -1604y 11mo before
Hughes — win / loss by method
Record: 42-7-0

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
20 wins, 3 losses
W
48% of wins
L
43% of losses
Submission
13 wins, 4 losses
W
31% of wins
L
57% of losses
Decision
9 wins, 0 losses
W
21% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
15win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (47%)KO/TKO(40%) 2
4 (27%)Submission(60%) 3
4 (27%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
27win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
13 (48%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
9 (33%)Submission(50%) 1
5 (19%)Decision(0%) 0
Serra — win / loss by method
Record: 10-5-0

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
1 win, 2 losses
W
10% of wins
L
40% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 0 losses
W
50% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 3 losses
W
40% of wins
L
60% of losses
UFC
6win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (17%)KO/TKO(40%) 2
1 (17%)Submission(0%) 0
4 (67%)Decision(60%) 3
Non-UFC
4win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
4 (100%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Hughes
Serra
20
UFC fights
11
184.9 min · 9.2 avg
Octagon time
136.0 min · 12.4 avg
28y 7m
Career length
28y 4m
UFC schedule strength

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

Hughes
Serra
228W–51L · 81.7%
Overall
151W–41L · 78.6%
165W–39L · 80.9%
Wins
86W–27L · 76.1%
63W–12L · 84.0%
Losses
65W–14L · 82.3%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Hughes
Serra
139W–66L · 67.8%
Overall
0W–0L
114W–62L · 64.8%
Wins
0W–0L
25W–4L · 86.2%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Hughes
Serra
1.72
Landed / min
1.50
32.4%
Accuracy
22.8%
66.4%
Defense
60.0%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.33
22.9%
Time at distance
28.0%
Grappling & control
Hughes
Serra
3.57
Takedowns / 15 min
2.43
51.2%
Takedown accuracy
20.4%
28.6%
Takedown defense
38.5%
1.22
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.10
79.1%
Control share
67.7%
Strike target map
Hughes
  • Head74%(301)div 64%
  • Body23%(92)div 21%
  • Legs4%(15)div 15%
Serra
  • Head50%(91)div 64%
  • Body32%(58)div 21%
  • Legs19%(34)div 15%

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

Matt Hughes
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Matt Serra
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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