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UFC Fight Night: Lauzon vs Stephens
Kurt Pellegrino
Kurt Pellegrino
13-4 · USA
VS
Rob Emerson
Rob Emerson
9-6 · USA
February 7, 2009 · Tampa, Florida, USA
Lightweight · 3 rounds
155.0lb
Weigh-in
153.5lb
Kurt Pellegrino def. Rob Emerson by SUB (Rear Naked Choke), R2 3:14
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Pellegrino10/360/200:00
Emerson16/532/500:58
R2 · 3:14
Pellegrino6/221/301:27
Emerson5/240/000:03
Total
Pellegrino16/581/501:27
Emerson21/772/501:01

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
PellegrinoWin probabilityEmerson
64.9%35.1%
KO / TKO
22%
Submission
25%
Decision
52%
Expected fight time: 10.6 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Pellegrino65%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO13%20%
Submission20%31%
Decision32%49%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes29 (1637)act 16
Takedowns1.9 (0.04.5)act 1
Emerson35%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO9%26%
Submission5%15%
Decision21%59%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes27 (1536)act 21
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.5)act 2
Combined totals~56 sig strikes~2.2 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R124%
R217%
R37%
Distance52%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.9%
Pellegrino
51.1%-109
Emerson
+10947.0%
Most takedownstie 21.1%
Pellegrino
68.6%-669
Emerson
+66910.3%
Significant strikes — over/under
Pellegrino
Expected: 28.7
28.5
Over 28.5
42.9%
+133
Under 28.5
57.1%
-133
03672
Emerson
Expected: 27.4
27.5
Over 27.5
42.3%
+136
Under 27.5
57.7%
-136
03569
Takedowns — over/under
Pellegrino
Expected: 1.9
2
Over 2
37.9%
+112
Exactly 2
19.5%
push
Under 2
42.6%
-112
036
Emerson
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
26.3%
+280
Under 0.5
73.7%
-280
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 10.6 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
Pellegrino64.9%66.3%−1.4-221
Emerson35.1%33.7%+1.4+186

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
73.3Striking66.7
Pellegrino +6.6
75.0Grappling37.6
Pellegrino +37.4
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
PellegrinoEmerson
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1543
Pound-for-pound
1528
1554
Divisional
1529
1492
Striking offense
1497
1519
Striking defense
1502
1530
Grappling offense
1489
1498
Grappling defense
1494
Physical
29 yrs
Age
27 yrs
5'8"
Height
5'9"
70"
Reach
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.69
Strikes landed / min
4.17
49%
Strike accuracy
38%
1.55
Strikes absorbed / min
3.69
62%
Strike defense
67%
Grappling (UFC career)
3.67
Takedowns / 15 min
0.72
63%
Takedown accuracy
100%
70%
Takedown defense
0%
1.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.7
Form & résumé
57%
UFC win rate
67%
+1
Win/loss streak
+2
60%
Last-5 win rate
67%
75%
Finish rate
50%
Recent opp. quality
154
Days since last fight
182
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Kurt Pellegrino
  • WThiago TavaresU-DEC R3
    Close +2215mo before
  • LNate DiazSUB R2
    Close +12610mo before
  • WAlberto CraneKO/TKO R2
    Close -3201y 1mo before
  • LJoe StevensonU-DEC R3
    Close +2401y 5mo before
  • WNate MohrSUB R1
    1y 10mo before
Rob Emerson
  • WManvel GamburyanKO/TKO R1
    Close +2916mo before
  • WKeita NakamuraS-DEC R3
    Close +2381y before
Pellegrino — win / loss by method
Record: 13-4-0

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
15% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
8 wins, 3 losses
W
62% of wins
L
75% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 1 loss
W
23% of wins
L
25% of losses
UFC
4win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (25%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (50%)Submission(67%) 2
1 (25%)Decision(33%) 1
Non-UFC
9win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (11%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
6 (67%)Submission(100%) 1
2 (22%)Decision(0%) 0
Emerson — win / loss by method
Record: 9-6-0, 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, 0 losses
W
33% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 0 losses
W
22% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 6 losses
W
44% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
2win0loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
1 (50%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (50%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
7win6loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (29%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (29%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (43%)Decision(100%) 6

Profiles

Experience
Pellegrino
Emerson
7
UFC fights
3
61.4 min · 8.8 avg
Octagon time
20.9 min · 7.0 avg
23y 11m
Career length
24y 1m
UFC schedule strength

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

Pellegrino
Emerson
95W–20L · 82.6%
Overall
24W–4L · 85.7%
32W–7L · 82.1%
Wins
24W–4L · 85.7%
63W–13L · 82.9%
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Pellegrino
Emerson
60W–44L · 57.7%
Overall
124W–72L · 63.3%
51W–39L · 56.7%
Wins
63W–57L · 52.5%
9W–5L · 64.3%
Losses
61W–15L · 80.3%
Distance striking
Pellegrino
Emerson
3.51
Landed / min
5.72
32.4%
Accuracy
37.3%
75.6%
Defense
72.7%
0.49
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.72
27.8%
Time at distance
66.3%
Grappling & control
Pellegrino
Emerson
3.67
Takedowns / 15 min
0.72
62.5%
Takedown accuracy
100.0%
70.0%
Takedown defense
0.0%
0.98
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.72
75.3%
Control share
3.6%
Strike target map
Pellegrino
  • Head81%(134)div 67%
  • Body14%(23)div 18%
  • Legs5%(8)div 15%
Emerson
  • Head57%(50)div 67%
  • Body10%(9)div 18%
  • Legs32%(28)div 15%

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

Kurt Pellegrino
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Rob Emerson
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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