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The Ultimate Fighter: Team Nogueira vs. Team Mir Finale
Anthony Johnson
Anthony Johnson
5-2 · USA
VS
Kevin Burns
Kevin Burns
7-1 · USA
December 13, 2008 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Welterweight · 3 rounds
171.0lb
Weigh-in
171.0lb
Anthony Johnson def. Kevin Burns by KO/TKO (Kick), R3 0:28
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Johnson20/352/203:15
Burns13/350/000:00
R2
Johnson8/191/104:12
Burns3/60/000:01
R3 · 0:28
Johnson7/100/010:00
Burns1/40/000:00
Total
Johnson35/643/317:27
Burns17/450/000:01

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
JohnsonWin probabilityBurns
92.8%7.2%
KO / TKO
33%
Submission
37%
Decision
30%
Expected fight time: 8.1 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Johnson93%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO31%34%
Submission33%35%
Decision29%31%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes47 (2762)act 35
Takedowns1.1 (0.02.9)act 3
Burns7%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO2%26%
Submission4%55%
Decision1%19%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes19 (1025)act 17
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.7)act 0
Combined totals~67 sig strikes~1.2 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R145%
R213%
R312%
Distance30%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.1%
Johnson
84.1%-568
Burns
+56814.8%
Most takedownstie 27.4%
Johnson
65.0%-858
Burns
+8587.6%
Significant strikes — over/under
Johnson
Expected: 47.3
47.5
Over 47.5
42.3%
+137
Under 47.5
57.7%
-137
060119
Burns
Expected: 19.2
19
Over 19
41.4%
+134
Exactly 19
3.4%
push
Under 19
55.3%
-134
02448
Takedowns — over/under
Johnson
Expected: 1.1
1
Over 1
41.4%
-150
Exactly 1
30.9%
push
Under 1
27.7%
+150
035
Burns
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
18.4%
Exactly 0
81.6%
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 8.1 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
Johnson92.8%72.7%+20.1-350
Burns7.2%27.3%−20.1+243

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
74.6Striking60.1
Johnson +14.6
91.8Grappling19.9
Johnson +71.8
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
JohnsonBurns
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1507
Pound-for-pound
1543
1508
Divisional
1543
1502
Striking offense
1508
1505
Striking defense
1503
1535
Grappling offense
1499
1533
Grappling defense
1493
Physical
24 yrs
Age
28 yrs
6'2"
Height
5'10"
78"
Reach
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.00
Strikes landed / min
2.01
51%
Strike accuracy
47%
2.24
Strikes absorbed / min
2.81
59%
Strike defense
51%
Grappling (UFC career)
3.96
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
75%
Takedown accuracy
0%
80%
Takedown defense
42%
2.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.7
Form & résumé
50%
UFC win rate
100%
-1
Win/loss streak
+2
50%
Last-5 win rate
100%
100%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
147
Days since last fight
147
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Anthony Johnson
  • LKevin BurnsKO/TKO R3
    Close -2635mo before
  • WTommy SpeerKO/TKO R1
    Close +2008mo before
  • LRich ClementiSUB R2
    missedClose -2281y 3mo before
  • WChad ReinerKO/TKO R1
    1y 6mo before
Kevin Burns
  • WAnthony JohnsonKO/TKO R3
    Close +2135mo before
  • WRoan CarneiroSUB R2
    Close +3756mo before
Johnson — 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
3 wins, 1 loss
W
60% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 0 losses
W
40% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
2win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (100%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(50%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
3win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (33%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
2 (67%)Decision() 0
Burns — win / loss by method
Record: 7-1-0

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, 1 loss
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
2win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (50%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (50%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
5win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (40%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
3 (60%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Johnson
Burns
4
UFC fights
2
22.7 min · 5.7 avg
Octagon time
22.4 min · 11.2 avg
19y 11m
Career length
19y 11m
UFC schedule strength

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

Johnson
Burns
60W–17L · 77.9%
Overall
17W–5L · 77.3%
26W–4L · 86.7%
Wins
17W–5L · 77.3%
34W–13L · 72.3%
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Johnson
Burns
15W–5L · 75.0%
Overall
41W–15L · 73.2%
15W–5L · 75.0%
Wins
38W–15L · 71.7%
0W–0L
Losses
3W–0L · 100.0%
Distance striking
Johnson
Burns
5.96
Landed / min
4.69
41.6%
Accuracy
38.7%
67.0%
Defense
55.1%
1.98
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
38.4%
Time at distance
27.6%
Grappling & control
Johnson
Burns
3.96
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
75.0%
Takedown accuracy
0.0%
80.0%
Takedown defense
41.7%
1.98
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.67
75.5%
Control share
7.9%
Strike target map
Johnson
  • Head65%(59)div 65%
  • Body22%(20)div 20%
  • Legs13%(12)div 15%
Burns
  • Head42%(19)div 65%
  • Body20%(9)div 20%
  • Legs38%(17)div 15%

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

Anthony Johnson
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.