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The Ultimate Fighter: Team Nogueira vs. Team Mir Finale
Rolando Delgado
Rolando Delgado
7-3-1 · USA
VS
John Polakowski
John Polakowski
2-1 · USA
December 13, 2008 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Lightweight · 3 rounds
155.0lb
Weigh-in
152.0lb
Rolando Delgado def. John Polakowski by SUB (Guillotine Choke), R2 2:18
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Delgado15/240/112:53
Polakowski0/160/000:08
R2 · 2:18
Delgado0/31/301:12
Polakowski1/70/000:13
Total
Delgado15/271/414:05
Polakowski1/230/000:21

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
DelgadoWin probabilityPolakowski
62.0%38.0%
KO / TKO
25%
Submission
24%
Decision
51%
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 Delgado, blue toward Polakowski. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Delgado62%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO15%25%
Submission18%28%
Decision29%47%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes43 (2456)act 15
Takedowns1.6 (0.13.6)act 1
Polakowski38%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO10%25%
Submission6%17%
Decision22%58%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes37 (2148)act 1
Takedowns0.2 (0.01.2)act 0
Combined totals~80 sig strikes~1.8 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R123%
R218%
R38%
Distance51%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.4%
Delgado
56.4%-134
Polakowski
+13442.2%
Most takedownstie 12.9%
Delgado
80.1%-1137
Polakowski
+11377.0%
Significant strikes — over/under
Delgado
Expected: 43.1
43
Over 43
41.9%
+135
Exactly 43
1.5%
push
Under 43
56.5%
-135
054108
Polakowski
Expected: 37.0
37
Over 37
41.5%
+136
Exactly 37
1.8%
push
Under 37
56.7%
-136
04793
Takedowns — over/under
Delgado
Expected: 1.6
1.5
Over 1.5
57.6%
-136
Under 1.5
42.4%
+136
035
Polakowski
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
25.9%
Exactly 0
74.1%
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 10.6 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
Delgado62.0%45.9%+16.1+109
Polakowski38.0%54.1%−16.1-129

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.

Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1504
Pound-for-pound
1504
1504
Divisional
1504
1500
Striking offense
1500
1500
Striking defense
1500
1500
Grappling offense
1500
1500
Grappling defense
1500
Physical
27 yrs
Age
27 yrs
6'3"
Height
5'10"
77"
Reach
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
Strikes landed / min
Strike accuracy
Strikes absorbed / min
Strike defense
Grappling (UFC career)
Takedowns / 15 min
Takedown accuracy
Takedown defense
Sub attempts / 15 min
Form & résumé
UFC win rate
Win/loss streak
Last-5 win rate
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
Days since last fight
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Rolando Delgado
No prior UFC fights.
John Polakowski
No prior UFC fights.
Delgado — win / loss by method
Record: 7-3-1

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
29% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 0 losses
W
57% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
1 win, 2 losses
W
14% of wins
L
67% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
7win3loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (29%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
4 (57%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (14%)Decision(67%) 2
Polakowski — win / loss by method
Record: 2-1-0

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
1 win, 0 losses
W
50% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
1 win, 1 loss
W
50% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
2win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (50%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (50%)Decision(100%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Delgado
Polakowski
0
UFC fights
0
Octagon time
Career length
UFC schedule strength

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

Delgado
Polakowski
Overall
Wins
Losses
Non-UFC schedule strength
Delgado
Polakowski
39W–20L · 66.1%
Overall
12W–10L · 54.5%
25W–14L · 64.1%
Wins
10W–9L · 52.6%
14W–6L · 70.0%
Losses
2W–1L · 66.7%
Distance striking
Delgado
Polakowski
Landed / min
Accuracy
Defense
Knockdowns / 15 min
Time at distance
Grappling & control
Delgado
Polakowski
Takedowns / 15 min
Takedown accuracy
Takedown defense
Sub attempts / 15 min
Control share
Strike target map
Delgado
  • Head0%(0)div 67%
  • Body0%(0)div 18%
  • Legs0%(0)div 15%
  • No strike data on record.
Polakowski
  • Head0%(0)div 67%
  • Body0%(0)div 18%
  • Legs0%(0)div 15%
  • No strike data on record.

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

Rolando Delgado

No UFC fights on record.

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

John Polakowski

No UFC fights on record.

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