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UFC Fight Night - Fight for the Troops
Steve Bruno
Steve Bruno
11-4 · USA
VS
Johnny Rees
Johnny Rees
10-1 · USA
December 10, 2008 · Fayetteville, North Carolina, USA
Welterweight · 3 rounds
171.0lb
Weigh-in
169.0lb
Steve Bruno def. Johnny Rees by SUB (Rear Naked Choke), R2 3:44
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Bruno7/131/203:04
Rees23/351/301:25
R2 · 3:44
Bruno3/52/401:56
Rees13/170/101:04
Total
Bruno10/183/605:00
Rees36/521/402:29

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
BrunoWin probabilityRees
28.0%72.0%
KO / TKO
16%
Submission
34%
Decision
50%
Expected fight time: 10.4 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Bruno28%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO6%23%
Submission7%25%
Decision15%52%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes50 (2865)act 10
Takedowns0.8 (0.02.3)act 3
Rees72%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO9%13%
Submission27%38%
Decision36%49%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes68 (3989)act 36
Takedowns0.9 (0.02.5)act 1
Combined totals~118 sig strikes~1.7 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R124%
R219%
R37%
Distance50%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.9%
Bruno
35.3%+181
Rees
-18163.8%
Most takedownstie 32.8%
Bruno
29.7%+126
Rees
-12637.5%
Significant strikes — over/under
Bruno
Expected: 49.9
50
Over 50
41.7%
+137
Exactly 50
1.3%
push
Under 50
57.0%
-137
063125
Rees
Expected: 68.1
68
Over 68
42.1%
+135
Exactly 68
1.0%
push
Under 68
56.9%
-135
086171
Takedowns — over/under
Bruno
Expected: 0.8
1
Over 1
35.8%
-237
Exactly 1
49.2%
push
Under 1
15.1%
+237
035
Rees
Expected: 0.9
1
Over 1
40.3%
-419
Exactly 1
50.0%
push
Under 1
9.6%
+419
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 10.4 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
Bruno28.0%50.4%−22.4-112
Rees72.0%49.6%+22.4-108

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
38.2Striking74.7
Rees +36.5
8.5Grappling0.0
Bruno +8.5
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
BrunoRees
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1501
Pound-for-pound
1517
1501
Divisional
1533
1493
Striking offense
1500
1497
Striking defense
1500
1494
Grappling offense
1501
1495
Grappling defense
1493
Physical
27 yrs
Age
26 yrs
5'10"
Height
6'0"
Reach
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
0.33
Strikes landed / min
1.61
28%
Strike accuracy
47%
3.13
Strikes absorbed / min
0.23
35%
Strike defense
67%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
8%
Takedown accuracy
0%
Takedown defense
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
0%
UFC win rate
0%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
0%
Last-5 win rate
0%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
123
Days since last fight
144
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Steve Bruno
  • LChris WilsonU-DEC R3
    Close +2734mo before
Johnny Rees
  • LNate LoughranSUB R1
    Close +1355mo before
Bruno — win / loss by method
Record: 11-4-0

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
6 wins, 1 loss
W
55% of wins
L
25% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 0 losses
W
36% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
1 win, 3 losses
W
9% of wins
L
75% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
11win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (55%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
4 (36%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (9%)Decision(67%) 2
Rees — win / loss by method
Record: 10-1-0

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
2 wins, 0 losses
W
20% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
8 wins, 1 loss
W
80% of wins
L
100% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 ()Submission(100%) 1
0 ()Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
10win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (20%)KO/TKO() 0
8 (80%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Bruno
Rees
1
UFC fights
1
15.0 min · 15.0 avg
Octagon time
4.3 min · 4.3 avg
25y 2m
Career length
20y 9m
UFC schedule strength

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

Bruno
Rees
15W–5L · 75.0%
Overall
8W–0L · 100.0%
0W–0L
Wins
0W–0L
15W–5L · 75.0%
Losses
8W–0L · 100.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Bruno
Rees
66W–33L · 66.7%
Overall
48W–25L · 65.8%
37W–14L · 72.5%
Wins
48W–25L · 65.8%
29W–19L · 60.4%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Bruno
Rees
1.16
Landed / min
8.00
27.8%
Accuracy
33.3%
50.0%
Defense
66.7%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
28.8%
Time at distance
5.7%
Grappling & control
Bruno
Rees
1.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
7.7%
Takedown accuracy
0.0%
Takedown defense
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
11.2%
Control share
100.0%
Strike target map
Bruno
  • Head40%(2)div 65%
  • Body20%(1)div 20%
  • Legs40%(2)div 15%
Rees
  • Head86%(6)div 65%
  • Body14%(1)div 20%
  • Legs0%(0)div 15%

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

Steve Bruno
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Johnny Rees
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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