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Pete Sell
Pete Sell
7-4 · USA
VS
Joshua Burkman
Joshua Burkman
18-7 · USA
October 25, 2008 · Rosemont, Illinois, USA
Welterweight · 3 rounds
170.0lb
Weigh-in
171.0lb
Pete Sell def. Joshua Burkman by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Sell3/50/300:06
Burkman22/283/303:27
R2
Sell30/630/300:13
Burkman9/421/200:25
R3
Sell32/551/401:04
Burkman19/420/100:00
Total
Sell65/1231/1001:23
Burkman50/1124/603:52

Scorecards

Sell vs Burkman

RdAnthony BilusKelvin CaldwellRobert HeckoCommunity
R1---9-10
R2---10-9
R3---10-9
Total29-2829-2829-2829-28

Media (3 cards) · avg 2928 · 3 Sell · 0 Burkman

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Sell-Burkman.

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
SellWin probabilityBurkman
49.8%50.2%
KO / TKO
33%
Submission
27%
Decision
39%
Expected fight time: 10.1 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Sell50%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO15%30%
Submission14%28%
Decision21%42%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes33 (1843)act 65
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.2)act 1
Burkman50%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO18%36%
Submission13%27%
Decision19%37%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes32 (1842)act 50
Takedowns0.7 (0.02.5)act 4
Combined totals~65 sig strikes~1.2 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R116%
R237%
R38%
Distance39%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.7%
Sell
51.0%-108
Burkman
+10847.3%
Most takedownstie 45.5%
Sell
23.8%+129
Burkman
-12930.7%
Significant strikes — over/under
Sell
Expected: 33.3
33.5
Over 33.5
42.0%
+138
Under 33.5
58.0%
-138
04284
Burkman
Expected: 31.9
32
Over 32
41.3%
+137
Exactly 32
2.1%
push
Under 32
56.6%
-137
04080
Takedowns — over/under
Sell
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
31.2%
+221
Under 0.5
68.8%
-221
035
Burkman
Expected: 0.7
0.5
Over 0.5
38.3%
+161
Under 0.5
61.7%
-161
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 10.1 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
Sell49.8%33.1%+16.7+193
Burkman50.2%66.9%−16.7-223

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
55.5Striking63.6
Burkman +8.1
47.9Grappling57.3
Burkman +9.5
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
SellBurkman
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1472
Pound-for-pound
1537
1517
Divisional
1534
1487
Striking offense
1484
1485
Striking defense
1518
1506
Grappling offense
1524
1497
Grappling defense
1496
Physical
26 yrs
Age
28 yrs
5'11"
Height
5'10"
75"
Reach
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.16
Strikes landed / min
2.35
38%
Strike accuracy
45%
3.38
Strikes absorbed / min
2.48
53%
Strike defense
55%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.92
Takedowns / 15 min
3.43
38%
Takedown accuracy
37%
53%
Takedown defense
56%
0.9
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.6
Form & résumé
20%
UFC win rate
56%
-4
Win/loss streak
-2
20%
Last-5 win rate
40%
100%
Finish rate
40%
Recent opp. quality
402
Days since last fight
126
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Pete Sell
  • LNate QuarryKO/TKO R3
    Close +1801y 1mo before
  • LThales LeitesU-DEC R3
    Close +2351y 7mo before
  • LScott SmithKO/TKO R2
    1y 11mo before
  • LNate QuarryKO/TKO R1
    3y 3mo before
  • WPhil BaroniSUB R3
    Close +2503y 9mo before
Joshua Burkman
  • LDustin HazelettSUB R2
    Close -1904mo before
  • LMike SwickM-DEC R3
    Close +1669mo before
  • WForrest PetzS-DEC R3
    missedClose -3081y before
  • LKaro ParisyanU-DEC R3
    Close +2601y 5mo before
  • WChad ReinerU-DEC R3
    Close -3501y 9mo before
Sell — win / loss by method
Record: 7-4-0

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
0 wins, 3 losses
W
0% of wins
L
75% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 0 losses
W
43% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 1 loss
W
57% of wins
L
25% of losses
UFC
1win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(75%) 3
1 (100%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(25%) 1
Non-UFC
6win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
2 (33%)Submission() 0
4 (67%)Decision() 0
Burkman — win / loss by method
Record: 18-7-0

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
4 wins, 0 losses
W
22% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
8 wins, 5 losses
W
44% of wins
L
71% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 2 losses
W
33% of wins
L
29% of losses
UFC
5win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (20%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (20%)Submission(50%) 2
3 (60%)Decision(50%) 2
Non-UFC
13win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (23%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
7 (54%)Submission(100%) 3
3 (23%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Sell
Burkman
5
UFC fights
9
49.2 min · 9.8 avg
Octagon time
96.2 min · 10.7 avg
24y 1m
Career length
23y 6m
UFC schedule strength

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

Sell
Burkman
39W–10L · 79.6%
Overall
139W–29L · 82.7%
5W–4L · 55.6%
Wins
91W–17L · 84.3%
34W–6L · 85.0%
Losses
48W–12L · 80.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Sell
Burkman
16W–14L · 53.3%
Overall
104W–21L · 83.2%
16W–14L · 53.3%
Wins
25W–7L · 78.1%
0W–0L
Losses
79W–14L · 84.9%
Distance striking
Sell
Burkman
3.76
Landed / min
3.35
33.8%
Accuracy
32.4%
62.5%
Defense
65.4%
0.31
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.31
43.2%
Time at distance
32.3%
Grappling & control
Sell
Burkman
0.92
Takedowns / 15 min
3.43
37.5%
Takedown accuracy
37.3%
53.3%
Takedown defense
55.6%
0.92
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.62
31.3%
Control share
68.4%
Strike target map
Sell
  • Head69%(73)div 65%
  • Body17%(18)div 20%
  • Legs14%(15)div 15%
Burkman
  • Head52%(118)div 65%
  • Body13%(29)div 20%
  • Legs35%(79)div 15%

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

Pete Sell
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Joshua Burkman
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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