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UFC 87: Seek And Destroy
Rob Emerson
Rob Emerson
8-6 · USA
VS
August 9, 2008 · Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Lightweight · 3 rounds
155.0lb
Weigh-in
155.0lb
Rob Emerson def. Manvel Gamburyan by KO/TKO (Punch), R1 0:12
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 0:12
Emerson3/30/010:03
Gamburyan0/30/000:00
Total
Emerson3/30/010:03
Gamburyan0/30/000:00

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
EmersonWin probabilityGamburyan
50.5%49.5%
KO / TKO
27%
Submission
32%
Decision
42%
Expected fight time: 10.2 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Emerson51%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO15%28%
Submission11%22%
Decision25%50%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes34 (1944)act 3
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.7)act 0
Gamburyan49%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO12%25%
Submission20%41%
Decision17%34%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes25 (1332)act 0
Takedowns1.4 (0.03.8)act 0
Combined totals~58 sig strikes~1.7 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R116%
R235%
R37%
Distance42%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.8%
Emerson
62.6%-176
Gamburyan
+17635.6%
Most takedownstie 31.5%
Emerson
15.2%+351
Gamburyan
-35153.3%
Significant strikes — over/under
Emerson
Expected: 33.6
33.5
Over 33.5
42.6%
+135
Under 33.5
57.4%
-135
04284
Gamburyan
Expected: 24.8
25
Over 25
40.7%
+139
Exactly 25
2.6%
push
Under 25
56.7%
-139
03263
Takedowns — over/under
Emerson
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
28.0%
+257
Under 0.5
72.0%
-257
035
Gamburyan
Expected: 1.4
1.5
Over 1.5
43.5%
+130
Under 1.5
56.5%
-130
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 10.2 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
Emerson50.5%25.1%+25.4+291
Gamburyan49.5%74.9%−25.4-321

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
65.8Striking72.1
Gamburyan +6.2
37.7Grappling86.4
Gamburyan +48.7
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
EmersonGamburyan
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1511
Pound-for-pound
1531
1512
Divisional
1531
Striking offense
Striking defense
Grappling offense
Grappling defense
Physical
27 yrs
Age
27 yrs
5'9"
Height
5'5"
70"
Reach
67"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.07
Strikes landed / min
2.58
38%
Strike accuracy
50%
3.73
Strikes absorbed / min
0.70
66%
Strike defense
50%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.73
Takedowns / 15 min
5.27
100%
Takedown accuracy
25%
0%
Takedown defense
100%
0.7
Sub attempts / 15 min
5.3
Form & résumé
50%
UFC win rate
67%
+1
Win/loss streak
+2
50%
Last-5 win rate
67%
0%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
189
Days since last fight
129
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Rob Emerson
  • WKeita NakamuraS-DEC R3
    Close +2386mo before
Manvel Gamburyan
  • WJeff CoxSUB R1
    Close -6614mo before
  • WNate MohrSUB R1
    Close -4237mo before
  • LNate DiazSUB R2
    Close -1301y 2mo before
Emerson — win / loss by method
Record: 8-6-0, 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
2 wins, 0 losses
W
25% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 0 losses
W
25% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 6 losses
W
50% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
1win0loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (100%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
7win6loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (29%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (29%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (43%)Decision(100%) 6
Gamburyan — win / loss by method
Record: 8-2-0

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
1 win, 0 losses
W
13% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 1 loss
W
75% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
1 win, 1 loss
W
13% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
2win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (100%)Submission(100%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
6win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (17%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
4 (67%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (17%)Decision(100%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Emerson
Gamburyan
2
UFC fights
3
20.6 min · 10.3 avg
Octagon time
8.5 min · 2.8 avg
24y 1m
Career length
27y 6m
UFC schedule strength

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

Emerson
Gamburyan
16W–2L · 88.9%
Overall
22W–9L · 71.0%
16W–2L · 88.9%
Wins
17W–7L · 70.8%
0W–0L
Losses
5W–2L · 71.4%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Emerson
Gamburyan
124W–72L · 63.3%
Overall
28W–6L · 82.4%
63W–57L · 52.5%
Wins
17W–6L · 73.9%
61W–15L · 80.3%
Losses
11W–0L · 100.0%
Distance striking
Emerson
Gamburyan
5.63
Landed / min
5.43
36.7%
Accuracy
44.4%
72.3%
Defense
66.7%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
66.2%
Time at distance
8.6%
Grappling & control
Emerson
Gamburyan
0.73
Takedowns / 15 min
5.27
100.0%
Takedown accuracy
25.0%
0.0%
Takedown defense
100.0%
0.73
Sub attempts / 15 min
5.27
2.8%
Control share
75.1%
Strike target map
Emerson
  • Head56%(47)div 68%
  • Body11%(9)div 18%
  • Legs33%(28)div 14%
Gamburyan
  • Head64%(14)div 68%
  • Body14%(3)div 18%
  • Legs23%(5)div 14%

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

Rob Emerson
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Manvel Gamburyan
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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