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Brad Blackburn
Brad Blackburn
15-9-1 · USA
VS
James Giboo
James Giboo
12-2 · USA
July 19, 2008 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Welterweight · 3 rounds
170.0lb
Weigh-in
170.0lb
Brad Blackburn def. James Giboo by KO/TKO (Punches), R2 2:29
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Blackburn27/500/012:52
Giboo6/210/500:28
R2 · 2:29
Blackburn26/370/030:45
Giboo3/120/100:00
Total
Blackburn53/870/043:37
Giboo9/330/600:28

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
BlackburnWin probabilityGiboo
65.2%34.8%
KO / TKO
26%
Submission
11%
Decision
63%
Expected fight time: 11.6 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Blackburn65%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO18%28%
Submission5%8%
Decision42%64%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes82 (47106)act 53
Takedowns0.8 (0.02.3)act 0
Giboo35%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO8%23%
Submission6%16%
Decision21%61%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes58 (3375)act 9
Takedowns0.8 (0.02.5)act 0
Combined totals~139 sig strikes~1.6 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R119%
R211%
R37%
Distance63%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.8%
Blackburn
65.5%-194
Giboo
+19433.7%
Most takedownstie 26.1%
Blackburn
42.2%-133
Giboo
+13331.7%
Significant strikes — over/under
Blackburn
Expected: 81.8
82
Over 82
41.9%
+137
Exactly 82
0.8%
push
Under 82
57.3%
-137
0103205
Giboo
Expected: 57.7
57.5
Over 57.5
42.7%
+134
Under 57.5
57.3%
-134
073145
Takedowns — over/under
Blackburn
Expected: 0.8
1
Over 1
34.1%
-158
Exactly 1
44.2%
push
Under 1
21.6%
+158
035
Giboo
Expected: 0.8
1
Over 1
32.6%
+115
Exactly 1
30.0%
push
Under 1
37.4%
-115
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 11.6 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
Blackburn65.2%67.0%−1.8-238
Giboo34.8%33.0%+1.8+188

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)
1492
Pound-for-pound
1527
1492
Divisional
1527
1500
Striking offense
1482
1500
Striking defense
1500
1500
Grappling offense
1561
1500
Grappling defense
1558
Physical
31 yrs
Age
30 yrs
5'10"
Height
5'11"
73"
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)
Brad Blackburn
No prior UFC fights.
James Giboo
No prior UFC fights.
Blackburn — win / loss by method
Record: 15-9-1, 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
8 wins, 2 losses
W
53% of wins
L
22% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 1 loss
W
27% of wins
L
11% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 6 losses
W
20% of wins
L
67% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
15win9loss1draw1NC
WinsLosses
8 (53%)KO/TKO(22%) 2
4 (27%)Submission(11%) 1
3 (20%)Decision(67%) 6
Giboo — win / loss by method
Record: 12-2-0

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
4 wins, 1 loss
W
33% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
8 wins, 1 loss
W
67% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
12win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (33%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
8 (67%)Submission(50%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Blackburn
Giboo
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.

Blackburn
Giboo
Overall
Wins
Losses
Non-UFC schedule strength
Blackburn
Giboo
118W–56L · 67.8%
Overall
52W–40L · 56.5%
63W–31L · 67.0%
Wins
22W–30L · 42.3%
55W–25L · 68.8%
Losses
30W–10L · 75.0%
Distance striking
Blackburn
Giboo
Landed / min
Accuracy
Defense
Knockdowns / 15 min
Time at distance
Grappling & control
Blackburn
Giboo
Takedowns / 15 min
Takedown accuracy
Takedown defense
Sub attempts / 15 min
Control share
Strike target map
Blackburn
  • Head0%(0)div 66%
  • Body0%(0)div 20%
  • Legs0%(0)div 14%
  • No strike data on record.
Giboo
  • Head0%(0)div 66%
  • Body0%(0)div 20%
  • Legs0%(0)div 14%
  • No strike data on record.

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

Brad Blackburn

No UFC fights on record.

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

James Giboo

No UFC fights on record.

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