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UFC 86: Jackson vs Griffin
Patrick Cote
Patrick Cote
12-4 · CAN
VS
Ricardo Almeida
Ricardo Almeida
9-2 · USA
July 5, 2008 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Middleweight · 3 rounds
185.0lb
Weigh-in
185.0lb
Patrick Cote def. Ricardo Almeida by S-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Cote2/40/000:25
Almeida16/231/503:36
R2
Cote11/310/001:00
Almeida3/60/400:43
R3
Cote11/290/000:21
Almeida7/331/200:37
Total
Cote24/640/001:46
Almeida26/622/1104:56

Scorecards

Cote vs Almeida

RdGlenn TrowbridgePatricia Morse JarmanTony WeeksCommunity
R1---9.2-9.8
R2---9.8-9.2
R3---10-9
Total28-2929-2829-2829-28

Media (6 cards) · avg 2928 · 6 Cote · 0 Almeida

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Cote-Almeida.

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
CoteWin probabilityAlmeida
33.3%66.7%
KO / TKO
18%
Submission
32%
Decision
51%
Expected fight time: 10.0 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Cote33%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO11%33%
Submission8%23%
Decision14%44%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes25 (1433)act 24
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.0)act 0
Almeida67%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO7%10%
Submission24%36%
Decision36%54%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes29 (1637)act 26
Takedowns1.2 (0.03.4)act 2
Combined totals~54 sig strikes~1.3 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R135%
R25%
R39%
Distance51%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 2.0%
Cote
43.2%+127
Almeida
-12754.8%
Most takedownstie 32.7%
Cote
3.6%+1774
Almeida
-177463.7%
Significant strikes — over/under
Cote
Expected: 25.2
25
Over 25
41.8%
+133
Exactly 25
2.6%
push
Under 25
55.6%
-133
03264
Almeida
Expected: 28.7
28.5
Over 28.5
43.0%
+133
Under 28.5
57.0%
-133
03672
Takedowns — over/under
Cote
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
7.8%
Exactly 0
92.2%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Almeida
Expected: 1.2
1
Over 1
42.5%
-126
Exactly 1
23.8%
push
Under 1
33.7%
+126
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 10.0 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
Cote33.3%45.9%−12.6+109
Almeida66.7%54.1%+12.6-129

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.

Trait web
69.1Striking68.7
Cote +0.5
33.1Grappling52.9
Almeida +19.8
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
CoteAlmeida
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1516
Pound-for-pound
1508
1525
Divisional
1521
1512
Striking offense
1486
1527
Striking defense
1505
1490
Grappling offense
1530
1490
Grappling defense
1517
Physical
28 yrs
Age
31 yrs
5'11"
Height
6'0"
75"
Reach
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.38
Strikes landed / min
1.09
54%
Strike accuracy
46%
2.02
Strikes absorbed / min
1.13
54%
Strike defense
68%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.45
Takedowns / 15 min
1.69
25%
Takedown accuracy
43%
60%
Takedown defense
0%
0.2
Sub attempts / 15 min
3.9
Form & résumé
43%
UFC win rate
50%
+3
Win/loss streak
+1
60%
Last-5 win rate
50%
67%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
164
Days since last fight
154
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Patrick Cote
  • WDrew McFedriesKO/TKO R1
    Close -1415mo before
  • WKendall GroveKO/TKO R1
    Close +22510mo before
  • WScott SmithU-DEC R3
    Close -1501y 5mo before
  • LTravis LutterSUB R1
    Close +1301y 8mo before
  • LChris LebenS-DEC R3
    2y 11mo before
Ricardo Almeida
  • WRob YundtSUB R1
    5mo before
  • LAndrei SemenovKO/TKO R2
    6y 6mo before
  • WEugene JacksonSUB R1
    Close -2006y 9mo before
  • LMatt LindlandDQ R3
    7y 2mo before
Cote — win / loss by method
Record: 12-4-0

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, 0 losses
W
50% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 2 losses
W
25% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 2 losses
W
25% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
3win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (67%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(50%) 2
1 (33%)Decision(50%) 2
Non-UFC
9win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (44%)KO/TKO() 0
3 (33%)Submission() 0
2 (22%)Decision() 0
Almeida — win / loss by method
Record: 9-2-0

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
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 0 losses
W
44% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 0 losses
W
56% of wins
L
0% of losses
DQ / other
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
2win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
2 (100%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
0 (0%)DQ / other(50%) 1
Non-UFC
7win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
2 (29%)Submission() 0
5 (71%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Cote
Almeida
7
UFC fights
4
66.4 min · 9.5 avg
Octagon time
26.6 min · 6.7 avg
23y 9m
Career length
25y 7m
UFC schedule strength

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

Cote
Almeida
83W–22L · 79.0%
Overall
41W–7L · 85.4%
25W–7L · 78.1%
Wins
17W–5L · 77.3%
58W–15L · 79.5%
Losses
24W–2L · 92.3%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Cote
Almeida
78W–33L · 70.3%
Overall
86W–51L · 62.8%
78W–33L · 70.3%
Wins
86W–51L · 62.8%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Cote
Almeida
4.48
Landed / min
3.34
45.1%
Accuracy
38.8%
66.7%
Defense
83.0%
0.90
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
23.2%
Time at distance
21.4%
Grappling & control
Cote
Almeida
0.45
Takedowns / 15 min
1.69
25.0%
Takedown accuracy
42.9%
60.0%
Takedown defense
0.0%
0.23
Sub attempts / 15 min
3.95
27.0%
Control share
21.4%
Strike target map
Cote
  • Head69%(109)div 62%
  • Body13%(21)div 20%
  • Legs18%(28)div 18%
Almeida
  • Head48%(14)div 62%
  • Body17%(5)div 20%
  • Legs34%(10)div 18%

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

Patrick Cote
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Ricardo Almeida
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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