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UFC 84: Ill Will
Lyoto Machida
Lyoto Machida
12-0 · BRA
VS
Tito Ortiz
Tito Ortiz
15-5-1 · USA
May 24, 2008 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Light Heavyweight · 3 rounds
203.0lb
Weigh-in
205.0lb
Lyoto Machida def. Tito Ortiz by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Machida17/241/100:10
Ortiz0/180/200:00
R2
Machida15/180/000:19
Ortiz3/160/200:00
R3
Machida9/180/012:27
Ortiz13/190/300:19
Total
Machida41/601/112:56
Ortiz16/530/700:19

Scorecards

Machida vs Ortiz

RdDouglas CrosbyGlenn TrowbridgeTony WeeksCommunity
R110-910-910-99.8-9.1
R210-910-910-99.9-9.1
R310-910-910-99.7-9.2
Total30-2730-2730-2729.4-27.4

Media (6 cards) · avg 3027.2 · 6 Machida · 0 Ortiz

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Machida-Ortiz.

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
MachidaWin probabilityOrtiz
67.0%33.0%
KO / TKO
31%
Submission
3%
Decision
67%
Expected fight time: 12.7 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Machida67%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO16%23%
Submission2%4%
Decision49%73%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes42 (2455)act 41
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.1)act 1
Ortiz33%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO15%46%
Submission1%2%
Decision17%52%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes24 (1331)act 16
Takedowns1.0 (0.02.8)act 0
Combined totals~66 sig strikes~1.0 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R110%
R210%
R314%
Distance66%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.4%
Machida
73.1%-287
Ortiz
+28725.5%
Most takedownstie 33.2%
Machida
4.9%+1250
Ortiz
-125061.8%
Significant strikes — over/under
Machida
Expected: 42.1
42
Over 42
41.8%
+136
Exactly 42
1.6%
push
Under 42
56.6%
-136
053106
Ortiz
Expected: 24.1
24
Over 24
41.4%
+135
Exactly 24
2.7%
push
Under 24
55.9%
-135
03161
Takedowns — over/under
Machida
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
10.8%
Exactly 0
89.2%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Ortiz
Expected: 1.0
1
Over 1
37.5%
-109
Exactly 1
28.1%
push
Under 1
34.3%
+109
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 12.7 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
Machida67.0%62.6%+4.4-190
Ortiz33.0%37.4%−4.4+155

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
87.5Striking72.7
Machida +14.8
78.9Grappling60.5
Machida +18.4
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
MachidaOrtiz
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1587
Pound-for-pound
1632
1587
Divisional
1574
1502
Striking offense
1478
1540
Striking defense
1548
1508
Grappling offense
1559
1517
Grappling defense
1571
Physical
29 yrs
Age
33 yrs
6'1"
Height
6'3"
74"
Reach
74"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.05
Strikes landed / min
2.48
66%
Strike accuracy
53%
0.74
Strikes absorbed / min
1.57
73%
Strike defense
59%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.66
Takedowns / 15 min
3.39
86%
Takedown accuracy
49%
77%
Takedown defense
65%
1.9
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.3
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
74%
+4
Win/loss streak
0
100%
Last-5 win rate
60%
25%
Finish rate
64%
Recent opp. quality
147
Days since last fight
322
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Lyoto Machida
  • WRameau Thierry SokoudjouSUB R2
    Close -1055mo before
  • WKazuhiro NakamuraU-DEC R3
    Close -2508mo before
  • WDavid HeathU-DEC R3
    Close -3551y 1mo before
  • WSam HogerU-DEC R3
    Close -6001y 4mo before
Tito Ortiz
  • DRashad EvansU-DEC R3
    Close -13311mo before
  • LChuck LiddellKO/TKO R3
    Close +1801y 5mo before
  • WKen ShamrockKO/TKO R1
    Close -8001y 7mo before
  • WKen ShamrockKO/TKO R1
    Close -4801y 11mo before
  • WForrest GriffinS-DEC R3
    Close -3352y 1mo before
Machida — win / loss by method
Record: 12-0-0

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
3 wins, 0 losses
W
25% of wins
L
Submission
2 wins, 0 losses
W
17% of wins
L
Decision
7 wins, 0 losses
W
58% of wins
L
UFC
4win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (25%)Submission() 0
3 (75%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
8win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (38%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (13%)Submission() 0
4 (50%)Decision() 0
Ortiz — win / loss by method
Record: 15-5-1

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
9 wins, 3 losses
W
60% of wins
L
60% of losses
Submission
1 win, 1 loss
W
7% of wins
L
20% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 1 loss
W
33% of wins
L
20% of losses
UFC
14win5loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
8 (57%)KO/TKO(60%) 3
1 (7%)Submission(20%) 1
5 (36%)Decision(20%) 1
Non-UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (100%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Machida
Ortiz
4
UFC fights
20
54.3 min · 13.6 avg
Octagon time
225.9 min · 11.3 avg
23y 3m
Career length
29y 2m
UFC schedule strength

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

Machida
Ortiz
30W–9L · 76.9%
Overall
284W–77L · 78.7%
30W–9L · 76.9%
Wins
212W–55L · 79.4%
0W–0L
Losses
72W–22L · 76.6%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Machida
Ortiz
62W–35L · 63.9%
Overall
0W–1L · 0.0%
62W–35L · 63.9%
Wins
0W–1L · 0.0%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Machida
Ortiz
4.60
Landed / min
2.02
65.8%
Accuracy
33.8%
78.6%
Defense
67.9%
0.83
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.07
40.0%
Time at distance
29.4%
Grappling & control
Machida
Ortiz
1.66
Takedowns / 15 min
3.39
85.7%
Takedown accuracy
49.0%
77.3%
Takedown defense
64.5%
1.93
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.27
90.8%
Control share
78.6%
Strike target map
Machida
  • Head56%(124)div 67%
  • Body23%(51)div 16%
  • Legs20%(45)div 17%
Ortiz
  • Head75%(422)div 67%
  • Body11%(62)div 16%
  • Legs14%(77)div 17%

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

Lyoto Machida
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Tito Ortiz
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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