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UFC Fight Night: Florian vs Lauzon
Anthony Johnson
Anthony Johnson
4-1 · USA
VS
Tommy Speer
Tommy Speer
11-2 · USA
April 2, 2008 · Broomfield, Colorado, USA
Welterweight · 3 rounds
169.5lb
Weigh-in
170.0lb
Anthony Johnson def. Tommy Speer by KO/TKO (Punches), R1 0:51
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 0:51
Johnson15/250/010:01
Speer0/70/200:00
Total
Johnson15/250/010:01
Speer0/70/200:00

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
JohnsonWin probabilitySpeer
91.3%8.7%
KO / TKO
18%
Submission
53%
Decision
28%
Expected fight time: 7.1 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Johnson91%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO16%18%
Submission48%53%
Decision27%29%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes44 (2558)act 15
Takedowns0.7 (0.02.3)act 0
Speer9%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO2%24%
Submission5%57%
Decision2%19%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes17 (922)act 0
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.9)act 0
Combined totals~61 sig strikes~0.9 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R157%
R28%
R37%
Distance28%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.2%
Johnson
85.2%-626
Speer
+62613.6%
Most takedownstie 30.1%
Johnson
59.2%-557
Speer
+55710.6%
Significant strikes — over/under
Johnson
Expected: 44.2
44
Over 44
42.1%
+134
Exactly 44
1.5%
push
Under 44
56.4%
-134
056111
Speer
Expected: 17.0
17
Over 17
40.7%
+137
Exactly 17
3.7%
push
Under 17
55.6%
-137
02243
Takedowns — over/under
Johnson
Expected: 0.7
0.5
Over 0.5
70.3%
-236
Under 0.5
29.7%
+236
035
Speer
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
24.1%
Exactly 0
75.9%
push
Under 0
0.0%
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 7.1 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
Johnson91.3%31.8%+59.5+200
Speer8.7%68.2%−59.5-250

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
70.0Striking46.8
Johnson +23.2
70.7Grappling13.9
Johnson +56.8
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
JohnsonSpeer
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1507
Pound-for-pound
1515
1508
Divisional
1515
1487
Striking offense
1500
1505
Striking defense
1500
1549
Grappling offense
1500
1536
Grappling defense
1493
Physical
24 yrs
Age
23 yrs
6'2"
Height
5'10"
78"
Reach
71"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.01
Strikes landed / min
1.98
44%
Strike accuracy
57%
1.69
Strikes absorbed / min
4.96
58%
Strike defense
29%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.81
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
50%
Takedown accuracy
50%
Takedown defense
50%
5.4
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
50%
UFC win rate
0%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
50%
Last-5 win rate
0%
100%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
193
Days since last fight
116
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Anthony Johnson
  • LRich ClementiSUB R2
    missedClose -2286mo before
  • WChad ReinerKO/TKO R1
    10mo before
Tommy Speer
  • LMac DanzigSUB R1
    Close +1484mo before
Johnson — win / loss by method
Record: 4-1-0

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
2 wins, 0 losses
W
50% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
100% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 0 losses
W
50% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
1win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (100%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(100%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
3win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (33%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
2 (67%)Decision() 0
Speer — win / loss by method
Record: 11-2-0

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
7 wins, 1 loss
W
64% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 1 loss
W
27% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
9% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 ()Submission(100%) 1
0 ()Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
11win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (64%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
3 (27%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (9%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Johnson
Speer
2
UFC fights
1
8.3 min · 4.2 avg
Octagon time
2.0 min · 2.0 avg
19y 11m
Career length
21y 3m
UFC schedule strength

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

Johnson
Speer
43W–14L · 75.4%
Overall
16W–4L · 80.0%
15W–2L · 88.2%
Wins
0W–0L
28W–12L · 70.0%
Losses
16W–4L · 80.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Johnson
Speer
15W–5L · 75.0%
Overall
38W–34L · 52.8%
15W–5L · 75.0%
Wins
38W–34L · 52.8%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Johnson
Speer
3.80
Landed / min
0.00
28.6%
Accuracy
0.0%
70.8%
Defense
3.61
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
31.7%
Time at distance
2.4%
Grappling & control
Johnson
Speer
1.81
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
50.0%
Takedown accuracy
50.0%
Takedown defense
50.0%
5.42
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
47.2%
Control share
27.5%
Strike target map
Johnson
  • Head72%(18)div 65%
  • Body20%(5)div 20%
  • Legs8%(2)div 15%
Speer
  • Head0%(0)div 65%
  • Body50%(2)div 20%
  • Legs50%(2)div 15%

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

Anthony Johnson
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Tommy Speer
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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