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UFC 82: Pride of a Champion
Anderson Silva
Anderson Silva
22-4 · BRA
VS
Dan Henderson
Dan Henderson
21-6 · USA
March 1, 2008 · Columbus, Ohio, USA
Middleweight · 5 rounds · Main event
185.0lb
Weigh-in
184.5lb
Anderson Silva def. Dan Henderson by SUB (Rear Naked Choke), R2 4:52
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Silva4/80/000:00
Henderson9/161/102:53
R2 · 4:52
Silva43/510/002:37
Henderson11/240/200:52
Total
Silva47/590/002:37
Henderson20/401/303:45

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
SilvaWin probabilityHenderson
53.1%46.9%
KO / TKO
44%
Submission
4%
Decision
53%
Expected fight time: 18.5 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Silva53%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO28%52%
Submission3%5%
Decision22%43%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes86 (49112)act 47
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.5)act 0
Henderson47%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO16%34%
Submission1%2%
Decision30%64%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes50 (2866)act 20
Takedowns0.2 (0.01.0)act 1
Combined totals~136 sig strikes~0.4 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R111%
R213%
R311%
R47%
R55%
Distance53%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.7%
Silva
72.9%-277
Henderson
+27726.3%
Most takedownstie 72.0%
Silva
11.3%+148
Henderson
-14816.7%
Significant strikes — over/under
Silva
Expected: 85.9
86
Over 86
42.0%
+136
Exactly 86
0.8%
push
Under 86
57.2%
-136
0108215
Henderson
Expected: 50.5
50.5
Over 50.5
42.5%
+136
Under 50.5
57.5%
-136
064127
Takedowns — over/under
Silva
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
12.9%
Exactly 0
87.1%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Henderson
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
18.2%
Exactly 0
81.8%
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 18.5 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
Silva53.1%56.8%−3.7-143
Henderson46.9%43.2%+3.7+123

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
83.8Striking60.5
Silva +23.4
55.6Grappling57.4
Henderson +1.9
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
SilvaHenderson
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1622
Pound-for-pound
1523
1618
Divisional
1537
1524
Striking offense
1463
1533
Striking defense
1507
1506
Grappling offense
1533
1503
Grappling defense
1544
Physical
32 yrs
Age
37 yrs
6'2"
Height
5'11"
77"
Reach
74"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.83
Strikes landed / min
2.16
82%
Strike accuracy
62%
2.01
Strikes absorbed / min
2.36
61%
Strike defense
31%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.68
Takedowns / 15 min
1.91
50%
Takedown accuracy
58%
44%
Takedown defense
33%
1.4
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.1
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
67%
+5
Win/loss streak
-1
100%
Last-5 win rate
67%
100%
Finish rate
0%
Recent opp. quality
133
Days since last fight
175
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Anderson Silva
  • WRich FranklinKO/TKO R2
    Close -2154mo before
  • WNate MarquardtKO/TKO R1
    Close -1638mo before
  • WTravis LutterSUB R2
    opp missedClose -5001y 1mo before
  • WRich FranklinKO/TKO R1
    Close +1851y 5mo before
  • WChris LebenKO/TKO R1
    Close -2001y 8mo before
Dan Henderson
  • LQuinton JacksonU-DEC R5
    Close -1056mo before
  • WAllan GoesU-DEC R2
    9y 10mo before
  • WCarlos NewtonS-DEC R2
    9y 10mo before
Silva — win / loss by method
Record: 22-4-0

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
15 wins, 0 losses
W
68% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 2 losses
W
9% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 1 loss
W
23% of wins
L
25% of losses
DQ / other
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
25% of losses
UFC
5win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (80%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (20%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
17win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
11 (65%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (6%)Submission(50%) 2
5 (29%)Decision(25%) 1
0 (0%)DQ / other(25%) 1
Henderson — win / loss by method
Record: 21-6-0

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
10 wins, 0 losses
W
48% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
1 win, 2 losses
W
5% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
10 wins, 4 losses
W
48% of wins
L
67% of losses
UFC
2win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (100%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
19win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
10 (53%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (5%)Submission(40%) 2
8 (42%)Decision(60%) 3

Profiles

Experience
Silva
Henderson
5
UFC fights
3
21.9 min · 4.4 avg
Octagon time
55.0 min · 18.3 avg
29y 1m
Career length
29y 1m
UFC schedule strength

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

Silva
Henderson
95W–14L · 87.2%
Overall
33W–7L · 82.5%
95W–14L · 87.2%
Wins
6W–1L · 85.7%
0W–0L
Losses
27W–6L · 81.8%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Silva
Henderson
200W–78L · 71.9%
Overall
288W–83L · 77.6%
174W–64L · 73.1%
Wins
225W–71L · 76.0%
26W–14L · 65.0%
Losses
63W–12L · 84.0%
Distance striking
Silva
Henderson
4.58
Landed / min
0.84
78.3%
Accuracy
33.9%
67.4%
Defense
35.7%
4.79
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.27
35.8%
Time at distance
43.2%
Grappling & control
Silva
Henderson
0.68
Takedowns / 15 min
1.91
50.0%
Takedown accuracy
58.3%
44.4%
Takedown defense
33.3%
1.37
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.09
22.7%
Control share
48.7%
Strike target map
Silva
  • Head59%(63)div 63%
  • Body33%(35)div 20%
  • Legs8%(8)div 17%
Henderson
  • Head58%(69)div 63%
  • Body24%(29)div 20%
  • Legs18%(21)div 17%

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

Anderson Silva
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Dan Henderson
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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