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UFC 82: Pride of a Champion
Jorge Gurgel
Jorge Gurgel
11-3 · USA
VS
John Halverson
John Halverson
16-5 · USA
March 1, 2008 · Columbus, Ohio, USA
Lightweight · 3 rounds
154.5lb
Weigh-in
155.0lb
Jorge Gurgel def. John Halverson by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Gurgel23/420/101:35
Halverson12/370/000:12
R2
Gurgel28/440/103:51
Halverson3/120/000:21
R3
Gurgel17/511/303:15
Halverson29/530/000:28
Total
Gurgel68/1371/508:41
Halverson44/1020/001:01

Scorecards

Gurgel vs Halverson

RdJeff MullenNelson HamiltonTodd AgostaCommunity
R1---9.7-9.3
R2---10-9
R3---9.7-9.3
Total29-2830-2729-2829.4-27.6

Media (3 cards) · avg 29.327.7 · 3 Gurgel · 0 Halverson

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Gurgel-Halverson.

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
GurgelWin probabilityHalverson
89.3%10.7%
KO / TKO
25%
Submission
15%
Decision
60%
Expected fight time: 11.2 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Gurgel89%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO19%21%
Submission14%16%
Decision56%63%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes62 (3581)act 68
Takedowns1.4 (0.03.3)act 1
Halverson11%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO6%56%
Submission1%8%
Decision4%36%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes52 (2967)act 44
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.5)act 0
Combined totals~114 sig strikes~1.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R122%
R213%
R35%
Distance60%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.0%
Gurgel
58.1%-142
Halverson
+14240.9%
Most takedownstie 13.6%
Gurgel
82.5%-2100
Halverson
+21003.9%
Significant strikes — over/under
Gurgel
Expected: 62.4
62.5
Over 62.5
42.4%
+136
Under 62.5
57.6%
-136
079157
Halverson
Expected: 51.9
52
Over 52
41.7%
+137
Exactly 52
1.3%
push
Under 52
57.0%
-137
065130
Takedowns — over/under
Gurgel
Expected: 1.4
1.5
Over 1.5
52.3%
-110
Under 1.5
47.7%
+110
035
Halverson
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
15.4%
Exactly 0
84.6%
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 11.2 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
Gurgel89.3%61.6%+27.7-180
Halverson10.7%38.4%−27.7+150

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
58.3Striking43.7
Gurgel +14.7
26.7Grappling0.0
Gurgel +26.7
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
GurgelHalverson
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1520
Pound-for-pound
1503
1520
Divisional
1503
1477
Striking offense
1500
1501
Striking defense
1500
1504
Grappling offense
1488
1535
Grappling defense
1489
Physical
31 yrs
Age
35 yrs
5'7"
Height
5'9"
69"
Reach
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
2.73
Strikes landed / min
3.16
27%
Strike accuracy
50%
3.20
Strikes absorbed / min
41.05
65%
Strike defense
28%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.25
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
8%
Takedown accuracy
67%
Takedown defense
0%
0.3
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
50%
UFC win rate
0%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
50%
Last-5 win rate
0%
0%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
133
Days since last fight
392
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Jorge Gurgel
  • LAlvin RobinsonU-DEC R3
    Close -1604mo before
  • WDiego SaraivaU-DEC R3
    Close -2208mo before
  • WDanny AbbadiS-DEC R3
    Close -5501y 5mo before
  • LMark HominickU-DEC R3
    Close +1201y 8mo before
John Halverson
  • LRoger HuertaKO/TKO R1
    Close +6001y 1mo before
Gurgel — win / loss by method
Record: 11-3-0

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, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
9 wins, 1 loss
W
82% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 2 losses
W
18% of wins
L
67% of losses
UFC
2win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (100%)Decision(100%) 2
Non-UFC
9win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
9 (100%)Submission(100%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Halverson — win / loss by method
Record: 16-5-0, 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
10 wins, 2 losses
W
63% of wins
L
40% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 2 losses
W
31% of wins
L
40% of losses
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
6% of wins
L
0% of losses
DQ / other
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
20% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
16win4loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
10 (63%)KO/TKO(25%) 1
5 (31%)Submission(50%) 2
1 (6%)Decision(0%) 0
0 (0%)DQ / other(25%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Gurgel
Halverson
4
UFC fights
1
60.0 min · 15.0 avg
Octagon time
0.3 min · 0.3 avg
24y 4m
Career length
23y 9m
UFC schedule strength

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

Gurgel
Halverson
29W–15L · 65.9%
Overall
15W–1L · 93.8%
11W–8L · 57.9%
Wins
0W–0L
18W–7L · 72.0%
Losses
15W–1L · 93.8%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Gurgel
Halverson
45W–18L · 71.4%
Overall
52W–111L · 31.9%
41W–17L · 70.7%
Wins
32W–88L · 26.7%
4W–1L · 80.0%
Losses
20W–23L · 46.5%
Distance striking
Gurgel
Halverson
3.56
Landed / min
8.57
23.4%
Accuracy
50.0%
69.9%
Defense
100.0%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
56.1%
Time at distance
36.8%
Grappling & control
Gurgel
Halverson
0.25
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
8.3%
Takedown accuracy
66.7%
Takedown defense
0.0%
0.25
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
56.9%
Control share
0.0%
Strike target map
Gurgel
  • Head75%(123)div 68%
  • Body7%(11)div 19%
  • Legs18%(30)div 14%
Halverson
  • Head0%(0)div 68%
  • Body100%(1)div 19%
  • Legs0%(0)div 14%

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

Jorge Gurgel
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

John Halverson
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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