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UFC Fight Night: Swick vs Burkman
Mike Swick
Mike Swick
10-2 · USA
VS
Joshua Burkman
Joshua Burkman
18-5 · USA
January 23, 2008 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Welterweight · 3 rounds · Main event
170.0lb
Weigh-in
170.0lb
Mike Swick def. Joshua Burkman by M-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Swick11/190/000:15
Burkman19/311/302:43
R2
Swick23/350/000:51
Burkman7/250/301:19
R3
Swick20/470/000:18
Burkman13/270/401:43
Total
Swick54/1010/001:24
Burkman39/831/1005:45

Scorecards

Swick vs Burkman

RdAdalaide ByrdGlenn TrowbridgeNelson HamiltonCommunity
R1---9-10
R2---9.8-9.2
R3---9.7-9.3
Total29-2829-2829-2928.5-28.5

Media (5 cards) · avg 2928.2 · 4 Swick · 0 Burkman · 1 draw

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Swick-Burkman.

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
SwickWin probabilityBurkman
49.3%50.7%
KO / TKO
22%
Submission
8%
Decision
70%
Expected fight time: 12.5 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Swick49%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO13%27%
Submission4%7%
Decision32%66%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes39 (2251)act 54
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.4)act 0
Burkman51%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO9%17%
Submission5%9%
Decision37%74%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes28 (1536)act 39
Takedowns0.5 (0.01.9)act 1
Combined totals~67 sig strikes~1.1 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R110%
R216%
R34%
Distance70%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.6%
Swick
64.3%-188
Burkman
+18834.2%
Most takedownstie 46.7%
Swick
29.3%-122
Burkman
+12224.0%
Significant strikes — over/under
Swick
Expected: 38.9
39
Over 39
41.5%
+137
Exactly 39
1.7%
push
Under 39
56.8%
-137
04998
Burkman
Expected: 27.8
28
Over 28
40.9%
+139
Exactly 28
2.3%
push
Under 28
56.8%
-139
03570
Takedowns — over/under
Swick
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
36.1%
+177
Under 0.5
63.9%
-177
035
Burkman
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
31.9%
+214
Under 0.5
68.1%
-214
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 12.5 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
Swick49.3%63.8%−14.5-196
Burkman50.7%36.2%+14.5+166

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
61.2Striking62.3
Burkman +1.2
53.6Grappling66.8
Burkman +13.1
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
SwickBurkman
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1574
Pound-for-pound
1570
1515
Divisional
1570
1487
Striking offense
1489
1530
Striking defense
1511
1512
Grappling offense
1526
1508
Grappling defense
1503
Physical
28 yrs
Age
27 yrs
6'1"
Height
5'10"
77"
Reach
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.62
Strikes landed / min
2.14
37%
Strike accuracy
42%
2.08
Strikes absorbed / min
2.41
50%
Strike defense
56%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.28
Takedowns / 15 min
4.20
43%
Takedown accuracy
42%
62%
Takedown defense
59%
0.9
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.8
Form & résumé
83%
UFC win rate
71%
-1
Win/loss streak
+1
80%
Last-5 win rate
60%
80%
Finish rate
40%
Recent opp. quality
291
Days since last fight
95
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Mike Swick
  • LYushin OkamiU-DEC R3
    Close -12510mo before
  • WDavid LoiseauU-DEC R3
    Close -1451y 4mo before
  • WJoe RiggsSUB R1
    Close +1001y 8mo before
  • WSteve VigneaultSUB R1
    Close -5751y 11mo before
  • WGideon RayKO/TKO R1
    2y 6mo before
Joshua Burkman
  • WForrest PetzS-DEC R3
    missedClose -3083mo before
  • LKaro ParisyanU-DEC R3
    Close +2608mo before
  • WChad ReinerU-DEC R3
    Close -3501y before
  • WJosh NeerU-DEC R3
    Close -1601y 7mo before
  • LJon FitchSUB R2
    Close -2401y 10mo before
Swick — win / loss by method
Record: 10-2-0

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
5 wins, 1 loss
W
50% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 0 losses
W
30% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 1 loss
W
20% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
5win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (40%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (40%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (20%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
5win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (60%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
1 (20%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (20%)Decision(0%) 0
Burkman — win / loss by method
Record: 18-5-0

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
4 wins, 0 losses
W
22% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
8 wins, 4 losses
W
44% of wins
L
80% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 1 loss
W
33% of wins
L
20% of losses
UFC
5win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (20%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (20%)Submission(50%) 1
3 (60%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
13win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (23%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
7 (54%)Submission(100%) 3
3 (23%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Swick
Burkman
6
UFC fights
7
35.2 min · 5.9 avg
Octagon time
71.4 min · 10.2 avg
27y 9m
Career length
23y 6m
UFC schedule strength

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

Swick
Burkman
84W–21L · 80.0%
Overall
119W–23L · 83.8%
65W–18L · 78.3%
Wins
91W–17L · 84.3%
19W–3L · 86.4%
Losses
28W–6L · 82.4%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Swick
Burkman
10W–2L · 83.3%
Overall
104W–21L · 83.2%
4W–1L · 80.0%
Wins
25W–7L · 78.1%
6W–1L · 85.7%
Losses
79W–14L · 84.9%
Distance striking
Swick
Burkman
3.26
Landed / min
3.34
25.6%
Accuracy
31.4%
70.3%
Defense
64.3%
0.85
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.42
43.7%
Time at distance
30.2%
Grappling & control
Swick
Burkman
1.28
Takedowns / 15 min
4.20
42.9%
Takedown accuracy
41.7%
61.5%
Takedown defense
58.8%
0.85
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.84
34.2%
Control share
64.7%
Strike target map
Swick
  • Head47%(43)div 66%
  • Body15%(14)div 20%
  • Legs38%(35)div 14%
Burkman
  • Head58%(89)div 66%
  • Body12%(19)div 20%
  • Legs29%(45)div 14%

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

Mike Swick
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Joshua Burkman
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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