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UFC Fight Night: Swick vs Burkman
Matt Wiman
Matt Wiman
8-3 · USA
VS
Justin Buchholz
Justin Buchholz
8-1 · USA
January 23, 2008 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Lightweight · 3 rounds
155.0lb
Weigh-in
155.0lb
Matt Wiman def. Justin Buchholz by SUB (Rear Naked Choke), R1 2:56
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 2:56
Wiman6/91/102:40
Buchholz3/100/000:00
Total
Wiman6/91/102:40
Buchholz3/100/000:00

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
WimanWin probabilityBuchholz
47.3%52.7%
KO / TKO
18%
Submission
69%
Decision
13%
Expected fight time: 5.0 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Wiman47%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO8%17%
Submission30%63%
Decision9%20%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes19 (1025)act 6
Takedowns0.7 (0.02.3)act 1
Buchholz53%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO10%19%
Submission39%74%
Decision4%7%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes17 (922)act 3
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.7)act 0
Combined totals~36 sig strikes~0.8 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R175%
R26%
R36%
Distance13%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 2.9%
Wiman
54.5%-128
Buchholz
+12842.6%
Most takedownstie 38.0%
Wiman
52.1%-531
Buchholz
+5319.8%
Significant strikes — over/under
Wiman
Expected: 19.4
19.5
Over 19.5
42.1%
+137
Under 19.5
57.9%
-137
02549
Buchholz
Expected: 16.9
17
Over 17
40.4%
+138
Exactly 17
3.7%
push
Under 17
55.8%
-138
02243
Takedowns — over/under
Wiman
Expected: 0.7
0.5
Over 0.5
58.9%
-143
Under 0.5
41.1%
+143
035
Buchholz
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
18.5%
Exactly 0
81.5%
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 5.0 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
Wiman47.3%66.9%−19.6-223
Buchholz52.7%33.1%+19.6+193

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
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
WimanBuchholz
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1524
Pound-for-pound
1520
1523
Divisional
1520
Striking offense
Striking defense
1516
Grappling offense
1500
1503
Grappling defense
1500
Physical
24 yrs
Age
24 yrs
5'10"
Height
6'0"
68"
Reach
73"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.77
Strikes landed / min
56%
Strike accuracy
2.56
Strikes absorbed / min
43%
Strike defense
Grappling (UFC career)
3.77
Takedowns / 15 min
55%
Takedown accuracy
50%
Takedown defense
2.5
Sub attempts / 15 min
Form & résumé
67%
UFC win rate
+2
Win/loss streak
67%
Last-5 win rate
50%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
123
Days since last fight
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Matt Wiman
  • WMichihiro OmigawaU-DEC R3
    Close -2934mo before
  • WBrian GeraghtyKO/TKO R1
    Close -4507mo before
  • LSpencer FisherKO/TKO R2
    1y 8mo before
Justin Buchholz
No prior UFC fights.
Wiman — win / loss by method
Record: 8-3-0

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
3 wins, 1 loss
W
38% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 0 losses
W
25% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 2 losses
W
38% of wins
L
67% of losses
UFC
2win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (50%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (50%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
6win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (33%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (33%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (33%)Decision(100%) 2
Buchholz — win / loss by method
Record: 8-1-0

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
4 wins, 1 loss
W
50% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 0 losses
W
38% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
DQ / other
1 win, 0 losses
W
13% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
8win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (50%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
3 (38%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
1 (13%)DQ / other(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Wiman
Buchholz
3
UFC fights
0
23.9 min · 8.0 avg
Octagon time
21y 11m
Career length
UFC schedule strength

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

Wiman
Buchholz
38W–16L · 70.4%
Overall
21W–14L · 60.0%
Wins
17W–2L · 89.5%
Losses
Non-UFC schedule strength
Wiman
Buchholz
25W–5L · 83.3%
Overall
20W–15L · 57.1%
1W–1L · 50.0%
Wins
16W–12L · 57.1%
24W–4L · 85.7%
Losses
4W–3L · 57.1%
Distance striking
Wiman
Buchholz
7.24
Landed / min
36.4%
Accuracy
59.4%
Defense
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
6.9%
Time at distance
Grappling & control
Wiman
Buchholz
3.77
Takedowns / 15 min
54.5%
Takedown accuracy
50.0%
Takedown defense
2.51
Sub attempts / 15 min
81.4%
Control share
Strike target map
Wiman
  • Head88%(79)div 67%
  • Body6%(5)div 19%
  • Legs7%(6)div 14%
Buchholz
  • Head0%(0)div 67%
  • Body0%(0)div 19%
  • Legs0%(0)div 14%
  • No strike data on record.

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

Matt Wiman
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Justin Buchholz

No UFC fights on record.

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