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UFC 77: Hostile Territory
Tim Sylvia
Tim Sylvia
23-3 · USA
VS
Brandon Vera
Brandon Vera
8-0 · USA
October 20, 2007 · Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Heavyweight · 3 rounds
260.5lb
Weigh-in
225.5lb
Tim Sylvia def. Brandon Vera by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Sylvia26/430/003:19
Vera31/360/000:14
R2
Sylvia10/130/001:41
Vera16/191/102:22
R3
Sylvia32/650/002:39
Vera11/170/000:29
Total
Sylvia68/1210/007:39
Vera58/721/103:05

Scorecards

Sylvia vs Vera

RdDouglas CrosbyJeff MullenMike BarryCommunity
R1---9.7-9.3
R2---9.1-9.9
R3---10-8.9
Total29-2829-2829-2728.8-28.1

Media (2 cards) · avg 2928 · 2 Sylvia · 0 Vera

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Sylvia-Vera.

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
SylviaWin probabilityVera
54.0%46.0%
KO / TKO
56%
Submission
14%
Decision
30%
Expected fight time: 8.8 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Sylvia54%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO30%56%
Submission6%10%
Decision18%34%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes35 (1946)act 68
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.5)act 0
Vera46%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO26%56%
Submission8%18%
Decision12%26%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes28 (1537)act 58
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.8)act 1
Combined totals~63 sig strikes~0.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R127%
R236%
R37%
Distance30%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.7%
Sylvia
58.8%-149
Vera
+14939.5%
Most takedownstie 63.4%
Sylvia
22.9%-167
Vera
+16713.7%
Significant strikes — over/under
Sylvia
Expected: 35.0
35
Over 35
41.6%
+136
Exactly 35
1.9%
push
Under 35
56.5%
-136
04488
Vera
Expected: 28.3
28.5
Over 28.5
42.0%
+138
Under 28.5
58.0%
-138
03671
Takedowns — over/under
Sylvia
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
25.6%
+291
Under 0.5
74.4%
-291
035
Vera
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
16.8%
Exactly 0
83.2%
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 8.8 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
Sylvia54.0%43.8%+10.2+118
Vera46.0%56.2%−10.2-143

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
73.2Striking80.9
Vera +7.7
48.2Grappling27.7
Sylvia +20.5
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
SylviaVera
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1608
Pound-for-pound
1576
1608
Divisional
1576
1525
Striking offense
1514
1510
Striking defense
1515
1491
Grappling offense
1534
1517
Grappling defense
1528
Physical
31 yrs
Age
30 yrs
6'8"
Height
6'3"
80"
Reach
78"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.18
Strikes landed / min
4.27
40%
Strike accuracy
57%
2.33
Strikes absorbed / min
1.84
66%
Strike defense
60%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.14
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
100%
Takedown accuracy
0%
75%
Takedown defense
50%
0.1
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.1
Form & résumé
73%
UFC win rate
100%
-1
Win/loss streak
+4
80%
Last-5 win rate
100%
63%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
231
Days since last fight
336
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Tim Sylvia
  • LRandy CoutureU-DEC R5
    Close -2358mo before
  • WJeff MonsonU-DEC R5
    Close -26011mo before
  • WAndrei ArlovskiU-DEC R5
    Close +2251y 3mo before
  • WAndrei ArlovskiKO/TKO R1
    Close +3351y 6mo before
  • WAssuerio SilvaU-DEC R3
    Close -3251y 9mo before
Brandon Vera
  • WFrank MirKO/TKO R1
    Close -36511mo before
  • WAssuerio SilvaSUB R1
    Close -2401y 5mo before
  • WJustin EilersKO/TKO R1
    Close -2001y 8mo before
  • WFabiano SchernerKO/TKO R2
    2y 1mo before
Sylvia — win / loss by method
Record: 23-3-0

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
16 wins, 0 losses
W
70% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 2 losses
W
9% of wins
L
67% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 1 loss
W
22% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
8win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (63%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(67%) 2
3 (38%)Decision(33%) 1
Non-UFC
15win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
11 (73%)KO/TKO() 0
2 (13%)Submission() 0
2 (13%)Decision() 0
Vera — win / loss by method
Record: 8-0-0

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
6 wins, 0 losses
W
75% of wins
L
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
13% of wins
L
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
13% of wins
L
UFC
4win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (75%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (25%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
4win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (75%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (25%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Sylvia
Vera
11
UFC fights
4
111.1 min · 10.1 avg
Octagon time
13.6 min · 3.4 avg
25y 6m
Career length
24y 1m
UFC schedule strength

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

Sylvia
Vera
122W–36L · 77.2%
Overall
34W–11L · 75.6%
94W–24L · 79.7%
Wins
34W–11L · 75.6%
28W–12L · 70.0%
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Sylvia
Vera
34W–22L · 60.7%
Overall
10W–6L · 62.5%
34W–22L · 60.7%
Wins
10W–6L · 62.5%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Sylvia
Vera
4.75
Landed / min
5.11
34.3%
Accuracy
42.6%
69.5%
Defense
73.5%
0.54
Knockdowns / 15 min
3.31
64.9%
Time at distance
41.8%
Grappling & control
Sylvia
Vera
0.14
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
100.0%
Takedown accuracy
0.0%
75.0%
Takedown defense
50.0%
0.14
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.10
36.0%
Control share
63.1%
Strike target map
Sylvia
  • Head73%(340)div 66%
  • Body11%(50)div 17%
  • Legs16%(74)div 17%
Vera
  • Head40%(23)div 66%
  • Body31%(18)div 17%
  • Legs29%(17)div 17%

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

Tim Sylvia
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Brandon Vera
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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