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UFC 77: Hostile Territory
Matt Grice
Matt Grice
9-1 · USA
VS
Jason Black
Jason Black
23-3-1 · USA
October 20, 2007 · Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Lightweight · 3 rounds
155.0lb
Weigh-in
156.0lb
Matt Grice def. Jason Black by S-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Grice7/171/104:36
Black3/40/000:00
R2
Grice16/261/113:49
Black5/90/000:19
R3
Grice21/301/104:17
Black2/70/100:17
Total
Grice44/733/3112:42
Black10/200/100:36

Scorecards

Grice vs Black

RdJeff MullenJohn KloockNelson HamiltonCommunity
R1---9.8-9.2
R2---9.2-9.8
R3---10-9
Total29-2828-2929-2829-28

Media (2 cards) · avg 2928.5 · 1 Grice · 0 Black · 1 draw

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Grice-Black.

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
GriceWin probabilityBlack
68.3%31.7%
KO / TKO
20%
Submission
41%
Decision
39%
Expected fight time: 8.5 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Grice68%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO15%22%
Submission25%36%
Decision28%42%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes42 (2455)act 44
Takedowns1.4 (0.13.3)act 3
Black32%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO5%15%
Submission16%50%
Decision11%35%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes28 (1536)act 10
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.8)act 0
Combined totals~70 sig strikes~1.6 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R145%
R29%
R37%
Distance39%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.4%
Grice
68.0%-222
Black
+22230.6%
Most takedownstie 12.5%
Grice
82.5%-1659
Black
+16595.0%
Significant strikes — over/under
Grice
Expected: 42.2
42
Over 42
42.1%
+134
Exactly 42
1.6%
push
Under 42
56.4%
-134
053106
Black
Expected: 27.6
27.5
Over 27.5
42.8%
+134
Under 27.5
57.2%
-134
03570
Takedowns — over/under
Grice
Expected: 1.4
1.5
Over 1.5
54.1%
-118
Under 1.5
45.9%
+118
035
Black
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
22.9%
Exactly 0
77.1%
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 8.5 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
Grice68.3%26.3%+42.0+253
Black31.7%73.7%−42.0-383

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
83.6Striking34.1
Grice +49.5
40.6Grappling38.9
Grice +1.7
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
GriceBlack
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1514
Pound-for-pound
1541
1514
Divisional
1541
1473
Striking offense
1488
1497
Striking defense
1506
1556
Grappling offense
1501
1542
Grappling defense
1493
Physical
26 yrs
Age
35 yrs
5'8"
Height
5'8"
70"
Reach
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
5.42
Strikes landed / min
0.00
68%
Strike accuracy
0%
1.04
Strikes absorbed / min
1.41
44%
Strike defense
39%
Grappling (UFC career)
3.13
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
100%
Takedown accuracy
Takedown defense
50%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
3.8
Form & résumé
0%
UFC win rate
0%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
0%
Last-5 win rate
0%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
182
Days since last fight
130
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Matt Grice
  • LTerry EtimSUB R1
    Close -1106mo before
Jason Black
  • LThiago TavaresSUB R2
    Close -1354mo before
Grice — win / loss by method
Record: 9-1-0

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
6 wins, 0 losses
W
67% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
1 win, 1 loss
W
11% of wins
L
100% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 0 losses
W
22% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 ()Submission(100%) 1
0 ()Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
9win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (67%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (11%)Submission() 0
2 (22%)Decision() 0
Black — win / loss by method
Record: 23-3-1

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, 1 loss
W
26% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
9 wins, 2 losses
W
39% of wins
L
67% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 0 losses
W
17% of wins
L
0% of losses
DQ / other
4 wins, 0 losses
W
17% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 ()Submission(100%) 1
0 ()Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
23win2loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (26%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
9 (39%)Submission(50%) 1
4 (17%)Decision(0%) 0
4 (17%)DQ / other(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Grice
Black
1
UFC fights
1
4.8 min · 4.8 avg
Octagon time
7.8 min · 7.8 avg
20y 10m
Career length
26y 2m
UFC schedule strength

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

Grice
Black
9W–0L · 100.0%
Overall
11W–0L · 100.0%
0W–0L
Wins
0W–0L
9W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
11W–0L · 100.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Grice
Black
27W–28L · 49.1%
Overall
182W–72L · 71.7%
27W–28L · 49.1%
Wins
137W–55L · 71.4%
0W–0L
Losses
45W–17L · 72.6%
Distance striking
Grice
Black
0.00
Landed / min
0.00
0.0%
Accuracy
0.0%
50.0%
Defense
33.3%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
7.8%
Time at distance
16.0%
Grappling & control
Grice
Black
3.13
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
100.0%
Takedown accuracy
Takedown defense
50.0%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
3.84
88.4%
Control share
22.8%
Strike target map
Grice
  • Head77%(20)div 67%
  • Body23%(6)div 19%
  • Legs0%(0)div 14%
Black
  • 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 Grice
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Jason Black
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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