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UFC 73: Stacked
VS
Heath Herring
Heath Herring
27-12 · USA
July 7, 2007 · Sacramento, California, USA
Heavyweight · 3 rounds
240.5lb
Weigh-in
259.0lb
Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira def. Heath Herring by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Rodrigo Nogueira24/541/201:06
Herring17/590/010:28
R2
Rodrigo Nogueira10/282/201:03
Herring8/370/000:23
R3
Rodrigo Nogueira21/381/101:32
Herring6/310/000:50
Total
Rodrigo Nogueira55/1204/503:41
Herring31/1270/011:41

Scorecards

Rodrigo Nogueira vs Herring

RdAlejandro RochinCecil PeoplesNelson HamiltonCommunity
R1---8.9-9.9
R2---10-9
R3---10-9
Total29-2829-2829-2828.9-27.9

Media (1 card) · avg 2928 · 1 Rodrigo Nogueira · 0 Herring

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Rodrigo Nogueira-Herring.

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
Rodrigo NogueiraWin probabilityHerring
54.2%45.8%
KO / TKO
34%
Submission
42%
Decision
25%
Expected fight time: 6.9 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Rodrigo Nogueira54%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO13%24%
Submission25%46%
Decision16%30%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes19 (1025)act 55
Takedowns0.5 (0.01.9)act 4
Herring46%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO21%46%
Submission17%36%
Decision8%18%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes24 (1332)act 31
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.3)act 0
Combined totals~43 sig strikes~0.8 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R157%
R210%
R38%
Distance25%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 2.4%
Rodrigo Nogueira
38.2%+156
Herring
-15659.4%
Most takedownstie 52.6%
Rodrigo Nogueira
29.0%-158
Herring
+15818.4%
Significant strikes — over/under
Rodrigo Nogueira
Expected: 19.1
19
Over 19
41.1%
+135
Exactly 19
3.4%
push
Under 19
55.6%
-135
02448
Herring
Expected: 24.2
24
Over 24
41.8%
+133
Exactly 24
2.7%
push
Under 24
55.5%
-133
03161
Takedowns — over/under
Rodrigo Nogueira
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
34.3%
+192
Under 0.5
65.7%
-192
035
Herring
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
24.2%
+313
Under 0.5
75.8%
-313
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 6.9 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
Rodrigo Nogueira54.2%82.6%−28.4-625
Herring45.8%17.4%+28.4+450

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
Rodrigo NogueiraHerring
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1576
Pound-for-pound
1535
1576
Divisional
1535
1474
Striking offense
1501
1500
Striking defense
1513
1561
Grappling offense
1502
1558
Grappling defense
1496
Physical
31 yrs
Age
29 yrs
6'3"
Height
6'4"
77"
Reach
78"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
Strikes landed / min
2.50
Strike accuracy
41%
Strikes absorbed / min
1.07
Strike defense
66%
Grappling (UFC career)
Takedowns / 15 min
1.00
Takedown accuracy
100%
Takedown defense
30%
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.5
Form & résumé
UFC win rate
50%
Win/loss streak
+1
Last-5 win rate
50%
Finish rate
0%
Recent opp. quality
Days since last fight
91
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
No prior UFC fights.
Heath Herring
  • WBrad ImesU-DEC R3
    Close -2653mo before
  • LJake O'BrienU-DEC R3
    Close -4505mo before
Rodrigo Nogueira — win / loss by method
Record: 26-4-1, 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
2 wins, 0 losses
W
8% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
16 wins, 0 losses
W
62% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
8 wins, 4 losses
W
31% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
26win4loss1draw1NC
WinsLosses
2 (8%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
16 (62%)Submission(0%) 0
8 (31%)Decision(100%) 4
Herring — win / loss by method
Record: 27-12-0, 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, 5 losses
W
37% of wins
L
42% of losses
Submission
13 wins, 1 loss
W
48% of wins
L
8% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 6 losses
W
11% of wins
L
50% of losses
DQ / other
1 win, 0 losses
W
4% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
1win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (100%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
26win11loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
10 (38%)KO/TKO(45%) 5
13 (50%)Submission(9%) 1
2 (8%)Decision(45%) 5
1 (4%)DQ / other(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Rodrigo Nogueira
Herring
0
UFC fights
2
Octagon time
30.0 min · 15.0 avg
Career length
29y 3m
UFC schedule strength

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

Rodrigo Nogueira
Herring
Overall
15W–2L · 88.2%
Wins
6W–2L · 75.0%
Losses
9W–0L · 100.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Rodrigo Nogueira
Herring
394W–110L · 78.2%
Overall
333W–117L · 74.0%
335W–105L · 76.1%
Wins
207W–93L · 69.0%
59W–5L · 92.2%
Losses
126W–24L · 84.0%
Distance striking
Rodrigo Nogueira
Herring
Landed / min
3.82
Accuracy
26.5%
Defense
78.6%
Knockdowns / 15 min
1.50
Time at distance
26.2%
Grappling & control
Rodrigo Nogueira
Herring
Takedowns / 15 min
1.00
Takedown accuracy
100.0%
Takedown defense
30.0%
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.50
Control share
47.0%
Strike target map
Rodrigo Nogueira
  • Head0%(0)div 67%
  • Body0%(0)div 17%
  • Legs0%(0)div 17%
  • No strike data on record.
Herring
  • Head83%(62)div 67%
  • Body12%(9)div 17%
  • Legs5%(4)div 17%

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

Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira

No UFC fights on record.

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

Heath Herring
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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