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The Ultimate Fighter: Team Pulver vs. Team Penn Finale
BJ Penn
BJ Penn
10-4-1 · USA
VS
Jens Pulver
Jens Pulver
21-6-1 · USA
June 23, 2007 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Lightweight · 3 rounds · Main event
155.5lb
Weigh-in
152.0lb
BJ Penn def. Jens Pulver by SUB (Rear Naked Choke), R2 3:12
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Penn13/172/202:00
Pulver5/150/001:57
R2 · 3:12
Penn10/141/102:54
Pulver1/30/000:00
Total
Penn23/313/304:54
Pulver6/180/001:57

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
PennWin probabilityPulver
63.9%36.1%
KO / TKO
12%
Submission
33%
Decision
54%
Expected fight time: 10.1 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Penn64%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO7%11%
Submission24%38%
Decision33%51%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes28 (1536)act 23
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.5)act 3
Pulver36%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO5%15%
Submission9%24%
Decision22%61%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes36 (2047)act 6
Takedowns0.5 (0.01.9)act 0
Combined totals~64 sig strikes~0.9 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R136%
R24%
R36%
Distance54%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.7%
Penn
37.6%+162
Pulver
-16260.8%
Most takedownstie 46.5%
Penn
21.3%+151
Pulver
-15132.2%
Significant strikes — over/under
Penn
Expected: 27.9
28
Over 28
41.2%
+137
Exactly 28
2.3%
push
Under 28
56.5%
-137
03570
Pulver
Expected: 36.1
36
Over 36
41.8%
+135
Exactly 36
1.8%
push
Under 36
56.4%
-135
04691
Takedowns — over/under
Penn
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
29.4%
+240
Under 0.5
70.6%
-240
035
Pulver
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
39.8%
+151
Under 0.5
60.2%
-151
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 10.1 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
Penn63.9%74.1%−10.2-340
Pulver36.1%25.9%+10.2+270

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
73.4Striking63.7
Penn +9.7
64.2Grappling56.3
Penn +7.9
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
PennPulver
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1554
Pound-for-pound
1578
1563
Divisional
1576
1495
Striking offense
1477
1524
Striking defense
1520
1523
Grappling offense
1510
1519
Grappling defense
1510
Physical
28 yrs
Age
32 yrs
5'9"
Height
5'7"
70"
Reach
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
2.54
Strikes landed / min
2.04
60%
Strike accuracy
39%
1.90
Strikes absorbed / min
1.67
56%
Strike defense
56%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.22
Takedowns / 15 min
0.55
68%
Takedown accuracy
80%
66%
Takedown defense
78%
0.8
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.6
Form & résumé
67%
UFC win rate
86%
-2
Win/loss streak
-1
40%
Last-5 win rate
80%
83%
Finish rate
33%
Recent opp. quality
273
Days since last fight
273
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
BJ Penn
  • LMatt HughesKO/TKO R3
    Close +1959mo before
  • LGeorges St-PierreS-DEC R3
    Close -1151y 4mo before
  • WMatt HughesSUB R1
    Close +2003y 5mo before
  • DCaol UnoS-DEC R5
    !Close -3504y 4mo before
  • WMatt SerraU-DEC R3
    4y 9mo before
Jens Pulver
  • LJoe LauzonKO/TKO R1
    Close -4009mo before
  • WBJ PennM-DEC R5
    5y 5mo before
  • WDennis HallmanU-DEC R5
    Close -1355y 9mo before
  • WCaol UnoU-DEC R5
    6y 4mo before
  • WJohn LewisKO/TKO R1
    6y 7mo before
Penn — win / loss by method
Record: 10-4-1

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
4 wins, 1 loss
W
40% of wins
L
25% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 0 losses
W
30% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 3 losses
W
30% of wins
L
75% of losses
UFC
6win3loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (67%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
1 (17%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (17%)Decision(67%) 2
Non-UFC
4win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (50%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (50%)Decision(100%) 1
Pulver — win / loss by method
Record: 21-6-1

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
13 wins, 5 losses
W
62% of wins
L
83% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 1 loss
W
10% of wins
L
17% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 0 losses
W
29% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
6win1loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (33%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
4 (67%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
15win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
11 (73%)KO/TKO(80%) 4
2 (13%)Submission(20%) 1
2 (13%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Penn
Pulver
10
UFC fights
8
114.8 min · 11.5 avg
Octagon time
108.7 min · 13.6 avg
25y 3m
Career length
27y 3m
UFC schedule strength

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

Penn
Pulver
132W–16L · 89.2%
Overall
57W–14L · 80.3%
70W–10L · 87.5%
Wins
44W–11L · 80.0%
62W–6L · 91.2%
Losses
13W–3L · 81.3%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Penn
Pulver
43W–8L · 84.3%
Overall
146W–56L · 72.3%
38W–8L · 82.6%
Wins
81W–41L · 66.4%
5W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
65W–15L · 81.3%
Distance striking
Penn
Pulver
3.31
Landed / min
1.51
45.5%
Accuracy
23.3%
63.2%
Defense
61.7%
0.26
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.14
31.6%
Time at distance
42.7%
Grappling & control
Penn
Pulver
2.22
Takedowns / 15 min
0.55
68.0%
Takedown accuracy
80.0%
66.0%
Takedown defense
77.9%
0.78
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.55
43.0%
Control share
77.4%
Strike target map
Penn
  • Head64%(187)div 64%
  • Body25%(74)div 21%
  • Legs10%(30)div 15%
Pulver
  • Head73%(163)div 64%
  • Body17%(37)div 21%
  • Legs10%(22)div 15%

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

BJ Penn
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Jens Pulver
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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