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UFC 70: Nations Collide
Lyoto Machida
Lyoto Machida
9-0 · BRA
VS
David Heath
David Heath
9-0 · USA
April 21, 2007 · Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Light Heavyweight · 3 rounds
199.0lb
Weigh-in
205.0lb
Lyoto Machida def. David Heath by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Machida17/240/000:00
Heath1/140/000:00
R2
Machida17/270/000:05
Heath4/200/100:00
R3
Machida33/500/012:32
Heath3/120/000:00
Total
Machida67/1010/012:37
Heath8/460/100:00

Scorecards

Machida vs Heath

RdAndy RobertsCecil PeoplesDouglas CrosbyCommunity
R110-910-910-910-9
R210-910-910-910-9.2
R310-910-810-910-8.3
Total30-2730-2630-2730-26.5

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Machida-Heath.

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
MachidaWin probabilityHeath
87.4%12.6%
KO / TKO
29%
Submission
16%
Decision
55%
Expected fight time: 10.9 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Machida87%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO26%30%
Submission11%13%
Decision50%57%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes45 (2559)act 67
Takedowns0.2 (0.01.1)act 0
Heath13%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO3%22%
Submission4%34%
Decision6%44%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes20 (1026)act 8
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.7)act 0
Combined totals~65 sig strikes~0.4 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R126%
R28%
R311%
Distance55%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.2%
Machida
82.1%-491
Heath
+49116.7%
Most takedownstie 62.0%
Machida
23.1%-155
Heath
+15514.9%
Significant strikes — over/under
Machida
Expected: 45.4
45.5
Over 45.5
42.3%
+136
Under 45.5
57.7%
-136
057114
Heath
Expected: 19.8
20
Over 20
40.1%
+141
Exactly 20
3.2%
push
Under 20
56.7%
-141
02550
Takedowns — over/under
Machida
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
26.6%
Exactly 0
73.4%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Heath
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
18.6%
Exactly 0
81.4%
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 10.9 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
Machida87.4%75.0%+12.4-355
Heath12.6%25.0%−12.4+285

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
87.8Striking58.3
Machida +29.5
68.8Grappling72.8
Heath +4.0
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
MachidaHeath
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1543
Pound-for-pound
1555
1543
Divisional
1555
1503
Striking offense
1497
1533
Striking defense
1501
1488
Grappling offense
1500
1507
Grappling defense
1512
Physical
28 yrs
Age
31 yrs
6'1"
Height
5'11"
74"
Reach
72"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.13
Strikes landed / min
2.68
65%
Strike accuracy
34%
0.73
Strikes absorbed / min
3.88
77%
Strike defense
68%
Grappling (UFC career)
4.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.86
100%
Takedown accuracy
100%
86%
Takedown defense
67%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
2.6
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
100%
+1
Win/loss streak
+2
100%
Last-5 win rate
100%
0%
Finish rate
50%
Recent opp. quality
77
Days since last fight
129
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Lyoto Machida
  • WSam HogerU-DEC R3
    Close -6003mo before
David Heath
  • WVictor ValimakiS-DEC R3
    Close -1804mo before
  • WCory WalmsleySUB R1
    Close -2158mo before
Machida — win / loss by method
Record: 9-0-0

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
3 wins, 0 losses
W
33% of wins
L
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
11% of wins
L
Decision
5 wins, 0 losses
W
56% of wins
L
UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (100%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
8win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (38%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (13%)Submission() 0
4 (50%)Decision() 0
Heath — win / loss by method
Record: 9-0-0

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
1 win, 0 losses
W
11% of wins
L
Submission
6 wins, 0 losses
W
67% of wins
L
Decision
2 wins, 0 losses
W
22% of wins
L
UFC
2win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (50%)Submission() 0
1 (50%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
7win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (14%)KO/TKO() 0
5 (71%)Submission() 0
1 (14%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Machida
Heath
1
UFC fights
2
15.0 min · 15.0 avg
Octagon time
17.5 min · 8.8 avg
23y 3m
Career length
23y 3m
UFC schedule strength

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

Machida
Heath
6W–2L · 75.0%
Overall
16W–3L · 84.2%
6W–2L · 75.0%
Wins
16W–3L · 84.2%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Machida
Heath
62W–35L · 63.9%
Overall
20W–11L · 64.5%
62W–35L · 63.9%
Wins
20W–11L · 64.5%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Machida
Heath
5.87
Landed / min
2.83
66.0%
Accuracy
30.5%
73.2%
Defense
70.7%
1.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
39.8%
Time at distance
72.5%
Grappling & control
Machida
Heath
4.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.86
100.0%
Takedown accuracy
100.0%
85.7%
Takedown defense
66.7%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
2.57
94.9%
Control share
70.4%
Strike target map
Machida
  • Head68%(42)div 68%
  • Body10%(6)div 14%
  • Legs23%(14)div 18%
Heath
  • Head57%(27)div 68%
  • Body19%(9)div 14%
  • Legs23%(11)div 18%

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

Lyoto Machida
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

David Heath
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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