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UFC 68: The Uprising
Randy Couture
Randy Couture
14-8 · USA
VS
Tim Sylvia
Tim Sylvia
23-2 · USA
March 3, 2007 · Columbus, Ohio, USA
Heavyweight · 5 rounds · Main event
222.5lb
Weigh-in
263.0lb
Randy Couture def. Tim Sylvia by U-DEC, R5 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Couture11/111/114:53
Sylvia0/00/000:00
R2
Couture11/222/403:31
Sylvia6/160/000:16
R3
Couture28/630/000:00
Sylvia12/660/000:00
R4
Couture11/242/303:08
Sylvia5/160/000:29
R5
Couture12/182/204:18
Sylvia2/80/000:00
Total
Couture73/1387/10115:50
Sylvia25/1060/000:45

Scorecards

Couture vs Sylvia

RdCecil PeoplesDouglas CrosbyNelson HamiltonCommunity
R1---10-8.5
R2---10-9
R3---10-9
R4---10-9.1
R5---10-8.9
Total50-4550-4550-4550-44.5

Media (2 cards) · avg 5044.5 · 2 Couture · 0 Sylvia

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

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
CoutureWin probabilitySylvia
20.3%79.7%
KO / TKO
36%
Submission
14%
Decision
50%
Expected fight time: 16.2 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Couture20%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO5%27%
Submission4%20%
Decision11%53%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes47 (2661)act 73
Takedowns2.0 (0.04.9)act 7
Sylvia80%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO31%39%
Submission10%13%
Decision39%48%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes64 (3683)act 25
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.0)act 0
Combined totals~111 sig strikes~2.1 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R128%
R28%
R37%
R44%
R53%
Distance50%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.0%
Couture
35.4%+180
Sylvia
-18063.6%
Most takedownstie 30.9%
Couture
65.4%-1800
Sylvia
+18003.6%
Significant strikes — over/under
Couture
Expected: 46.9
47
Over 47
41.6%
+137
Exactly 47
1.4%
push
Under 47
57.0%
-137
059118
Sylvia
Expected: 63.8
64
Over 64
41.8%
+137
Exactly 64
1.1%
push
Under 64
57.2%
-137
080160
Takedowns — over/under
Couture
Expected: 2.0
2
Over 2
38.0%
+123
Exactly 2
15.1%
push
Under 2
46.8%
-123
036
Sylvia
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
8.0%
Exactly 0
92.0%
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 16.2 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
Couture20.3%31.9%−11.6+205
Sylvia79.7%68.1%+11.6-235

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
76.0Striking78.1
Sylvia +2.2
64.4Grappling53.0
Couture +11.3
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
CoutureSylvia
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1591
Pound-for-pound
1625
1574
Divisional
1626
1499
Striking offense
1530
1532
Striking defense
1512
1545
Grappling offense
1497
1544
Grappling defense
1521
Physical
43 yrs
Age
30 yrs
6'1"
Height
6'8"
75"
Reach
80"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.57
Strikes landed / min
5.10
62%
Strike accuracy
42%
1.31
Strikes absorbed / min
2.16
56%
Strike defense
71%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.98
Takedowns / 15 min
0.17
58%
Takedown accuracy
100%
60%
Takedown defense
95%
0.6
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.2
Form & résumé
69%
UFC win rate
80%
-1
Win/loss streak
+5
40%
Last-5 win rate
100%
73%
Finish rate
63%
Recent opp. quality
392
Days since last fight
105
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Randy Couture
  • LChuck LiddellKO/TKO R2
    Close +1151y 1mo before
  • WMike van ArsdaleSUB R3
    Close -4001y 6mo before
  • LChuck LiddellKO/TKO R1
    Close -2551y 11mo before
  • WVitor BelfortKO/TKO R3
    Close -1652y 6mo before
  • LVitor BelfortKO/TKO R1
    Close -2253y 1mo before
Tim Sylvia
  • WJeff MonsonU-DEC R5
    Close -2603mo before
  • WAndrei ArlovskiU-DEC R5
    Close +2258mo before
  • WAndrei ArlovskiKO/TKO R1
    Close +33511mo before
  • WAssuerio SilvaU-DEC R3
    Close -3251y 2mo before
  • WTra TelligmanKO/TKO R1
    Close -2051y 6mo before
Couture — win / loss by method
Record: 14-8-0

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, 5 losses
W
43% of wins
L
63% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 3 losses
W
14% of wins
L
38% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 0 losses
W
43% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
11win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (55%)KO/TKO(100%) 5
2 (18%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (27%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
3win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(100%) 3
3 (100%)Decision(0%) 0
Sylvia — win / loss by method
Record: 23-2-0

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
100% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 0 losses
W
22% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
8win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (63%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(100%) 2
3 (38%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
15win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
11 (73%)KO/TKO() 0
2 (13%)Submission() 0
2 (13%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Couture
Sylvia
16
UFC fights
10
191.6 min · 12.0 avg
Octagon time
86.1 min · 8.6 avg
29y 2m
Career length
25y 6m
UFC schedule strength

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

Couture
Sylvia
151W–34L · 81.6%
Overall
108W–28L · 79.4%
83W–23L · 78.3%
Wins
94W–24L · 79.7%
68W–11L · 86.1%
Losses
14W–4L · 77.8%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Couture
Sylvia
125W–53L · 70.2%
Overall
34W–22L · 60.7%
86W–36L · 70.5%
Wins
34W–22L · 60.7%
39W–17L · 69.6%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Couture
Sylvia
1.75
Landed / min
5.09
41.8%
Accuracy
36.2%
70.3%
Defense
71.6%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.70
31.1%
Time at distance
74.6%
Grappling & control
Couture
Sylvia
2.98
Takedowns / 15 min
0.17
58.5%
Takedown accuracy
100.0%
60.0%
Takedown defense
95.5%
0.63
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.17
71.3%
Control share
64.5%
Strike target map
Couture
  • Head76%(374)div 66%
  • Body12%(58)div 16%
  • Legs12%(61)div 17%
Sylvia
  • Head72%(318)div 66%
  • Body11%(47)div 16%
  • Legs17%(74)div 17%

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

Randy Couture
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Tim Sylvia
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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