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UFC 68: The Uprising
Matt Hughes
Matt Hughes
41-5 · USA
VS
Chris Lytle
Chris Lytle
22-13-5 · USA
March 3, 2007 · Columbus, Ohio, USA
Welterweight · 3 rounds
171.0lb
Weigh-in
169.0lb
Matt Hughes def. Chris Lytle by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Hughes3/40/104:43
Lytle0/50/000:00
R2
Hughes6/111/104:03
Lytle0/10/000:40
R3
Hughes4/61/104:24
Lytle5/100/000:06
Total
Hughes13/212/3013:10
Lytle5/160/000:46

Scorecards

Hughes vs Lytle

RdCecil PeoplesGreg KalikasUnknown JudgeCommunity
R1---10-9
R2---10-9
R3---9.8-9.2
Total30-2730-2730-2729.8-27.2

Media (1 card) · avg 3027 · 1 Hughes · 0 Lytle

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Hughes-Lytle.

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
HughesWin probabilityLytle
48.0%52.0%
KO / TKO
20%
Submission
7%
Decision
73%
Expected fight time: 12.7 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Hughes48%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO13%27%
Submission2%5%
Decision33%68%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes38 (2150)act 13
Takedowns1.6 (0.04.0)act 2
Lytle52%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO7%13%
Submission4%9%
Decision41%78%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes31 (1740)act 5
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.9)act 0
Combined totals~69 sig strikes~1.8 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R110%
R213%
R34%
Distance73%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.6%
Hughes
58.4%-146
Lytle
+14640.0%
Most takedownstie 24.3%
Hughes
67.6%-840
Lytle
+8408.1%
Significant strikes — over/under
Hughes
Expected: 38.1
38
Over 38
41.8%
+135
Exactly 38
1.7%
push
Under 38
56.5%
-135
04896
Lytle
Expected: 31.1
31
Over 31
41.7%
+135
Exactly 31
2.1%
push
Under 31
56.2%
-135
03978
Takedowns — over/under
Hughes
Expected: 1.6
1.5
Over 1.5
51.9%
-108
Under 1.5
48.1%
+108
035
Lytle
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
20.1%
Exactly 0
79.9%
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 12.7 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
Hughes48.0%84.4%−36.4-650
Lytle52.0%15.6%+36.4+525

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
74.5Striking64.3
Hughes +10.2
70.7Grappling62.6
Hughes +8.1
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
HughesLytle
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1657
Pound-for-pound
1452
1633
Divisional
1452
1483
Striking offense
1476
1548
Striking defense
1523
1556
Grappling offense
1503
1526
Grappling defense
1492
Physical
33 yrs
Age
32 yrs
5'9"
Height
5'11"
73"
Reach
68"
Switch
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.47
Strikes landed / min
1.82
58%
Strike accuracy
48%
0.99
Strikes absorbed / min
1.78
52%
Strike defense
51%
Grappling (UFC career)
3.99
Takedowns / 15 min
1.00
56%
Takedown accuracy
56%
40%
Takedown defense
55%
1.2
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.4
Form & résumé
82%
UFC win rate
29%
-1
Win/loss streak
-3
80%
Last-5 win rate
40%
79%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
105
Days since last fight
112
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Matt Hughes
  • LGeorges St-PierreKO/TKO R2
    Close -1453mo before
  • WBJ PennKO/TKO R3
    Close -2255mo before
  • WRoyce GracieKO/TKO R1
    Close -3009mo before
  • WJoe RiggsSUB R1
    Close -3601y 3mo before
  • WFrank TriggSUB R1
    Close -2001y 11mo before
Chris Lytle
  • LMatt SerraS-DEC R3
    Close -1654mo before
  • LJoe RiggsKO/TKO R2
    1y 5mo before
  • LKaro ParisyanU-DEC R3
    Close -1102y 1mo before
  • WRonald JhunSUB R2
    Close -1802y 6mo before
  • WTiki GhosnSUB R2
    Close -3252y 11mo before
Hughes — win / loss by method
Record: 41-5-0

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
20 wins, 2 losses
W
49% of wins
L
40% of losses
Submission
13 wins, 3 losses
W
32% of wins
L
60% of losses
Decision
8 wins, 0 losses
W
20% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
14win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (50%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
4 (29%)Submission(67%) 2
3 (21%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
27win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
13 (48%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
9 (33%)Submission(50%) 1
5 (19%)Decision(0%) 0
Lytle — win / loss by method
Record: 22-13-5

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
5 wins, 1 loss
W
23% of wins
L
8% of losses
Submission
14 wins, 0 losses
W
64% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 12 losses
W
14% of wins
L
92% of losses
UFC
2win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(20%) 1
2 (100%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(80%) 4
Non-UFC
20win8loss5draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (25%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
12 (60%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (15%)Decision(100%) 8

Profiles

Experience
Hughes
Lytle
17
UFC fights
7
154.0 min · 9.1 avg
Octagon time
75.2 min · 10.7 avg
28y 7m
Career length
27y 5m
UFC schedule strength

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

Hughes
Lytle
177W–31L · 85.1%
Overall
88W–29L · 75.2%
143W–26L · 84.6%
Wins
29W–14L · 67.4%
34W–5L · 87.2%
Losses
59W–15L · 79.7%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Hughes
Lytle
139W–66L · 67.8%
Overall
246W–123L · 66.7%
114W–62L · 64.8%
Wins
142W–74L · 65.7%
25W–4L · 86.2%
Losses
104W–49L · 68.0%
Distance striking
Hughes
Lytle
1.92
Landed / min
3.70
33.8%
Accuracy
33.5%
65.8%
Defense
63.1%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.20
24.7%
Time at distance
23.4%
Grappling & control
Hughes
Lytle
3.99
Takedowns / 15 min
1.00
56.2%
Takedown accuracy
55.6%
40.0%
Takedown defense
54.5%
1.17
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.40
82.6%
Control share
21.2%
Strike target map
Hughes
  • Head75%(285)div 68%
  • Body23%(88)div 20%
  • Legs2%(8)div 12%
Lytle
  • Head45%(62)div 68%
  • Body35%(48)div 20%
  • Legs20%(27)div 12%

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

Matt Hughes
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Chris Lytle
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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