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The Ultimate Fighter: The Comeback Finale
Matt Serra
Matt Serra
8-4 · USA
VS
Chris Lytle
Chris Lytle
22-12-5 · USA
November 11, 2006 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Welterweight · 3 rounds · Main event
170.0lb
Weigh-in
170.0lb
Matt Serra def. Chris Lytle by S-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Serra8/130/702:28
Lytle12/151/101:24
R2
Serra7/140/502:41
Lytle17/260/000:00
R3
Serra5/121/403:05
Lytle13/170/100:00
Total
Serra20/391/1608:14
Lytle42/581/201:24

Scorecards

Serra vs Lytle

RdGlenn TrowbridgeLester GriffinMarcos RosalesCommunity
R19-1010-910-99.5-9.5
R29-1010-910-99.4-9.6
R39-1010-910-99.7-9.4
Total27-3030-2730-2728.6-28.5

Media (2 cards) · avg 3027.5 · 2 Serra · 0 Lytle

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Serra-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
SerraWin probabilityLytle
47.0%53.0%
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 Serra, blue toward Lytle. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Serra47%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO6%12%
Submission2%4%
Decision39%84%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes36 (2047)act 20
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.1)act 1
Lytle53%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO14%27%
Submission5%10%
Decision34%63%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes38 (2149)act 42
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.3)act 1
Combined totals~73 sig strikes~1.2 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R111%
R210%
R36%
Distance73%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.5%
Serra
46.9%+110
Lytle
-11051.7%
Most takedownstie 40.6%
Serra
28.9%+105
Lytle
-10530.5%
Significant strikes — over/under
Serra
Expected: 35.8
36
Over 36
41.2%
+138
Exactly 36
1.8%
push
Under 36
57.0%
-138
04590
Lytle
Expected: 37.7
37.5
Over 37.5
42.8%
+134
Under 37.5
57.2%
-134
04895
Takedowns — over/under
Serra
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
39.6%
+153
Under 0.5
60.4%
-153
035
Lytle
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
40.8%
+145
Under 0.5
59.2%
-145
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
Serra47.0%40.6%+6.4+135
Lytle53.0%59.4%−6.4-165

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
58.8Striking60.4
Lytle +1.6
53.2Grappling56.7
Lytle +3.5
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
SerraLytle
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1518
Pound-for-pound
1466
1500
Divisional
1467
1453
Striking offense
1485
1528
Striking defense
1514
1514
Grappling offense
1500
1494
Grappling defense
1492
Physical
32 yrs
Age
32 yrs
5'6"
Height
5'11"
68"
Reach
68"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
1.30
Strikes landed / min
1.58
38%
Strike accuracy
41%
1.49
Strikes absorbed / min
1.89
50%
Strike defense
52%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.92
Takedowns / 15 min
1.00
23%
Takedown accuracy
57%
39%
Takedown defense
18%
1.4
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.7
Form & résumé
50%
UFC win rate
33%
-1
Win/loss streak
-2
40%
Last-5 win rate
40%
25%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
525
Days since last fight
400
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Matt Serra
  • LKaro ParisyanU-DEC R3
    1y 5mo before
  • WIvan MenjivarU-DEC R3
    Close -1602y 5mo before
  • WJeff CurranU-DEC R3
    Close -3502y 9mo before
  • LDin ThomasS-DEC R3
    Close -1153y 8mo before
  • LBJ PennU-DEC R3
    4y 1mo before
Chris Lytle
  • LJoe RiggsKO/TKO R2
    1y 1mo before
  • LKaro ParisyanU-DEC R3
    Close -1101y 9mo before
  • WRonald JhunSUB R2
    Close -1802y 3mo before
  • WTiki GhosnSUB R2
    Close -3252y 7mo before
  • LRobbie LawlerU-DEC R3
    3y before
Serra — win / loss by method
Record: 8-4-0

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
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
25% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 0 losses
W
63% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 3 losses
W
38% of wins
L
75% of losses
UFC
4win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(25%) 1
1 (25%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (75%)Decision(75%) 3
Non-UFC
4win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
4 (100%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Lytle — win / loss by method
Record: 22-12-5

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, 11 losses
W
14% of wins
L
92% of losses
UFC
2win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(25%) 1
2 (100%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(75%) 3
Non-UFC
20win8loss5draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (25%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
12 (60%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (15%)Decision(100%) 8

Profiles

Experience
Serra
Lytle
8
UFC fights
6
107.8 min · 13.5 avg
Octagon time
60.2 min · 10.0 avg
28y 4m
Career length
27y 5m
UFC schedule strength

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

Serra
Lytle
101W–26L · 79.5%
Overall
80W–25L · 76.2%
51W–14L · 78.5%
Wins
29W–14L · 67.4%
50W–12L · 80.6%
Losses
51W–11L · 82.3%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Serra
Lytle
0W–0L
Overall
246W–123L · 66.7%
0W–0L
Wins
142W–74L · 65.7%
0W–0L
Losses
104W–49L · 68.0%
Distance striking
Serra
Lytle
1.23
Landed / min
3.90
20.4%
Accuracy
34.1%
60.1%
Defense
60.2%
0.14
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.25
29.4%
Time at distance
26.4%
Grappling & control
Serra
Lytle
2.92
Takedowns / 15 min
1.00
22.8%
Takedown accuracy
57.1%
38.9%
Takedown defense
17.6%
1.39
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.74
73.6%
Control share
22.8%
Strike target map
Serra
  • Head50%(70)div 69%
  • Body34%(47)div 20%
  • Legs16%(23)div 11%
Lytle
  • Head58%(55)div 69%
  • Body19%(18)div 20%
  • Legs23%(22)div 11%

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

Matt Serra
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.