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The Ultimate Fighter: The Comeback Finale
Jorge Rivera
Jorge Rivera
14-5 · USA
VS
Edwin DeWees
Edwin DeWees
33-9 · USA
November 11, 2006 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Middleweight · 3 rounds
185.0lb
Weigh-in
186.0lb
Jorge Rivera def. Edwin DeWees by KO/TKO (Punches), R1 2:37
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 2:37
Rivera24/430/010:15
DeWees6/250/000:15
Total
Rivera24/430/010:15
DeWees6/250/000:15

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
RiveraWin probabilityDeWees
51.4%48.6%
KO / TKO
13%
Submission
45%
Decision
43%
Expected fight time: 8.4 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Rivera51%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO8%15%
Submission16%31%
Decision27%54%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes51 (2966)act 24
Takedowns0.9 (0.02.5)act 0
DeWees49%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO5%10%
Submission29%59%
Decision15%31%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes33 (1843)act 6
Takedowns0.2 (0.01.0)act 0
Combined totals~84 sig strikes~1.1 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R148%
R26%
R33%
Distance43%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.2%
Rivera
68.2%-223
DeWees
+22330.6%
Most takedownstie 20.4%
Rivera
70.7%-788
DeWees
+7889.0%
Significant strikes — over/under
Rivera
Expected: 50.7
50.5
Over 50.5
42.8%
+134
Under 50.5
57.2%
-134
064127
DeWees
Expected: 33.2
33
Over 33
41.9%
+134
Exactly 33
2.0%
push
Under 33
56.1%
-134
04284
Takedowns — over/under
Rivera
Expected: 0.9
1
Over 1
38.5%
-282
Exactly 1
47.9%
push
Under 1
13.6%
+282
035
DeWees
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
27.5%
Exactly 0
72.5%
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 8.4 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
Rivera51.4%71.8%−20.4-300
DeWees48.6%28.2%+20.4+240

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
72.3Striking38.0
Rivera +34.3
33.8Grappling71.4
DeWees +37.6
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
RiveraDeWees
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1504
Pound-for-pound
1520
1504
Divisional
1535
1488
Striking offense
1493
1512
Striking defense
1493
1498
Grappling offense
1509
1489
Grappling defense
1489
Physical
34 yrs
Age
24 yrs
6'1"
Height
6'1"
73"
Reach
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.34
Strikes landed / min
1.28
57%
Strike accuracy
69%
2.04
Strikes absorbed / min
5.99
51%
Strike defense
21%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.31
Takedowns / 15 min
4.28
33%
Takedown accuracy
100%
62%
Takedown defense
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
6.4
Form & résumé
40%
UFC win rate
0%
-1
Win/loss streak
-2
40%
Last-5 win rate
0%
0%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
299
Days since last fight
404
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Jorge Rivera
  • LChris LebenKO/TKO R1
    Close +10510mo before
  • WDennis HallmanU-DEC R3
    1y 1mo before
  • LRich FranklinSUB R3
    Close +2752y 1mo before
  • LLee MurraySUB R1
    Close -1152y 9mo before
  • WDavid LoiseauU-DEC R3
    3y 2mo before
Edwin DeWees
  • LChris LebenSUB R1
    1y 1mo before
  • LRich FranklinKO/TKO R1
    3y 2mo before
Rivera — win / loss by method
Record: 14-5-0

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
9 wins, 3 losses
W
64% of wins
L
60% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 2 losses
W
14% of wins
L
40% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 0 losses
W
21% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
2win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(67%) 2
2 (100%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
12win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
9 (75%)KO/TKO(100%) 2
2 (17%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (8%)Decision(0%) 0
DeWees — win / loss by method
Record: 33-9-0, 1 NC

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
9 wins, 2 losses
W
27% of wins
L
22% of losses
Submission
20 wins, 3 losses
W
61% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 4 losses
W
12% of wins
L
44% of losses
UFC
0win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(50%) 1
0 ()Submission(50%) 1
0 ()Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
33win7loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
9 (27%)KO/TKO(14%) 1
20 (61%)Submission(29%) 2
4 (12%)Decision(57%) 4

Profiles

Experience
Rivera
DeWees
5
UFC fights
2
48.0 min · 9.6 avg
Octagon time
7.0 min · 3.5 avg
25y 1m
Career length
26y 3m
UFC schedule strength

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

Rivera
DeWees
85W–15L · 85.0%
Overall
25W–2L · 92.6%
49W–11L · 81.7%
Wins
0W–0L
36W–4L · 90.0%
Losses
25W–2L · 92.6%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Rivera
DeWees
58W–27L · 68.2%
Overall
155W–120L · 56.4%
40W–19L · 67.8%
Wins
98W–103L · 48.8%
18W–8L · 69.2%
Losses
57W–17L · 77.0%
Distance striking
Rivera
DeWees
4.93
Landed / min
8.35
36.8%
Accuracy
60.0%
70.2%
Defense
20.0%
0.31
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
16.5%
Time at distance
5.1%
Grappling & control
Rivera
DeWees
0.31
Takedowns / 15 min
4.28
33.3%
Takedown accuracy
100.0%
61.5%
Takedown defense
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
6.41
53.3%
Control share
30.6%
Strike target map
Rivera
  • Head52%(83)div 63%
  • Body31%(50)div 20%
  • Legs17%(27)div 17%
DeWees
  • Head22%(2)div 63%
  • Body56%(5)div 20%
  • Legs22%(2)div 17%

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

Jorge Rivera
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Edwin DeWees
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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