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UFC 61: Bitter Rivals
Drew Fickett
Drew Fickett
28-4 · USA
VS
Kurt Pellegrino
Kurt Pellegrino
8-1 · USA
July 8, 2006 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Welterweight · 3 rounds
171.0lb
Weigh-in
168.5lb
Drew Fickett def. Kurt Pellegrino by SUB (Rear Naked Choke), R3 1:20
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Fickett11/210/000:00
Pellegrino16/332/403:12
R2
Fickett6/111/100:27
Pellegrino7/102/403:21
R3 · 1:20
Fickett1/30/000:09
Pellegrino2/41/100:42
Total
Fickett18/351/100:36
Pellegrino25/475/907:15

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
FickettWin probabilityPellegrino
57.2%42.8%
KO / TKO
32%
Submission
29%
Decision
40%
Expected fight time: 9.8 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Fickett57%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO17%29%
Submission18%33%
Decision22%38%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes25 (1433)act 18
Takedowns0.5 (0.01.9)act 1
Pellegrino43%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO15%35%
Submission10%23%
Decision18%42%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes26 (1434)act 25
Takedowns1.6 (0.04.0)act 5
Combined totals~52 sig strikes~2.1 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R121%
R233%
R36%
Distance40%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 2.1%
Fickett
48.0%+104
Pellegrino
-10449.9%
Most takedownstie 23.8%
Fickett
15.9%+379
Pellegrino
-37960.3%
Significant strikes — over/under
Fickett
Expected: 25.5
25.5
Over 25.5
42.4%
+136
Under 25.5
57.6%
-136
03264
Pellegrino
Expected: 26.0
26
Over 26
41.3%
+136
Exactly 26
2.5%
push
Under 26
56.2%
-136
03366
Takedowns — over/under
Fickett
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
34.3%
+192
Under 0.5
65.7%
-192
035
Pellegrino
Expected: 1.6
1.5
Over 1.5
51.5%
-106
Under 1.5
48.5%
+106
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 9.8 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
Fickett57.2%59.0%−1.8-150
Pellegrino42.8%41.0%+1.8+140

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
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
FickettPellegrino
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1556
Pound-for-pound
1522
1555
Divisional
1522
1486
Striking offense
1482
1499
Striking defense
1500
1533
Grappling offense
1500
1509
Grappling defense
1500
Physical
26 yrs
Age
27 yrs
5'10"
Height
5'8"
70"
Reach
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
0.50
Strikes landed / min
31%
Strike accuracy
1.28
Strikes absorbed / min
47%
Strike defense
Grappling (UFC career)
1.37
Takedowns / 15 min
67%
Takedown accuracy
25%
Takedown defense
4.1
Sub attempts / 15 min
Form & résumé
50%
UFC win rate
-1
Win/loss streak
50%
Last-5 win rate
100%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
173
Days since last fight
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Drew Fickett
  • LJoshua BurkmanSUB R1
    Close -2256mo before
  • WJosh KoscheckSUB R3
    9mo before
  • WJosh NeerSUB R1
    11mo before
  • LNick DiazKO/TKO R1
    1y 5mo before
Kurt Pellegrino
No prior UFC fights.
Fickett — win / loss by method
Record: 28-4-0

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
4 wins, 1 loss
W
14% of wins
L
25% of losses
Submission
17 wins, 2 losses
W
61% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
7 wins, 1 loss
W
25% of wins
L
25% of losses
UFC
2win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
2 (100%)Submission(50%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
26win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (15%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
15 (58%)Submission(50%) 1
7 (27%)Decision(50%) 1
Pellegrino — win / loss by method
Record: 8-1-0

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
13% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 1 loss
W
63% of wins
L
100% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 0 losses
W
25% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
8win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (13%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
5 (63%)Submission(100%) 1
2 (25%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Fickett
Pellegrino
4
UFC fights
0
21.8 min · 5.5 avg
Octagon time
27y 4m
Career length
UFC schedule strength

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

Fickett
Pellegrino
40W–7L · 85.1%
Overall
17W–1L · 94.4%
Wins
23W–6L · 79.3%
Losses
Non-UFC schedule strength
Fickett
Pellegrino
166W–70L · 70.3%
Overall
55W–43L · 56.1%
142W–56L · 71.7%
Wins
46W–38L · 54.8%
24W–14L · 63.2%
Losses
9W–5L · 64.3%
Distance striking
Fickett
Pellegrino
2.79
Landed / min
18.5%
Accuracy
53.3%
Defense
0.69
Knockdowns / 15 min
8.2%
Time at distance
Grappling & control
Fickett
Pellegrino
1.37
Takedowns / 15 min
66.7%
Takedown accuracy
25.0%
Takedown defense
4.12
Sub attempts / 15 min
17.4%
Control share
Strike target map
Fickett
  • Head55%(6)div 69%
  • Body18%(2)div 20%
  • Legs27%(3)div 11%
Pellegrino
  • Head0%(0)div 69%
  • Body0%(0)div 20%
  • Legs0%(0)div 11%
  • No strike data on record.

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

Drew Fickett
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Kurt Pellegrino

No UFC fights on record.

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