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UFC Fight Night 5
Anderson Silva
Anderson Silva
17-4 · BRA
VS
Chris Leben
Chris Leben
15-2 · USA
June 28, 2006 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Middleweight · 3 rounds
185.0lb
Weigh-in
186.0lb
Anderson Silva def. Chris Leben by KO/TKO (Punches), R1 0:49
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 0:49
Silva17/200/020:09
Leben1/80/000:00
Total
Silva17/200/020:09
Leben1/80/000:00

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
SilvaWin probabilityLeben
45.8%54.2%
KO / TKO
29%
Submission
18%
Decision
53%
Expected fight time: 11.1 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Silva46%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO15%33%
Submission6%12%
Decision25%55%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes46 (2660)act 17
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.7)act 0
Leben54%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO14%25%
Submission12%23%
Decision28%52%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes33 (1843)act 1
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.7)act 0
Combined totals~79 sig strikes~0.6 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R122%
R211%
R314%
Distance53%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.3%
Silva
63.8%-183
Leben
+18334.9%
Most takedownstie 60.7%
Silva
12.4%+216
Leben
-21626.8%
Significant strikes — over/under
Silva
Expected: 46.0
46
Over 46
41.7%
+136
Exactly 46
1.4%
push
Under 46
56.8%
-136
058115
Leben
Expected: 33.4
33.5
Over 33.5
42.2%
+137
Under 33.5
57.8%
-137
04284
Takedowns — over/under
Silva
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
15.8%
Exactly 0
84.2%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Leben
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
29.8%
+236
Under 0.5
70.2%
-236
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 11.1 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
Silva45.8%64.3%−18.5-200
Leben54.2%35.7%+18.5+170

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
SilvaLeben
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1536
Pound-for-pound
1594
1536
Divisional
1595
1500
Striking offense
1497
1533
Striking defense
1510
Grappling offense
Grappling defense
Physical
31 yrs
Age
25 yrs
6'2"
Height
5'11"
77"
Reach
73"
Southpaw
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
Strikes landed / min
2.83
Strike accuracy
48%
Strikes absorbed / min
1.55
Strike defense
53%
Grappling (UFC career)
Takedowns / 15 min
3.27
Takedown accuracy
57%
Takedown defense
75%
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.4
Form & résumé
UFC win rate
100%
Win/loss streak
+5
Last-5 win rate
100%
Finish rate
60%
Recent opp. quality
Days since last fight
83
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Anderson Silva
No prior UFC fights.
Chris Leben
  • WLuigi FioravantiU-DEC R3
    Close -5753mo before
  • WJorge RiveraKO/TKO R1
    Close -1355mo before
  • WEdwin DeWeesSUB R1
    9mo before
  • WPatrick CoteS-DEC R3
    11mo before
  • WJason ThackerKO/TKO R1
    1y 3mo before
Silva — win / loss by method
Record: 17-4-0

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
11 wins, 0 losses
W
65% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
1 win, 2 losses
W
6% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 1 loss
W
29% of wins
L
25% of losses
DQ / other
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
25% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
17win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
11 (65%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (6%)Submission(50%) 2
5 (29%)Decision(25%) 1
0 (0%)DQ / other(25%) 1
Leben — win / loss by method
Record: 15-2-0

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
7 wins, 0 losses
W
47% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 0 losses
W
27% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 2 losses
W
27% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
5win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (40%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (20%)Submission() 0
2 (40%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
10win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (50%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (30%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (20%)Decision(100%) 2

Profiles

Experience
Silva
Leben
0
UFC fights
5
Octagon time
36.8 min · 7.3 avg
Career length
23y 9m
UFC schedule strength

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

Silva
Leben
Overall
57W–13L · 81.4%
Wins
57W–13L · 81.4%
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Silva
Leben
200W–78L · 71.9%
Overall
85W–30L · 73.9%
174W–64L · 73.1%
Wins
59W–25L · 70.2%
26W–14L · 65.0%
Losses
26W–5L · 83.9%
Distance striking
Silva
Leben
Landed / min
4.40
Accuracy
29.2%
Defense
63.3%
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.41
Time at distance
8.7%
Grappling & control
Silva
Leben
Takedowns / 15 min
3.27
Takedown accuracy
57.1%
Takedown defense
75.0%
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.41
Control share
80.1%
Strike target map
Silva
  • Head0%(0)div 63%
  • Body0%(0)div 21%
  • Legs0%(0)div 16%
  • No strike data on record.
Leben
  • Head70%(73)div 63%
  • Body23%(24)div 21%
  • Legs7%(7)div 16%

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

Anderson Silva

No UFC fights on record.

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

Chris Leben
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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