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UFC 60: Hughes vs Gracie
Matt Hughes
Matt Hughes
39-4 · USA
VS
Royce Gracie
Royce Gracie
10-1-3 · BRA
May 27, 2006 · Los Angeles, California, USA
Catch Weight · 175 lb · 3 rounds · Main event
175.5lb
Weigh-in
175.0lb
Matt Hughes def. Royce Gracie by KO/TKO (Punches), R1 4:39
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 4:39
Hughes32/401/103:25
Gracie7/110/000:00
Total
Hughes32/401/103:25
Gracie7/110/000:00

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
HughesWin probabilityGracie
67.1%32.9%
KO / TKO
19%
Submission
38%
Decision
43%
Expected fight time: 8.9 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 Gracie. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Hughes67%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO16%24%
Submission21%31%
Decision30%45%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes31 (1740)act 32
Takedowns1.4 (0.23.2)act 1
Gracie33%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO3%9%
Submission18%54%
Decision12%37%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes22 (1229)act 7
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.5)act 0
Combined totals~53 sig strikes~1.4 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R142%
R28%
R37%
Distance43%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.9%
Hughes
64.1%-188
Gracie
+18834.0%
Most takedownstie 9.3%
Hughes
88.2%-3439
Gracie
+34392.6%
Significant strikes — over/under
Hughes
Expected: 30.9
31
Over 31
41.2%
+137
Exactly 31
2.1%
push
Under 31
56.6%
-137
03978
Gracie
Expected: 22.0
22
Over 22
41.0%
+137
Exactly 22
2.9%
push
Under 22
56.0%
-137
02856
Takedowns — over/under
Hughes
Expected: 1.4
1.5
Over 1.5
53.6%
-116
Under 1.5
46.4%
+116
035
Gracie
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
16.9%
Exactly 0
83.1%
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 8.9 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
Hughes67.1%71.8%−4.7-300
Gracie32.9%28.2%+4.7+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
76.9Striking64.9
Hughes +12.0
74.1Grappling45.5
Hughes +28.5
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
HughesGracie
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1651
Pound-for-pound
1613
1521
Divisional
1500
1474
Striking offense
1474
1553
Striking defense
1533
1564
Grappling offense
1546
1518
Grappling defense
1519
Physical
32 yrs
Age
39 yrs
5'9"
Height
6'1"
73"
Reach
Switch
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
2.36
Strikes landed / min
0.39
61%
Strike accuracy
45%
0.64
Strikes absorbed / min
0.37
53%
Strike defense
55%
Grappling (UFC career)
4.53
Takedowns / 15 min
0.80
65%
Takedown accuracy
36%
38%
Takedown defense
0%
1.3
Sub attempts / 15 min
2.4
Form & résumé
86%
UFC win rate
100%
+4
Win/loss streak
0
80%
Last-5 win rate
80%
75%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
189
Days since last fight
4068
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Matt Hughes
  • WJoe RiggsSUB R1
    Close -3606mo before
  • WFrank TriggSUB R1
    Close -2001y 1mo before
  • WGeorges St-PierreSUB R1
    Close -2851y 7mo before
  • WRenato VerissimoU-DEC R3
    Close -1701y 11mo before
  • LBJ PennSUB R1
    Close -2402y 4mo before
Royce Gracie
  • DKen ShamrockOther R2
    11y 2mo before
  • WDan SevernSUB R1
    11y 5mo before
  • WKeith HackneySUB R1
    11y 5mo before
  • WRon van CliefSUB R1
    11y 5mo before
  • WKimo LeopoldoSUB R1
    11y 9mo before
Hughes — win / loss by method
Record: 39-4-0

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
18 wins, 1 loss
W
46% of wins
L
25% of losses
Submission
13 wins, 3 losses
W
33% of wins
L
75% of losses
Decision
8 wins, 0 losses
W
21% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
12win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (42%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
4 (33%)Submission(100%) 2
3 (25%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
27win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
13 (48%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
9 (33%)Submission(50%) 1
5 (19%)Decision(0%) 0
Gracie — win / loss by method
Record: 10-1-3

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, 1 loss
W
10% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
8 wins, 0 losses
W
80% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
10% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
8win0loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (13%)KO/TKO() 0
7 (88%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
2win1loss2draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
1 (50%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (50%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Hughes
Gracie
14
UFC fights
9
129.1 min · 9.2 avg
Octagon time
74.9 min · 8.3 avg
28y 7m
Career length
32y 5m
UFC schedule strength

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

Hughes
Gracie
145W–26L · 84.8%
Overall
1W–0L · 100.0%
123W–22L · 84.8%
Wins
1W–0L · 100.0%
22W–4L · 84.6%
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Hughes
Gracie
139W–66L · 67.8%
Overall
10W–4L · 71.4%
114W–62L · 64.8%
Wins
2W–3L · 40.0%
25W–4L · 86.2%
Losses
8W–1L · 88.9%
Distance striking
Hughes
Gracie
1.52
Landed / min
0.07
35.6%
Accuracy
17.9%
76.1%
Defense
80.0%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
21.4%
Time at distance
89.1%
Grappling & control
Hughes
Gracie
4.53
Takedowns / 15 min
0.80
65.0%
Takedown accuracy
36.4%
37.5%
Takedown defense
0.0%
1.28
Sub attempts / 15 min
2.40
82.9%
Control share
Strike target map
Hughes
  • Head75%(229)
  • Body24%(72)
  • Legs1%(3)
Gracie
  • Head62%(18)
  • Body17%(5)
  • Legs21%(6)

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.

Royce Gracie
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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