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UFC 60: Hughes vs Gracie
Mike Swick
Mike Swick
8-1 · USA
VS
Joe Riggs
Joe Riggs
24-6 · USA
May 27, 2006 · Los Angeles, California, USA
Middleweight · 3 rounds
185.0lb
Weigh-in
184.5lb
Mike Swick def. Joe Riggs by SUB (Guillotine Choke), R1 2:19
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 2:19
Swick5/120/000:10
Riggs1/40/200:27
Total
Swick5/120/000:10
Riggs1/40/200:27

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
SwickWin probabilityRiggs
57.2%42.8%
KO / TKO
14%
Submission
17%
Decision
69%
Expected fight time: 12.3 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Swick57%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO6%10%
Submission10%18%
Decision41%72%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes27 (1435)act 5
Takedowns0.5 (0.02.1)act 0
Riggs43%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO8%19%
Submission6%15%
Decision29%66%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes25 (1433)act 1
Takedowns0.8 (0.02.7)act 0
Combined totals~52 sig strikes~1.3 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R114%
R212%
R35%
Distance69%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 2.1%
Swick
51.4%-111
Riggs
+11146.5%
Most takedownstie 38.2%
Swick
24.1%+157
Riggs
-15737.7%
Significant strikes — over/under
Swick
Expected: 26.7
26.5
Over 26.5
42.9%
+133
Under 26.5
57.1%
-133
03467
Riggs
Expected: 25.3
25.5
Over 25.5
41.8%
+139
Under 25.5
58.2%
-139
03264
Takedowns — over/under
Swick
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
35.4%
+183
Under 0.5
64.6%
-183
035
Riggs
Expected: 0.8
1
Over 1
29.2%
+176
Exactly 1
19.2%
push
Under 1
51.5%
-176
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 12.3 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
Swick57.2%47.8%+9.4+100
Riggs42.8%52.2%−9.4-120

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
86.4Striking72.2
Swick +14.2
50.0Grappling65.4
Riggs +15.4
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
SwickRiggs
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1560
Pound-for-pound
1552
1560
Divisional
1534
1499
Striking offense
1489
1508
Striking defense
1531
1507
Grappling offense
1521
1505
Grappling defense
1496
Physical
26 yrs
Age
23 yrs
6'1"
Height
6'0"
77"
Reach
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
9.47
Strikes landed / min
2.77
60%
Strike accuracy
48%
2.81
Strikes absorbed / min
1.55
60%
Strike defense
60%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
2.85
Takedown accuracy
54%
100%
Takedown defense
78%
5.3
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.4
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
60%
+3
Win/loss streak
+1
100%
Last-5 win rate
60%
100%
Finish rate
67%
Recent opp. quality
84
Days since last fight
112
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Mike Swick
  • WSteve VigneaultSUB R1
    Close -5753mo before
  • WGideon RayKO/TKO R1
    10mo before
  • WAlex SchoenauerKO/TKO R1
    1y 2mo before
Joe Riggs
  • WNick DiazU-DEC R3
    Close +1204mo before
  • LMatt HughesSUB R1
    Close +2906mo before
  • WChris LytleKO/TKO R2
    8mo before
  • LIvan SalaverrySUB R1
    Close -1601y 1mo before
  • WJoe DoerksenKO/TKO R2
    1y 9mo before
Swick — 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
5 wins, 1 loss
W
63% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 0 losses
W
25% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
13% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
3win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (67%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (33%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
5win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (60%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
1 (20%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (20%)Decision(0%) 0
Riggs — win / loss by method
Record: 24-6-0, 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
19 wins, 1 loss
W
79% of wins
L
17% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 4 losses
W
13% of wins
L
67% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 1 loss
W
8% of wins
L
17% of losses
UFC
3win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (67%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(100%) 2
1 (33%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
21win4loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
17 (81%)KO/TKO(25%) 1
3 (14%)Submission(50%) 2
1 (5%)Decision(25%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Swick
Riggs
3
UFC fights
5
2.9 min · 1.0 avg
Octagon time
36.8 min · 7.4 avg
27y 9m
Career length
24y 10m
UFC schedule strength

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

Swick
Riggs
27W–7L · 79.4%
Overall
107W–28L · 79.3%
27W–7L · 79.4%
Wins
58W–20L · 74.4%
0W–0L
Losses
49W–8L · 86.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Swick
Riggs
10W–2L · 83.3%
Overall
246W–120L · 67.2%
4W–1L · 80.0%
Wins
96W–74L · 56.5%
6W–1L · 85.7%
Losses
150W–46L · 76.5%
Distance striking
Swick
Riggs
11.94
Landed / min
3.11
48.4%
Accuracy
37.2%
78.6%
Defense
75.0%
10.53
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
44.1%
Time at distance
27.9%
Grappling & control
Swick
Riggs
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
2.85
Takedown accuracy
53.8%
100.0%
Takedown defense
77.8%
5.26
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.41
80.0%
Control share
57.2%
Strike target map
Swick
  • Head59%(16)div 63%
  • Body0%(0)div 20%
  • Legs41%(11)div 17%
Riggs
  • Head83%(85)div 63%
  • Body13%(13)div 20%
  • Legs4%(4)div 17%

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

Mike Swick
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Joe Riggs
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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