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UFC 59: Reality Check
Tito Ortiz
Tito Ortiz
12-4 · USA
VS
Forrest Griffin
Forrest Griffin
12-2 · USA
April 15, 2006 · Anaheim, California, USA
Light Heavyweight · 3 rounds
204.0lb
Weigh-in
203.0lb
Tito Ortiz def. Forrest Griffin by S-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Ortiz30/482/203:54
Griffin2/180/000:07
R2
Ortiz17/400/500:00
Griffin29/790/000:01
R3
Ortiz14/371/501:08
Griffin27/730/000:05
Total
Ortiz61/1253/1205:02
Griffin58/1700/000:13

Scorecards

Ortiz vs Griffin

RdAbe BelardoCecil PeoplesHector HernandezCommunity
R1---10-8.7
R2---9-10
R3---9.2-9.8
Total30-2729-2728-2928.2-28.5

Media (2 cards) · avg 28.528 · 1 Ortiz · 0 Griffin · 1 draw

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Ortiz-Griffin.

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
OrtizWin probabilityGriffin
33.2%66.8%
KO / TKO
36%
Submission
7%
Decision
57%
Expected fight time: 11.0 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Ortiz33%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO14%42%
Submission1%3%
Decision18%55%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes31 (1741)act 61
Takedowns1.3 (0.03.7)act 3
Griffin67%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO22%33%
Submission6%9%
Decision39%58%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes43 (2455)act 58
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.0)act 0
Combined totals~74 sig strikes~1.4 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R122%
R216%
R35%
Distance57%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.4%
Ortiz
35.5%+177
Griffin
-17763.1%
Most takedownstie 34.1%
Ortiz
60.9%-1222
Griffin
+12225.0%
Significant strikes — over/under
Ortiz
Expected: 31.4
31.5
Over 31.5
42.4%
+136
Under 31.5
57.6%
-136
04079
Griffin
Expected: 42.6
42.5
Over 42.5
42.7%
+134
Under 42.5
57.3%
-134
054107
Takedowns — over/under
Ortiz
Expected: 1.3
1.5
Over 1.5
43.9%
+128
Under 1.5
56.1%
-128
035
Griffin
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
10.1%
Exactly 0
89.9%
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 11.0 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
Ortiz33.2%74.3%−41.1-335
Griffin66.8%25.7%+41.1+275

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
72.8Striking74.5
Griffin +1.7
62.2Grappling42.5
Ortiz +19.8
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
OrtizGriffin
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1610
Pound-for-pound
1562
1547
Divisional
1561
1486
Striking offense
1507
1554
Striking defense
1501
1548
Grappling offense
1508
1572
Grappling defense
1509
Physical
31 yrs
Age
27 yrs
6'3"
Height
6'3"
74"
Reach
77"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.39
Strikes landed / min
5.82
56%
Strike accuracy
45%
1.28
Strikes absorbed / min
3.65
54%
Strike defense
62%
Grappling (UFC career)
3.53
Takedowns / 15 min
2.16
61%
Takedown accuracy
30%
59%
Takedown defense
0.3
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.4
Form & résumé
73%
UFC win rate
100%
+2
Win/loss streak
+3
60%
Last-5 win rate
100%
64%
Finish rate
67%
Recent opp. quality
434
Days since last fight
190
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Tito Ortiz
  • WVitor BelfortS-DEC R3
    Close +1051y 2mo before
  • WPatrick CoteU-DEC R3
    Close -5501y 6mo before
  • LChuck LiddellKO/TKO R2
    Close -1852y before
  • LRandy CoutureU-DEC R5
    Close -1802y 7mo before
  • WKen ShamrockKO/TKO R3
    Close -1603y 5mo before
Forrest Griffin
  • WElvis SinosicKO/TKO R1
    6mo before
  • WBill MahoodSUB R1
    10mo before
  • WStephan BonnarU-DEC R3
    1y before
Ortiz — win / loss by method
Record: 12-4-0

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
7 wins, 2 losses
W
58% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
1 win, 1 loss
W
8% of wins
L
25% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 1 loss
W
33% of wins
L
25% of losses
UFC
11win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (55%)KO/TKO(50%) 2
1 (9%)Submission(25%) 1
4 (36%)Decision(25%) 1
Non-UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (100%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Griffin — win / loss by method
Record: 12-2-0

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
4 wins, 1 loss
W
33% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 0 losses
W
42% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 1 loss
W
25% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
3win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (33%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (33%)Submission() 0
1 (33%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
9win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (33%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
4 (44%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (22%)Decision(50%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Ortiz
Griffin
15
UFC fights
3
178.2 min · 11.9 avg
Octagon time
20.8 min · 6.9 avg
29y 2m
Career length
24y 9m
UFC schedule strength

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

Ortiz
Griffin
203W–53L · 79.3%
Overall
24W–11L · 68.6%
150W–34L · 81.5%
Wins
24W–11L · 68.6%
53W–19L · 73.6%
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Ortiz
Griffin
0W–1L · 0.0%
Overall
252W–66L · 79.2%
0W–1L · 0.0%
Wins
142W–49L · 74.3%
0W–0L
Losses
110W–17L · 86.6%
Distance striking
Ortiz
Griffin
1.73
Landed / min
5.97
33.8%
Accuracy
37.8%
68.2%
Defense
65.7%
0.08
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.72
22.1%
Time at distance
61.2%
Grappling & control
Ortiz
Griffin
3.53
Takedowns / 15 min
2.16
60.9%
Takedown accuracy
30.0%
59.1%
Takedown defense
0.25
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.44
78.7%
Control share
93.4%
Strike target map
Ortiz
  • Head76%(323)div 69%
  • Body11%(45)div 14%
  • Legs14%(58)div 17%
Griffin
  • Head72%(87)div 69%
  • Body14%(17)div 14%
  • Legs14%(17)div 17%

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

Tito Ortiz
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Forrest Griffin
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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