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UFC 57: Liddell vs Couture 3
Joe Riggs
Joe Riggs
23-6 · USA
VS
Nick Diaz
Nick Diaz
11-4 · USA
February 4, 2006 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Welterweight · 3 rounds
169.5lb
Weigh-in
170.0lb
Joe Riggs def. Nick Diaz by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Riggs19/391/400:17
Diaz19/340/211:28
R2
Riggs16/381/101:37
Diaz7/430/200:34
R3
Riggs16/391/300:10
Diaz12/290/301:21
Total
Riggs51/1163/802:04
Diaz38/1060/713:23

Scorecards

Riggs vs Diaz

RdAbe BelardoGlenn TrowbridgeTony WeeksCommunity
R1---9.2-9.8
R2---9.7-9.3
R3---9.5-9.6
Total29-2829-2830-2728.4-28.7

Media (1 card) · avg 2928 · 1 Riggs · 0 Diaz

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Riggs-Diaz.

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
RiggsWin probabilityDiaz
26.1%73.9%
KO / TKO
27%
Submission
19%
Decision
54%
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 Riggs, blue toward Diaz. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Riggs26%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO10%38%
Submission4%14%
Decision12%48%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes26 (1433)act 51
Takedowns0.9 (0.02.8)act 3
Diaz74%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO17%23%
Submission16%21%
Decision41%56%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes31 (1740)act 38
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.6)act 0
Combined totals~57 sig strikes~1.3 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R115%
R224%
R37%
Distance54%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.9%
Riggs
40.5%+142
Diaz
-14257.6%
Most takedownstie 36.8%
Riggs
46.3%-274
Diaz
+27416.9%
Significant strikes — over/under
Riggs
Expected: 25.7
25.5
Over 25.5
43.1%
+132
Under 25.5
56.9%
-132
03365
Diaz
Expected: 31.1
31
Over 31
41.6%
+135
Exactly 31
2.1%
push
Under 31
56.3%
-135
03978
Takedowns — over/under
Riggs
Expected: 0.9
1
Over 1
33.6%
+133
Exactly 1
21.7%
push
Under 1
44.6%
-133
035
Diaz
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
27.9%
+258
Under 0.5
72.1%
-258
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
Riggs26.1%43.8%−17.7+120
Diaz73.9%56.2%+17.7-140

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
70.1Striking68.7
Riggs +1.4
65.0Grappling64.4
Riggs +0.7
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
RiggsDiaz
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1535
Pound-for-pound
1543
1535
Divisional
1543
1488
Striking offense
1508
1528
Striking defense
1535
1528
Grappling offense
1504
1504
Grappling defense
1494
Physical
23 yrs
Age
22 yrs
6'0"
Height
6'1"
70"
Reach
76"
Southpaw
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
2.34
Strikes landed / min
2.32
53%
Strike accuracy
41%
0.87
Strikes absorbed / min
1.79
46%
Strike defense
68%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.75
Takedowns / 15 min
2.47
80%
Takedown accuracy
41%
64%
Takedown defense
46%
0.7
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.6
Form & résumé
50%
UFC win rate
67%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
50%
Last-5 win rate
60%
100%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
77
Days since last fight
91
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Joe Riggs
  • LMatt HughesSUB R1
    Close +2903mo before
  • WChris LytleKO/TKO R2
    4mo before
  • LIvan SalaverrySUB R1
    Close -16010mo before
  • WJoe DoerksenKO/TKO R2
    1y 5mo before
Nick Diaz
  • LDiego SanchezU-DEC R3
    3mo before
  • WKoji OishiKO/TKO R1
    8mo before
  • WDrew FickettKO/TKO R1
    Close -2301y before
  • LKaro ParisyanS-DEC R3
    1y 5mo before
  • WRobbie LawlerKO/TKO R2
    Close +2001y 10mo before
Riggs — win / loss by method
Record: 23-6-0, 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
83% of wins
L
17% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 4 losses
W
13% of wins
L
67% of losses
Decision
1 win, 1 loss
W
4% of wins
L
17% of losses
UFC
2win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (100%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(100%) 2
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
21win4loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
17 (81%)KO/TKO(25%) 1
3 (14%)Submission(50%) 2
1 (5%)Decision(25%) 1
Diaz — win / loss by method
Record: 11-4-0

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
6 wins, 1 loss
W
55% of wins
L
25% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 0 losses
W
36% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
1 win, 3 losses
W
9% of wins
L
75% of losses
UFC
4win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (75%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (25%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(100%) 2
Non-UFC
7win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (43%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
3 (43%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (14%)Decision(50%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Riggs
Diaz
4
UFC fights
6
21.8 min · 5.5 avg
Octagon time
54.6 min · 9.1 avg
24y 10m
Career length
24y 11m
UFC schedule strength

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

Riggs
Diaz
96W–24L · 80.0%
Overall
72W–12L · 85.7%
47W–16L · 74.6%
Wins
48W–9L · 84.2%
49W–8L · 86.0%
Losses
24W–3L · 88.9%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Riggs
Diaz
246W–120L · 67.2%
Overall
33W–16L · 67.3%
96W–74L · 56.5%
Wins
27W–13L · 67.5%
150W–46L · 76.5%
Losses
6W–3L · 66.7%
Distance striking
Riggs
Diaz
0.97
Landed / min
4.68
25.0%
Accuracy
32.4%
65.0%
Defense
76.8%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.55
18.9%
Time at distance
27.0%
Grappling & control
Riggs
Diaz
2.75
Takedowns / 15 min
2.47
80.0%
Takedown accuracy
40.9%
63.6%
Takedown defense
46.2%
0.69
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.65
63.7%
Control share
37.7%
Strike target map
Riggs
  • Head84%(43)div 69%
  • Body8%(4)div 21%
  • Legs8%(4)div 10%
Diaz
  • Head76%(97)div 69%
  • Body18%(23)div 21%
  • Legs6%(7)div 10%

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

Joe Riggs
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Nick Diaz
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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