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UFC Fight Night 3
Chris Leben
Chris Leben
13-2 · USA
VS
Jorge Rivera
Jorge Rivera
13-4 · USA
January 16, 2006 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Middleweight · 3 rounds
185.5lb
Weigh-in
184.0lb
Chris Leben def. Jorge Rivera by KO/TKO (Punch), R1 1:44
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 1:44
Leben10/171/110:44
Rivera5/100/000:27
Total
Leben10/171/110:44
Rivera5/100/000:27

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
LebenWin probabilityRivera
49.9%50.1%
KO / TKO
42%
Submission
19%
Decision
40%
Expected fight time: 9.3 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Leben50%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO20%40%
Submission11%23%
Decision19%37%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes28 (1537)act 10
Takedowns0.5 (0.02.1)act 1
Rivera50%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO22%44%
Submission7%14%
Decision21%42%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes32 (1842)act 5
Takedowns0.5 (0.01.9)act 0
Combined totals~61 sig strikes~1.0 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R132%
R220%
R38%
Distance40%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.8%
Leben
43.1%+128
Rivera
-12855.1%
Most takedownstie 45.9%
Leben
27.7%-105
Rivera
+10526.4%
Significant strikes — over/under
Leben
Expected: 28.3
28.5
Over 28.5
42.1%
+138
Under 28.5
57.9%
-138
03671
Rivera
Expected: 32.3
32.5
Over 32.5
42.1%
+137
Under 32.5
57.9%
-137
04181
Takedowns — over/under
Leben
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
35.5%
+182
Under 0.5
64.5%
-182
035
Rivera
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
34.6%
+189
Under 0.5
65.4%
-189
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 9.3 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
Leben49.9%54.1%−4.2-135
Rivera50.1%45.9%+4.2+105

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
73.1Striking73.4
Rivera +0.3
41.3Grappling35.3
Leben +6.0
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
LebenRivera
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1567
Pound-for-pound
1518
1568
Divisional
1517
1497
Striking offense
1489
1504
Striking defense
1519
1516
Grappling offense
1501
1505
Grappling defense
1495
Physical
25 yrs
Age
33 yrs
5'11"
Height
6'1"
73"
Reach
73"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.90
Strikes landed / min
3.35
53%
Strike accuracy
57%
1.60
Strikes absorbed / min
1.90
56%
Strike defense
51%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.50
Takedowns / 15 min
0.32
33%
Takedown accuracy
33%
33%
Takedown defense
67%
0.7
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
50%
+3
Win/loss streak
+1
100%
Last-5 win rate
50%
67%
Finish rate
0%
Recent opp. quality
105
Days since last fight
101
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Chris Leben
  • WEdwin DeWeesSUB R1
    3mo before
  • WPatrick CoteS-DEC R3
    5mo before
  • WJason ThackerKO/TKO R1
    9mo before
Jorge Rivera
  • WDennis HallmanU-DEC R3
    3mo before
  • LRich FranklinSUB R3
    Close +2751y 3mo before
  • LLee MurraySUB R1
    Close -1152y before
  • WDavid LoiseauU-DEC R3
    2y 4mo before
Leben — win / loss by method
Record: 13-2-0

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
6 wins, 0 losses
W
46% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 0 losses
W
31% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 2 losses
W
23% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
3win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (33%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (33%)Submission() 0
1 (33%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
10win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (50%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (30%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (20%)Decision(100%) 2
Rivera — win / loss by method
Record: 13-4-0

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
8 wins, 2 losses
W
62% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 2 losses
W
15% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 0 losses
W
23% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
2win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(100%) 2
2 (100%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
11win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
8 (73%)KO/TKO(100%) 2
2 (18%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (9%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Leben
Rivera
3
UFC fights
4
20.0 min · 6.7 avg
Octagon time
46.2 min · 11.6 avg
23y 9m
Career length
25y 1m
UFC schedule strength

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

Leben
Rivera
37W–9L · 80.4%
Overall
72W–13L · 84.7%
37W–9L · 80.4%
Wins
49W–11L · 81.7%
0W–0L
Losses
23W–2L · 92.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Leben
Rivera
85W–30L · 73.9%
Overall
58W–20L · 74.4%
59W–25L · 70.2%
Wins
40W–12L · 76.9%
26W–5L · 83.9%
Losses
18W–8L · 69.2%
Distance striking
Leben
Rivera
4.82
Landed / min
4.85
38.5%
Accuracy
37.0%
65.6%
Defense
67.3%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.32
10.4%
Time at distance
16.5%
Grappling & control
Leben
Rivera
1.50
Takedowns / 15 min
0.32
33.3%
Takedown accuracy
33.3%
33.3%
Takedown defense
66.7%
0.75
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
79.8%
Control share
53.9%
Strike target map
Leben
  • Head71%(41)div 63%
  • Body21%(12)div 20%
  • Legs9%(5)div 17%
Rivera
  • Head52%(80)div 63%
  • Body31%(48)div 20%
  • Legs17%(27)div 17%

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

Chris Leben
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Jorge Rivera
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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