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UFC 54: Boiling Point
VS
Frank Trigg
Frank Trigg
12-3 · USA
August 20, 2005 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Welterweight · 3 rounds
170.0lb
Weigh-in
170.0lb
Georges St-Pierre def. Frank Trigg by SUB (Rear Naked Choke), R1 4:09
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 4:09
St-Pierre25/321/103:38
Trigg1/30/100:00
Total
St-Pierre25/321/103:38
Trigg1/30/100:00

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
St-PierreWin probabilityTrigg
93.9%6.1%
KO / TKO
36%
Submission
27%
Decision
37%
Expected fight time: 9.9 min
What drives the pick

Each bar is a feature's push on the model from the center axis. Red pushes toward St-Pierre, blue toward Trigg. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
St-Pierre94%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO33%35%
Submission25%27%
Decision36%38%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes50 (2865)act 25
Takedowns2.2 (0.14.7)act 1
Trigg6%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO3%52%
Submission2%26%
Decision1%22%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes15 (820)act 1
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.3)act 0
Combined totals~65 sig strikes~2.3 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R130%
R210%
R323%
Distance37%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.9%
St-Pierre
90.2%-1007
Trigg
+10078.9%
Most takedownstie 9.5%
St-Pierre
88.4%-4298
Trigg
+42982.1%
Significant strikes — over/under
St-Pierre
Expected: 49.6
49.5
Over 49.5
42.7%
+134
Under 49.5
57.3%
-134
063125
Trigg
Expected: 15.2
15
Over 15
41.2%
+133
Exactly 15
4.2%
push
Under 15
54.7%
-133
01938
Takedowns — over/under
St-Pierre
Expected: 2.2
2
Over 2
43.9%
-135
Exactly 2
23.5%
push
Under 2
32.5%
+135
047
Trigg
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
13.1%
Exactly 0
86.9%
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 9.9 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
St-Pierre93.9%61.9%+32.0-175
Trigg6.1%38.1%−32.0+155

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
86.1Striking79.8
St-Pierre +6.3
93.1Grappling75.2
St-Pierre +17.9
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
St-PierreTrigg
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1551
Pound-for-pound
1536
1550
Divisional
1536
1500
Striking offense
1512
1533
Striking defense
1518
1520
Grappling offense
1538
1500
Grappling defense
1510
Physical
24 yrs
Age
33 yrs
5'11"
Height
5'9"
76"
Reach
71"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
3.82
Strikes landed / min
3.40
63%
Strike accuracy
53%
0.71
Strikes absorbed / min
0.93
63%
Strike defense
61%
Grappling (UFC career)
4.91
Takedowns / 15 min
1.55
80%
Takedown accuracy
100%
83%
Takedown defense
83%
1.6
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.5
Form & résumé
75%
UFC win rate
50%
+1
Win/loss streak
-1
75%
Last-5 win rate
50%
33%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
126
Days since last fight
126
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Georges St-Pierre
  • WJason MillerU-DEC R3
    Close -1354mo before
  • LMatt HughesSUB R1
    Close +22510mo before
  • WJay HieronKO/TKO R1
    Close -2751y 2mo before
  • WKaro ParisyanU-DEC R3
    Close +2001y 7mo before
Frank Trigg
  • LMatt HughesSUB R1
    Close +1704mo before
  • WRenato VerissimoKO/TKO R2
    Close +11510mo before
  • WDennis HallmanKO/TKO R1
    Close -1351y 2mo before
  • LMatt HughesSUB R1
    1y 9mo before
St-Pierre — win / loss by method
Record: 9-1-0

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
4 wins, 0 losses
W
44% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 1 loss
W
33% of wins
L
100% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 0 losses
W
22% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
3win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (33%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(100%) 1
2 (67%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
6win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (50%)KO/TKO() 0
3 (50%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Trigg — win / loss by method
Record: 12-3-0

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
9 wins, 1 loss
W
75% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 2 losses
W
25% of wins
L
67% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
2win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (100%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(100%) 2
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
10win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (70%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
3 (30%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
St-Pierre
Trigg
4
UFC fights
4
36.7 min · 9.2 avg
Octagon time
19.4 min · 4.9 avg
24y 6m
Career length
28y 9m
UFC schedule strength

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

St-Pierre
Trigg
60W–9L · 87.0%
Overall
109W–15L · 87.9%
24W–5L · 82.8%
Wins
38W–8L · 82.6%
36W–4L · 90.0%
Losses
71W–7L · 91.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
St-Pierre
Trigg
56W–21L · 72.7%
Overall
78W–19L · 80.4%
56W–21L · 72.7%
Wins
62W–19L · 76.5%
0W–0L
Losses
16W–0L · 100.0%
Distance striking
St-Pierre
Trigg
4.21
Landed / min
2.84
52.1%
Accuracy
20.0%
69.5%
Defense
81.8%
0.82
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.77
24.6%
Time at distance
10.9%
Grappling & control
St-Pierre
Trigg
4.91
Takedowns / 15 min
1.55
80.0%
Takedown accuracy
100.0%
83.3%
Takedown defense
83.3%
1.64
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.55
83.7%
Control share
74.7%
Strike target map
St-Pierre
  • Head69%(96)div 69%
  • Body24%(34)div 21%
  • Legs7%(10)div 11%
Trigg
  • Head83%(55)div 69%
  • Body15%(10)div 21%
  • Legs2%(1)div 11%

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

Georges St-Pierre
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Frank Trigg
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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