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UFC 52: Couture vs Liddell 2
Renato Sobral
Renato Sobral
26-6 · BRA
VS
Travis Wiuff
Travis Wiuff
34-3 · USA
April 16, 2005 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Light Heavyweight · 3 rounds
204.0lb
Weigh-in
203.0lb
Renato Sobral def. Travis Wiuff by SUB (Armbar), R2 0:24
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Sobral14/262/303:15
Wiuff2/41/101:01
R2 · 0:24
Sobral1/10/000:04
Wiuff1/11/100:10
Total
Sobral15/272/303:19
Wiuff3/52/201:11

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
SobralWin probabilityWiuff
51.6%48.4%
KO / TKO
43%
Submission
24%
Decision
33%
Expected fight time: 8.5 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Sobral52%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO17%34%
Submission16%30%
Decision19%36%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes34 (1944)act 15
Takedowns1.4 (0.13.3)act 2
Wiuff48%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO25%52%
Submission9%18%
Decision14%30%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes31 (1741)act 3
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.0)act 2
Combined totals~65 sig strikes~2.0 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R141%
R214%
R312%
Distance33%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.7%
Sobral
52.7%-116
Wiuff
+11645.6%
Most takedownstie 18.9%
Sobral
64.5%-386
Wiuff
+38616.7%
Significant strikes — over/under
Sobral
Expected: 34.0
34
Over 34
41.5%
+137
Exactly 34
1.9%
push
Under 34
56.6%
-137
04385
Wiuff
Expected: 31.4
31.5
Over 31.5
42.3%
+136
Under 31.5
57.7%
-136
04079
Takedowns — over/under
Sobral
Expected: 1.4
1.5
Over 1.5
54.1%
-118
Under 1.5
45.9%
+118
035
Wiuff
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
51.9%
-108
Under 0.5
48.1%
+108
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 8.5 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
Sobral51.6%50.0%+1.6-110
Wiuff48.4%50.0%−1.6-110

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
68.9Striking10.6
Sobral +58.3
76.4Grappling34.3
Sobral +42.2
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
SobralWiuff
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1532
Pound-for-pound
1516
1515
Divisional
1532
1490
Striking offense
1485
1499
Striking defense
1500
1517
Grappling offense
1551
1540
Grappling defense
1541
Physical
29 yrs
Age
27 yrs
6'1"
Height
6'3"
75"
Reach
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
1.27
Strikes landed / min
0.00
48%
Strike accuracy
0.90
Strikes absorbed / min
5.76
59%
Strike defense
25%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.50
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
73%
Takedown accuracy
0%
50%
Takedown defense
33%
2.2
Sub attempts / 15 min
3.6
Form & résumé
50%
UFC win rate
0%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
50%
Last-5 win rate
0%
0%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
876
Days since last fight
876
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Renato Sobral
  • LChuck LiddellKO/TKO R1
    Close +2752y 5mo before
  • WElvis SinosicU-DEC R3
    2y 9mo before
  • LKevin RandlemanU-DEC R3
    3y 3mo before
  • WMaurice SmithM-DEC R3
    4y 5mo before
Travis Wiuff
  • LVladimir MatyushenkoKO/TKO R1
    2y 5mo before
Sobral — win / loss by method
Record: 26-6-0

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, 1 loss
W
31% of wins
L
17% of losses
Submission
8 wins, 1 loss
W
31% of wins
L
17% of losses
Decision
10 wins, 4 losses
W
38% of wins
L
67% of losses
UFC
2win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (100%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
24win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
8 (33%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
8 (33%)Submission(25%) 1
8 (33%)Decision(75%) 3
Wiuff — win / loss by method
Record: 34-3-0

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
19 wins, 3 losses
W
56% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 0 losses
W
12% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
11 wins, 0 losses
W
32% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
34win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
19 (56%)KO/TKO(100%) 2
4 (12%)Submission(0%) 0
11 (32%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Sobral
Wiuff
4
UFC fights
1
47.9 min · 12.0 avg
Octagon time
4.2 min · 4.2 avg
28y 10m
Career length
24y 11m
UFC schedule strength

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

Sobral
Wiuff
33W–22L · 60.0%
Overall
11W–2L · 84.6%
13W–16L · 44.8%
Wins
0W–0L
20W–6L · 76.9%
Losses
11W–2L · 84.6%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Sobral
Wiuff
324W–113L · 74.1%
Overall
388W–207L · 65.2%
294W–103L · 74.1%
Wins
373W–194L · 65.8%
30W–10L · 75.0%
Losses
15W–13L · 53.6%
Distance striking
Sobral
Wiuff
2.37
Landed / min
0.00
46.9%
Accuracy
64.1%
Defense
100.0%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
20.2%
Time at distance
3.3%
Grappling & control
Sobral
Wiuff
2.50
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
72.7%
Takedown accuracy
0.0%
50.0%
Takedown defense
33.3%
2.19
Sub attempts / 15 min
3.60
65.8%
Control share
1.5%
Strike target map
Sobral
  • Head70%(43)div 67%
  • Body5%(3)div 13%
  • Legs25%(15)div 20%
Wiuff
  • Head0%(0)div 67%
  • Body0%(0)div 13%
  • Legs0%(0)div 20%
  • No strike data on record.

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

Renato Sobral
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Travis Wiuff
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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