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UFC 52: Couture vs Liddell 2
Matt Hughes
Matt Hughes
37-4 · USA
VS
Frank Trigg
Frank Trigg
12-2 · USA
April 16, 2005 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Welterweight · 5 rounds
170.0lb
Weigh-in
169.5lb
Matt Hughes def. Frank Trigg by SUB (Rear Naked Choke), R1 4:05
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 4:05
Hughes13/191/201:31
Trigg13/210/011:49
Total
Hughes13/191/201:31
Trigg13/210/011:49

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
HughesWin probabilityTrigg
36.6%63.4%
KO / TKO
30%
Submission
23%
Decision
46%
Expected fight time: 15.6 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Hughes37%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO10%26%
Submission9%25%
Decision18%49%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes42 (2455)act 13
Takedowns2.7 (0.05.9)act 1
Trigg63%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO21%33%
Submission14%22%
Decision28%45%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes34 (1944)act 13
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.8)act 0
Combined totals~76 sig strikes~2.9 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R128%
R212%
R37%
R44%
R53%
Distance46%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.4%
Hughes
59.6%-153
Trigg
+15339.0%
Most takedownstie 18.7%
Hughes
76.1%-1458
Trigg
+14585.2%
Significant strikes — over/under
Hughes
Expected: 42.1
42
Over 42
41.8%
+135
Exactly 42
1.6%
push
Under 42
56.6%
-135
053106
Trigg
Expected: 33.6
33.5
Over 33.5
42.6%
+135
Under 33.5
57.4%
-135
04284
Takedowns — over/under
Hughes
Expected: 2.7
2.5
Over 2.5
50.3%
-101
Under 2.5
49.7%
+101
059
Trigg
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
16.3%
Exactly 0
83.7%
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 15.6 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
Hughes36.6%64.3%−27.7-200
Trigg63.4%35.7%+27.7+170

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
77.6Striking83.4
Trigg +5.8
70.6Grappling72.0
Trigg +1.4
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
HughesTrigg
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1627
Pound-for-pound
1548
1616
Divisional
1549
1485
Striking offense
1505
1545
Striking defense
1512
1550
Grappling offense
1547
1514
Grappling defense
1529
Physical
31 yrs
Age
32 yrs
5'9"
Height
5'9"
73"
Reach
71"
Switch
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
2.33
Strikes landed / min
3.46
61%
Strike accuracy
51%
0.57
Strikes absorbed / min
0.33
55%
Strike defense
81%
Grappling (UFC career)
4.57
Takedowns / 15 min
1.96
65%
Takedown accuracy
100%
38%
Takedown defense
90%
1.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.0
Form & résumé
83%
UFC win rate
67%
+2
Win/loss streak
+2
80%
Last-5 win rate
67%
70%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
176
Days since last fight
176
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Matt Hughes
  • WGeorges St-PierreSUB R1
    Close -2856mo before
  • WRenato VerissimoU-DEC R3
    Close -17010mo before
  • LBJ PennSUB R1
    Close -2401y 2mo before
  • WFrank TriggSUB R1
    1y 5mo before
  • WSean SherkU-DEC R5
    Close -6002y before
Frank Trigg
  • WRenato VerissimoKO/TKO R2
    Close +1156mo before
  • WDennis HallmanKO/TKO R1
    Close -13510mo before
  • LMatt HughesSUB R1
    1y 5mo before
Hughes — win / loss by method
Record: 37-4-0

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
18 wins, 1 loss
W
49% of wins
L
25% of losses
Submission
11 wins, 3 losses
W
30% of wins
L
75% of losses
Decision
8 wins, 0 losses
W
22% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
10win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (50%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (20%)Submission(100%) 2
3 (30%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
27win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
13 (48%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
9 (33%)Submission(50%) 1
5 (19%)Decision(0%) 0
Trigg — 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
9 wins, 1 loss
W
75% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 1 loss
W
25% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
2win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (100%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(100%) 1
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
Hughes
Trigg
12
UFC fights
3
121.5 min · 10.1 avg
Octagon time
15.3 min · 5.1 avg
28y 7m
Career length
28y 9m
UFC schedule strength

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

Hughes
Trigg
110W–19L · 85.3%
Overall
72W–11L · 86.7%
88W–15L · 85.4%
Wins
38W–8L · 82.6%
22W–4L · 84.6%
Losses
34W–3L · 91.9%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Hughes
Trigg
139W–66L · 67.8%
Overall
78W–19L · 80.4%
114W–62L · 64.8%
Wins
62W–19L · 76.5%
25W–4L · 86.2%
Losses
16W–0L · 100.0%
Distance striking
Hughes
Trigg
1.49
Landed / min
3.36
36.1%
Accuracy
22.2%
74.1%
Defense
83.3%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
21.5%
Time at distance
11.7%
Grappling & control
Hughes
Trigg
4.57
Takedowns / 15 min
1.96
64.9%
Takedown accuracy
100.0%
37.5%
Takedown defense
90.0%
0.99
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.98
83.9%
Control share
79.9%
Strike target map
Hughes
  • Head77%(218)div 69%
  • Body22%(63)div 20%
  • Legs1%(2)div 11%
Trigg
  • Head87%(46)div 69%
  • Body11%(6)div 20%
  • Legs2%(1)div 11%

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

Matt Hughes
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.