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UFC 52: Couture vs Liddell 2
Matt Lindland
Matt Lindland
13-3 · USA
VS
Travis Lutter
Travis Lutter
5-1 · USA
April 16, 2005 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Middleweight · 3 rounds
185.0lb
Weigh-in
186.0lb
Matt Lindland def. Travis Lutter by SUB (Guillotine Choke), R2 3:13
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Lindland10/181/302:30
Lutter0/21/101:53
R2 · 3:13
Lindland1/71/102:58
Lutter0/20/000:00
Total
Lindland11/252/405:28
Lutter0/41/101:53

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
LindlandWin probabilityLutter
47.8%52.2%
KO / TKO
36%
Submission
25%
Decision
39%
Expected fight time: 9.8 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Lindland48%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO19%40%
Submission8%17%
Decision21%43%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes26 (1433)act 11
Takedowns2.1 (0.04.9)act 2
Lutter52%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO17%32%
Submission16%32%
Decision19%36%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes18 (1024)act 0
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.2)act 1
Combined totals~44 sig strikes~2.4 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R121%
R231%
R39%
Distance39%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 2.3%
Lindland
63.6%-187
Lutter
+18734.1%
Most takedownstie 18.1%
Lindland
74.2%-961
Lutter
+9617.7%
Significant strikes — over/under
Lindland
Expected: 25.5
25.5
Over 25.5
42.5%
+135
Under 25.5
57.5%
-135
03264
Lutter
Expected: 18.2
18
Over 18
41.4%
+133
Exactly 18
3.5%
push
Under 18
55.0%
-133
02346
Takedowns — over/under
Lindland
Expected: 2.1
2
Over 2
42.3%
-111
Exactly 2
19.7%
push
Under 2
38.0%
+111
047
Lutter
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
22.9%
+337
Under 0.5
77.1%
-337
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 9.8 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
Lindland47.8%62.3%−14.5-185
Lutter52.2%37.7%+14.5+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
70.5Striking47.0
Lindland +23.5
65.8Grappling0.0
Lindland +65.8
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
LindlandLutter
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1561
Pound-for-pound
1523
1549
Divisional
1507
Striking offense
Striking defense
1531
Grappling offense
1552
1525
Grappling defense
1549
Physical
34 yrs
Age
31 yrs
6'0"
Height
5'11"
74"
Reach
75"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.75
Strikes landed / min
0.18
53%
Strike accuracy
9%
1.55
Strikes absorbed / min
1.80
50%
Strike defense
78%
Grappling (UFC career)
3.36
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
46%
Takedown accuracy
0%
73%
Takedown defense
0.6
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
70%
UFC win rate
100%
-1
Win/loss streak
+1
60%
Last-5 win rate
100%
43%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
238
Days since last fight
176
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Matt Lindland
  • LDavid TerrellKO/TKO R1
    Close -1308mo before
  • WFalaniko VitaleKO/TKO R3
    1y 5mo before
  • LFalaniko VitaleKO/TKO R1
    Close -5001y 10mo before
  • WPhil BaroniU-DEC R3
    Close -1402y 2mo before
  • WIvan SalaverryU-DEC R3
    2y 7mo before
Travis Lutter
  • WMarvin EastmanKO/TKO R2
    6mo before
Lindland — win / loss by method
Record: 13-3-0

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
6 wins, 2 losses
W
46% of wins
L
67% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 1 loss
W
15% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 0 losses
W
31% of wins
L
0% of losses
DQ / other
1 win, 0 losses
W
8% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
7win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (43%)KO/TKO(67%) 2
0 (0%)Submission(33%) 1
3 (43%)Decision(0%) 0
1 (14%)DQ / other(0%) 0
Non-UFC
6win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (50%)KO/TKO() 0
2 (33%)Submission() 0
1 (17%)Decision() 0
Lutter — win / loss by method
Record: 5-1-0

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
1 win, 1 loss
W
20% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 0 losses
W
60% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
20% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (100%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
4win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
3 (75%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (25%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Lindland
Lutter
10
UFC fights
1
93.7 min · 9.4 avg
Octagon time
5.5 min · 5.5 avg
29y 5m
Career length
27y 9m
UFC schedule strength

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

Lindland
Lutter
86W–17L · 83.5%
Overall
6W–3L · 66.7%
61W–13L · 82.4%
Wins
6W–3L · 66.7%
25W–4L · 86.2%
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Lindland
Lutter
45W–24L · 65.2%
Overall
19W–10L · 65.5%
45W–24L · 65.2%
Wins
16W–9L · 64.0%
0W–0L
Losses
3W–1L · 75.0%
Distance striking
Lindland
Lutter
2.27
Landed / min
0.19
22.2%
Accuracy
9.1%
64.1%
Defense
78.6%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
2.70
16.4%
Time at distance
93.9%
Grappling & control
Lindland
Lutter
3.36
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
45.7%
Takedown accuracy
0.0%
72.7%
Takedown defense
0.64
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
84.3%
Control share
100.0%
Strike target map
Lindland
  • Head66%(170)div 65%
  • Body13%(34)div 19%
  • Legs21%(54)div 16%
Lutter
  • Head100%(1)div 65%
  • Body0%(0)div 19%
  • Legs0%(0)div 16%

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

Matt Lindland
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Travis Lutter
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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