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UFC 50: The War Of '04
Tito Ortiz
Tito Ortiz
10-4 · USA
VS
Patrick Cote
Patrick Cote
5-0 · CAN
October 22, 2004 · Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA
Light Heavyweight · 3 rounds · Main event
205.0lb
Weigh-in
204.0lb
Tito Ortiz def. Patrick Cote by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Ortiz17/231/104:29
Cote3/80/000:00
R2
Ortiz18/360/004:44
Cote2/30/100:00
R3
Ortiz10/161/203:27
Cote6/160/000:00
Total
Ortiz45/752/3012:40
Cote11/270/100:00

Scorecards

Ortiz vs Cote

RdAbe BelardoCecil PeoplesJeff MullenCommunity
R1---9.8-9.2
R2---9.8-9
R3---9.8-9.2
Total30-2730-2630-2629.4-27.4

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Ortiz-Cote.

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
OrtizWin probabilityCote
48.5%51.5%
KO / TKO
38%
Submission
12%
Decision
51%
Expected fight time: 10.6 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Ortiz48%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO21%43%
Submission5%11%
Decision22%46%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes31 (1741)act 45
Takedowns1.8 (0.04.3)act 2
Cote52%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO17%32%
Submission7%13%
Decision28%55%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes33 (1843)act 11
Takedowns0.0 (0.00.0)act 0
Combined totals~64 sig strikes~1.8 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R117%
R229%
R33%
Distance51%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.7%
Ortiz
46.3%+113
Cote
-11352.1%
Most takedownstie 24.2%
Ortiz
74.8%-7876
Cote
+78760.9%
Significant strikes — over/under
Ortiz
Expected: 31.1
31
Over 31
41.7%
+135
Exactly 31
2.1%
push
Under 31
56.1%
-135
03978
Cote
Expected: 33.2
33
Over 33
41.8%
+134
Exactly 33
2.0%
push
Under 33
56.2%
-134
04283
Takedowns — over/under
Ortiz
Expected: 1.8
2
Over 2
35.4%
+128
Exactly 2
19.3%
push
Under 2
45.2%
-128
036
Cote
Expected: 0.0
0
Over 0
2.9%
Exactly 0
97.1%
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 10.6 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
Ortiz48.5%79.2%−30.7-550
Cote51.5%20.8%+30.7+350

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
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
OrtizCote
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1582
Pound-for-pound
1517
1516
Divisional
1517
1505
Striking offense
1500
1544
Striking defense
1500
1542
Grappling offense
1500
1566
Grappling defense
1500
Physical
29 yrs
Age
24 yrs
6'3"
Height
5'11"
74"
Reach
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.39
Strikes landed / min
55%
Strike accuracy
1.34
Strikes absorbed / min
54%
Strike defense
Grappling (UFC career)
3.64
Takedowns / 15 min
65%
Takedown accuracy
57%
Takedown defense
0.3
Sub attempts / 15 min
Form & résumé
69%
UFC win rate
-2
Win/loss streak
60%
Last-5 win rate
78%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
203
Days since last fight
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Tito Ortiz
  • LChuck LiddellKO/TKO R2
    Close -1857mo before
  • LRandy CoutureU-DEC R5
    Close -1801y 1mo before
  • WKen ShamrockKO/TKO R3
    Close -1601y 11mo before
  • WVladimir MatyushenkoU-DEC R5
    Close -1803y 1mo before
  • WElvis SinosicKO/TKO R1
    Close -2503y 4mo before
Patrick Cote
No prior UFC fights.
Ortiz — win / loss by method
Record: 10-4-0

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
7 wins, 2 losses
W
70% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
1 win, 1 loss
W
10% of wins
L
25% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 1 loss
W
20% of wins
L
25% of losses
UFC
9win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (67%)KO/TKO(50%) 2
1 (11%)Submission(25%) 1
2 (22%)Decision(25%) 1
Non-UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (100%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Cote — win / loss by method
Record: 5-0-0

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
3 wins, 0 losses
W
60% of wins
L
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
20% of wins
L
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
20% of wins
L
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
5win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (60%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (20%)Submission() 0
1 (20%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Ortiz
Cote
13
UFC fights
0
148.2 min · 11.4 avg
Octagon time
29y 2m
Career length
UFC schedule strength

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

Ortiz
Cote
186W–49L · 79.1%
Overall
133W–30L · 81.6%
Wins
53W–19L · 73.6%
Losses
Non-UFC schedule strength
Ortiz
Cote
0W–1L · 0.0%
Overall
29W–14L · 67.4%
0W–1L · 0.0%
Wins
29W–14L · 67.4%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Ortiz
Cote
1.83
Landed / min
34.7%
Accuracy
67.9%
Defense
0.10
Knockdowns / 15 min
24.3%
Time at distance
Grappling & control
Ortiz
Cote
3.64
Takedowns / 15 min
65.5%
Takedown accuracy
57.1%
Takedown defense
0.30
Sub attempts / 15 min
76.4%
Control share
Strike target map
Ortiz
  • Head74%(261)div 64%
  • Body11%(40)div 14%
  • Legs15%(53)div 21%
Cote
  • Head0%(0)div 64%
  • Body0%(0)div 14%
  • Legs0%(0)div 21%
  • No strike data on record.

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

Tito Ortiz
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Patrick Cote

No UFC fights on record.

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