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UFC 50: The War Of '04
Matt Hughes
Matt Hughes
36-4 · USA
VS
October 22, 2004 · Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA
Welterweight · 5 rounds
170.0lb
Weigh-in
169.0lb
Matt Hughes def. Georges St-Pierre by SUB (Armbar), R1 4:59
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 4:59
Hughes4/142/702:20
St-Pierre6/171/100:17
Total
Hughes4/142/702:20
St-Pierre6/171/100:17

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 probabilitySt-Pierre
9.5%90.5%
KO / TKO
11%
Submission
26%
Decision
63%
Expected fight time: 20.8 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 St-Pierre. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Hughes9%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO1%18%
Submission3%29%
Decision5%53%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes32 (1741)act 4
Takedowns0.5 (0.01.9)act 2
St-Pierre91%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO10%10%
Submission23%26%
Decision58%64%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes83 (47108)act 6
Takedowns1.5 (0.03.8)act 1
Combined totals~114 sig strikes~2.0 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R14%
R28%
R313%
R47%
R55%
Distance63%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.6%
Hughes
13.2%+653
St-Pierre
-65386.2%
Most takedownstie 23.4%
Hughes
18.3%+318
St-Pierre
-31858.2%
Significant strikes — over/under
Hughes
Expected: 31.7
31.5
Over 31.5
43.0%
+133
Under 31.5
57.0%
-133
04080
St-Pierre
Expected: 82.7
82.5
Over 82.5
42.7%
+134
Under 82.5
57.3%
-134
0104207
Takedowns — over/under
Hughes
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
42.0%
+138
Under 0.5
58.0%
-138
035
St-Pierre
Expected: 1.5
1.5
Over 1.5
50.0%
+100
Under 1.5
50.0%
-100
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 20.8 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
Hughes9.5%70.6%−61.1-285
St-Pierre90.5%29.4%+61.1+225

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
77.5Striking88.7
St-Pierre +11.2
69.1Grappling75.0
St-Pierre +5.9
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
HughesSt-Pierre
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1614
Pound-for-pound
1549
1602
Divisional
1549
1492
Striking offense
1505
1542
Striking defense
1538
1543
Grappling offense
1507
1518
Grappling defense
1503
Physical
31 yrs
Age
23 yrs
5'9"
Height
5'11"
73"
Reach
76"
Switch
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.39
Strikes landed / min
4.19
62%
Strike accuracy
62%
0.54
Strikes absorbed / min
0.36
53%
Strike defense
63%
Grappling (UFC career)
4.51
Takedowns / 15 min
5.39
70%
Takedown accuracy
67%
43%
Takedown defense
100%
0.8
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
82%
UFC win rate
100%
+1
Win/loss streak
+2
80%
Last-5 win rate
100%
67%
Finish rate
50%
Recent opp. quality
125
Days since last fight
125
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Matt Hughes
  • WRenato VerissimoU-DEC R3
    Close -1704mo before
  • LBJ PennSUB R1
    Close -2409mo before
  • WFrank TriggSUB R1
    11mo before
  • WSean SherkU-DEC R5
    Close -6001y 6mo before
  • WGil CastilloKO/TKO R1
    Close -5501y 11mo before
Georges St-Pierre
  • WJay HieronKO/TKO R1
    Close -2754mo before
  • WKaro ParisyanU-DEC R3
    Close +2009mo before
Hughes — win / loss by method
Record: 36-4-0

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
50% of wins
L
25% of losses
Submission
10 wins, 3 losses
W
28% of wins
L
75% of losses
Decision
8 wins, 0 losses
W
22% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
9win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (56%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (11%)Submission(100%) 2
3 (33%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
27win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
13 (48%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
9 (33%)Submission(50%) 1
5 (19%)Decision(0%) 0
St-Pierre — win / loss by method
Record: 7-0-0

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
4 wins, 0 losses
W
57% of wins
L
Submission
2 wins, 0 losses
W
29% of wins
L
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
14% of wins
L
UFC
2win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (50%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (50%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
5win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (60%)KO/TKO() 0
2 (40%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Hughes
St-Pierre
11
UFC fights
2
116.5 min · 10.6 avg
Octagon time
16.7 min · 8.3 avg
28y 7m
Career length
24y 6m
UFC schedule strength

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

Hughes
St-Pierre
103W–19L · 84.4%
Overall
14W–2L · 87.5%
81W–15L · 84.4%
Wins
14W–2L · 87.5%
22W–4L · 84.6%
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Hughes
St-Pierre
139W–66L · 67.8%
Overall
35W–17L · 67.3%
114W–62L · 64.8%
Wins
35W–17L · 67.3%
25W–4L · 86.2%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Hughes
St-Pierre
1.51
Landed / min
5.50
37.1%
Accuracy
64.5%
75.4%
Defense
71.4%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
1.80
20.5%
Time at distance
21.8%
Grappling & control
Hughes
St-Pierre
4.51
Takedowns / 15 min
5.39
70.0%
Takedown accuracy
66.7%
42.9%
Takedown defense
100.0%
0.77
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
83.8%
Control share
96.8%
Strike target map
Hughes
  • Head77%(215)div 68%
  • Body22%(62)div 20%
  • Legs1%(2)div 12%
St-Pierre
  • Head73%(51)div 68%
  • Body23%(16)div 20%
  • Legs4%(3)div 12%

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.

Georges St-Pierre
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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