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UFC 50: The War Of '04
Frank Trigg
Frank Trigg
11-2 · USA
VS
October 22, 2004 · Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA
Welterweight · 3 rounds
169.0lb
Weigh-in
169.0lb
Frank Trigg def. Renato Verissimo by KO/TKO (Elbows), R2 2:11
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Trigg15/341/103:29
Verissimo3/130/500:44
R2 · 2:11
Trigg18/250/001:32
Verissimo1/80/300:09
Total
Trigg33/591/105:01
Verissimo4/210/800:53

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
TriggWin probabilityVerissimo
49.3%50.7%
KO / TKO
20%
Submission
45%
Decision
35%
Expected fight time: 7.7 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Trigg49%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO12%25%
Submission24%49%
Decision13%26%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes30 (1638)act 33
Takedowns1.0 (0.02.7)act 1
Verissimo51%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO8%15%
Submission21%42%
Decision22%43%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes27 (1535)act 4
Takedowns0.5 (0.01.9)act 0
Combined totals~56 sig strikes~1.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R154%
R26%
R35%
Distance35%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.9%
Trigg
53.5%-120
Verissimo
+12044.6%
Most takedownstie 24.3%
Trigg
56.0%-284
Verissimo
+28419.7%
Significant strikes — over/under
Trigg
Expected: 29.5
29.5
Over 29.5
42.6%
+135
Under 29.5
57.4%
-135
03774
Verissimo
Expected: 26.8
27
Over 27
40.8%
+139
Exactly 27
2.4%
push
Under 27
56.8%
-139
03467
Takedowns — over/under
Trigg
Expected: 1.0
1
Over 1
42.3%
-362
Exactly 1
46.0%
push
Under 1
11.7%
+362
035
Verissimo
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
55.2%
-123
Under 0.5
44.8%
+123
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 7.7 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
Trigg49.3%44.0%+5.3+115
Verissimo50.7%56.0%−5.3-145

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
77.9Striking71.7
Trigg +6.1
71.1Grappling72.7
Verissimo +1.6
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
TriggVerissimo
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1533
Pound-for-pound
1512
1534
Divisional
1511
1494
Striking offense
1472
1507
Striking defense
1515
1554
Grappling offense
1549
1538
Grappling defense
1542
Physical
32 yrs
Age
31 yrs
5'9"
Height
6'1"
71"
Reach
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.45
Strikes landed / min
0.97
45%
Strike accuracy
59%
0.12
Strikes absorbed / min
0.50
83%
Strike defense
53%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.84
Takedowns / 15 min
1.50
100%
Takedown accuracy
75%
50%
Takedown defense
55%
1.8
Sub attempts / 15 min
2.5
Form & résumé
50%
UFC win rate
50%
+1
Win/loss streak
-1
50%
Last-5 win rate
50%
100%
Finish rate
0%
Recent opp. quality
125
Days since last fight
125
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Frank Trigg
  • WDennis HallmanKO/TKO R1
    Close -1354mo before
  • LMatt HughesSUB R1
    11mo before
Renato Verissimo
  • LMatt HughesU-DEC R3
    Close +1404mo before
  • WCarlos NewtonU-DEC R3
    both missedClose +1859mo before
Trigg — win / loss by method
Record: 11-2-0

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
8 wins, 1 loss
W
73% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 1 loss
W
27% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
1win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (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
Verissimo — win / loss by method
Record: 4-1-0, 1 NC

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
75% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
1 win, 1 loss
W
25% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
1win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (100%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
3win0loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
3 (100%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Trigg
Verissimo
2
UFC fights
2
8.2 min · 4.1 avg
Octagon time
30.0 min · 15.0 avg
28y 9m
Career length
24y 4m
UFC schedule strength

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

Trigg
Verissimo
68W–10L · 87.2%
Overall
48W–11L · 81.4%
34W–7L · 82.9%
Wins
13W–7L · 65.0%
34W–3L · 91.9%
Losses
35W–4L · 89.7%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Trigg
Verissimo
78W–19L · 80.4%
Overall
13W–5L · 72.2%
62W–19L · 76.5%
Wins
13W–5L · 72.2%
16W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Trigg
Verissimo
0.93
Landed / min
2.59
9.1%
Accuracy
35.3%
80.0%
Defense
62.5%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
13.2%
Time at distance
7.7%
Grappling & control
Trigg
Verissimo
1.84
Takedowns / 15 min
1.50
100.0%
Takedown accuracy
75.0%
50.0%
Takedown defense
54.5%
1.84
Sub attempts / 15 min
2.50
75.5%
Control share
36.2%
Strike target map
Trigg
  • Head100%(20)div 68%
  • Body0%(0)div 20%
  • Legs0%(0)div 12%
Verissimo
  • Head86%(25)div 68%
  • Body14%(4)div 20%
  • Legs0%(0)div 12%

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

Frank Trigg
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Renato Verissimo
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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