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UFC 48: Payback
Frank Mir
Frank Mir
7-1 · USA
VS
Tim Sylvia
Tim Sylvia
16-0 · USA
June 19, 2004 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Heavyweight · 5 rounds
253.0lb
Weigh-in
263.0lb
Frank Mir def. Tim Sylvia by SUB (Armbar), R1 0:50
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 0:50
Mir3/30/000:00
Sylvia2/51/100:29
Total
Mir3/30/000:00
Sylvia2/51/100:29

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
MirWin probabilitySylvia
48.0%52.0%
KO / TKO
50%
Submission
25%
Decision
26%
Expected fight time: 11.9 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Mir48%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO18%36%
Submission17%36%
Decision13%28%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes30 (1739)act 3
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.7)act 0
Sylvia52%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO32%62%
Submission7%14%
Decision13%24%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes52 (2968)act 2
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.3)act 1
Combined totals~82 sig strikes~0.6 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R145%
R28%
R311%
R46%
R54%
Distance26%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.2%
Mir
26.1%+279
Sylvia
-27972.7%
Most takedownstie 69.1%
Mir
21.3%-222
Sylvia
+2229.6%
Significant strikes — over/under
Mir
Expected: 30.4
30.5
Over 30.5
42.2%
+137
Under 30.5
57.8%
-137
03876
Sylvia
Expected: 52.1
52
Over 52
41.9%
+135
Exactly 52
1.3%
push
Under 52
56.8%
-135
066131
Takedowns — over/under
Mir
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
22.8%
+340
Under 0.5
77.2%
-340
035
Sylvia
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
11.4%
Exactly 0
88.6%
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 11.9 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
Mir48.0%33.6%+14.4+185
Sylvia52.0%66.4%−14.4-225

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
58.5Striking83.3
Sylvia +24.9
66.3Grappling25.0
Mir +41.3
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
MirSylvia
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1565
Pound-for-pound
1589
1563
Divisional
1589
Striking offense
Striking defense
1540
Grappling offense
1501
1495
Grappling defense
1514
Physical
25 yrs
Age
28 yrs
6'3"
Height
6'8"
79"
Reach
80"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.31
Strikes landed / min
13.60
60%
Strike accuracy
59%
2.83
Strikes absorbed / min
3.40
29%
Strike defense
60%
Grappling (UFC career)
4.62
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
40%
Takedown accuracy
0%
Takedown defense
100%
10.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
83%
UFC win rate
100%
+3
Win/loss streak
+3
80%
Last-5 win rate
100%
80%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
140
Days since last fight
267
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Frank Mir
  • WWes SimsKO/TKO R2
    Close -2255mo before
  • WWes SimsDQ R1
    Close -5001y before
  • WDavid AbbottSUB R1
    Close +1051y 4mo before
  • LIan FreemanKO/TKO R1
    1y 11mo before
  • WPete WilliamsSUB R1
    2y 3mo before
Tim Sylvia
  • WGan McGeeKO/TKO R1
    Close -1449mo before
  • WRicco RodriguezKO/TKO R1
    Close +2201y 4mo before
  • WWesley CorreiraKO/TKO R2
    1y 9mo before
Mir — win / loss by method
Record: 7-1-0

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
14% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 0 losses
W
57% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
14% of wins
L
0% of losses
DQ / other
1 win, 0 losses
W
14% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
5win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (20%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
3 (60%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
1 (20%)DQ / other(0%) 0
Non-UFC
2win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (50%)Submission() 0
1 (50%)Decision() 0
Sylvia — win / loss by method
Record: 16-0-0

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
12 wins, 0 losses
W
75% of wins
L
Submission
2 wins, 0 losses
W
13% of wins
L
Decision
2 wins, 0 losses
W
13% of wins
L
UFC
3win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (100%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
13win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
9 (69%)KO/TKO() 0
2 (15%)Submission() 0
2 (15%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Mir
Sylvia
6
UFC fights
3
19.5 min · 3.2 avg
Octagon time
11.8 min · 3.9 avg
25y 0m
Career length
25y 6m
UFC schedule strength

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

Mir
Sylvia
48W–21L · 69.6%
Overall
33W–5L · 86.8%
36W–16L · 69.2%
Wins
33W–5L · 86.8%
12W–5L · 70.6%
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Mir
Sylvia
4W–1L · 80.0%
Overall
23W–16L · 59.0%
4W–1L · 80.0%
Wins
23W–16L · 59.0%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Mir
Sylvia
5.86
Landed / min
11.81
50.0%
Accuracy
51.5%
72.7%
Defense
61.5%
0.77
Knockdowns / 15 min
2.55
13.1%
Time at distance
74.8%
Grappling & control
Mir
Sylvia
4.62
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
40.0%
Takedown accuracy
0.0%
Takedown defense
100.0%
10.02
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
70.1%
Control share
100.0%
Strike target map
Mir
  • Head56%(25)div 69%
  • Body24%(11)div 15%
  • Legs20%(9)div 16%
Sylvia
  • Head84%(135)div 69%
  • Body9%(14)div 15%
  • Legs7%(11)div 16%

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

Frank Mir
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Tim Sylvia
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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