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UFC 48: Payback
Matt Hughes
Matt Hughes
35-4 · USA
VS
June 19, 2004 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Welterweight · 3 rounds
170.0lb
Weigh-in
170.5lb
Matt Hughes def. Renato Verissimo by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Hughes2/81/204:40
Verissimo2/30/000:11
R2
Hughes3/61/204:34
Verissimo4/60/000:02
R3
Hughes6/91/204:17
Verissimo1/40/000:00
Total
Hughes11/233/6013:31
Verissimo7/130/000:13

Scorecards

Hughes vs Verissimo

RdAbe BelardoDalby ShirleyNelson HamiltonCommunity
R1---9.2-9.9
R2---9.2-9.8
R3---9.8-9.2
Total30-2730-2729-2828.2-28.9

Media (1 card) · avg 3029 · 1 Hughes · 0 Verissimo

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Hughes-Verissimo.

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 probabilityVerissimo
46.5%53.5%
KO / TKO
13%
Submission
37%
Decision
49%
Expected fight time: 9.2 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 Verissimo. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Hughes47%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO9%18%
Submission19%41%
Decision19%41%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes34 (1944)act 11
Takedowns1.7 (0.23.7)act 3
Verissimo53%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO5%9%
Submission18%34%
Decision30%57%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes25 (1433)act 7
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.8)act 0
Combined totals~59 sig strikes~1.8 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R143%
R25%
R33%
Distance49%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.8%
Hughes
62.7%-176
Verissimo
+17635.5%
Most takedownstie 9.3%
Hughes
87.6%-2818
Verissimo
+28183.1%
Significant strikes — over/under
Hughes
Expected: 34.2
34
Over 34
41.9%
+134
Exactly 34
1.9%
push
Under 34
56.2%
-134
04386
Verissimo
Expected: 25.2
25
Over 25
41.8%
+133
Exactly 25
2.6%
push
Under 25
55.6%
-133
03264
Takedowns — over/under
Hughes
Expected: 1.7
1.5
Over 1.5
60.9%
-156
Under 1.5
39.1%
+156
036
Verissimo
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
22.3%
Exactly 0
77.7%
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 9.2 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
Hughes46.5%60.2%−13.7-170
Verissimo53.5%39.8%+13.7+140

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
78.7Striking75.9
Hughes +2.8
69.8Grappling69.2
Hughes +0.6
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
HughesVerissimo
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1601
Pound-for-pound
1524
1589
Divisional
1524
1497
Striking offense
1482
1530
Striking defense
1509
1540
Grappling offense
1556
1517
Grappling defense
1551
Physical
30 yrs
Age
30 yrs
5'9"
Height
6'1"
73"
Reach
Switch
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.64
Strikes landed / min
1.47
63%
Strike accuracy
61%
0.55
Strikes absorbed / min
0.27
54%
Strike defense
56%
Grappling (UFC career)
4.73
Takedowns / 15 min
3.00
73%
Takedown accuracy
75%
43%
Takedown defense
60%
0.7
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.0
Form & résumé
80%
UFC win rate
100%
-1
Win/loss streak
+1
80%
Last-5 win rate
100%
75%
Finish rate
0%
Recent opp. quality
140
Days since last fight
140
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Matt Hughes
  • LBJ PennSUB R1
    Close -2405mo before
  • WFrank TriggSUB R1
    7mo before
  • WSean SherkU-DEC R5
    Close -6001y 2mo before
  • WGil CastilloKO/TKO R1
    Close -5501y 7mo before
  • WCarlos NewtonKO/TKO R4
    1y 11mo before
Renato Verissimo
  • WCarlos NewtonU-DEC R3
    both missedClose +1855mo before
Hughes — win / loss by method
Record: 35-4-0

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
51% of wins
L
25% of losses
Submission
10 wins, 3 losses
W
29% of wins
L
75% of losses
Decision
7 wins, 0 losses
W
20% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
8win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (63%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (13%)Submission(100%) 2
2 (25%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
27win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
13 (48%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
9 (33%)Submission(50%) 1
5 (19%)Decision(0%) 0
Verissimo — win / loss by method
Record: 4-0-0, 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
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
25% of wins
L
UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (100%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
3win0loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
3 (100%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Hughes
Verissimo
10
UFC fights
1
101.5 min · 10.2 avg
Octagon time
15.0 min · 15.0 avg
28y 7m
Career length
24y 4m
UFC schedule strength

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

Hughes
Verissimo
99W–19L · 83.9%
Overall
13W–7L · 65.0%
77W–15L · 83.7%
Wins
13W–7L · 65.0%
22W–4L · 84.6%
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Hughes
Verissimo
139W–66L · 67.8%
Overall
13W–5L · 72.2%
114W–62L · 64.8%
Wins
13W–5L · 72.2%
25W–4L · 86.2%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Hughes
Verissimo
1.47
Landed / min
3.95
36.2%
Accuracy
50.0%
73.4%
Defense
80.0%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
22.7%
Time at distance
10.1%
Grappling & control
Hughes
Verissimo
4.73
Takedowns / 15 min
3.00
72.7%
Takedown accuracy
75.0%
42.9%
Takedown defense
60.0%
0.74
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.00
81.1%
Control share
72.9%
Strike target map
Hughes
  • Head78%(209)div 67%
  • Body21%(57)div 21%
  • Legs1%(2)div 12%
Verissimo
  • Head91%(20)div 67%
  • Body9%(2)div 21%
  • Legs0%(0)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.

Renato Verissimo
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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