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UFC 46: Supernatural
BJ Penn
BJ Penn
6-1-1 · USA
VS
Matt Hughes
Matt Hughes
35-3 · USA
January 31, 2004 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Welterweight · 5 rounds
169.5lb
Weigh-in
170.0lb
BJ Penn def. Matt Hughes by SUB (Rear Naked Choke), R1 4:39
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 4:39
Penn17/230/004:08
Hughes4/80/100:00
Total
Penn17/230/004:08
Hughes4/80/100:00

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
PennWin probabilityHughes
66.2%33.8%
KO / TKO
31%
Submission
5%
Decision
64%
Expected fight time: 20.7 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Penn66%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO20%30%
Submission1%2%
Decision45%68%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes52 (2967)act 17
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.5)act 0
Hughes34%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO12%34%
Submission3%9%
Decision19%57%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes74 (4297)act 4
Takedowns1.9 (0.04.8)act 0
Combined totals~126 sig strikes~2.1 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R15%
R29%
R311%
R46%
R55%
Distance64%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.8%
Penn
33.1%+200
Hughes
-20066.1%
Most takedownstie 29.8%
Penn
5.8%+1101
Hughes
-110164.4%
Significant strikes — over/under
Penn
Expected: 51.8
52
Over 52
41.6%
+138
Exactly 52
1.3%
push
Under 52
57.2%
-138
065130
Hughes
Expected: 74.5
74.5
Over 74.5
42.5%
+136
Under 74.5
57.5%
-136
094187
Takedowns — over/under
Penn
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
12.8%
Exactly 0
87.2%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Hughes
Expected: 1.9
2
Over 2
37.3%
+126
Exactly 2
15.6%
push
Under 2
47.1%
-126
036

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 20.7 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
Penn66.2%32.1%+34.1+200
Hughes33.8%67.9%−34.1-240

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
75.3Striking82.1
Hughes +6.8
62.6Grappling71.4
Hughes +8.7
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
PennHughes
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1563
Pound-for-pound
1620
1500
Divisional
1610
1496
Striking offense
1509
1522
Striking defense
1533
1518
Grappling offense
1547
1513
Grappling defense
1525
Physical
25 yrs
Age
30 yrs
5'9"
Height
5'9"
70"
Reach
73"
Orthodox
Stance
Switch
Striking (UFC career)
2.71
Strikes landed / min
2.72
65%
Strike accuracy
63%
1.48
Strikes absorbed / min
0.40
55%
Strike defense
61%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.96
Takedowns / 15 min
4.95
70%
Takedown accuracy
74%
66%
Takedown defense
43%
0.4
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.8
Form & résumé
83%
UFC win rate
89%
0
Win/loss streak
+6
60%
Last-5 win rate
100%
80%
Finish rate
75%
Recent opp. quality
337
Days since last fight
71
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
BJ Penn
  • DCaol UnoS-DEC R5
    !Close -35011mo before
  • WMatt SerraU-DEC R3
    1y 4mo before
  • WPaul CreightonKO/TKO R2
    1y 9mo before
  • LJens PulverM-DEC R5
    2y 1mo before
  • WCaol UnoKO/TKO R1
    2y 3mo before
Matt Hughes
  • WFrank TriggSUB R1
    2mo before
  • WSean SherkU-DEC R5
    Close -6009mo before
  • WGil CastilloKO/TKO R1
    Close -5501y 2mo before
  • WCarlos NewtonKO/TKO R4
    1y 7mo before
  • WHayato SakuraiKO/TKO R4
    1y 10mo before
Penn — win / loss by method
Record: 6-1-1

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
67% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
17% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
1 win, 1 loss
W
17% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
5win1loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (80%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (20%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (100%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Hughes — win / loss by method
Record: 35-3-0

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
33% of losses
Submission
10 wins, 2 losses
W
29% of wins
L
67% of losses
Decision
7 wins, 0 losses
W
20% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
8win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (63%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (13%)Submission(100%) 1
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

Profiles

Experience
Penn
Hughes
7
UFC fights
9
81.2 min · 11.6 avg
Octagon time
96.9 min · 10.8 avg
25y 3m
Career length
28y 7m
UFC schedule strength

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

Penn
Hughes
46W–8L · 85.2%
Overall
93W–18L · 83.8%
35W–7L · 83.3%
Wins
77W–15L · 83.7%
11W–1L · 91.7%
Losses
16W–3L · 84.2%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Penn
Hughes
13W–1L · 92.9%
Overall
139W–66L · 67.8%
13W–1L · 92.9%
Wins
114W–62L · 64.8%
0W–0L
Losses
25W–4L · 86.2%
Distance striking
Penn
Hughes
3.19
Landed / min
1.50
49.4%
Accuracy
37.4%
65.3%
Defense
76.7%
0.37
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
31.3%
Time at distance
23.5%
Grappling & control
Penn
Hughes
2.96
Takedowns / 15 min
4.95
69.6%
Takedown accuracy
74.4%
65.7%
Takedown defense
42.9%
0.37
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.77
48.4%
Control share
85.8%
Strike target map
Penn
  • Head61%(134)div 67%
  • Body26%(57)div 20%
  • Legs13%(29)div 13%
Hughes
  • Head78%(206)div 67%
  • Body21%(56)div 20%
  • Legs1%(2)div 13%

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

BJ Penn
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Matt Hughes
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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