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UFC 41: Onslaught
Frank Mir
Frank Mir
4-1 · USA
VS
David Abbott
David Abbott
8-7 · USA
February 28, 2003 · Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA
Heavyweight · 3 rounds
250.0lb
Weigh-in
248.0lb
Frank Mir def. David Abbott by SUB (Toe Hold), R1 0:46
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 0:46
Mir0/10/200:00
Abbott1/50/000:38
Total
Mir0/10/200:00
Abbott1/50/000:38

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 probabilityAbbott
78.6%21.4%
KO / TKO
30%
Submission
55%
Decision
15%
Expected fight time: 6.2 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 Abbott. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Mir79%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO19%25%
Submission48%60%
Decision12%15%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes26 (1434)act 0
Takedowns1.0 (0.02.7)act 0
Abbott21%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO10%50%
Submission8%37%
Decision3%13%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes22 (1228)act 1
Takedowns0.0 (0.00.0)act 0
Combined totals~48 sig strikes~1.1 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R163%
R27%
R315%
Distance15%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 2.2%
Mir
57.5%-142
Abbott
+14240.3%
Most takedownstie 14.9%
Mir
83.7%-5942
Abbott
+59421.4%
Significant strikes — over/under
Mir
Expected: 26.4
26.5
Over 26.5
42.3%
+137
Under 26.5
57.7%
-137
03467
Abbott
Expected: 21.8
22
Over 22
40.5%
+140
Exactly 22
2.9%
push
Under 22
56.6%
-140
02855
Takedowns — over/under
Mir
Expected: 1.0
1
Over 1
43.4%
-326
Exactly 1
43.3%
push
Under 1
13.3%
+326
035
Abbott
Expected: 0.0
0
Over 0
6.1%
Exactly 0
93.9%
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 6.2 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
Mir78.6%45.2%+33.4+105
Abbott21.4%54.8%−33.4-145

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
43.5Striking53.0
Abbott +9.5
45.7Grappling60.6
Abbott +14.9
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
MirAbbott
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1520
Pound-for-pound
1516
1519
Divisional
1489
Striking offense
Striking defense
1515
Grappling offense
1502
1492
Grappling defense
1514
Physical
23 yrs
Age
37 yrs
6'3"
Height
6'0"
79"
Reach
Southpaw
Stance
Switch
Striking (UFC career)
2.02
Strikes landed / min
1.48
57%
Strike accuracy
45%
5.44
Strikes absorbed / min
2.00
26%
Strike defense
31%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.33
Takedowns / 15 min
1.54
20%
Takedown accuracy
63%
0%
Takedown defense
73%
11.7
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.6
Form & résumé
67%
UFC win rate
53%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
67%
Last-5 win rate
40%
100%
Finish rate
88%
Recent opp. quality
230
Days since last fight
1596
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Frank Mir
  • LIan FreemanKO/TKO R1
    8mo before
  • WPete WilliamsSUB R1
    11mo before
  • WRoberto TravenSUB R1
    1y 4mo before
David Abbott
  • LPedro RizzoKO/TKO R1
    4y 4mo before
  • WHugo DuarteKO/TKO R1
    4y 9mo before
  • WYoji AnjoU-DEC R2
    5y 2mo before
  • LMaurice SmithSUB R1
    5y 4mo before
  • LVitor BelfortKO/TKO R1
    5y 9mo before
Mir — win / loss by method
Record: 4-1-0

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
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 0 losses
W
75% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
25% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
2win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
2 (100%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
2win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (50%)Submission() 0
1 (50%)Decision() 0
Abbott — win / loss by method
Record: 8-7-0

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
5 wins, 2 losses
W
63% of wins
L
29% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 3 losses
W
25% of wins
L
43% of losses
Decision
1 win, 2 losses
W
13% of wins
L
29% of losses
UFC
8win7loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (63%)KO/TKO(29%) 2
2 (25%)Submission(43%) 3
1 (13%)Decision(29%) 2
Non-UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Mir
Abbott
3
UFC fights
15
6.4 min · 2.1 avg
Octagon time
97.4 min · 6.5 avg
25y 0m
Career length
31y 0m
UFC schedule strength

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

Mir
Abbott
28W–11L · 71.8%
Overall
40W–15L · 72.7%
16W–6L · 72.7%
Wins
11W–3L · 78.6%
12W–5L · 70.6%
Losses
29W–12L · 70.7%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Mir
Abbott
4W–1L · 80.0%
Overall
4W–1L · 80.0%
Wins
0W–0L
Losses
Distance striking
Mir
Abbott
6.73
Landed / min
0.81
52.4%
Accuracy
35.0%
55.6%
Defense
48.2%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.62
25.4%
Time at distance
63.3%
Grappling & control
Mir
Abbott
2.33
Takedowns / 15 min
1.54
20.0%
Takedown accuracy
62.5%
0.0%
Takedown defense
72.7%
11.66
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.62
21.1%
Control share
Strike target map
Mir
  • Head23%(3)div 69%
  • Body31%(4)div 15%
  • Legs46%(6)div 16%
Abbott
  • Head94%(136)div 69%
  • Body6%(8)div 15%
  • Legs0%(0)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.

David Abbott
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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