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UFC 41: Onslaught
Matt Lindland
Matt Lindland
8-1 · USA
VS
Phil Baroni
Phil Baroni
5-1 · USA
February 28, 2003 · Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA
Middleweight · 3 rounds
184.0lb
Weigh-in
184.0lb
Matt Lindland def. Phil Baroni by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Lindland13/173/504:30
Baroni10/110/000:06
R2
Lindland12/290/203:38
Baroni3/111/200:12
R3
Lindland15/301/602:03
Baroni31/510/000:29
Total
Lindland40/764/13010:11
Baroni44/731/200:47

Scorecards

Lindland vs Baroni

RdNelson HamiltonSteve WrightTony MullinaxCommunity
R1---9.9-9.2
R2---10-8.6
R3---9.2-9.8
Total29-2829-2829-2829.1-27.6

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Lindland-Baroni.

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
LindlandWin probabilityBaroni
46.6%53.4%
KO / TKO
40%
Submission
18%
Decision
43%
Expected fight time: 10.1 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Lindland47%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO17%37%
Submission9%19%
Decision21%44%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes33 (1843)act 40
Takedowns2.4 (0.05.2)act 4
Baroni53%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO22%42%
Submission9%16%
Decision22%42%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes23 (1331)act 44
Takedowns0.2 (0.01.0)act 1
Combined totals~56 sig strikes~2.6 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R119%
R230%
R38%
Distance43%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.8%
Lindland
64.0%-187
Baroni
+18734.2%
Most takedownstie 16.9%
Lindland
77.0%-1245
Baroni
+12456.2%
Significant strikes — over/under
Lindland
Expected: 32.8
33
Over 33
41.1%
+138
Exactly 33
2.0%
push
Under 33
56.9%
-138
04283
Baroni
Expected: 23.5
23.5
Over 23.5
42.4%
+136
Under 23.5
57.6%
-136
03059
Takedowns — over/under
Lindland
Expected: 2.4
2.5
Over 2.5
46.1%
+117
Under 2.5
53.9%
-117
048
Baroni
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
19.5%
Exactly 0
80.5%
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 10.1 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
Lindland46.6%53.8%−7.2-140
Baroni53.4%46.2%+7.2+100

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
72.0Striking61.6
Lindland +10.3
67.2Grappling50.6
Lindland +16.6
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
LindlandBaroni
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1569
Pound-for-pound
1537
1554
Divisional
1536
1485
Striking offense
1502
1503
Striking defense
1499
1524
Grappling offense
1525
1529
Grappling defense
1522
Physical
32 yrs
Age
26 yrs
6'0"
Height
5'9"
74"
Reach
72"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.92
Strikes landed / min
3.18
54%
Strike accuracy
63%
1.47
Strikes absorbed / min
2.93
51%
Strike defense
30%
Grappling (UFC career)
3.87
Takedowns / 15 min
1.06
59%
Takedown accuracy
40%
71%
Takedown defense
50%
0.2
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.1
Form & résumé
83%
UFC win rate
75%
+1
Win/loss streak
+2
80%
Last-5 win rate
75%
40%
Finish rate
67%
Recent opp. quality
154
Days since last fight
154
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Matt Lindland
  • WIvan SalaverryU-DEC R3
    5mo before
  • LMurilo BustamanteSUB R3
    10mo before
  • WPat MiletichKO/TKO R1
    11mo before
  • WPhil BaroniM-DEC R3
    1y 4mo before
  • WRicardo AlmeidaDQ R3
    1y 10mo before
Phil Baroni
  • WDave MenneKO/TKO R1
    5mo before
  • WAmar SuloevKO/TKO R1
    10mo before
  • LMatt LindlandM-DEC R3
    1y 4mo before
  • WCurtis StoutU-DEC R2
    2y before
Lindland — win / loss by method
Record: 8-1-0

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
4 wins, 0 losses
W
50% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
1 win, 1 loss
W
13% of wins
L
100% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 0 losses
W
25% of wins
L
0% of losses
DQ / other
1 win, 0 losses
W
13% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
5win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (40%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(100%) 1
2 (40%)Decision(0%) 0
1 (20%)DQ / other(0%) 0
Non-UFC
3win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (67%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (33%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Baroni — win / loss by method
Record: 5-1-0

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
4 wins, 0 losses
W
80% 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
20% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
3win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (67%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (33%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
2win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (100%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Lindland
Baroni
6
UFC fights
4
62.0 min · 10.3 avg
Octagon time
28.3 min · 7.1 avg
29y 5m
Career length
26y 0m
UFC schedule strength

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

Lindland
Baroni
49W–11L · 81.7%
Overall
51W–11L · 82.3%
41W–10L · 80.4%
Wins
46W–11L · 80.7%
8W–1L · 88.9%
Losses
5W–0L · 100.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Lindland
Baroni
14W–6L · 70.0%
Overall
0W–0L
14W–6L · 70.0%
Wins
0W–0L
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Lindland
Baroni
2.55
Landed / min
4.76
26.2%
Accuracy
40.5%
57.3%
Defense
48.8%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
1.06
17.7%
Time at distance
12.6%
Grappling & control
Lindland
Baroni
3.87
Takedowns / 15 min
1.06
59.3%
Takedown accuracy
40.0%
71.4%
Takedown defense
50.0%
0.24
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.06
86.3%
Control share
55.5%
Strike target map
Lindland
  • Head66%(120)div 65%
  • Body12%(22)div 18%
  • Legs22%(39)div 18%
Baroni
  • Head62%(56)div 65%
  • Body36%(32)div 18%
  • Legs2%(2)div 18%

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

Matt Lindland
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Phil Baroni
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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