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UFC 40: Vendetta
Phillip Miller
Phillip Miller
14-0 · USA
VS
Mark Weir
Mark Weir
9-1 · GBR
November 22, 2002 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Middleweight · 3 rounds
185.0lb
Weigh-in
183.0lb
Phillip Miller def. Mark Weir by SUB (Rear Naked Choke), R2 4:50
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Miller9/141/104:41
Weir1/30/000:04
R2 · 4:50
Miller1/71/101:51
Weir18/280/012:37
Total
Miller10/212/206:32
Weir19/310/012:41

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
MillerWin probabilityWeir
82.7%17.3%
KO / TKO
22%
Submission
38%
Decision
40%
Expected fight time: 9.8 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Miller83%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO19%23%
Submission29%34%
Decision35%43%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes53 (3068)act 10
Takedowns2.1 (0.34.3)act 2
Weir17%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO3%17%
Submission9%54%
Decision5%29%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes43 (2456)act 19
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.9)act 0
Combined totals~95 sig strikes~2.2 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R122%
R230%
R38%
Distance40%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.1%
Miller
58.9%-148
Weir
+14839.9%
Most takedownstie 12.5%
Miller
84.6%-2857
Weir
+28573.0%
Significant strikes — over/under
Miller
Expected: 52.6
52.5
Over 52.5
42.7%
+134
Under 52.5
57.3%
-134
066132
Weir
Expected: 42.8
43
Over 43
41.5%
+137
Exactly 43
1.5%
push
Under 43
57.0%
-137
054108
Takedowns — over/under
Miller
Expected: 2.1
2
Over 2
41.1%
-128
Exactly 2
26.8%
push
Under 2
32.1%
+128
047
Weir
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
40.0%
Exactly 0
60.0%
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 9.8 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
Miller82.7%41.4%+41.3+160
Weir17.3%58.6%−41.3-120

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
69.8Striking100.0
Weir +30.2
53.3Grappling0.0
Miller +53.3
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
MillerWeir
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1559
Pound-for-pound
1537
1544
Divisional
1537
1483
Striking offense
1500
1502
Striking defense
1528
1556
Grappling offense
1483
1545
Grappling defense
1500
Physical
23 yrs
Age
35 yrs
5'11"
Height
6'2"
Reach
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
2.00
Strikes landed / min
24.00
57%
Strike accuracy
67%
1.93
Strikes absorbed / min
0.00
56%
Strike defense
100%
Grappling (UFC career)
4.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
18%
Takedown accuracy
100%
Takedown defense
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
100%
+1
Win/loss streak
+1
100%
Last-5 win rate
100%
0%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
132
Days since last fight
132
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Phillip Miller
  • WJames ZikicU-DEC R3
    4mo before
Mark Weir
  • WEugene JacksonKO/TKO R1
    4mo before
Miller — win / loss by method
Record: 14-0-0

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
10 wins, 0 losses
W
71% of wins
L
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
7% of wins
L
Decision
3 wins, 0 losses
W
21% of wins
L
UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (100%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
13win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
10 (77%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (8%)Submission() 0
2 (15%)Decision() 0
Weir — win / loss by method
Record: 9-1-0

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
5 wins, 1 loss
W
56% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 0 losses
W
44% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (100%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
8win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (50%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
4 (50%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Miller
Weir
1
UFC fights
1
15.0 min · 15.0 avg
Octagon time
0.2 min · 0.2 avg
26y 6m
Career length
26y 2m
UFC schedule strength

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

Miller
Weir
12W–2L · 85.7%
Overall
12W–6L · 66.7%
12W–2L · 85.7%
Wins
12W–6L · 66.7%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Miller
Weir
26W–25L · 51.0%
Overall
36W–24L · 60.0%
26W–25L · 51.0%
Wins
36W–24L · 60.0%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Miller
Weir
6.40
Landed / min
6.67
57.1%
Accuracy
50.0%
68.0%
Defense
100.0%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
90.00
8.3%
Time at distance
90.0%
Grappling & control
Miller
Weir
4.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
18.2%
Takedown accuracy
100.0%
Takedown defense
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
77.6%
Control share
100.0%
Strike target map
Miller
  • Head80%(24)div 64%
  • Body13%(4)div 18%
  • Legs7%(2)div 18%
Weir
  • Head100%(4)div 64%
  • Body0%(0)div 18%
  • Legs0%(0)div 18%

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

Phillip Miller
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Mark Weir
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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