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UFC 39: The Warriors Return
Matt Lindland
Matt Lindland
7-1 · USA
VS
Ivan Salaverry
Ivan Salaverry
9-2 · USA
September 27, 2002 · Uncasville, Connecticut, USA
Middleweight · 3 rounds
Matt Lindland def. Ivan Salaverry by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Lindland2/92/304:40
Salaverry4/50/000:00
R2
Lindland8/133/403:03
Salaverry6/150/100:36
R3
Lindland6/411/200:16
Salaverry22/500/100:00
Total
Lindland16/636/907:59
Salaverry32/700/200:36

Scorecards

Lindland vs Salaverry

RdCecil PeoplesDouglas CrosbyJeff MullenCommunity
R1---10-9
R2---10-9
R3---9.5-10
Total29-2830-2829-2829.5-28

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

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 probabilitySalaverry
57.0%43.0%
KO / TKO
28%
Submission
28%
Decision
44%
Expected fight time: 10.5 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 Salaverry. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Lindland57%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO17%30%
Submission14%25%
Decision26%45%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes40 (2252)act 16
Takedowns2.8 (0.45.6)act 6
Salaverry43%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO11%26%
Submission14%32%
Decision18%42%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes29 (1638)act 32
Takedowns0.0 (0.00.0)act 0
Combined totals~69 sig strikes~2.9 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R116%
R229%
R311%
Distance44%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.5%
Lindland
63.5%-181
Salaverry
+18135.0%
Most takedownstie 2.6%
Lindland
96.8%-15857
Salaverry
+158570.6%
Significant strikes — over/under
Lindland
Expected: 40.0
40
Over 40
41.6%
+136
Exactly 40
1.7%
push
Under 40
56.8%
-136
050100
Salaverry
Expected: 29.1
29
Over 29
41.6%
+135
Exactly 29
2.3%
push
Under 29
56.1%
-135
03773
Takedowns — over/under
Lindland
Expected: 2.8
3
Over 3
36.2%
+125
Exactly 3
18.7%
push
Under 3
45.1%
-125
059
Salaverry
Expected: 0.0
0
Over 0
7.4%
Exactly 0
92.6%
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 10.5 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

No market on record for this bout.

Trait web
77.0Striking86.5
Salaverry +9.5
61.6Grappling75.9
Salaverry +14.3
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
LindlandSalaverry
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1554
Pound-for-pound
1533
1538
Divisional
1533
1487
Striking offense
1507
1503
Striking defense
1507
1532
Grappling offense
1505
1536
Grappling defense
1503
Physical
32 yrs
Age
31 yrs
6'0"
Height
6'0"
74"
Reach
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.51
Strikes landed / min
3.45
60%
Strike accuracy
60%
1.25
Strikes absorbed / min
0.40
49%
Strike defense
89%
Grappling (UFC career)
3.19
Takedowns / 15 min
2.41
56%
Takedown accuracy
100%
60%
Takedown defense
50%
0.3
Sub attempts / 15 min
9.6
Form & résumé
80%
UFC win rate
100%
-1
Win/loss streak
+1
80%
Last-5 win rate
100%
50%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
140
Days since last fight
140
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Matt Lindland
  • LMurilo BustamanteSUB R3
    5mo before
  • WPat MiletichKO/TKO R1
    6mo before
  • WPhil BaroniM-DEC R3
    11mo before
  • WRicardo AlmeidaDQ R3
    1y 5mo before
  • WYoji AnjoKO/TKO R1
    1y 9mo before
Ivan Salaverry
  • WAndrei SemenovKO/TKO R3
    5mo before
Lindland — win / loss by method
Record: 7-1-0

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
57% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
1 win, 1 loss
W
14% of wins
L
100% of losses
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
14% of wins
L
0% of losses
DQ / other
1 win, 0 losses
W
14% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
4win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (50%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(100%) 1
1 (25%)Decision(0%) 0
1 (25%)DQ / other(0%) 0
Non-UFC
3win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (67%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (33%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Salaverry — win / loss by method
Record: 9-2-0

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, 2 losses
W
44% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 0 losses
W
33% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 0 losses
W
22% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (100%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
8win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (38%)KO/TKO(100%) 2
3 (38%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (25%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Lindland
Salaverry
5
UFC fights
1
47.0 min · 9.4 avg
Octagon time
12.4 min · 12.4 avg
29y 5m
Career length
26y 11m
UFC schedule strength

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

Lindland
Salaverry
40W–9L · 81.6%
Overall
21W–2L · 91.3%
32W–8L · 80.0%
Wins
21W–2L · 91.3%
8W–1L · 88.9%
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Lindland
Salaverry
14W–6L · 70.0%
Overall
43W–35L · 55.1%
14W–6L · 70.0%
Wins
30W–27L · 52.6%
0W–0L
Losses
13W–8L · 61.9%
Distance striking
Lindland
Salaverry
4.03
Landed / min
5.82
34.4%
Accuracy
57.8%
58.5%
Defense
88.6%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
11.6%
Time at distance
35.9%
Grappling & control
Lindland
Salaverry
3.19
Takedowns / 15 min
2.41
55.6%
Takedown accuracy
100.0%
60.0%
Takedown defense
50.0%
0.32
Sub attempts / 15 min
9.64
84.8%
Control share
77.3%
Strike target map
Lindland
  • Head64%(106)div 65%
  • Body13%(22)div 18%
  • Legs22%(37)div 17%
Salaverry
  • Head47%(20)div 65%
  • Body14%(6)div 18%
  • Legs40%(17)div 17%

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.

Ivan Salaverry
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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