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UFC 37: High Impact
Murilo Bustamante
Murilo Bustamante
8-1-1 · BRA
VS
Matt Lindland
Matt Lindland
7-0 · USA
May 10, 2002 · Bossier City, Louisiana, USA
Middleweight · 5 rounds · Main event
183.0lb
Weigh-in
185.0lb
Murilo Bustamante def. Matt Lindland by SUB (Guillotine Choke), R3 1:33
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Bustamante2/21/102:02
Lindland22/280/302:27
R2
Bustamante4/121/100:22
Lindland12/300/002:22
R3 · 1:33
Bustamante11/260/010:46
Lindland1/80/000:08
Total
Bustamante17/402/213:10
Lindland35/660/304:57

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
BustamanteWin probabilityLindland
54.0%46.0%
KO / TKO
21%
Submission
27%
Decision
52%
Expected fight time: 17.3 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Bustamante54%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO11%21%
Submission17%31%
Decision26%48%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes47 (2661)act 17
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.6)act 2
Lindland46%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO10%21%
Submission11%23%
Decision25%56%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes67 (3887)act 35
Takedowns2.6 (0.35.2)act 0
Combined totals~114 sig strikes~2.9 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R114%
R220%
R37%
R44%
R53%
Distance52%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.9%
Bustamante
33.6%+195
Lindland
-19565.5%
Most takedownstie 9.0%
Bustamante
6.5%+1304
Lindland
-130484.5%
Significant strikes — over/under
Bustamante
Expected: 47.0
47
Over 47
41.8%
+136
Exactly 47
1.4%
push
Under 47
56.8%
-136
059118
Lindland
Expected: 66.8
67
Over 67
41.8%
+137
Exactly 67
1.0%
push
Under 67
57.2%
-137
084167
Takedowns — over/under
Bustamante
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
30.5%
+228
Under 0.5
69.5%
-228
035
Lindland
Expected: 2.6
2.5
Over 2.5
50.7%
-103
Under 2.5
49.3%
+103
048

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 17.3 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
71.8Striking76.1
Lindland +4.3
41.7Grappling71.1
Lindland +29.4
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
BustamanteLindland
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1533
Pound-for-pound
1572
1548
Divisional
1555
1487
Striking offense
1487
1507
Striking defense
1503
1542
Grappling offense
1542
1535
Grappling defense
1552
Physical
35 yrs
Age
31 yrs
6'2"
Height
6'0"
Reach
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
1.33
Strikes landed / min
3.67
56%
Strike accuracy
62%
1.56
Strikes absorbed / min
1.18
65%
Strike defense
44%
Grappling (UFC career)
4.57
Takedowns / 15 min
4.23
26%
Takedown accuracy
67%
Takedown defense
100%
0.6
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
67%
UFC win rate
100%
+1
Win/loss streak
+4
67%
Last-5 win rate
100%
100%
Finish rate
50%
Recent opp. quality
119
Days since last fight
49
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Murilo Bustamante
  • WDave MenneKO/TKO R2
    4mo before
  • LChuck LiddellU-DEC R3
    Close +1857mo before
  • WYoji AnjoSUB R2
    2y 1mo before
Matt Lindland
  • WPat MiletichKO/TKO R1
    49d before
  • WPhil BaroniM-DEC R3
    6mo before
  • WRicardo AlmeidaDQ R3
    1y before
  • WYoji AnjoKO/TKO R1
    1y 5mo before
Bustamante — win / loss by method
Record: 8-1-1

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
5 wins, 0 losses
W
63% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 0 losses
W
25% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
1 win, 1 loss
W
13% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
2win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (50%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (50%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
6win0loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (67%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (17%)Submission() 0
1 (17%)Decision() 0
Lindland — win / loss by method
Record: 7-0-0

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
4 wins, 0 losses
W
57% of wins
L
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
14% of wins
L
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
14% of wins
L
DQ / other
1 win, 0 losses
W
14% of wins
L
UFC
4win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (50%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (25%)Decision() 0
1 (25%)DQ / other() 0
Non-UFC
3win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (67%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (33%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Bustamante
Lindland
3
UFC fights
4
26.3 min · 8.8 avg
Octagon time
35.5 min · 8.9 avg
34y 10m
Career length
29y 5m
UFC schedule strength

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

Bustamante
Lindland
39W–10L · 79.6%
Overall
32W–8L · 80.0%
31W–9L · 77.5%
Wins
32W–8L · 80.0%
8W–1L · 88.9%
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Bustamante
Lindland
24W–6L · 80.0%
Overall
14W–6L · 70.0%
24W–6L · 80.0%
Wins
14W–6L · 70.0%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Bustamante
Lindland
1.24
Landed / min
4.79
56.7%
Accuracy
41.7%
75.8%
Defense
64.3%
0.57
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
52.2%
Time at distance
8.8%
Grappling & control
Bustamante
Lindland
4.57
Takedowns / 15 min
4.23
25.8%
Takedown accuracy
66.7%
Takedown defense
100.0%
0.57
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
81.5%
Control share
91.2%
Strike target map
Bustamante
  • Head89%(31)div 65%
  • Body9%(3)div 18%
  • Legs3%(1)div 16%
Lindland
  • Head77%(100)div 65%
  • Body10%(13)div 18%
  • Legs13%(17)div 16%

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

Murilo Bustamante
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Matt Lindland
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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