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UFC 33: Victory in Vegas
Chuck Liddell
Chuck Liddell
8-1 · USA
VS
Murilo Bustamante
Murilo Bustamante
7-0-1 · BRA
September 28, 2001 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Light Heavyweight · 3 rounds
203.0lb
Weigh-in
199.0lb
Chuck Liddell def. Murilo Bustamante by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Liddell12/260/010:50
Bustamante5/132/900:29
R2
Liddell6/150/000:26
Bustamante3/80/800:20
R3
Liddell9/370/000:33
Bustamante7/90/300:05
Total
Liddell27/780/011:49
Bustamante15/302/2000:54

Scorecards

Liddell vs Bustamante

RdDouglas CrosbyJon SchorleTony WeeksCommunity
R1---9.8-9.2
R2---9.5-9.5
R3---9.4-9.6
Total29-2829-2729-2728.7-28.3

Media (1 card) · avg 3028 · 1 Liddell · 0 Bustamante

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Liddell-Bustamante.

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
LiddellWin probabilityBustamante
48.1%51.9%
KO / TKO
38%
Submission
31%
Decision
30%
Expected fight time: 7.8 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Liddell48%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO19%39%
Submission12%25%
Decision17%36%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes42 (2354)act 27
Takedowns0.7 (0.02.1)act 0
Bustamante52%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO19%37%
Submission20%38%
Decision13%25%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes28 (1536)act 15
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.9)act 2
Combined totals~70 sig strikes~0.9 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R149%
R211%
R310%
Distance30%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.5%
Liddell
67.1%-214
Bustamante
+21431.4%
Most takedownstie 23.5%
Liddell
67.0%-707
Bustamante
+7079.5%
Significant strikes — over/under
Liddell
Expected: 41.8
42
Over 42
41.4%
+137
Exactly 42
1.6%
push
Under 42
57.0%
-137
053105
Bustamante
Expected: 27.9
28
Over 28
41.2%
+137
Exactly 28
2.3%
push
Under 28
56.5%
-137
03570
Takedowns — over/under
Liddell
Expected: 0.7
0.5
Over 0.5
85.3%
-582
Under 0.5
14.7%
+582
035
Bustamante
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
31.1%
Exactly 0
68.9%
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 7.8 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
Liddell48.1%66.7%−18.6-235
Bustamante51.9%33.3%+18.6+185

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
77.6Striking79.5
Bustamante +1.9
51.8Grappling75.0
Bustamante +23.2
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
LiddellBustamante
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1548
Pound-for-pound
1530
1516
Divisional
1515
1496
Striking offense
1478
1545
Striking defense
1500
1504
Grappling offense
1559
1514
Grappling defense
1556
Physical
31 yrs
Age
35 yrs
6'2"
Height
6'2"
76"
Reach
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.63
Strikes landed / min
1.99
50%
Strike accuracy
52%
0.63
Strikes absorbed / min
0.00
63%
Strike defense
100%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.68
Takedowns / 15 min
10.88
100%
Takedown accuracy
100%
84%
Takedown defense
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
2.7
Form & résumé
80%
UFC win rate
100%
+3
Win/loss streak
+1
80%
Last-5 win rate
100%
50%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
147
Days since last fight
532
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Chuck Liddell
  • WKevin RandlemanKO/TKO R1
    5mo before
  • WJeff MonsonU-DEC R3
    9mo before
  • WPaul JonesKO/TKO R1
    2y before
  • LJeremy HornSUB R1
    2y 7mo before
  • WNoe HernandezU-DEC R1
    3y 4mo before
Murilo Bustamante
  • WYoji AnjoSUB R2
    1y 5mo before
Liddell — 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
3 wins, 0 losses
W
38% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
4win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (50%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(100%) 1
2 (50%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
4win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (50%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (25%)Submission() 0
1 (25%)Decision() 0
Bustamante — win / loss by method
Record: 7-0-1

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
4 wins, 0 losses
W
57% of wins
L
Submission
2 wins, 0 losses
W
29% of wins
L
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
14% of wins
L
UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (100%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
6win0loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (67%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (17%)Submission() 0
1 (17%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Liddell
Bustamante
5
UFC fights
1
44.2 min · 8.8 avg
Octagon time
5.5 min · 5.5 avg
28y 2m
Career length
34y 10m
UFC schedule strength

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

Liddell
Bustamante
50W–13L · 79.4%
Overall
0W–2L · 0.0%
28W–9L · 75.7%
Wins
0W–2L · 0.0%
22W–4L · 84.6%
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Liddell
Bustamante
47W–13L · 78.3%
Overall
24W–6L · 80.0%
47W–13L · 78.3%
Wins
24W–6L · 80.0%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Liddell
Bustamante
2.10
Landed / min
0.00
41.8%
Accuracy
0.0%
67.3%
Defense
100.0%
0.34
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
63.7%
Time at distance
7.0%
Grappling & control
Liddell
Bustamante
0.68
Takedowns / 15 min
10.88
100.0%
Takedown accuracy
100.0%
84.4%
Takedown defense
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
2.72
61.0%
Control share
96.0%
Strike target map
Liddell
  • Head50%(58)div 77%
  • Body10%(12)div 12%
  • Legs40%(46)div 11%
Bustamante
  • Head91%(10)div 77%
  • Body9%(1)div 12%
  • Legs0%(0)div 11%

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

Chuck Liddell
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Murilo Bustamante
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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