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UFC 33: Victory in Vegas
Ricardo Almeida
Ricardo Almeida
1-1 · USA
VS
Eugene Jackson
Eugene Jackson
11-5-1 · USA
September 28, 2001 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Middleweight · 3 rounds
Ricardo Almeida def. Eugene Jackson by SUB (Triangle Choke), R1 4:06
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 4:06
Almeida4/41/103:07
Jackson1/42/200:37
Total
Almeida4/41/103:07
Jackson1/42/200:37

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
AlmeidaWin probabilityJackson
94.7%5.3%
KO / TKO
16%
Submission
51%
Decision
33%
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 Almeida, blue toward Jackson. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Almeida95%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO14%15%
Submission48%51%
Decision33%34%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes31 (1741)act 4
Takedowns1.6 (0.23.6)act 1
Jackson5%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO1%26%
Submission3%58%
Decision1%16%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes21 (1127)act 1
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.2)act 2
Combined totals~53 sig strikes~1.7 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R152%
R27%
R38%
Distance33%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.9%
Almeida
66.4%-210
Jackson
+21031.7%
Most takedownstie 6.4%
Almeida
92.0%-6073
Jackson
+60731.5%
Significant strikes — over/under
Almeida
Expected: 31.4
31.5
Over 31.5
42.3%
+136
Under 31.5
57.7%
-136
04079
Jackson
Expected: 21.1
21
Over 21
41.4%
+134
Exactly 21
3.1%
push
Under 21
55.6%
-134
02753
Takedowns — over/under
Almeida
Expected: 1.6
1.5
Over 1.5
59.3%
-146
Under 1.5
40.7%
+146
035
Jackson
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
11.8%
Exactly 0
88.2%
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
Almeida94.7%63.4%+31.3-200
Jackson5.3%36.6%−31.3+160

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
63.1Striking63.9
Jackson +0.8
0.0Grappling29.3
Jackson +29.3
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
AlmeidaJackson
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1487
Pound-for-pound
1507
1502
Divisional
1507
Striking offense
Striking defense
1541
Grappling offense
1485
1544
Grappling defense
1490
Physical
24 yrs
Age
35 yrs
6'0"
Height
5'8"
74"
Reach
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
0.63
Strikes landed / min
1.71
50%
Strike accuracy
30%
1.53
Strikes absorbed / min
1.22
55%
Strike defense
67%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
0%
Takedown accuracy
0%
0%
Takedown defense
58%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.0
Form & résumé
0%
UFC win rate
50%
-1
Win/loss streak
-2
0%
Last-5 win rate
50%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
147
Days since last fight
371
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Ricardo Almeida
  • LMatt LindlandDQ R3
    5mo before
Eugene Jackson
  • LJeremy HornSUB R1
    1y before
  • LSanae KikutaSUB R1
    1y 5mo before
  • WKeiichiro YamamiyaKO/TKO R3
    1y 10mo before
  • WRoyce AlgerKO/TKO R2
    2y 2mo before
Almeida — win / loss by method
Record: 1-1-0

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
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
100% of wins
L
0% of losses
DQ / other
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(0%) 0
0 ()DQ / other(100%) 1
Non-UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (100%)Decision() 0
Jackson — win / loss by method
Record: 11-5-1

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
3 wins, 1 loss
W
27% of wins
L
20% of losses
Submission
8 wins, 4 losses
W
73% of wins
L
80% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
2win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (100%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(100%) 2
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
9win3loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (11%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
8 (89%)Submission(67%) 2
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Almeida
Jackson
1
UFC fights
4
14.3 min · 14.3 avg
Octagon time
28.7 min · 7.2 avg
25y 7m
Career length
28y 4m
UFC schedule strength

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

Almeida
Jackson
4W–0L · 100.0%
Overall
74W–24L · 75.5%
0W–0L
Wins
20W–13L · 60.6%
4W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
54W–11L · 83.1%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Almeida
Jackson
8W–3L · 72.7%
Overall
6W–5L · 54.5%
8W–3L · 72.7%
Wins
0W–3L · 0.0%
0W–0L
Losses
6W–2L · 75.0%
1 of Jackson's non-UFC opponents have no record in our data, so this is understated. Refresh data to fill them in.
Distance striking
Almeida
Jackson
3.64
Landed / min
2.02
41.7%
Accuracy
19.9%
75.0%
Defense
79.4%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
1.05
9.6%
Time at distance
46.6%
Grappling & control
Almeida
Jackson
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
0.0%
Takedown accuracy
0.0%
0.0%
Takedown defense
58.3%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.05
0.0%
Control share
21.6%
Strike target map
Almeida
  • Head67%(6)div 66%
  • Body0%(0)div 19%
  • Legs33%(3)div 16%
Jackson
  • Head80%(39)div 66%
  • Body16%(8)div 19%
  • Legs4%(2)div 16%

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

Ricardo Almeida
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Eugene Jackson
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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